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- VDE15.UPD
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- E. Meyer - 12/89
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- This is a quick guide, for users of earlier versions of VDE, to noticable
- changes in operation of VDE since version 1.4. Please check VDE.DOC and
- VINST.DOC for full details.
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- VDE:
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- 1. The File manager (^KF) menu now lets you select files to load, read,
- or delete, and view or remove directories. Furthermore, it can be called up
- from any filename prompt (^KL,^KR, etc) by typing a directory/filename with
- wildcards, or pressing [Ret] alone for *.*. (Special case: to load an
- untitled file, press ^J instead of [Ret].) See FILES.
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- 2. The Window (^OW) command now lets you jump back and forth between
- two positions in one file with AltF, and scroll windows jointly with
- ^[PgUp,Dn], just as AltW allows for 2 files. See WINDOWS.
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- 3. You can now edit 8 files, rather than 6. Also, the AltL command will
- now accept a list of filenames, just as on the command line. You can no
- longer load two files with the same name and directory.
- The AltB and AltW commands, if used when there is no second file, will
- now prompt for one, then use it. (AltN already did this.) The AltQ command
- will now prompt (just once) to confirm (Y/N) before quitting if any of the
- files being edited have been modified. See MULTIPLE FILES.
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- 4. A new Autosave command (^KA) lets you specify an interval to save your
- work automatically to disk. See AUTOSAVE.
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- 5. There is a new printer toggle ^PX, for strikeout. (It requires no
- installation.) Also, underline (^PS) will now work by overstriking with "_"
- if no codes have been installed for it in VINSTALL. See PRINTER CODES.
- Also, the ^OJ command now engages proportional mode on the printer.
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- 6. The TAB commands Esc-Tab, Shft-Tab have been revised for consistency
- with other PC software. See TABS.
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- VINSTALL:
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- 1. There are new items: in the IBM INSTALLATION, to specify the cursor
- type while editing; in USER OPTIONS, to specify the default autosave interval;
- in the PRINTER INSTALLATION, to install codes for proportional printing if ^OJ
- is engaged.
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- *. NOTE: I had intended to add more printers to the installation menu,
- but I have not received any information! If you use VDE with an Okidata,
- Toshiba, laser, or any other printer that you have to install yourself, please
- consider sending me the information on codes for underline, bold, etc. This
- will help out other users. Drop me a postcard, or Email your .VDP file to my
- CompuServe ID, [74415,1305].
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- MINOR ENHANCEMENTS:
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- 1. A list of files to edit may be separated with commas or semicolons,
- depending on whether you want the previous directory to carry over to the next
- item. Also, in order to load a key file you must now use a "+" sign, rather
- than a semicolon. See SYNTAX.
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- 2. There are new Print (^KP) options "O" and "E", to print only Odd or
- Even pages, and "C", for page number centered at bottom of page. Also, the
- header ("...") no longer includes a page number unless you specify "N" also.
- See PRINTING.
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- 3. The Find/Replace (^QF/A) commands now use "^_" rather than "_", as a
- wildcard; and strings may now begin with wildcards. Furthermore, strings can
- now contain graphics characters (entered with AltG). See FIND/REPLACE.
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- 4. The Graphics (AltG) menu no longer allows clearing or RE-defining
- entries; also, if graphics overflow occurs while reading from disk, the
- filename is cleared to "untitled". See GRAPHICS.
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- 5. When printing a file, underlining (^PS) is suppressed for any left
- margin, so that those spaces are not underlined when an underlined phrase is
- continued onto another line.
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- 6. VDE now recognizes text as WordStar or ASCII while reading from the
- disk, so that even if you have not specified the mode option (/A,W,5), the
- text should be read in correctly.
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- 7. Memory is now allocated dynamically according to need. This allows
- more efficient use of RAM when editing small to moderate files. There is no
- longer an AltK command to change memory allocation manually. See MEMORY.
- Also, VDE now uses less memory itself; you can edit a single file in as
- little as 90 to 140k RAM.
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- 8. VDE is now DesqView aware. See DESQVIEW.
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- ============================= VERSION HISTORY ==============================
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- 1984-1987: Development of CP/M VDE through version 2.62.
- VDE 1.0 (12/87): First MSDOS release. IBM PC compatible version only.
- 1.01 (12/87): Faster; several bug fixes; minor changes to VINSTALL.
- 1.1 (01/88): Generic MSDOS ANSI.SYS support; EGA 43-line support;
- Dual-file editing; DOS Shell; AltT,AltD.
- 1.2 (03/88): AltW, AltC, AltM; AltR; AltS; ^KD; ^OQ; ^QT,^QI; AltG;
- [F]unction keys; word count; enhanced ^QF, ^KP; etc.
- 1.21 (05/88): ^OA; tab set enhancements; ^PL.
- 1.22 (08/88): AltO; AltI; AltA; append to existing file; enhanced ^KP;
- improved speed & display; VGA support.
- 1.3 (01/89): Edit up to 6 files; AltC; AltV; improved ^QA, ^U; /5 mode.
- 1.31 (03/89): ^K#; ^KZ; macro keys A-Z; AltU; ^OD.
- 1.4 (07/89): MenuBar mode; Esc"; ^OJ; new options, improvements.
- 1.5 (12/89): 8 files; ^KA; enhanced ^KF, ^OW/AltF, ^QF; uses
- less memory; DesqView aware; new options, improvements.
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- ----- Eric Meyer, 401 12th Ave SE #139, Norman OK 73071 -----
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