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  1.                                                              hwp release notes 1
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  6.         Release Notes:                                                          
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  10.                 hwp is not completely finished.  It has not been tested         
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  12.         exhaustively.  I am still working on hwp and adding features as         
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  14.         time permits.                                                           
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  18.                 The insert key doesn't work on some systems because the         
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  20.         termcap/terminfo entry for KEY_IC is not defined.                       
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  24.                 hwp does not work at all in xvt windows under X11.  I           
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  26.         wrote xvt so please don't mail me and tell me to tell the               
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  28.         author about it!  I don't know why xvt doesn't work properly and        
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  30.         I don't have time to fix it now.  I will spend time on it in the        
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  32.         future.                                                                 
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  36.                 hwp doesn't work properly in xterm windows either.  It          
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  38.         works to some extent but the function keys don't work, etc.             
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  40.         because a proper termcap/terminfo entry for xterm is missing.           
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  42.         I have added some support for the use of hwp in an xterm                
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  44.         window.  Notably, you can how see underlined text properly.             
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  48.                 I have also written some support for MGR terminal               
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  50.         windows so that you can see underline and so that your                  
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  52.         cursor looks good.  The MGR version works properly.                     
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  56.                 Since some keys that are not in terminfo/termcap files,         
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  58.         I have made the ESC key cause the menu to pop up. This means            
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  60.         that when you press a function key in an xterm, the menubar             
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  66.                                                              Harry C. Pulley, IV
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  72.         becomes active and you can now choose your item with the cursor         
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  74.         keys. This means that hwp is not totally useless on systems             
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  76.         without function keys, etc. All you really need are cursor keys,        
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  78.         backspace and an ESC key.                                               
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  86.                 I am still working on hwp.  I hope to have block                
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  88.         delete/copy/move and context-sensitive help working eventually.         
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  90.         I also hope to have support for Postscript printers, etc. added         
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  92.         soon.                                                                   
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  96.                 I have now implemented bold, underline and superscript          
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  98.         (for use in end and foot notes, etc.).  You cannot see on the           
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  100.         screen things that are superscripted right now.  This will be           
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  102.         fixed in the future for environments which support it.                  
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  106.                 Users with 4.0 will need to uncomment the line in the           
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  108.         makefile so that lpr is used instead of lp. Users of other              
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  110.         systems who don't have lp (but do have lpr) should also use the         
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  112.         appropriate line in the makefile to select the right print              
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  114.         spooler.                                                                
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  122.         Please sent all bug reports, comments, etc. to                          
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  124.         hcpiv@snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca                                          
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  132.                                                              Harry C. Pulley, IV
  133.                                                              hwp release notes 3
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  138.         Harry C. Pulley, IV.                                                    
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  142.         hwp is Copyright 1993, 1994 by Harry C. Pulley, IV. It may be           
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  144.         freely distributed and modified provided that this copyright            
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  146.         notice is not removed. I am not responsible for any damages             
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  148.         caused by this program in any way, shape or form.                       
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