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- CADET - the CAD Text Editor
- Copyright 1990, 1991 Steve Waskow
- Wasco Technical Software
- WHAT'S NEW - REVISION HISTORY
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- VERSION 3.0 (March 13, 1991)
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- SPELLING CHECKER
- We have added an integrated spelling checker with a
- 112,000+ word dictionary. You can check spelling
- globally or by word. When unrecognized words are
- encountered, you can select from suggested spellings,
- edit the word and recheck, ignore all occurrences of
- the word, skip the word once, or add the word to the
- dictionary. Suggested spelling are presented in a
- point-and-shoot window. The number of words you can
- add is practically unlimited.
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- WORD-WRAP and REFORMAT
- Set CADET's word wrap, and the text automatically wraps
- at the specified margin as you type. Editable hard
- carriage returns are displayed on screen. CADET's
- Reformat is used to set new margins and to reformat
- edited paragraphs to their original neatness.
- Word-wrap and Reformat are only available when
- accessing CADET through the new CADET-Notes interface
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- CADET-NOTES
- A new AutoLISP interface, CN (CADET-Notes), has been
- added to the CADET system. CN is used to create a
- single column of text, ideal for generating drawing
- notes. CN accesses the CADET editor in a free-form
- style in which utilizes CADET's new word-wrap and
- reformat features.
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- IMPROVED SEARCH-AND-REPLACE
- CADET's Search-and-Replace and Find-Text features have
- three new search options. Choose to ignore case or
- make case-sensitive searches. Find embedded text or
- make whole word matches only. Search for the first
- match below the cursor position, or search globally
- from the top. Also new is the way CADET keeps the last
- used search strings as defaults, simplifying repeated
- searches.
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- RUN CADET FROM A RAM DISK
- New installation procedures can give CADET a speed
- boost by utilizing a ram disk. You can use a ram disk
- for either CADET's transfer files, the CADET executable
- program, the CADET dictionary, or any combination of
- the above.
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- NEW INSTALLATION OPTIONS
- You can now configure CADET to start-up in 43/50 row
- mode for your EGA/VGA video system.
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- You can set CADET to leave the accelerated typematic
- rate active when exiting the program, boosting cursor
- speed in other applications run after CADET.
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- The CADET installation program, CADETIN, can now be
- used to reconfigure CADET without reinstalling the
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- Conflicts between CADET's interface command names (CE,
- CC, CN and CI) and identically named commands from
- other third-party programs can now be easily corrected.
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- MISCELLANEOUS
- The [Ctrl-W] command, previously assigned to Delete
- Word, is now used to set Word Wrap. The new key
- assigned to Delete Word is [Ctrl-BackSpace].
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- The CADET editor's prompts have been streamlined and
- colorized. Option hot-keys are highlighted in a
- different color, and defaults are show in <brackets>.
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- A new program, PRINTDOC.EXE, has been provided to print
- the CADET documentation. PRINTDOC can provide a 60
- lines-per-page format, replace the extended IBM line
- drawing characters with more universally printable
- characters, and/or add hard form-feeds for printers
- which have trouble maintaining the document's page
- breaks in their proper places.
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- VERSION 2.0 (August 12, 1990)
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- ASP MEMBERSHIP
- The author of CADET, Steve Waskow, is now a member of
- the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). The
- ASP maintains a high set of standards for its members,
- so in choosing shareware by ASP members you can expect
- quality and professionalism.
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- TEXT FILE IMPORT AND EXPORT
- A new program, CI.LSP, has been added to the CADET
- system. CI can import ASCII text files from disk into
- your AutoCAD drawings. You can specify text height,
- justification and line spacing, and create multiple
- columns.
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- A new command, [Ctrl-X], has been added to the CADET
- editor to export the text to a disk file. Use CE to
- pull text from your drawing into the CADET editor, sort
- it by rows or by columns, then use [Ctrl-X] to write
- the file.
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- TYPEMATIC RATE ACCELERATOR
- CADET now has a built in typematic rate accelerator for
- IBM AT and PS/2 class computers - including most 286,
- 386 and 486 compatibles. The new CHKSPEED utility will
- test your system compatibility.
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- The accelerator primarily serves to speed up the cursor
- movements. Use the new [Ctrl-T] type rate command to
- toggle between the three available speeds. You can
- install CADET to start-up in your favorite speed.
- Installation options allow you to disable the
- accelerator if you are already using a resident
- acceleration utility.
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- CHARACTER CODES
- The keys used to insert AutoCAD's special characters
- for overscore, underscore, plus or minus, circle
- diameter and degrees symbols have been changed to a
- more mnemonic set: Alt-O, Alt-U, Alt-P, Alt-C, and
- Alt-D respectively. The keys used in previous CADET
- versions are still supported.
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- MEMORY MANAGEMENT
- CADET's AutoLISP interface routines CE.LSP and CC.LSP,
- and the new CI.LSP utility now share a memory
- management scheme which minimizes their overhead in the
- AutoLISP environment. This boosts their performance
- when using two or more of them during a drawing
- session. If desired, you can disable the CADET memory
- management scheme during installation or by setting a
- configuration variable.
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- SORTING ORDER and SORTING COORDINATES
- You can now install CADET to default to row sort order
- at start-up, rather than column sort order.
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- CADET now uses the "insert" point of center, middle and
- right justified text for row and column sorting. In
- general, this gives you a better picture of the text's
- organization when you are using the CADET editor. The
- previous version of CADET used the lower left text
- corner for sorting. If desired, you can still have
- CADET sort by the lower left text corner with an
- installation option or by setting a configuration
- variable.
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- IMPROVED ATTRIBUTE EDITING
- The CADET editor's status line now displays the
- attribute prompts along with the block name and
- attribute tag. CE.LSP now handles edited block
- attributes by updating the block just once - not once
- per changed attribute.
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- TEXT FONT STYLE
- Changing text style has been simplified by having the
- styles presented in alphabetical order. You can now
- use the [Up] and [Down] cursor keys to move through the
- list. The spacebar functions same as the [Down] key.
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- BLOCK OPERATIONS
- A new option, Swap, has been added to the [Ctrl-M] mark
- block function. Swap exchanges the marked block with
- the contents of the copy buffer, simplifying many
- cut-and-paste operations.
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- MISCELLANEOUS
- The CADET installation program, CADETIN, now checks to
- see if your ACAD.LSP file is encrypted prior to
- installing the CADET options.
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- The [Ctrl-W] delete word function is better behaved
- about leaving a space between the words preceding and
- following the deleted word.
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- A bug which sometimes did not highlight a marked block
- which extended to the 255th column has been corrected.
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- The monochrome color set has been changed to a more
- pleasing combination.
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- A documentation formatting utility, 60LINE, has been
- included to produce a 60 lines per page version of the
- User's Manual, CADET.DOC. Many laser and inkjet
- printers require a 60 lines per page format.
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- PRINTDOC, the new batch program, prints all the CADET
- documentation for you.
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- VERSION 1.0 (May 10, 1990)
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- The first CADET release made available to the public.
- Released as shareware on the CompuServe Autodesk forum.
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- Steve Waskow Wasco Technical Software
- Member ASP 1211 Grand Junction Drive
- CompuServe 72020,2031 Katy, Texas 77450
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