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Revision History of Tex-Edit Plus
(7/1/97)
Tex-Edit Plus 2.0.4
Improved memory management in PPC version.
Bundle bit set.
Many improvements and additions to sample scripts thanks to Joel Burtsche!
Tex-Edit Plus 2.0.3
Much faster opening of large files. (Roman script)
Improved speed of word counting. (Roman)
Improved script handling of text ranges.
ASCII popup menu displays keystrokes for all characters.
Fixed AppleScript string comparison bug.
Minor interface improvements.
Tex-Edit Plus 2.0.1
Fixed bug noted when “Scripts” folder was missing. (Thanks to Jean Tantra!)
Tex-Edit Plus 2.0
Extensive AppleScript support.
Recordable.
Scripts menu added. (Place compiled scripts in “Scripts” folder.)
Support for Word Services added.
Added “Show Invisibles” command.
Added “Print One Copy” command.
Added “Next File” button to “text not found” dialog.
Added “Enter Replacement String” command (cmd-opt-e).
Up/down arrow keys can now be used to scroll smoothly through a document.
Default font is now the 12 point standard application font instead of 9 point Monaco.
A read-only file can now replace a text file during a save.
Fixed bug noted when trying to use speech before pref file has been created.
Fixed cursor bug noted on older versions of MacOS.
Fixed activation bug in Find dialog.
Improved paragraph count.
Fixed bug noted when user has not yet selected a printer in the Chooser.
Fixed bug noted when changing Prefs with multiple windows open.
Fixed off-by-one bug in Block Format line length calculation.
Activated cmd-click of URLs in Help dialog.
Tex-Edit Plus 1.8.5
Eliminated erroneous dialog noted when cancelling an Insert operation.
Added separate “Modify Selection” command.
Added “Min line length” adjustment to Strip commands to preserve tabular text.
Tex-Edit Plus 1.8.4
The Strip CR/LF command now does a much better job of preserving paragraph formatting.
The Wild Run placeholder will now substitute for up to 127 characters.
Replacing large selections with a Wild Run character is now fixed.
Fixed update bug in character count display.
Tex-Edit Plus 1.8.3
Added ‘kind’ resource (for Finder). Rebuild desktop to see changes.
Added ‘open’ resource (for Mac Easy Open).
Updated B&W About dialog version number.
Fixed bug noted when Auto-Save tries to save an untitled window in the background.
Tex-Edit Plus 1.8.2
Replacing with a Wild Run character now enabled.
Tex-Edit Plus 1.8.1
Improved finding of non-roman characters with proper case handling.
Fixed “unimplemented trap” bug seen with older Macs.
Removed error message noted when using ASCII popup on read-only document.
Preferred document creator is now remembered between launches.
Quit Apple event no longer asks to come to foreground unless window needs saved.
Tex-Edit Plus 1.8
Added ASCII popup menu to window frame.
Added ASCII popup to Find/Replace dialog.
Splash screen added. (Thank you Michael Rohde!)
Greatly improved Preferences dialog layout.
The text justification setting is saved within each document.
Editable “Smart Quotes” substitutions in the Preferences dialog.
New “Use Real Tabs” menu selection allows independent document tab activation.
Preferences switch allows activation/deactivation of Text Services.
Default justification is selectable in the Preferences dialog.
Improved main event loop (faster cursor updates, etc.)
Fixed bug in “Add CR” and “Block Format” command noted when entire line has no spaces.
Added “Find In Next File” command.
Added global “Find” command.
Added global “Replace” command.
Added a “Wild Run” character in the Find dialog as a variable length wildcard placeholder.
The “Find Again” command is always active.
Added “Save All” command.
Fixed update bug in character count display.
Convenient “Tab Options” dialog added.
Fixed error dialog noted during launch when Help menu has been deliberately snuffed.
No longer closes data fork when trying to open file which is in use by another application.
Fixed bug opening occasional SimpleText read-only document.
Added ability to open non-ttro SimpleText documents with pictures.
Added “Reset” button to Preferences dialog.
Added option to “Remember text selection” when document is saved.
Tex-Edit Plus 1.7.1
Fixed cosmetic bug in page scroll function (seen when page scrolling About dialog).
Fixed memory leak noted when cancelling time-consuming operations.
Minor cursor display fix.
Improved “Block Format” algorithm with respect to leading/trailing CRs.
No longer forces synchronization of keyboards and fonts.
Fixed bug (compiler-related) sometimes seen with 68000 machines.
Added support for cmd-click of URLs.
Added support for Get Data and Set Data Apple events.
Faster initial display of Find/Replace dialog.
The “Auto-Highlighting” menu selection is remembered between launches.
The shift-delete shortcut can be turned on/off in the “Preferences” dialog.
Improvements made to Strip CR/LF command to improve handling of multiple CRs.
Saving in a plain/unstyled format no longer creates an empty resource fork.
Tex-Edit Plus 1.7
Added “Replace multiple spaces with CR” to Modify dialog.
Faster “Title Case” cmd.
Faster “Close All” and “Quit” cmd.
Pushing cancel button in Open dialog after launch no longer displays a blank window.
Fixed obscure set of bugs seen when trying to open an already-open document.
Fixed bug caused when invoking “Change Case” cmds with no windows open.
Fixed bug in “Custom Window Size” preference.
Fixed obscure zoom bug.
Fixed bug involving Quick Modify submenu activation.
Improved low memory handling.
Fixed bug noted when trying to replace existing non-text doc during save.
Added help menu item.
When resizing “soft wrapped” window, text stays put.
Option-delete/fwd delete deletes the previous/next word.
Improved algorithm in Find “whole words only” option.
Improved algorithm of various Change Case commands.
Improved Add/Strip CR/LF algorithms.
Fixed character count redraw bug.
Improved Block Format algorithm for determining word breaks.
Leading and trailing CRs are no longer automatically inserted by Block Format.
Better support for double byte script systems (multiple internal changes).
Fixed “feature” that allowed editing of Finder-locked files.
Increased suggested shareware donation to $10. :-)
Tex-Edit Plus 1.6.4
New Quick Modify menu with various conveniently-located munging commands.
Modify’s “line length” is remembered between launches and is used by Quick Modify commands.
Added “Replace multiple spaces” command in Modify dialog to convert runs of spaces.
Changed name of “Strip double spaces” command to clearer “Normalize sentence spacing.”
New Preferences option allows you to launch Tex-Edit without showing any windows.
Speech on/off setting now remembered between launches.
Changed behavior of option-right/left arrow to conform with standard conventions.
Printing routine is improved with better driver compatibility and faster printing of page ranges.
Added ‘ttro’ BNDL resource to help Mac Easy Open find Tex-Edit when opening read-only docs.
Tex-Edit Plus 1.6.3
Fixed bug causing problems on some 68000 Macs (thanks to Marco Piovanelli’s help!).
Fixed redraw bug with soft-wrapped screen resizing and zooming.
Improved Find dialog special character handling.
Fixed bug in Windows menu.
Fixed small bug with “Change Case” commands.
Tex-Edit Plus 1.6.2
Fixed bug with 68K computers and some munging operations.
Fixed bug with 68K computers opening pictures in ‘ttro’ documents.
Fixed printing bug noted when printing pictures taller than a single page.
Fixed small bug associated with shift-clicking to extend a replaced selection.
Allows 1 point text size.
Tex-Edit Plus 1.6.1
Improved (safer) file saving strategy.
Save command no longer nukes document creation date, document custom icon, etc.
Command-right/left arrows move cursor to beginning/end of line.
Tex-Edit Plus 1.6
PowerPC native code (fat binary).
Greatly improved Find/Replace speed on large files (both 68K and PPC versions).
Significant speedups of most “munging” commands.
Fixed cosmetic redraw bug in some dialogs.
Improved memory management during sound playback.
Eliminated screen garbage seen when printing under QuickDraw GX.
Tex-Edit Plus 1.5.4
Fixed bug with “Word Caps” function.
Fixed bug with “Change document creator” function.
Fixed bug with oddly-named files and Windows menu.
Tex-Edit Plus 1.5.3
Fixed crash when invoking “Open” or “Insert” without QuickTime installed.
Fixed bug involving picture display in certain ttro (Read Only) documents.
Disabled sound recording while hiliting read text.
Tex-Edit Plus 1.5.2
First version using Metrowerk’s marvelous CodeWarrior compiler.
Fixed bug when reading ttro document picture.
Fixed bug when smartening double hyphens.
Limited window width to text width to avoid wasted window space.
Fixed zoom and grow behavior in a similar manner.
Shows preview of text/picture in Open dialog.
Fixed bug with About dialog and Help key.
Tex-Edit Plus 1.5.1
Fixed minor bugs with pict selecting, auto-hiliting and cursor drawing.
Fixed bug involving Save As Other file type in preferences dialog.
Improved efficiency of temporary memory usage--runs well in minimal memory partition.
Releases processor time efficiently when in background.
Saved windows can’t re-appear offscreen (e.g., when changing monitor size).
Drag a text or read-only document onto an open window to insert its text.
Tex-Edit Plus 1.5
Final release version (1.1) of WASTE text engine implemented.
Eliminated error dialog which showed up with “Open Selection” command.
Adjusted maximum window size slightly.
Proper handling of upper/lower case changes with non-Roman scripts.
Strip diacriticals command now works accurately.
Tab support added with adjustable tab spacing.
Cut, copy, paste, insert, delete, drag & drop pictures and sounds.
Copy pictures from SimpleText “read-only” documents.
Triple click selects line instead of sentence.
Changed some keyboard shortcuts--see documents.
Improved undo/redo functionality.
Undo menu item describes action to be undone/redone.
Improved memory handling (smaller suggested memory allocation).
Improved internal error handling.
Added ability to turn on/off offscreen drawing and temporary memory use.
Fixed bug with multiple monitor usage.
Fixed bug with picture redrawing when text scrolled under “floating” window.
Fixed various cosmetic buglets.
Block Format Options dialog added with options to add leading/trailing line and longer header.
Improved scrolling speed and “smooth” auto-scroll.
Improved window resizing/redrawing.
Easily create and save SimpleText read-only documents (with pictures).
Stationery button in “Save As…” dialog.
Various interface refinements--e.g. note up/down arrows on all numeric dialog fields.
Added command key shortcuts to Word Count and Case Change commands.
Insert sounds from any sound-containing file.
Faster response to key presses.
Inline input enabled.
Default justification option added.
Save as a PICT file.
PICT bndl and icons added so that Tex-Edit is not forgotten by Macintosh Easy Open, etc.
Voices arranged logically in voices menu.
Default voice choice compatible with system-wide voice default (Speech Manager 1.4.1).
Tex-Edit Plus 1.3.4
Interrupt time-consuming operations with Command-Period.
Improved “disk full” handling and messages.
Improved handling of low memory conditions.
Improved miscellaneous internal error handling.
Added dialog to prevent accidental sound deletion.
F1, F2, F3 and F4 function keys now implement Undo, Cut, Copy and Paste.
Fixed picture update bug.
Faster “Replace All” and “Modify” commands, especially on large files.
Tex-Edit Plus 1.3.3
Added a wider variety of text wrapping options (Preferences dialog).
Up to 40 windows can be opened (limited by RAM).
Faster window resize/zoom when horizontal scroll active.
Horizontal scrolling active by default.
Fixed cursor positioning bug.
Improved error handling.
Fixed “Block Format” to function properly when Block Header is empty string.
Fixed “Goto Line” bug.
Tex-Edit Plus 1.3.2
Added opt-pageup/down and opt-shift-pageup/down shortcuts.
Tex-Edit Plus 1.3.1
Fixed bug in Prefs dialog (wouldn’t set default window size to current window).
Tex-Edit Plus 1.3
Added wildcard search ability.
Added style search ability.
Added style replace ability.
Improved triple/quad click performance.
Improved replacement/modification speed for many operations.
Tex-Edit Plus 1.2.1
Improved file handling in special cases.
Improved “Undo” functionality.
Improved speed with many large file modifications.
Fixed “Block Format” bug.
Tex-Edit Plus 1.2
Changed most dialogs to more versatile movable modal variety dialog boxes.
Newer version of text engine (WASTE 1.1a4).
Fixed bug with “Paste Unstyled” command.
Fixed bug with Speech Settings dialog selections.
I-beam cursor in dialog editable text areas.
Fixed autoscroll bug.
Fixed drag bug.
Revised/improved “Find Again” behavior.
Wider selection of font sizes allowed.
Tex-Edit Plus 1.1.1
Fixed printing bug with quickdraw printers (prints selection hiliting).
Fixed bug with “Enter Selection” command.
Tex-Edit Plus 1.1
Fixed font size bug when viewing “aberrant” styled text.
Full (flush) text justification enabled.
Shift-delete (instead of option-delete) mimics the forward delete key.
Animated watch cursor.
Tex-Edit Plus 1.0
Adds ability to open styled documents of unlimited size (RAM).
System 7 required.
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Tex-Edit 2.7.2 (current version of System 6-compatible text editor)
Option-up/down arrow will move the insertion marker to the beginning/end of the line.
Can copy and paste unstyled (plain) text.
Fixed bug noted when dragging paragraphs a single character at a time.
Improved cursor positioning after smart cut or delete.
Proper cursor handling in read-only documents, allows Find Again and Read Starting at Cursor.
Option key used to toggle menu selections (instead of shift key).
Tex-Edit 2.7.1
Smart delete and smart forward delete implemented.
Improved indented text alignment (on printout) using fractional character widths.
Fixed caret redraw and printing bug.
Tex-Edit 2.7
Added sentence and paragraph counts to the Word Count dialog.
Can also count characters, words, etc. of selected text.
Increase/decrease font size of selection even if text is not all the same size.
Margin settings in Print Options dialog now bear passing resemblance to reality.
Option-home will move the insertion marker to beginning of the file.
Option-end will move the insertion marker to end of the file.
Option-shift-home will select all text up to and including the current selection.
Option-shift-end will select all text from the current selection to the end of the file.
Fixed bug when pasting large blocks of text.
Page number prints using default window font.
Tex-Edit 2.6
Added selection and character count to window frame.
Now able to search read-only (ttro) documents using Find command.
Word Count now active in read-only documents.
Added ability to select text in read-only documents for dragging or copying.
Read aloud any portion of a read-only document.
Stop sound playback with command-period.
Fixed cosmetic bug causing incomplete redrawing of background selection outlines.
Fixed obscure cosmetic bug in Insert command.
Fixed crash that could occur trying to load or play large sound files.
Improved error handling with large text files.
Tex-Edit 2.5.2
Sound playback improved, memory handling improved during playback.
Changed command keys slightly.
Fixed bug which caused selection mark to print on some Quickdraw printers.
Tex-Edit 2.5.1
Sounds now play asynchronously (in background).
Changed Block Quote to Block Format in Special menu.
Adjusted behavior of Block Format command to increase all-around usefulness.
Tex-Edit 2.5
Drag Manager fully implemented for styled and plain text.
Bug fixed involving opening large files.
Improved information box in Speech Settings dialog.
Fixed obscure menu hilite bug.
Larger find/replace strings accommodated.
Dialog positioning improved and Sound menu changed slightly.
Save as eWorld styled text document.
Uses sound manager to add sound to any document.
Can create Finder-compatible sound files.
Tex-Edit 2.4.2
Added more voice information to Speech Settings dialog.
Now can receive background events.
Fixed minor bugs in window redrawing, cursor hiding.
Option-delete mimics the effect of forward delete key (extended keyboard).
Fixed bug with prefs file (Speech might not work until old prefs file was deleted).
Enabled outline hiliting of inactive windows.
Resources preloaded to decrease number of disk accesses necessary for powerbook users.
Tex-Edit 2.4.1
Small corrections/improvements in manual and About dialog.
Several cosmetic bugs.
Tex-Edit 2.4
Find/Replace and Print Options switch settings are saved in Prefs file.
Command key equivalents added to Change Case menu.
Speech Menu changed, command keys added, more logical arrangement.
Speech Settings now display voice comment information.
Speech pitch modulation is now adjustable.
Read entire doc or from current position “in the background”.
Hilite doc by word or by sentence as it is being read, new submenu.
LF->CR command for converting Etext/UNIX docs.
Insert pagebreak (formfeed) for control of printing pagination.
Formfeed button in Find dialog.
Blocking header/length adjustable in new Prefs dialog.
Default window size adjustable in Prefs dialog, presets for 60, 80, 100 chars/line.
Open large files into multiple windows automatically.
Open and format large Etext documents with a single command.
Number of windows now limited to 20 (or RAM).
Fixed the behavior of shift-cursor and shift-option-cursor selections.
Triple click improved.
Smart cut/paste improved.
Misc cosmetic bugs.
Tex-Edit 2.3.1
Reads and writes SimpleText files.
Greatly expanded documentation.
Cosmetic bug fixes.
Tex-Edit 2.3
Added full TeachText emulation.
Also emulates the new SimpleText.
View, print and speak TeachText and SimpleText read-only files, including pictures.
Ability to view and print PICT files and copy a selection.
Autoscroll PICT file during selection.
Support for a Tex-Edit read-only document type.
Fixed the “Change file creator” switch in the Prefs dialog.
Save settings in Modify dialog between dialog executions.
Reset button added to Modify dialog.
Option-arrow moves cursor to next word.
Option-shift-arrow selects next word.
Quad click selects paragraph.
New command to strip diacritical marks.
Miscellaneous bugs fixed.
New icons (again).
Improved program scrolling and typing execution speed.
Tex-Edit 2.2
Added some TeachText read-only capability (not released).
Revision history of prior versions shrouded in mists of antiquity…
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Planned Improvements
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