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SOFTWARE: UPDATE: Mr.Ed V1.15 Text Editor for Programmers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matt Pfersdorff)
Sun Nov 24 04:27:51 1996
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: 24 Nov 1996 09:14:20 GMT
From: mred@apollo.inka.de (Matt Pfersdorff)
Reply-To: mred@apollo.inka.de
Reply-to: mred@apollo.inka.de
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File-URLs:
ftp://ftp-os2.cdrom.com/pub/os2/editors/mred115e.zip
ftp://ftp-os2.cdrom.com/pub/os2/incoming/mred115e.zip (English version)
ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/os/os2/editors/mred115g.zip (German version)
Mr.Ed V1.15 is a highly configurable OS/2 PM text editor for programmers.
Changes in V1.15 11 November 1996
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NEW: a line numbering area can be switched on optionally. Font and colors can
be changed via Drag&Drop. The width of the line numbering area can also
be configured.
NEW: configurable Autosave function saves modified files after a specified
number of changes or a specified amount of time. The backup file is saved
in a special directory with the file name extended by "~sav" on HPFS
respective "~" on FAT drives.
NEW: graphic drawing function. The default drawing keys are
[Ctrl+Alt+CurLeft|CurRight|CurUp|CurDown]. There are 10 different line
styles selectable in the "Draw" submenu (menu "Edit"). Marked rectangles
(column blocks) can be framed with the selected line style.
NEW: optionally the ASCII code of the current character is displayed along
with the cursor's line/column position. The code can be displayed decimal
or hexadecimal.
NEW: the vertical/horizontal scrollbar can be removed from the text windows.
NEW: modified buffers are marked by a red "LED" in the Window Monitor and the
window titlebar. View names are displayed indented in blue color in the
Window Monitor.
NEW: the file selector provides a history of the last 20 paths, that have been
used to load/save a file.
The "Drives" menu has been moved to a dropdown list box, that also
displays the volume label for each drive.
NEW: every tool can have an optional menu entry.
NEW: after "Goto to section" ([CTRL+Return]) the function "Return to calling
section" ([ALT+Return]) brings the cursor back to his previous position.
The text window is closed automatically, in case it was opened by the
"Goto section" call.
NEW: when a file with backup extension (timestamp, counter) is to be saved,
the "Save as..." dialog is opened automatically.
NEW: when the File History in menu "File" exceeds 10 entries, a submenu
"More..." is created. The File History may now have up to 40 entries.
NEW: the Tool Manager can now handle the buggy path outputs of the GNU C++
compiler (double backslashes).
NEW: in dialog "Print (formatted)" the name of the current printer font is
displayed.
NEW: while formatted printing, the number of the currently printed (or
spooled) page is displayed in the text window titlebar.
NEW: formatted printing can be aborted by pressing the [ESC] key.
NEW: the initial window layout can be configured (cascade, maximize).
CHG: the max. line length has been increased from 1000 to 4094 characters.
CHG: keyboard shortcuts may now contain combinations of two of the modifier
keys [SHIFT], [CNTRL] and [ALT].
CHG: relative path components are removed from the path when a file is opened.
CHG: when the main window is minimized, the tool output window is now
minimized too.
CHG: the Window Monitor does no longer run in a separate thread (with its own
PM message queue), since this could cause trouble when running NPSWPS.
FIX: files that are passed in a file list ("-f" commandline parameter) are now
loaded in the correct order.
FIX: Mr.Ed crashed on *very* long C-function names in the Section
Display/Browser.
FIX: the main window now stays maximized, when using the Window Monitor to
switch to another text window.
FIX: the OS/2 provided "Maximize window" functionality has been modified. A
maximized text window now perfectly fits the main window client area.
FIX: when using the vertical scrollbar, the end of the text is now reached in
mode "Scrollbars move cursor".
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