Preditor is a complete text editing environment, supporting language senstive editing, multi-style documents, file browsing and much much more. Preditor 3 is a complete rewrite from its preceding version, and we are confident it will the definitive editor on the Macintosh
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Table of Contents: (Click link to go to topic)
• Release Notes
• Features
• Sample Documents
• Contents
• System Requirements
• Ordering
• Limitations
• Thanks
Release Notes
This version of Preditor is a demo version. This is a fully functional version of Preditor with the exception of saving and printing documents. You will not be able to save or print any document within this application. This demo was derived from a near-final version of Preditor. Please refer to the "Known Bugs & Limitations" sections for features that may be incomplete or buggy.
Features
Preditor is full of features. we've listed most of the major features here. For more information on a specific feature, refer to the documentation.
Basic text processing power...
• Multiple undo & redo of all operations. We don't understand "Can't Undo"!
• Multi-style text. Will edit and create Simple Text and Teach Text documents,
as well as Preditor documents with a more full-featured style set.
• PowerPC native.
• Rectangular editing.
• Overstrike editing.
• Word wrapping. Wrap to the edge of the window, or to the column guide.
• Markers, including local, global and temporary markers.
• Hypertext links. Link text selections to markers, documents,
extensions or scripts.
• Stackable clipboards. Push/pop up to 10 clipboards
• Support reading/writing various end-of-line formats
• Transparently suports Macintosh, DOS, UNIX™ text formats
• Complete key assignment control
• Zap Gremlins
• Show Invisibles
• Show ASCII
• Markers
• Supports Macintosh Drag and Drop technology for editing, arranging
toolbars, setting key assignments, and much more.
• Glossary
• Full-featured searching. Search a window, open windows, directories,
file sets. Search incrementally, with "grep" patterns, and much more.
• Many editing conveniences (line sorting, shift, etc.)
• Quick Cut/Copy/Paste
For the programmer...
• Multiple language support. Preditor comes supplied with language modules
for C/C++, Pascal, AppleScript and HTML. More to come.
• Use and create plug-in language modules.
• Stylized code. Customizable styles for various language components.
• Individual specification of tab value and hard tab value.
• Tab key can automatically indent line.
• Support for "electric" characters, such as ';' '{' and '}'.
• Let language templates help you insert common language expressions.
• Complete support for CodeWarrior (up to and include CW7).
• Metrowerks debugger support.
• Full integrated support for Think C 6.0 and 7.0.
• Integrated Think Debugger Support for Think C 7.0.
• MPW & ToolServer support.
• MPW Projector Aware.
• File Comparison.
Powerful user-interface...
• Multi-pane/split windows. Create as many panes as you like, each with
their own horizontal and vertical scrollbar.
• Customizable toolbars
• Summary window
• Customize which document components are visible (scroll bar, tool bar,
information bar, etc).
• Window stacking and tiling
• Synchronized scrolling
• Mouse modifiers configurable
• Set a column guide at any character position.
• Apple Guide support
For the scripting xenith...
• Edit, compile and run AppleScript scripts directly within Preditor.
• Fully stylized AppleScript code.
• Preditor is fully scriptable and recordable. Press record and see
what happens!
• Many sample scripts are included.
And the kitchen sink...
• Use and create plug-in extension modules
• Index Files. Integrated one or two-level indexing, allowing you to create
a nice interface to a address book, mail, news and more.
• File system browser. Integrated disk browser provides a quick and
easy means of navigating any mounted volume
• Backup files. Choose to place backup files in the same directory as the
original file, or in a "Backup Folder".
• Word break specification
• Command-line option to all commands (Emacs friendly). Try
finding text via the command-line...
• Supports the Internet Config system to manage interaction with internet
tools such as Web browsers and FTP clients.
• Includes a copy of our Snoop hex editing application. A spiffy hex editor
for viewing and editing the data and resource fork of a file, or for viewing
and editing a range of memory.
• Oh, and yes ... you can print too!
Sample Documents
There are a few sample documents included with this demo to demonstrate the powers of Preditor. The following lists each document and a brief description of what is demonstrates. To open the document, simply click the link.
Source Code.cp
An example C source file, demonstrating language sensitive editing.
Phonebook
An example index file, demonstrating a use of index files. An index file is a special text file, that contains information in the resource fork that applies a 1 or 2 level hierarchy to the text in the data fork. Future versions of Preditor will publish an interface to the index viewer, which will allow you to use index viewers to do such things a read news, mail, etc.
Simple Script
An example Applescript document that gets the position of the selection of this document.
Embedded Commands
An example document that that has Preditor commands embedded in the text. All of Preditors functionality can be accessed via commands. This includes everything from text editing commands like cut/copy/paste, to comands to run scripts & extensions. If you'd like to see a list of all the commands, open up the Commands window be clicking this icon: (a command).
Outline
An example text file that has collapsed information. In Preditor you can define any range of lines to be a collapsable area (available in version 3.1)
Contents
Applications:
• Preditor 3.0 Main text editing environment
• Snoop 1.1 Hex Editor for files and memory
• Preditorize Convert files to be Preditor files
• Language Module Editor Edits language definition modules
Documentation:
• All documentation for Preditor and supporting applications
are availble on-line as Preditor formatted files.
• Documentation for building extensions and language modules is
available on-line as well as Preditor formatted text files.
• Balloon help and AppleGuide is supported.
Other:
• Language Module Library library for building and modifying
Preditor language modules with Code Warrior
• Example Documents
• Plug-ins Adds features/capabilities to Preditor
• Scripts Plenty of AppleScripts included to
demontrate Preditor's scripting power.
• Language Modules C/C++, Pascal, Rez, Applescript & HTML
System Requirements
• Macintosh 68020 - 68040
• Power Macintosh
• Apple® System Software version 7.0 or later
• Apple® System Software version 7.1 or Macintosh Drag & Drop
extension for drag and drop capabilities.
• 640K of application RAM for Preditor, 1 MB recommended
• 1.4 MB floppy disk drive or CD ROM drive
• Compatible with Modern Memory Manager (32-bit clean), Virtual
Memory, and Connectix products.
Ordering
Preditor 3.0 will be available in February 1996, and retails for $120. For a limited time you can order Preditor 3.0 directly from us for $80, and current owners of
a competing editor can purchase Preditor 3.0 at a special price of $60
The preferred method for ordering product directly from us is via our on-line ordering form, which you can find at:
http://www.evatac.com/Evatac/Ordering/Order.html
If however, you would like to place an order by phone or fax or email, please have the ordering information requested below and contact us at:
• 703.620.0669 (telephone)
• 703.620.2976 (fax)
• orders@evatac.com
If you are ordering with a purchase order, please be sure that it contains:
• Ship to and bill-to addresses
• Net 30 payment terms
You can always mail us your product order information at:
• Evatac Software
• 2060 Headlands Circle
• Reston, VA 22091
Also, please always try and include an email address with any order.
O $20.00 Express Service (Airborne/Fedex) (International/
Canada)
• Billing Information:
Δ Credit Card number and expiration date
Δ Check, bank draft or money order (U.S. dollars only)
Δ Purchase Order # for Net 30 terms
Limitations
• Compare and Collapse plug-ins not complete. They will be posted to our Updates & Documentation web page shortly.
Thanks
Thank you for your interest in our products. We hope you are pleased with what Preditor has to offer. For the latest information on Preditor and other Evatac Software products, check out our web site, or our ftp site, at:
