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- UPDATES FOR VERSION 2.1 OF NEW YORK WORD
-
- 1) The spelling checker is now implemented. See the NYWSPELL.ARC ar-
- chive. You can access the spelling checker via the Special Functions
- command (the <ALT> S key). The spelling corrector feature is included
- ONLY in the registered version.
-
- 2) If you have an Enhanced Graphics Adapter, the <CTRL E> command will
- toggle you between 43 line mode and 25 line mode. Really nice if
- you're using multiple windows.
-
- 3) Bug fixes :
- The help files weren't being found. This was due to a typo in the
- source code. The word processor will first look for a subdirectory
- called \NYW\HELP\ for the help files. If you have a hard disk, you may
- consider creating that directory.
-
- If you have color on and you press <ESC> <CTRL D>, the color will
- remain intact.
-
- Bugs relating to a left margin greater than 1 have been squashed.
-
- 4) Searching is now very fast due to using the 8088 fast string in-
- structions. These instructions are used only if the pattern that you
- type does not contain any regular expression metacharacters. When
- typing the search patter, pressing CTRL N will let you search for the
- hard carriage return character.
-
- 5) Implemented in version 2.0 was full line editing capabilities in
- the status line. When you are prompted for a command, you may use the
- LEFT ARROW, RIGHT ARROW, DEL, BACKSPACE, HOME, END, and INS keys to do
- rudimentary line editing.
-
- 6) The keyboard remapping facility has been expanded. In addition to
- remapping the entire keyboard, you may now have prefix keys ala
- WordStar. In fact, a Wordstar keyboard map has been included with the
- package. See the documentation in the file KEYREMAP.ARC. Full C source
- code for the keymap compiler is included. If you already have a
- KEYTABLE.NYW file, DELETE IT!!!!
-
-
- UPDATES FOR VERSION 2.0 OF NEW YORK WORD
-
- 1) Totally reorganized the internal structure. As a result, several
- functions were brought under a consistent interface. The internal
- reworking has reduced the code size to 116K under Lattice C Version
- 3.0. We are considering an eventual port over to Microsoft C Version
- 4.0, which may reduce the code size further, and which may speed up
- i/o.
-
- All of the UNIX related code was scrapped, and the word processor
- is now PC-specific. This can be seen by the very quick screen writes,
- and the way that the screen is updated. The algorithms are also much
- cleaner.
-
- 2) You can have up to 12 windows on the screen. The previous limit was
- 2 windows.
-
- 3) Several commands have been remapped to different keys. The GLOBAL
- REFORMAT command is now done by ALT F3 instead of F3 - such an
- important operation should be "harder" to invoke accidentally.
-
- 4) Removed "program mode", as it wasn't being used much. Use our ME
- text editor if you want high quality program editing.
-
- 5) More options have been added, such as
- - wait for keystroke after error
- - prompt user after <PUT> command
- - don't wait for horizontal retrace
- - Two spaces left after a punctuation mark when reformatting
-
- 6) The <CHANGE WINDOW SIZE> command has been dropped. It has been
- replaced by the <EXPLODE WINDOW> and <SHRINK WINDOW> commands. The
- explode command lets you expand a window to take up the entire screen.
-
- 7) Several new commands have been added. The VERSION command (ALT V)
- lets you see what version of NYWord you are using. The keyboard macro
- commands have been made explicit, and are tied to the F3 and F4 keys.
- We have removed the explicit keystrokes required for the MAIL MERGE,
- INDEX and TABLE OF CONTENTS functions, and grouped them under the
- SPECIAL FUNCTIONS command (ALT S).
-
-