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An earlier version of this disk was reviewed in the March 91 'PrintScreen'
(the journal of the Sydney PC Users Group - PO Box E162 St James NSW 2000 ).
The reviewer made a fairly thorough look at this 'new type of text editor',
indeed he noticed that there was a whole series of them.
Since the review made a few valid criticisms, a number of changes
where made to the Common ═╦═ LooK ═╦═ part of the program, which will
╚═ FeeL ═╝
steadily appear in all the editors in the SMartEditor(tm) series. These
changes include:
1) Restoring the screen colors after the program terminates.
2) 'Do something about the colors'
Since the Changing Colors are an essential part of the
QEDSME method of Quick Error Detection, it defeats the
purpose of the program to use less color than is used
already. Remember that only a proportion of the 256 CGA
colors are distinct and legible, so that many colors are
unused.
However a new command has been added to turn
the ═╦══ colors ══╦═ off, provisionally using the ALT-C key.
╚═ QEDetect ═╝
This new command is useful for three reasons not mentioned in
the review:
a) Allows the text to be read as plain text.
b) Speeds up scrolling through the file.
c) Allows the End User to compare ═╦═ Manual Error Detection ═╦═.
╚═ Quick Error Detection ═╝
QEDSME SoftWare Laboratories's Ten Thumbed typist, Declan D. Thumb,
already appreciates the new ALT-C command, because the text
scrolling can be slowish with the QuickErrorDetection turn on.
However, Declan's ManualErrorDetection is slower still.
"Catching errors by hand is very strainful."
"Its like playing ═╦═ cricket ══╦═ in the Fogg."
╚═ baseball ═╝
This prompted QEDSME's Product Development Manager, E.T.PepperCorn,
to name the new method of operation "Fogg Mode".
Unfortunately, as the diskwas full, and these changes made the
programs longer, it was neccessary to remove one of the SMartEditor(tm).
QEDKMT SMartEditor(tm) can be obtained separately for $15.00. See the
file called 'PRICES' for details about other SMartEditors(tm).
QEDSME PO Box 363 Mona Vale NSW 2103 Australia Phone: +61-2-997-2543.