(together with wide fieldwidths for clearly sourcecodeediting)
(Note: using this font produces a warning when running on 'Emulator'
you can ignore it by choosing 'Continue')
- maximal screenwidth now set to 1200
- correct handling of modification date of DOC
(for proper work with 'Backup Buddy'
- fixed minor bugs
V1.43->V1.45
- now reports if storage mem is too low
- different register handling
(only internally)
V1.42->V1.43
- scanning of text based bookmarks
- rescanning of bookmarks without doublets,
(useful when bookmarks were shifted by editing)
- user defined bookmark characters
- filtering of CR's
(no more little rectangles on screen)
V1.34/V1.35->V1.42
- handling of bookmarks
- reduced nagging
- fixed a minor rename bug
V1.32->V1.34/V1.35
- uses only a minimum of dynamic RAM, now
works well on Palms with only 32 K heap
- don't loads and crashs on corrupted DOC's
- tries to close unclosed DOC's
- starts up with a filerequester
if there was no previous file or
after deleting of files
- softkeyboard now pops up without problems
V1.30->V1.32
- editable switch in options
- easy page navigation by tapping on text screen,
if document is switched not editable (up/down and left/right)
- fscroll switch in options, if set a full screen of text
is scrolled, if not set a screen minus one line is scrolled
- options-dialog switches are sorted now
left side: individual file settings
right side: global settings
- changed the small horizontal scrollsize to half a screen
- file dialog now pops up with the actual file highlighted
- changed minimum ownername length from 3 to 2
- fixed update bug
- some minor changes
V1.28->V1.30
- different username handling
- 160 pixels screenwidth as standard
- beeing more economical with dynamic RAM
- some minor changes
V1.11T->V1.28
- support of compression
- searchfunction
- support of big fonts
- textfield lines switchable
- undo function
- info menu
- correct support of 'keyboard'
- isn't disturbed by AportisDoc bookmarks anymore
- better support of DOC backupflag
- Palm III compatible
- runs very stabel
V1.1T->V1.11T
- fixed zero length bug
V1.0T->V1.1T:
- now coexists with AportisDoc
- filters compressed files
- supports hardware up/down buttons
- new dualstep navigation triangles
Features of this version:
- nearly unlimited filesize
- wide screens 160-800 pixel
- automatic and manual sidescroll
- compression of DOC-files
- searchfunction
- bookmarks
- file info with name and len
- rename and delete of files
- position gauge
- small/big fonts
- textfield lines on/off
- Palm III compatible
Limitations of this version:
- no categories
- no input goodies (autoindent, wordselect by doubleclick, ...)
- only two proportional fonts
- no replace function
How to use:
- install 'QED.prc' as usual
- use QEX for easy handling of DOC's on your PC
QEX is available on - http://www.visionary2000.com/qed/qex.htm
(registered QED users can utilize their registration code for QEX to stop register messages)
or
use 'MakeDocW' or 'MakeDoc7' or a similar application on your PC/MAC to make a Pilot DOC-file out of the text- or source-file you want to edit, the 'compress' option of this application may be set on or off (CR/LF Removal and Translation set to none), install the resulting DOC-file as usual on your PalmPilot
- to receive the text- or source-files back on your PC/MAC, hotsync your PalmPilot and look for files in the '...pilot\yourname\backup'-directory. To convert these files back to PC/MAC format use 'MakeDoc' with option '-d' or a similar application. You can automate this by using batchfiles.
- tap on the gauge to navigate through texts, for better handling the start and end positions are enlarged
- tap on the basehalf of the navigation triangles to trace line by line through texts, the other triangle half steps one screen
- use big fieldwidths (default 160) and the monospaced font to win survey when editing sourcecodes, no continued lines will annoy you
- use fieldwidth 160 when reading/writing textfiles
- fieldwidth-, fontsize-, textunderline-, editable- settings and edit position are stored automatically, individual for every file you work on
- use 'Options/Default Prefs/Comp new files' to open new compressed/uncompressed files (uncompressed files are handled faster)
- 'Commands/Info' shows some file infos, the first number is the uncompressed file length, the second one the length it uses in memory, the asterix marks the file to be changed
- you cannot mark text upwards or sidewards over the textfields bounds
- if you have renamed two files to the same name you can only load the first file of both, load this file rename it and you have access to both files again
- the systems find feature can't find texts in QED
- compression is a time killing job, in some cases it could last up to 18 seconds, a busy sign will appear
- saving is done automatically when changing or leaving a file, you can manually save a file by 'Menu/Commands/Save'
- QED only performs compression if text was changed
- the upper part of the searchbutton intitiates a new search, the lower part repeats search, search is only available caseless
- use 'Options/Doc Prefs/Backup' for forcing a file to be backed up or not at next hotsync, to avoid already backed up files to be saved at every hotsync (timeconsuming)switch it off, any changing of text sets the backup flag
- if editable is checked you can edit DOC's, navigation is done with navigation triangles
if editable is not checked you cannot edit DOC's, to navigate tap on upper/lower half of screen or use navigation triangles
- you can also use hardware up/down buttons on your Palm to navigate through DOC's
- when fscroll switch in options is set a full text screen is scrolled, if not set a text screen minus one line is scrolled
- options-dialog switches are sorted, left side: individual file settings, right side: global settings
- to delete a bookmark choose one, then enter the bookmark list again, your choosen bookmark is highlighted now, select 'Delete Bookmark'
- 'Scan Bookmarks' searches for text based bookmarks, they are identified by 'bookmark chars' like '░' or '**', the next max. 15 characters are used as bookmark, QED does not perform an autoscan
- menue 'Options/BookChars' lets you change these 'BookChars', the standard is '░'
- if you edit your text, bookmarks will shift from their abolute stored positions, after performing 'Scan Bookmarks' again, all text based bookmarks will be updated without adding them again to the bookmark list
Bugs:
- do not load DOC's out of a FlashROM
Up to now I've worked several hundred hours on QED, but for sure it is not bugfree. So don't hesitate to send me your bugreports. Lost or scrambled texts and dreams, I do not hope QED will produce, I cannot bring back for you. A 'good bad' example for this was version 1.0T, it 'killed' AportisDoc and many Pilot fans were unhappy. So use this software at your own risk. Although this text and some parts of QED's source are written with itself.
If using fieldwidths greater than 400 on DOC's without linefeeds texts may be displayed not correct.
Warning:
- do not install older versions of QED after installing versions >= 1.32
- Running QED on Emulator causes warnings when using the monospaced font. QED's 'non fullsize requesters' also produces warnings when running on Emulator in color device mode.
