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- Problems/projects:
- • fileset fast word count is gibberish.
- • scrollbars of split window get confused
- • need to add savePostHook to man, add other hook checks.
- • batch multi dir
-
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- = 6.51 Released!
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- • New java mode.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.51b14 5-2-96
- ================================================================================
- • Fixes some problems introduced w/ filesets in last version.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.51b13 4-13-96
- ================================================================================
- • Fixes to fortran and perl modes.
- • The updated java mode should be in this version...
- • Updates to fileset procs. You may need to remove your preferences...
-
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- = 6.51b12 4-3-96
- ================================================================================
- • 'showInvisibles' now available from mode popup in status bar.
- • can again drag to end of buffer.
- • Java mode updated.
- • FTP'd files no longer give the "Wrap?" dialog.
- • Directory scan in find dialog easier to use.
- • word-match works w/ non-multi batch
-
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- = 6.51b11 3-31-96
- ================================================================================
- • Many of the bug fixes hadn't gotten copied into the release dir for b10.
- They are here now.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.51b10 3-31-96
- ================================================================================
- • 'rebuildFtpMenu' now works correctly out of the box.
- • fix for 'endLineSelect'.
- • Removed latex palette item and added help item.
- • Easier to decide not to tearoff menus.
- • HTML fixes.
- • Perl filters work again.
-
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- = 6.51b9 3-31-96
- ================================================================================
- • Command-click on a URL now selects it and sends off to internet config.
- • regular expression search bug introduced in 6.21 fixed.
- • 'insertText' now properly preserves the "mark".
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.51b8 3-31-96
- ================================================================================
- • Alpha now knows that the Internet Explorer understands open-URL events.
- • "Keyboard" macros can now be named and saved.
- • 'recentProc' now exists again.
- • Bug w/ menu floats not always opening fixed.
- • Up-to-date html docs.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.51b7 3-31-96
- ================================================================================
- • Floating point precision problem fixed in calculator.
- • Innumerable Tcl bug fixes by Vince Darley.
- • HTML mode 1.4.
- • "Helper Apps" on Config menu allows helper apps to be reconfigured.
- • 'search' now works w/ 'searchStart'.
- • added 'tearoffMenus' flag.
- • brace blink problem corrected.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.51b5 11-26-96
- ================================================================================
- • IC Menu now has a telnet item, works w/ NCSA telnet.
- • 'coloring' now affects color-while-you-type.
- • New HTML mode and docs.
- • A myriad of other small changes.
- • Includes new version of Mercutio MDEF, internet config.
- • Cache of temporary ftp mounts points.
- • Can turn off all caching of mount points.
- • Can now create new files at ftp mount points.
- • setFileInfo has new 'pathname' type.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.51b3 8-26-96
- ================================================================================
- • 'sendUrl' again works from the menu.
- • 'matchIt' has optional param
- • 'eventHandler' w/ no new proc returns current handler
- • HTML menu can now be torn off.
- • Torn-off mode menus automatically hide and reappear.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.51b2 8-26-96
- ================================================================================
- • IC Menu now contains a 'finger' item. Works w/ Peter Lewis's finger
- program.
- • New version of MDEF. Hopefully, this version won't crash.
- • 'Move files' in HTML mode no longer remove empty lines in the moved files.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.51 8-26-96
- ================================================================================
- • Menus tear off!
- • 'gotoFunc' added to Text menus, assigned old gotoMark key binding.
- • 'cd' once again silently supplies the leading colon on relative
- pathnames.
- • Problem of loading 'prefs.tcl' a second time fixed.
- • 'findFile' and 'getfile' now accept an optional argument that specifies a
- default directory or file.
- • Titlebar popup now brings up findfile to correct dir or file.
- • wordCompletion enhanced to allow underlines, and bound to F1.
- • includeFiles menu fixed.
- • C/C++ func menu now includes include files.
- • Documented 'setCreator' and 'setType' in shell help file.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.5 Released - 8-23-96
- ================================================================================
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.22 8-19-96
- ================================================================================
- • Another change to the C mode 'parseExpr'.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.21 8-18-96
- ================================================================================
- • 'regexp' now handles perl extensions such as \w in square brackets
- • C, C++, and Java func expr fixes.
- • C++ now default mode for .c and .h files. CodeWarrior and ThinkRef
- default C/C++ menus.
-
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- = 6.2b17 7-31-96
- ================================================================================
- • 'Recent' submenu added to AlphaLite.
- • CW 10 will support extern apps! See here, young man.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.2b16 7-31-96
- ================================================================================
- • Fixed screwup in the latex funcs menu.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.2b15 7-31-96
- ================================================================================
- • Drag in read-only window no longer messes up hiliting.
- • Triple-clicking is back.
- • "Latex Guide" html version is back in full Alpha version.
- • Codewarrior menu 'touch's file w/ IDE, so "Modification Date Caching"
- *can* be enabled in the project preferences.
- • The "Funcs" menu is back, and has now been reassigned the curly braces
- icon. The marks menu has been moved to the icon w/ the big 'M'.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.2b14 7-31-96
- ================================================================================
- • Electric left at end of buffer fix.
- • Palette crasher fixed.
- • Some attempt to fix the intermittent problems w/ menu font sizes that some
- people has been made. If it doesn't do it for you, you can turn them off
- via the global variable 'smallMenuFont'.
- • Workaround for some of the color problems w/ the status window.
- • Closed hand appears immediately on drag.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.2b13 7-31-96
- ================================================================================
- • *Now* 'puts' to stdout is transparently ignored.
- • The name of the 'Trash' eudora folder can now be changed.
- • 'fillText' (and hence soft wrapping) now also respect the 'doubleSpaces'
- flag.
- • HTML 1.2 changes.
- • Global config dialog smaller.
- • The crash when opening and then closing an empty window on 68ks seems to
- have disappeared.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.2b12 7-18-96
- ================================================================================
- • FTP and Fileset menus are back to where they should be.
- • Help and palette menu items added for perl menu.
- • Mail messages now show dates.
- • Electric braces, returns, and semicolons now work in perl
- mode. Added hierarchical help menu and palette to perl menu.
- • electricC-blah routines are now just 'electric', and live in electric.tcl,
- which used to be indentLine.tcl.
- • HTML send-window can now tolerate windows w/ ' <n>' appended.
- • Word-wrap crash w/ very long lines now fixed.
- • Skew of Marks menu in dialog fixed.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.2b11 7-18-96
- ================================================================================
- • Changed 'winNames' back.
- • Fixed redraw problem when backspacing w/ palette visible.
- • Changed bindings for (sendtence|paragraph)Region.
- • 'puts' now null proc.
- • Annoying flicker when selecting text gone.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.2b10 7-17-96
- ================================================================================
- • Added wdef w/ border for pre-system-7.5 users.
- • Floats can now be bound to mode w/ -z.
- • Date routines fixed for year 2000 :-)
- • winNames -f will no longer have ' <n>' appended.
- • Removing 'All' from the popup marks menu now only removes the front
- window's marks.
- • Various fileset and html fixes.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.2b9 7-7-96
- ================================================================================
- • More latex changes, improvements, and documentation.
- • Alpha can now be "deconstructed". See here.
-
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.2b8 7-7-96
- ================================================================================
- • Floaters close if their menu is redefined.
- • "Suffix Mapping" menu item under Config allows suffixes to be reassigned
- among modes.
- • ftpMode listing name formed differently
- • New latex mode. 2.09 support is back.
-
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.2b7 6-29-96
- ================================================================================
- • fixed diff mechanism
- • a couple of fixes for html
- • "Rebuild Tcl Indices" no longer picks up commented-out procs.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.2b6 6-28-96
- ================================================================================
- • faster scrolling behind floating windows.
- • added '-n' option for floats.
- • Big reorganization of Tcl code. See here.
- • Fixed batch dir searches.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.2b5 6-23-96
- ================================================================================
- • fixed scrolling behind floating windows, although still slow.
- • added 'float' and 'unfloat'.
-
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.2b4 6-23-96
- ================================================================================
- • New latex changes.
- • fixes for carriage return problem introduced in b3.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.2b3 6-13-96
- ================================================================================
- • Added new 'substituteWindow' as alternate to 'chooseWindow' in menu.
- • Changed dynamic loading mechanism, saves memory, should work the same
- unless you access auto_index or the 'tclIndex' file.
- • added a call to 'savePostHook'.
- • added ftp (Anarchy) menu. No docs yet.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.2b2 6-8-96
- ================================================================================
- • Function-call colorizing fixes.
- • Changed windows menu a bit.
- • sendUrl didn't work if HTML mode hadn't been used. Fixed.
- • 68k 'eventHandler' finally fixed!!
- • Remove marks handles metachars.
- • Latex 3.2b9.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.2b1 6-8-96
- ================================================================================
- • Fixed new-fileset menu item from find dialog.
- • Function-call coloring available for C and C++ modes.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.2a6 6-7-96
- ================================================================================
- • Fixed glob on other volumes bug.
- • Mercutio 1.3b9.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.2a5 6-7-96
- ================================================================================
- • Fixed blank chars if typing as new window opened.
- • Coloring bug with multiple-line colorized hunks of text fixed.
- • 'printHeaderProc' replaced w/ 'printLeftHeader' and 'printRightHeader'.
- • Fixed mode suffix bugs introduced in a4.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.2a4 6-6-96
- ================================================================================
- • Moved to CW8.
- • Moved to Mercutio 1.3b6
- • Added listpick interface to IC menu urls.
- • 'immediateSend' now menu flag for eudora mode.
- • Current mode can be changed via "Config:Current Mode:Change…"
- • Current mode suffixes can be changed via the "Config:Current Mode:Flags…"
- dialog.
- • Added all of Vince's fileset stuff.
- • HTML mode changes.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.2a3 2-15-96
- ================================================================================
- • '-c' option added to menu command tells menu routines to ignore
- meta-chars.
- • Added 'pushd', 'popd', and 'dirs' shell commands.
- • String-coloring bug fixed.
- • New LaTeX version.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.2a2 2-15-96
- ================================================================================
- • Memory corruption problem fixed.
- • Changed html.tcl htmlMode.tcl sendUrl to use 'browserSig' var instead of
- path.
- • getWinInfo gets 'currline'.
- • Enter key now sort of emulates what I'm told it does in Brief.
- • Added HTML table row to tab-delimited format and back.
- • 'dialog's popup menus no longer are scanned for command equivalents.
- • searching for reg expr '\\reg' will now match '\reg'.
- • Batch search now works for single-file searches as well.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.2a1 2-15-96
- ================================================================================
- • 'OpenHeader' added to CodeWarrior menu.
- • option-mouse-down in code-warrior files now pops up a headers menu.
- • "Find In Next File" now command-M in AlphaLite as well.
- • Added 'nameFromAppl', which allows path to be found from creator.
- • Many pathvars tossed.
- • Added 'doubleSpaces' flag.
- • 'addAlphaChars' allows characters to be added to definition of 'isalpha' and
- 'isalnum'.
- • Regular expressions can now use '\w', '\W', '\s', '\S', '\b', '\B', '\d',
- and '\D'. All but '\b' and '\B' can also be used inside of character classes.
- • Delete filesets now works on enumerated filesets as well as non-enumerated.
- • Improved HTML mode.
- • Global variable substitution now performed on 'backDir'.
- • Holding down the shift key during startup tells Alpha to skip
- preferences files.
- • 'edit' now accepts '-c' option that tells is to bring existing files to
- front without asking if duplicate needed.
- • glob bug fixed.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.12 2-15-96
- ================================================================================
- • Bad regular expression no longer complains for every file in fileset.
- • Eudora alert annoyance removed.
- • Support for Java syntax coloring and editing added.
- • "Edit Nicknames" bug fixed.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.11 2-11-96
- ================================================================================
- • grep multi-file search/replace bug fixed
- • 'special chars' color fix
- • global menus
- • nicknames w/ eudora
- • Alpha now has its very own calculator.
- • 'shell' param for setWinInfo
- • thumb can no longer be dragged past max size of win (problem for win length
- greater than 32k).
- • 'killWindowStatus' default now front window.
- • 'moveInsertionHere' now deselects first.
-
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.1 2-1-96
- ================================================================================
- • Added '.' and '\' to list of chars escaped for non-grep batch searches.
- • String-coloring draw problem fixed (sometimes printed chars from next line on
- current line).
- • Another IC tweak.
- • Another Fortran mode tweak by the many Toms.
-
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.098 2-1-96
- ================================================================================
- • Fixed non-grep batch searching problem.
- • Typing in strings now colored.
- • TeX prefs split into two pages.
- • Potentially evil bug fixed for modes that don't color strings.
- • CodeWarrior flag problem fixed.
- • Internet Config clients on other volumes should open now.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.097 1-20-96
- ================================================================================
- • Changed bindings for 'Iconify'.
- • 'noShiftBinding' gone.
- • 'removeSavedSetting' now saves modifed vars first.
- • new scheme mode
- • regModeKeywords can now color strings.
- • Coloring for keywords, strings, comments can be changed in mode dialog.
- • Version 3.1 of Tom Scavo's TeX mode.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.0963 1-19-96
- ================================================================================
- • Change in the preferences dialog.
- • Back to caret to denote control modifiers in menus.
- • Changed command equiv for searchNextFile.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.0962 1-18-96
- ================================================================================
- • Fixes 'Find' crasher.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.096 1-15-96
- ================================================================================
- • 3.1 beta TeX mode by Tom Scavo.
- • radio buttons and gray outlines added to 'dialog'.
- • 'Escape' selects Cancel button again.
- • Hopefully, the crashing w/ simple key sequences on international
- keyboards is fixed.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.095 1-7-96
- ================================================================================
- • Non-alphanumeric mailbox names handled.
- • "Revert To Backup" added to file menu.
- • Replace-all can now be aborted w/ command-.
- • multi-line comment coloring problem fixed.
- • Eudora and config menus continue to evolve. The eudora mode, especially, I
- think is especially slick. Opening mailboxes large is still slow, but
- everything else works pretty well.
- • Improved CodeWarrior error reporting from John Dunning.
- • New icons for function keys in menus. The 'control' icon is now
- different (looks like a picnic table).
- • 'wordWrap' and 'softWrap' subsumed into a single variable ('wordWrap'), and
- accessed via a menu in the status bar.
- • Non-regular-expression batch searches now work correctly.
- • Config menu re-arranged. Flags and vars now set using dialog.
- • New 'dialog' function.
-
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.094 1-7-96
- ================================================================================
- • Row-col indicator changes again.
- • Drag bar problems fixed.
- • Eudora mode significantly improved.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.093 1-6-96
- ================================================================================
- • Row-col indicator works for >10000 lines again.
- • Fixed open-file bug recently introduced.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.092 1-6-96
- ================================================================================
- • Command-click on title now gives enabled menu, result is sent to tcl proc
- 'titlebar', currently opens the folder in the Finder.
- • A few Eudora mode changes, now we have docs!
- • Other random, assorted minor fixes.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.091 1-4-96
- ================================================================================
- • region modifiers now taken notice of read-only status
- • text menu alternation problem fixed.
- • space and delete work intelligently in browser and mail modes.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.09 1-4-96
- ================================================================================
- • File and mode-selection popup are now in the status window.
- • 'showPlatform', 'showRowCol', and 'showMode' are gone, in effect always on.
-
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.08 1-2-96
- ================================================================================
- • Another menu re-configuration. Help menu gone, everything now under system
- help menu.
- • "Quick Start" doc added.
- • The "Sort Lines" menu item (under Text) now alternates w/ "Reverse Sort".
- • "Mode Info" and "File Info" popups separated. "File Info" still popup,
- "Mode Info" now under Config.
- • You can no longer bring a window to the front and drag it in one click.
- Let me know if you disagree w/ this. I had several complaints about the
- current setup.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.07 1-2-96
- ================================================================================
- • Internet Config warning (on startup) removed.
- • drag warning narrowed.
- • obscure 'addAppPaths' bug fixed.
- • defaults for color picker added.
- • Slight menu re-configuration.
- • Command-click and command-double-click differentiated a bit better.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.06 1-2-96
- ================================================================================
- • Redraw bug w/ split panes fixed.
- • Bugs w/ command-double-clicking and slow file loads (both added in 6.05)
- fixed.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.05 1-1-96
- ================================================================================
- • 'colorTriple' now takes an initial color.
- • new routine icURL <URL> that passes arg to Internet Config, if present.
- • command-clicking passes the text to Internet Config (doesn't yet work for
- 68k version).
- • New Internet Config menu.
- • New soft-wrapping feature. Vars 'wrapLow', and 'wrapHigh'.
- • 'Push' and 'pop' marks moved up a level in Search menu. Hypertext jumps
- now call 'pushMark' before performing the action.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.04 12-25-95
- ================================================================================
- • Cmd-double-clicking procs can now notice a "control"
- modifier of the basic command-double-clicking. No mode yet uses this.
- • Red and blue colors changed slightly.
- • Eudora mode subject display glitch fixed.
- • Fixed nastly little memory bug (which usually showed up while pasting
- large chunks of text).
- • XTCLs are gone. They will be replaced in the near future by the standard
- Tcl extension mechanism. See Ray Johnson at SunLabs for more details.
- • Bug inserting literals ampersands fixed.
- • Discrepancy between two versions of 'menu' command fixed. Menuprocs are
- called w/ two arguments, return value ignored.
- • Tag files now always created type mac, prompt for wrapping tagwin no
- longer occurs.
- • If the first line of a file contains the text 'nowrap' anywhere in it,
- the wrap prompt is not displayed, regardless of the line lengths.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.03 12-11-95
- ================================================================================
- • Including Pete Gontier's ClickWarrior, an init that vectors clicks in
- CodeWarrior's project window to Alpha. See here for details.
- • Fixed HTML display problem.
- • Enhanced Fortran mode, mode-specific indentLine, fileset-specific
- 'cTAGS' from Tom Pollard. Also an 'emacs' smartMode in :Tcl:UserCode.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.02 11-11-95
- ================================================================================
- • Command-double-clicking on a URL now sends it to your web browser. See
- here to customize.
- • More of Vince Darley's Tcl code, new marking routines for C, C++, Tcl.
- New rebuildTclIndices. (un)Commentbox(paragraph).
- • Inserting text in keyboard macro doesn't mess up mark.
- • Alpha menu icons don't pop up when other apps frontmost.
- • "Recent Files" list can now be reset. Only one instance of a given
- filename can now be in list.
- • Added "Redefine colors…" submenu off Mode. See manual.
- • Added Vince Darley's fillParagraph and smarterSource code.
- • Added mode-specific prefs (not Vince's).
- • Mail mode allows you to tell Eudora to quit notifying Alpha.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.01 7-21-95
- ================================================================================
- • 'repeatSearchBackward' and 'repeatSearchForward' now work correctly in
- macros
- • added/changed 'searchString'/'replaceString'.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.01 7-21-95
- ================================================================================
- • MacPerl mode fixes, new help files for MacPerl and BibTeX.
- • Patterns menu from the find dialog now gets updated.
- • "Drop•PS" is now selectable from the print menu.
- • Very rudimentary eudora interface added. Install via the 'Utils' menu.
- • Added 'tileMargin' var so that different win styles, such as those of
- 'Aaron', look right.
- • Added 'eventHandler' hook to allow Tcl scripts to respond to incoming
- Apple Events.
- • Latex bug fixed.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.0 7-16-95!
- ================================================================================
- • Added 'Bib' to modes 'commentBox' recognizes.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.0b28 7-16-95
- ================================================================================
- • Fixed some distribution problems.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.0b28 7-16-95
- ================================================================================
- • Added 'Send Url' to Utils menu, moved emacs menu over to Mode.
- • Fixed DOS-file crash.
- • Fixed top-level HTML menu problem.
- • New mode definitions for ADA flex/yacc
- • New fixes/additions to Perl and BibTeX modes.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.0b27 7-11-95
- ================================================================================
- • New (and final, for a while) latex mode.
- • "Remove Saved Setting" no longer unsets the variable.
- • Changed HTML mode icon to Netscape, added a "Send URL to Netscape" item
- under the HTML URLs submenu.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.0b26 7-4-95
- ================================================================================
- • Lock icon now redraws after resume.
- • Another try at alleviating the annoying dialogs when using TPM 7.0.4.
- • Another try at word-wrapping.
- • A couple of drag-scrolling bugs in split-pane windows fixed.
-
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.0b25 7-4-95
- ================================================================================
- • New HTML version
- • 'indentOnCR' now respected during word wrapping.
- • bug fix in bibtex mode.
- • Crashing bug w/ split windows fixed.
- • Read-only 'lock' icon now above vertical scrollbar.
-
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.0b24 7-3-95
- ================================================================================
- • word-wrapping now uses vars 'wrapBreak' and 'wrapBreakPreface'.
- • flags now work in C++ mode.
- • New LaTeX version.
- • "Find Options" dialog problems fixed.
-
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.0b23 7-3-95
- ================================================================================
- • 'Win Sets' are gone. However, you can entirely duplicate their behavior
- by using 'Create Fileset From Wins' and 'Open Entire Fileset' under the
- "FileSets:Utilities" submenu.
- • Nasty little (real old) bug that caused the cursor to appear only briefly
- after a command executed finally fixed.
- • Moved 'hilite' out of a Search submenu.
- • "Replace in Fileset" moved to control alternate of "Replace All".
- • Bug w/ queued replies (usually seen w/ think project manager) fixed.
- • Fortran comment coloring bug fixed.
- • Split pane bug fix.
- • Word-wrapping bug.
- • Fixed some hiliting bugs. In doing so, I broke scrolling when covered by
- floating windows. For those of you that this affects, for right now I
- say, "Don't Do That."
- • Fixed "Goto Tab Stop" problem in TeX mode.
- • 3D buttons have gone away. If you liked them, I suggest you get the "
- Aaron" init. This should also fix the problem w/ crashing on the original
- portables.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.0b22 7-1-95
- ================================================================================
- • Redraw fixes w/ multiple panes.
- • Enable/disable emacs persists across executions.
- • Changed buttons, etc.
- • New version of latex code.
- • Added 'Replace In Fileset" proc.
- • Can now create filesets on the fly from the find window.
-
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.0b21 6-12-95
- ================================================================================
- • Addition of underline keywords for latex mode (not in place yet).
- • 'word match' works w/ batch searches.
- • Multi-file directory scans have option of text-only.
- • Final latex mode nearing completion.
- • Small html and bibtex mode changes.
- • Bindings w/ a shift, but not a command, control, or option, now work.
- • 'latex' 2.09 proc works again....
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.0b20 6-11-95
- ================================================================================
- • Fix in 'showVarValue'.
- • 'editMark' now creates marks if they don't exist.
- • Print submenu changed, can now set default printer app.
- • Clicking on drag bar of inactive window makes active and then continues
- to drag.
- • indentLine/indentRegion and lineToParagraph/paragraphToLine added to
- Convert menu.
- • sendOpenEvent takes an option that tells it to not wait for a reply.
- • Comment colorizing better.
- • Files w/ Projector's "ModifyReadOnly" flag set can now be modified.
- • LaTeX mode almost finished…
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.0b19 6-5-95
- ================================================================================
- • Popup menus from the 'prompt' command now correctly display spacers.
- • Lots of new latex and perl changes/fixes. 'latex' in the 2.09 version
- works now.
- • 'alpharc.tcl' has been renamed 'prefs.tcl'. Probably the last name change
- in a while :-).
- • Directory comparisons seem to be working on my machine...
- • Printing through various apps allowed.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.0b18 6-3-95
- ================================================================================
- • Added docs for the new preferences routines ('addDef', 'addArrDef',
- 'removeDef', and 'removeArrDef', fixed some problems, added
- a menu item to open up the new alpharc.tcl file, addUserLine now writes
- to alpharc instead of userStartup.
- • Slightly re-organized the Filesets menu.
- • 'menu' now takes a "mode" flag.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.0b17 6-3-95
- ================================================================================
- • Added new user preferences system, use addDef/removeDef and
- addArrDef/removeArrDef pairs. In prefs.tcl. 'userStartup.tcl' is no
- longer sourced! However, there is now a new file called "alpharc.tcl"
- that is sourced from the prefs folder. No tcl routines add text to
- this file.
- • Added new "recent files" sub-menu to File menu. "Recent" files can also
- be opened via the 'editFile' dialog.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.0b16 6-2-95
- ================================================================================
- • cleaned up some messes put in w/ b15
-
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.0b15 5-29-95
- ================================================================================
- • ordinary deletions after rectangular deletions work better.
- • PPC scrollbar problem gone
- • Text buffers now allocated via mac routines vs unix, hopefully giving
- low memory behavior.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.0b14 5-29-95
- ================================================================================
- • "Mode:App Paths" a bit easier to use
- • pathnames longer than 128 chars work
- • bindings from non-active menus are not active either
- • some split-pane redrawing problems fixed
- • 'statusPrompt' no longer appends a space to the prompt
- • shift no longer works as a binding modifier except for alpha-numerics
- • command-shift-dash for "Switch to" for compilers now command-shift-s
- • Nasty bug w/ get_directory and get_file fixed.
- • All function keys/arrow keys now terminate incremental searches.
- • 'get_directory' now accepts a prompt argument.
- • 'statusPrompt' doesn't have problems w/ activate events any more
- • 'prompt' no longer interprets slashes as command equivalents in menu
- • command-v now 'paste's from within 'statusPrompt'
- • 8-bit chars handled better.
- • Repeat searches now always move at least one char before matching. Let
- me know what you think.
- • Some fixes for search-replacements w/ null patterns or replacement
- strings. '&' in a grep replacement string now works correctly.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.0b13 3-25-95
- ================================================================================
- • Scrolling vertically through window correctly redraws when obscured by a
- single floating window.
- • 'addUserLine' now uses curly braces instead of parens.
- • Cmd-double-clicking now works for "C" tags, Tcl procs in UserCode or
- SystemCode, and words in the Tcl language. Can also access by selecting
- a word and using the "Modes:Lookup Name" menu item.
- • 68k on primitive 68ks better :-)
- • Bug w/ hiliting on split windows fixed.
- • Emacs menu can be turned on and off.
- • Double-clicking on split-window bar toggles split window.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.0b12 3-20-95
- ================================================================================
- • New price structure, new registration system.
- • Command-. works again.
- • 'puts' spits carriage returns again.
- • better replaceAll behavior
- • Added '<E' extend style to menu items, forces new dynamic item
- alternate group.
- • Added 'getColors' command.
- • Added hyperText ability.
- • 'saveAs' changed.
- • cmd-double-clicking in the window no longer brings up the mark menu,
- but clicking on the curly braces and command-clicking on the titlebar both
- still do. cmd-double-clicking now tries to find the definition of a C
- function (See here).
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.0b11 3-17-95
- ================================================================================
- • powerThumb back.
- • filesets menu now responds to changes in file system if rebuilt.
- However, this only works for filesets created this by this version or
- higher. If you want to manually hack your userStartup.tcl to use your
- old filesets, look at how the 'System' etc. filesets are defined in
- fileSets.tcl.
- • AEBuild works for 68k again.
- • numlock is displayed on the statusbar
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.0b10 3-15-95
- ================================================================================
- • 68k scrollbar thumb, titlebar popup crashes fixed
- • 'numLock' flag added to remove bindings from keypad and use as keypad.
- The "clear" or numlock keypad key now toggles this binding.
- • 'scanfile' (and hence the grep procs) handle unix and ibm files better.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.0b9 3-1-95
- ================================================================================
- • Alpha correctly creates startup file and directory now.
- • Keybinding and lookup done differently. Hopefully, the new scheme will
- allow will better for international users. Please send me mail on
- whether this is true. Also, handling of the CapsLock key should be much
- better.
- • Crashing when dragging thumb gone, but had to temporarily kill
- powerThumb feature.
- • Changed 'Csh' mode to 'Shel' mode.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.0b8 3-1-95 Switched to CodeWarrior, introduced many problems…
- ================================================================================
- • INCOMPATIBILITY! "userStartup.tcl" must now be in a "Alpha" folder
- within your system preferences directory. Alpha will no longer find the
- old preferences, and WILL NOT copy it over for you.
- • command-click on window title now give popup menu showing location
- • cleaner proc now copies instead of moving
- • isearch doesn't quit when encountering bound characters unless with
- command, control, or option.
- • no longer support option modifed US KCHR resource that gets rid of dead
- keys.
- • Holding down control (sorry, option unavailable because of rectangular
- editing) while clicking on paren selects paren in addition to contained
- expression.
- • Toolbox Assistant support added. By default, this has been added to the
- C, C++, and Pascal modes. YOU MAY NOT SEE THIS IF YOU HAVE ALREADY MODIFIED
- WHICH MENUS THESE MODES DISPLAY. If this is the case, just use the
- 'setModeMenus' option under the bottom popup menu above the vertical
- scrollbar.
- • "Mode:App Paths" allows Alpha's paths to various other applications to
- be viewed, changed, or reset.
- • Added commands 'splitWindow' and 'otherPane'. Not quite complete.
- • Added postscript mode.
- • Several colorizing bugs fixed, most having to do w/ comments.
- • 'optionIsMeta' gone completely
- • added 'forceMainScreen' flag. When set, all windows are forced to be
- completely visible on the main screen. Otherwise, they just stay
- whereever they open.
- • 'suppressHeader' phased out in favor of 'printHeader',
- 'printHeaderTime', and 'printHeaderFullPath'.
- • 'maskCapsLock' is gone, and capslock is handled more intelligently, at
- least for US keyboards. This *will* be getting better in future versions.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.0b7 11-14-94
- ================================================================================
- • CodeWarrier fixes:
- - create warrior fileset now notices more than one segment
- - timeouts are longer
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.0b6 11-14-94
- ================================================================================
- • Added a few things to support CodeWarrier.
- • 'edit' now has -w option.
-
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.0b4 11-11-94
- ================================================================================
- • added 'openTexWindow' to "Latex Utilities" submenu.
- • fixed bugs in 'newModeVar', 'display'.
- • slightly changed next/prev(sub)section latex commands to display
- selected line at top of window
- • 'userStartup.tcl' moved to "Internal:System Folder:Preferences:Alpha userStartup.tcl"
- • GNU diff now works for directories other than the startup disk
- • display bug fixed
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.0b3 11-11-94
- ================================================================================
- • 'replaceText' bug fixed
- • userStartup cleaner added at quit
- • Compare directories is here!
- • text clippings can now be imported via drag and drop
- • Now check for drag-n-drop init...
-
- ================================================================================
- = 6.0b2 10-26-94
- ================================================================================
- • 'posActivate' gone
- • Alpha now defines 'screenWidth' and 'screenHeight' variables.
- • Alpha now checks for windows off screen
- • Apple drag-n-drop of text and files supported.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 5.98 10-26-94
- ================================================================================
- • Fancy new menus!
- • added Pascal mode. By default, this only recognizes files with .p suffixes.
- • '-s' search option now saves 'forward', 'regExpr', 'matchWords', and
- 'ignoreCase'.
- • menus now dynamically sourced.
- • if '&' last char in menu item, no special chars interpreted.
- • 'regModeKeywords' now allows additional keywords to be added, possible
- of a different color than older keywords.
- • 'largestPrefix' returns largest common prefix of a list of strings.
- • 'getNamedMarks' changed behavior.
- • 'regModeKeywords' has been changed.
- • "File:Win Sets" submenu.
- • Assorted color improvements.
- • 'listpick' now returns an error if "Cancel" is selected.
- • double-clicking on parens, square brackets, and curly brances selects
- entire expression.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 5.97 9-26-94
- ================================================================================
- • ReplaceAll now notices and complains about regular expressions that
- match zero-length pieces of text.
- • Included GNU Diff w/ distribution. I forgot it w/ the previous two
- distributions.
-
- ================================================================================
- = 5.96 9-25-94
- ================================================================================
-