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- [] pEDIT Version 2.01 []
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- New Features
- ------------
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- File 'pick' lists; enter a wildcard file specification such as
- "GET FILE *.BAS" and pick from a list of all matching file names
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- Disk macros; these let you automate repetitive tasks and extend
- (customize) the editor, i.e. give it some capability it doesn't
- have built-in
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- On-line help for every pEDIT command; the help file is user-
- customizable
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- TRIM BUFFER; this new command 'trims' each line of the current
- buffer, i.e. sets the length to zero if the line is composed
- entirely of blanks
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- Limited wild-card search capablility; search for beginning or end
- of line
-
- A default keyboard configuration is defined at startup if no INI
- file is found. The labeled keys such as <Home>, <PgUp>, <Del>,
- etc. are set to their normal function and <Esc> is the DO COMMAND
- key. In the past you had to reboot as there was no way to "talk
- to" the editor
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- Telephone support for registered users
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- Just Improved
- -------------
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- Keyboard macros can now contain ANY keystroke as keys are bound to
- a full command string rather than just a procedure name
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- Improved error handling; pEDIT now checks for sufficient disk
- space before saving a file
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- Improved editing in prompting mode; use the keys you're already
- used to - a subset of your defined keys
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- Smaller size; pEDIT 2 contains much new functionality yet the
- executable is over 10k smaller than version 1.75!
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- Improved performance in several areas;
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- - GET FILE averages 10% faster
- - WRITE FILE is up to twice as fast
- - FILL PARAGRAPH is 40-50% faster
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- Improved internal compiler support; with disk macros it is now
- possible to loop through errors in your source code!
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- Some Things Have Changed
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- Single DOS environment variable 'PEDIT' saves valuable environment
- space; replaces 'PEDITHLP' and 'PEDITINI'
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- Two sample init files are now provided:
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- - Standard; tries to follow the so-called PC standard
- with <F01> = Help, <Del> = EraseChar, etc.
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- - Alternate; corresponds to what came with previous
- versions of pEDIT
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- A template for the old 84-key keyboard is no longer provided
-
- FILL PARAGRAPH now reformats starting at the current line instead
- of at the top of the paragraph
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- FIND NEXT has been replaced by FINDNEXT as FIND NEXT is now
- interpreted as 'search for the string "NEXT"'
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- []=======================[]
- [] pEDIT Version 2.10 []
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- New Features
- ------------
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- Multi-key commands; this major enhancement allows two-key commands
- and permits emulation of WordStar, EMACS and many other editors
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- Abort; the abort key is now user definable and is not 'hard-wired'
- to Ctrl-C
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- DEFINE SHIFT; new command is used to define shift (lead in) keys
- for the new multi-key commands
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- RENAME FILE; new command changes the name of the disk file
- assocuiated with a buffer so a file being edited can be saved
- under a different name
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- RULER; new command toggles a ruler on and off
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- SET PINDENT; new command lets you automatically indent the first
- line of a paragraph
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- SET SCOPE Local|Global; when the scope is Global, all Find and
- Replace operations operate on ALL user buffers - you can now
- search for text anywhere in memory
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- Just Improved
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- Smaller size; pEDIT 2.10 is now only 72k in size (on disk) after
- being compressed by the marvelous LZEXE utility
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- An elusive bug that would rarely insert nulls into the text has
- been fixed.
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- Overall performance has again been improved
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- The number of user buffers has been increased from 4 to 6
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- Replace now permits the same wildcards that can be used with Find
- to match beginning/end of line
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- Some Things Have Changed
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- Four sample initialization files are now provided:
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- - WordStar
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- - Emacs; the famous UNIX programmer's editor
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- - Standard; tries to follow the so-called PC standard
- with <F01> = Help, <Del> = EraseChar, etc.
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- - Alternate; the original pEDIT configuration
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- Switching to the COMMAND buffer is no longer permitted; there is
- no reason for anyone to do so
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- TRIM BUFFER now trims all lines of the buffer, not just empty
- lines
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- Any Help or File pick list selection can be cancelled by pressing
- the defined Abort key
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- []==========================[]
- [] pEDIT PLUS Version 1.0 []
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- New Features
- ------------
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- Unique graphical ButtonBar interface; press a button - don't pull
- down a menu
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- Mouse support; requires a Microsoft compatible mouse
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- Tutorial leads you through the basic editing functions
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- An Index and Troubleshooting Guide have been added to the
- documentation
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- The current location (line and column) are now shown on the status
- line
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- The number of files that can be edited at one time has been
- increased from 6 to 16
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- 50-line VGA mode is now supported (text mode only)
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- WIPE TEXT; new command erases the selected text without copying it
- to the clipboard
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- SET VIDEO; new command switches between text and graphics modes
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- LIST ASCII: new command displays the full (1-255) Ascii character
- set
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- New Microsoft Quick Editor configuration; used by Microsoft's
- Quick Languages (QuickBASIC, QuickC) and the new DOS 5 Editor
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- The initialization file can now contain an auto-executing macro
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- Just Improved
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- A bug that added extra lines to the end of a buffer has been
- fixed.
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- A problem with the REPLACE command where adjacent like characters
- were missed has been corrected.
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- The speed of cursor movement on long lines has been improved
- dramatically
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- A problem with word wrap that could cause a line to break at the
- wrong place has been fixed
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- The program could abort if REMOVE TEXT or STORE TEXT was invoked
- for a very large block of text; this has been fixed
-
- The editor can now detect if a floppy drive is not available
- without hanging the system
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- Autosave is now timed; select a 1-30 minute interval
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- Some Things Have Changed
- ------------------------
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- The ALT (Alternate) configuration has been eliminated
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- DOS, XDOS, SPAWN and XSPAWN have all been merged into a single DOS
- function
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- The LIST BUFFERS command has been eliminated; this information is
- shown in the BUFFER window
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- The KEYBOARD command has been renamed to ALTHELP; this now
- displays both Button and Keyboard Help
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- The first key of a two-key command is echoed on the message line
- as a reminder that a second keypress is expected
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- []===========================[]
- [] pEDIT PLUS Version 1.0c []
- []===========================[]
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- New Features
- ------------
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- SET DISPLAY; new command lets you specify the video type in the
- initialization file; used only if pEDIT cannot correctly identify
- your video type.
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- RAMEDIT.BAT; this batch file lets you copy the pEDIT files to a
- RAM drive for improved performance. pEDIT loads and operates more
- quickly with the INI, HLP, KEY and macro files on a RAM disk;
- shelling to DOS is *much* faster.
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- Just Improved
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- pEDIT+ now writes a full string instead of one character at-a-
- time to the display. This increases the speed of text display in
- graphics modes by about one-third.
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- Text displays up to 4 *times* faster in text mode. This huge in-
- crease was realized by using direct video writes.
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- Some Things Have Changed
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- Control characters are no longer displayed as ^X; instead, the
- actual character is shown. This was necessary to speed up the text
- displays. This has the added advantage that lines containing con-
- trol characters will no longer take up more space than allocated.
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- The only valid color combination on monochrome EGA/VGA is black on
- white, i.e. "SET COLORS BLK WHT".
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- []==========================[]
- [] pEDIT PLUS Version 1.1 []
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- New Features
- ------------
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- A print capability is now available TO REGISTERED USERS ONLY.
- pEDIT interfaces with the DOS PRINT utility to provide queued
- background printing; you can print the current buffer, print a
- selected block in the current buffer, delete a file from the
- queue, cancel all print jobs in the queue and view the queue.
- Requires DOS 3.0 or greater.
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- Virtually any key on the keyboard (including Shift-, Ctrl-, and
- Alt- combinations) can now be defined for use within pEDIT.
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- DRAW; new command lets you draw lines and boxes in any of three
- styles (single graphics──, double graphics═══ or Ascii text--).
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- SET CURSOR; new command lets you select an underline or block
- cursor to suit your needs.
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- JUSTIFY PARA; new command fully justifies a paragraph or portion
- of a paragraph, i.e. results in smooth left and right margins.
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- LEFT LINE and RIGHT LINE; new commands make lines flush with the
- left or right margins.
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- Word Perfect emulation for those who love WP's finger-tangling
- combination of meaningless function keys!
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- pEDIT's graphics mode now supports 43 lines on EGA/VGA displays.
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- If pEDIT is invoked without a file specification, it will auto-
- matically load the last file you were editing.
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- Just Improved
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- Mouse support has been improved and made more standard with other
- programs: you can now choose by double-clicking, and select text
- using true "click and drag".
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- The Standard configuration is now CUA-compliant.
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- Keystrokes are no longer lost during a repeat loop, find or
- replace operation.
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- Interference between the mouse pointer and the text cursor in
- graphics mode has been eliminated.
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- A problem that caused selected text not to be displayed after a
- window shift has been corrected.
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- A bug that caused the status bar to be erased if <Enter> was
- pressed on the last line of the COMMAND buffer has been fixed.
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- A bug that caused the program to abort if only spaces were entered
- on the Command line has also been fixed.
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- A Shift key can now be any non-typing key; previously, a Shift key
- could only be <Esc> or a Ctrl- or Alt- key.
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- Paragraph reformat is 2-3x faster; Tabs are IGNORED (they won't
- work right anyhow). Also, the blank line which followed a reformat-
- ted paragraph has been eliminated.
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- NEXT SCREEN, PREV SCREEN and ERASE LINE are now much faster toward
- the end of a large file because the line number is not recomputed.
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- When using pick lists without a mouse, can now press a letter key
- to jump to the first item starting with that character.
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- Some Things Have Changed
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- DO BUTTON is now invoked by <Shift-Esc> instead of <Ctrl-F10>
- because <Ctrl-F10> is a WordPerfect command key.
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- RENAME FILE also changes the buffer name to match the associated
- file name (if a buffer of the same name doesn't already exist).
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- The paragraph formatting command names had to be shortened; the
- commands are now FILL PARA and JUSTIFY PARA.
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- Internal temporary file names had to be changed because they were
- conflicting with user-selected names; PEDIT.TMP is now PED$$.TMP
- and the swap files PEDMEMn.TMP are now PED$$$n.TMP.
-