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- Version history
- ---------------
-
- 1.30 Additions:
- . Option 'Min. size: Ignore desktop font'. When calculating the minimum
- icon size, and this is on, the desktop outline font is ignored; text
- width is calculated for the System font (which is usually wider). This
- is of course only useful on RiscOS 3.5 and later.
- Bugs fixed:
- . 'Pane' flag of templates could be messed up when deleting a template
- . 'Divide by zero' error when moving an action button of type 'Click/Drag'
-
- 1.29 Bugs fixed:
- . Did not check for proper file type when trying to load sprite file
- called "Sprites"
- . Weird behaviour when clicking all mouse buttons above Statistics
- window
- . WindowEdit window showed flags for "Scroll events" wrongly (when
- "repeat" button was on, the "1" flag was set, and vice versa);
- flags were set correctly, though
- Additions:
- . Export templates as text file
- . Loads sprite file "Sprites22" or "Sprites23" instead of "Sprites"
- when present (and provided you have configured the appropiate
- monitor type)
-
- 1.28 Bugs fixed:
- . Got error on startup when support for WimpExt was in Options file
- Additions:
- . Archive 'StyleGuide' in the 'Extras' directory, contains example
- templates from the RiscOS 3 Style Guide
- . New set of standard icons (in the 3D templates) by Neil Spellings.
- These conform to the Style Guide and are suited for RiscOS 3.5.
- Neil also provided an overview of the standard icons, as listed in
- the Style Guide (see the file 'NewIcons' in the 'StyleGuide'
- archive)
- . Statistics window: choice of decimal/hex numbers saved in Options
- file
-
- 1.27 Bugs fixed:
- . Deleting icons by dragging them outside a window had stopped
- working (since v. 1.24)
- . Gave error when trying to edit title bar with outline font in it
- . Corrected calculation of minimum icon size for text+sprite icons
- with empty text string
- Additions:
- . Fast resizing of work area, with Ctrl+Alt+Adjust
-
- 1.26 NOTE: For this version the source code has been left out of the
- distribution, because the archive was getting rather large.
- (From version 1.27 on, the source is distributed separately.)
- Bugs fixed:
- . Decreased minimum size of drag-box when resizing icons. Old
- minimum (16x32) made it difficult to create sliders.
- Additions:
- . Added support for the WimpExt module. Like the Interface and AEH
- module, this contains a number of extensions to the Wimp (3D
- buttons, pointer change), plus a lot of other support for Wimp
- applications.
- . Can use the OLESupport module: changes in the file with custom
- sprites (e.g. with !Paint) are signalled by the module; TemplEd
- then re-loads the sprite file. (So you don't need to select
- 'Re-load' from the menu)
-
- 1.25 Bugs fixed:
- . Move icons with cursor keys only (i.e. no drag) gave error if
- you hadn't dragged any icons in the same window first
- . Gave 'Mistake' when deleting a template (though deleting did work)
- . 'Min size' on sprite icons: looks for sprite in Wimp area if not
- found in custom area
- Additions:
- . 'Keep on Screen' and 'Ignore extent' window flags can be edited
- (these flags are for RO3 only)
- . 'Tidy icons' replaced by multiple options
- . From Acorn's !NewLook: 3D sprites, and the BorderUtils module
- (contains fix for the '3D-button bug')
-
- 1.24 Bugs fixed:
- . Font usage counting revised again. Version 1.23 might lose a font
- while still in use for an icon, resulting in 'Illegal font handle'
- error
- . Incorrect PROC call within PROCsetworkarea. No one complained, so
- apparently the line is rarely executed
- . Gave an error if an icon resize-drag ended outside the template
- Additions:
- . Pressing the cursor keys moves the currently selected icons
- (without needing to drag with Shift+Select)
- . When editing multiple icons, you can now set just 1 aspect: click
- with Menu on 'Update' or 'Update & Exit'; then choose which flags
- you want to change. The other settings of the icons remain the same
- . Menu items to View/Re-load/Reset the custom sprites. (The 'View'
- item just Filer_Runs the sprite file; use 'Re-load' after editing
- the sprites; 't would be nice if !Paint supported the External Edit
- protocol...)
- . (Due to popular demand:) Pointer changes above appropriate icons in
- the Icon Edit and Window Edit windows (was: only if using the 3D
- templates). Not for RiscOS 2
- . To minimize the 'Max size' field, click with Adjust on the
- 'Max size' text icon (sets number to length of text + 1)
-
- 1.23 Bugs fixed:
- . PLEASE NOTE: Use of function keys in the Edit windows has changed:
- F2 = Update
- F3 = Update & Exit
- F4 = Exit
- F1 is for activating interactive help, be it !StrongHelp or RiscOS
- !Help. (This also follows Acorn guidelines)
- . If a drag-select ended with the pointer over another window, the
- icons in that window were selected (instead of in the window where
- the drag started ...)
- . Input focus wasn't shown correctly for templates with 'Pane' bit set
- (instead, the non-pane window that was last opened, was highlighted)
- . Count of font usage not always correct; sometimes caused the
- counting by the FontManager to be too high
- . Extended icon info (via !Help) gave wrong ESG number
- Additions:
- . During icon move/resize, Icon info window shows coords of drag-box
- (thanks to Paul Hobbs for showing that it can be done)
- This means that for single icons you can see the new position and
- size during the drag.
- . Interactive help for Icon Edit and Window Edit windows: press F1
- with pointer above a button, to get help on the flag that this
- button represents (!StrongHelp and !TemplHlp must be loaded first)
- . Double grid:
- - 'Icon size' grid locks all corners of the icons
- - 'Icon position' grid locks the bottomleft corner, leaving the
- size unchanged
- . 'Same size' for icon selections
- . Cooperates in desktop save (RiscOS 3)
- . TAB key can be used to move the caret in dialogue windows
-
- 1.22 Bugs fixed:
- . Copying templates caused an error, due to a brilliant new bug in
- version 1.21
- . Better calculation of minimum icon size
- . Revised renumbering of icon selection
- Additions:
- . Filer-like browser window
- . Hotkeys for Align, Space Out and for Copy Up/Down/Left/Right
- . When editing title bar, you can set its colours from the Icon
- Edit window (was: from Window Edit window only)
- . Pressing Esc during a drag aborts it
- . Moving icons to other templates is equivalent to copying
- . Prevents desktop shutdown if data is changed & not saved
- . Menus over Edit windows (Button type, ESG, Font etc.) pop up
- when ANY mouse button is pressed (was: only for Menu button)
-
- 1.21 Bugs fixed:
- . Sprite area pointer of windows was not reset to 1 (Wimp area) when
- saving
- . Saving to other applications (via Wimp$Scrap) now properly supported
- Now it is possible to exchange templates between 2 copies of TemplEd
- . Another bug in Wimp_LoadTemplate (#$&$#%@!!!): it expects some
- indirected data for an indirected non-text, non-sprite icon.
- Although the indirected data is not used, it won't digest an
- invalid pointer.
- Additions:
- . Uses DragASprite in save windows
- . Hotkeys for some functions (^Z, ^X, ^C etc.)
- . Windows can be centered to the screen
- . Icons can be centered to the window
- . Support for AEH module
- . 'Minimize size' for icons
- . Using cursor keys to move pointer now also works for moving/
- resizing windows (when done using Ctrl+Select/Ctrl+Adjust)
- . When loading a templates file called 'Templates', TemplEd
- automatically loads the 'Sprites' file from same directory, if such
- a file exists
- . MaxFonts% limit removed: font menu can contain any number of font
- families
- . If browser window is closed, all template windows are closed, too
-
- 1.20 Bugs fixed:
- . Templates with deleted, indirected icons were saved without any
- indirected data; Wimp_LoadTemplate gave an error when reading this,
- because it expects some indirected data. (Weird...)
- . TemplEd's own templates may now contain outline fonts (including
- the custom icons for the 'Create icon' submenu)
- . Would not run together with Joris Rölings !FontSelect utility; the
- FontLister module did not like the way TemplEd (v1.11) reads the
- font names.
- Additions:
- . Resizing of a selection of icons
- . Reads 'Templates' and 'Sprites' file of an application when its icon
- is dropped on the icon bar
- . Renumbering of a selection of icons
- . Moving the mouse pointer during icon move/resize: cursor keys move
- the pointer 1 pixel, or 4 pixels when combined with the Shift key
- . When creating standard icons (from the 'Create icon' submenu), you
- can now create several icons with one click.
- (NOTE: the way standard icons are defined has changed. If you
- already have a set of custom icons, DON'T just copy them into the
- Templates file. Read the section on customizing in the Manual.)
- . Option 'Delete icons moved outside'
- . Alternative sets of templates and sprites, with 3D look
- . Possibility to resize icons when aligning
- . Icon resizing now only in 1 dimension (x or y) at a time
- . Double-click on icon, title bar or background opens the appropriate
- Edit window
- . Drag-selecting of templates in 'Templates' window
- . Souped-up 'Templates' window: templates appear as sprite+name
- . Direction (up/down/left/right) for copying of icons in menu
- . Extended icon info, such as button type and validation string, is
- sent to !Help (Acorn's interactive help application).
- . Help files for !StrongHlp
- . Possibility to set coordinates of topleft corner (min.X & max.Y) of
- work area (were fixed to 0,0 in old version)
-
- 1.11 Removed automatic minimizing of WimpSlot at startup, since it seemed
- to give problems with RiscOS 2
- Grid size now adapts to mode changes
-
- 1.10 First distributed version
-
- 1.00 Test version
-
-
- Known bugs
- ----------
-
- * In some cases, you may find it difficult to click-select an icon:
- - When its button type is 'Menu' (icon is deselected when pointer
- moves away from the icon)
- - When it has border type 'R5' in its validation string (icon is
- deselected after a short delay)
- - When the icon is shaded (no reaction to a click)
- - When the icon is part of a selection group (ESG), and the 'Allow
- adjust' flags are cleared (click-selecting with Adjust deselects
- the other icons)
- In all cases, you can drag-select the icon, or you can use 'Select all'
- and deselect some other icons.
-
- * Double-clicking on an icon to open the Icon Edit window does not work
- smoothly with all button types; the Wimp interferes with TemplEd's
- reactions to clicks. For the same reason, double-clicking on the title bar
- has the weird effect that the Icon Edit window is opened, and immediately
- the template window is re-opened on top. I have made the double-click thingy
- optional; if you don't like it, you can switch it off.
-
-
- Limitations
- -----------
-
- * Limits on the number of templates and the number of icons per template.
- This can be changed by setting the variables MaxTemplates% and MaxIcons%.
- There is also a limit on the size of indirected data that is stored with a
- template. Current settings:
- MaxTemplates% = 100
- MaxIcons% = 200
- MaxIndirSize% = 8000
- Note: files contain only actual contents; an empty indirected string with
- max size of 1000 takes up 1 byte (the CR terminator) in the file.
-
- * TemplEd can't handle indirected strings longer than 255 bytes. You can set
- the maximum length above this limit, but TemplEd can't put more than 255
- characters in a text area.
-
- * You can't set the sprite area for each icon separately; all sprites in a
- template are read from the same area.
-
- * TemplEd is a single-file editor.
-
-
- Possible future additions
- -------------------------
-
- Future versions MAY have one or more of the following features:
-
- * Show grid
- * Multi-file editing
- * Grouping of icons
- * Export templates as Text file
- * On fatal error, save templates in <Wimp$ScrapDir>
-