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RELEASE NOTES
This file contains information of interest to users who are upgrading
from previous versions of Mister ED. The features mentioned in this file
are described in the file MANUAL.PRN.
If you are new to Mister ED, then you need not read this file.
Useful Tips
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■ When entering data for prompts you can use <Ctrl-Return> to initiate
the command. This can be very useful for menus with lots of prompts
(like the menus associated with Environment, Browse, Search and Replace
commands).
■ Did you know that you can search for multiple patterns. This is done
by delimiting each pattern with the "|" character. For example,
to search for the words "this" or "that" you would type "this|that".
■ When you invoke Mister ED you can also specify a line number, to go to,
after the file name. This works well with the assembler and compiler.
■ You can use the SET command to specify a default file name (or file
mask) to load. For example, typing "SET ED=TYPES.INT" would cause
Mister ED to try to load the file "TYPES.INT" upon invocation of itself
(providing no file name was specified).
■ Learn to master the concept of file lists. They can be very powerful.
Especially on projects with lots of source files.
Did you know that?
- You can create a file list in "screen mode" by simply typing in the
names or masks of the files to be included in the file list and then
using "select mode" to select them.
- When using the "load" file command you can "load" a file list by
putting the "@" character in front of the file name that contains
the file list.
- You can build a file list via the Browse command.
- You can tailor a file list to a be a select group of file names via
the "load file" command or the "file select" command (<Shift-F2>).
- You can use <Ctrl-Plus> (the plus sign on the numeric key pad) and
<Ctrl-Minus> (also on key pad) keys to "load" the next or previous
file in the file list.
- You can get help describing the capabilities just listed by
requesting help when using the commands and modes that are
affiliated with file lists.
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* Version 2.4 *
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Browse
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■ Multiple file masks.
■ If no file is specified "*.*" is assumed.
■ New option to pause after each pattern found.
■ New option to send the output to the current window.
■ The option to send the output to a device has been removed.
■ The completion status lines has been modified.
Compare Mode
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■ The cursor is now positioned on the characters that didn't match.
■ The option prompts (ignore white space and case) have been moved to the
Environment command.
■ The synchronization command (<ctrl-s>) will start scanning backwards if
the forward scan was unsuccessful.
■ <ctrl+> and <ctrl-> work in compare-link mode with file lists.
■ Windows that are "closed" or "hidden" are excluded from the compare.
■ You can now delete a line in Compare Mode.
■ You can do a horizontal scroll in Compare-Link mode.
■ There must be at least one space between both tokens when ignoring white
space.
Dos Command Line
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■ ED [FileName ["Search Pattern" || [Line Number][,Column Number]]]
This can be repeated up to nine times.
■ Can set up default parameters with the "SET" command (i.e. SET ED=
*.PAS "Procedure").
■ "/I" to specify the source file include search path.
■ The first file in a "file list" will be loaded.
■ If Mister ED knows how to keep the video mode the video card is in, it
will. This allows you to use non-standard text modes if you video card
supports them and lets the BIOS know. For example my EGA card can do
132x44, and Mister ED can support it too, if I put the video card into
132x44 line mode first.
Drawing Mode
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■ You can use <shift> with the keypad to erase characters.
■ You can use <ctrl> with the keypad for cursor movement.
Dropping a Window
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■ You can "drop" more than one window by separating the window numbers
with commas (i.e. 1,3,7) or by entering a range (i.e. 3-6).
■ If no window number is specified when dropping a window the current window
will be dropped.
■ If the last window is dropped then Mister ED will exit.
Environment
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■ Option to make <Home> and <End> "static" (the cursor isn't moved to the
previous line or the next line).
■ Option to make Next and Previous word mode to the start of the word only.
■ Option to put Mister ED into 43/50 line mode when using a EGA/VGA video card.
■ Default search options can now be recorded in the environment.
■ Optional pulldown menus.
■ Allow the optional use of Enhanced keyboard calls for more compatibility
with keyboard enhancers, OS/2, and the use of F11 and F12.
■ Enhanced keyboard calls (for F11 and F12) can conflict with some of the
TSR programs (i.e. SideKick and SuperKey).
File Lists
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■ You can now intersperse multiple paths.
■ You can use "!" to not a file mask.
■ When creating a file list from wildcards, directories are always sorted
to the beginning of the file list.
■ In <Shift F2> "+" and "-" will move to the next and previous file.
■ The path must be included with each entry in the file list that references
a different directory than the current one. This stems from the ability
to search multiple directories.
Macros
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■ Use <Alt=> to bring up the macros menu.
■ Use <Alt-> to stop any macro operation (i.e. save a macro).
Markers
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■ The markers are now dynamic.
■ Press <Enter> by itself to assign the cursor position to the next
available marker (if an unused one is available).
■ When going a line <Enter> by itself will send you to the last marker used.
■ Mister ED remembers the last place you typed and places an automatic
marker there.
Miscellaneous
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■ Some new print options after selecting text.
■ Better on-line help. Also the help in screen-mode has been updated to
list all of the new commands.
■ Can save read only (and hidden) files. You will be warned accordingly.
New Commands
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■ Use <Ctrl-C> to invoke condensed mode. This mode display all of the
lines in the file start in column that are not comments.
■ Use <Ctrl-G> to re-execute the last search, replace, select or block command.
■ Use <Ctrl-J> to move the cursor to the top and the bottom of the screen.
■ Press <Ctrl-Tab> to "enter" a tab.
■ The Multi-View feature allows the user to have multiple windows for the
same file. Invoke this feature from the command line by pressing <M>.
Prompts
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■ You can now use up and down arrow in menus with multiple prompts.
■ You can use "+" and "-" in numeric fields to automatically increment and
decrement the numerical value.
■ Use <Ctrl-G> at the search and load prompts to select from a list of
previous entries.
Search
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■ Regular Expressions.
■ You can use C notation for special control characters (i.e. "\t" for
tab).
■ Use <Ctrl-G> at the search prompt to display a list of search patterns.
Select
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■ Use <Ctrl-J> when selecting text to go to the beginning and the end
of the text that has been selected.
■ You can now perform a search and replace within the text that has been
selected.
■ You can use <Ctrl-G> to recall the last selection.
■ All of the menu commands are now "hot".
■ "Modify-Fill" allows you to fill a block with any desired character.
Search and Replace
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■ You can use a <CR> at the beginning or the end of the search and/or replace
patterns.
■ You can now have multiple replace patterns.
■ If verify is turned off then the display won't be updated.
■ No error message when the search pattern isn't found if at least one
pattern was already found.
■ The display will be scrolled horizontally if the pattern found is on t