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- VERSION HISTORY
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- 1.00 Custom version; not released to public
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- 2.00 Custom version; not released to public
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- 2.10 First public release
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- 2.20 Provided 2-year automatic registration for registered users
- Increased number of variables and literals from 100 to 225
- Allowed "=", "THEN" and "ELSE" to improve readability
- New commands: SET, ACCEPT
- Now possible to trace variables by name (SET POM=var/var/var...)
- SET POM=T (older versions) is now specified as SET POM=ALL
- Improved documentation (more examples)
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- 2.30 Output (via OUT and OUTEND) can now be more than 255 characters
- However, no individual OUT or OUTEND can output a line longer than 255
- New commands: PAD, INSERT
- Ease-of-use changes
- More informative processing display
- Variable names are no longer case sensitive
- Improved error checking
- Added another example to documentation
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- 2.31 MINLEN now supports zero-length lines
- Default MINLEN is, however, still "1"
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- 2.32 Fix to CHANGE to correct lock-up when matching single-character string
- Added registration via credit card
- Added new version of SEE to allow full browsing of wide documents
- While tracing, processing display now shows precise line number
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- 2.33 New /Q (quiet) function: type POM /? for explanation
- Fixed bug: long output lines (>255) occasionally would lose some text
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- 2.40 SPLIT command breaks up long (over 255 characters) input lines
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- 2.50 CHOP command breaks up fixed-length (non-text) files
- User manual restructured and partially rewritten
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- 2.51 Fixed Program Error MV-P-2 caused by padding with tabs instead of spaces
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- 2.52 Added new symbol $TAB; fixed operation of $BRR and $BRL
- New provisions for international registration
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- 2.60 New BEGIN and END commands (blocked "IF" operations)
- Command lines may now be indented for clarity
- New predefined variable $SPLIT
- This indicates which CHOP or SPLIT segment you are on (1, 2, 3 etc.)
- New look-up processing
- New LOOKUP, LOOKSPEC, LOOKCOLS, LOOKFILE commands
- New /L start-up option
- Improved error detection and reporting
- Comparison operation is now optional for OUT and OUTEND
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