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- Deluxe Fullscreen ANSI Message Editing Utility
- For RemoteAccess v2.xx, & QuickBBS Compatibles
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- ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │░░░▒▒▒▓▓▓ IceEdit Feature & Fix History ▓▓▓▒▒▒░░░│
- └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- v2.00
- -----
-
- ! When a great deal of re-editing occured (such as deleting, pasting, and
- inserting new lines) sometimes blank lines would have a soft-return
- appended to them. As a result, when the message saved the blank lines
- would disappear. Fixed.
-
- ! Occasionally, when quoting a message and the quoted text exceeded the
- screen length, the quote lines would be placed out of order. Fixed.
-
- * IceEdit will now scroll the text in the editing window whenever the end
- of the page has been reached, rather than flipping pages. The scroll length
- is configurable in EDITCFG.
-
- * IceEdit now has a sysop-configurable language file!
-
- * IceEdit will now prompt the user if they'd like a tagline after they save,
- rather than loading the tagline browser automatically.
-
- * Users can now create a custom tagline!
-
- * If tagline *scrolling* has been enabled, IceEdit can now be configured to
- start at a random location.
-
- * IceEdit will no longer strip destinations from internet e-mail addresses.
-
- * Since IceEdit will now scroll all text, page number display has been
- removed.
-
- * If LineDraw mode is active, it can be more easily disabled by hitting
- ESC once, rather than returning to the linedraw menu and disabling it.
-
- * The colour conversion routines have now been re-written to use a more
- advanced system which will allow for foreground AND background colours.
-
- * IceEdit now uses overlay files to increase available memory during
- execution.
-
- v1.75
- -----
-
- ! EDITCFG would not allow you to edit the last three fields in the display
- location setup. Fixed.
-
- ! If CTRL-W was enabled to activate quote window, then quote option on the
- help menu wouldn't work. Fixed.
-
- * IceEdit can now be configured to suspend time while the user is writing a
- message.
-
- * INSERT MODE status field can now be enabled/disabled, and moved to different
- screen locations.
-
- * Time limit field can now be enabled/disabled.
-
- * Added definable brackets & colours around menu options.
-
- * Field headers will now move with actual field information. ie. If you were
- to move the entire "FROM" information over 3 spaces, the actual "FROM"
- would move aswell.
-
- v1.70
- -----
-
- * Completely configurable program header (MSGHDR.ANS)!
-
- * Information fields now have configurable screen locations!
-
- * Look 'n feel of configuration changed slightly, windows are now
- highlighted/darkened depending on whether or not they are active.
-
- * Quote activation code can now be configured as either CTRL-Q or CTRL-W
-
- * Documentation updated to reflect new registration and support sites.
-
- * Errorlevels can now be disabled for BBS packages which use the errorlevels
- for other purposes (ie TeleGard).
-
- * Speller scan order on menu re-arranged to default to entire message rather
- than single page.
-
- * REMOTE FILE IMPORTING! (SysOp only)
-
-
- v1.60
- -----
-
- ! Multitasking routines which were introduced in last version have been
- re-organized, due to lag created when run under some multitasking
- environments.
-
- ! IceEdit would not correctly read in the true QBBS MSG.INF file, as format
- differs slightly from the RemoteAccess format. Fixed.
-
- * Option added to allow the sysop to configure whether or not pipecodes
- should be left as normal (TG users), or converted to ansi (RA users).
-
- * Colour codes ( ` and | ) will now be stripped from override configuration,
- and from areaname when the main program is run (TG users).
-
- * Tagline database name has been taken out of the configuration program,
- filename is now hardcoded as ICETAG.[group]
-
- * Toggles added to allow SysOp to turn certain fields on the screen on and
- off.
-
- * IceEdit will now terminate with an errorlevel - 0 if message was saved
- successfully; 1 if message was aborted.
-
- * Kludgeline filtering is now available for BBS packages which export
- kludges to quoted text (ie. QBBS and TG)
-
- * Added additional colour configuration.
-
- v1.50
- -----
-
- ! Double space indent when quoting non-formatted text has been fixed.
-
- ! Extra long macros would get truncated when typed on main editing screen.
- Fixed.
-
- ! Using DOOR.SYS support would intermittantly cause the screen to blank
- and/or random ascii to be displayed. Fixed.
-
- * Added dorinfox.def support for ProBoard users.
-
- * Added message override configuration for ProBoard users.
-
- * Configuration program has been re-organized.
-
- * Macro trigger configuration added.
-
- * Commandline parameter help added. (/?)
-
- * IceEdit will no longer censor those with SysOp security, as defined in
- EditCfg.
-
- * Tagline database scrolling added! Users can scroll through entire
- database, perform line jumps and keyword searches!
-
- * Message header support added for BBS packages which do not have
- configurable message headers.
-
-
- v1.40
- -----
-
- * Lockup in quote window fixed.
-
- * PathScan routines added, IceEdit will scan it's execution path to find
- configuration files if environment variable doesn't exist.
-
- * IceEdit will not delete the quote text file if being run from BlueWave.
-
- * Dictionary "Word Selection Window" now uses a scroll similar to the quote
- window.
-
- v1.30
- -----
-
- * Spellcheck at save can be disabled using EditCfg.
-
- * Built in colour scheme configuration added to EditCfg.
-
- * PgUp & PgDn fixed in Quote window.
-
- * When you hit enter in the quote window, the text would be placed in your
- main editing buffer but intermittantly wouldn't be drawn on the screen.
- Fixed.
-
- * IceEdit used to leave an "In Use" type flag in it's directory if it
- crashed, resulting in failed attempts to execute IceEdit once system
- was rebooted. Fixed.
-
- * Menu option system completely redesigned; lightbar selector as well as
- hotkeys are available.
-
- * Lightbar color configuration added.
-
- * Color configuration routines in EditCfg reorganized.
-
- * IceEdit will now keep the original "Quote Initials" when it reformats
- text to prevent "chainsaw effect".
-
- * Program Registration Status and Information screen added into help
- menu in ICEEDIT.EXE.
-
- * Status Line added to help screens so that the SysOp can still identify
- the user even if they are not on the main editing screen.
-
- * Menu system in ICEEDIT rearranged to improve organization.
-
- * Help system in EDITCFG has been improved.
-
- * Occasionally tagline selecting routine in IceEdit.Exe would give the file
- header information ("IceEdit Tagline File - By Jeremy Landvoigt") as a
- possible tagline to select. Fixed.
-
- * Conversion utilility would give RTE #5 if a tagline file existed. Fixed.
-
- * Keyboard timeout disabled in local mode.
-
- v1.20
- -----
-
- * The node number which the user is currently logged into is now displayed
- on the main editing screen.
-
- * IceEdit will now report that one node is in use if the program is accessed
- with the same node number in a different window, rather than reporting
- RTE #162.
-
- * Quote Buffer expanded to hold as much quoted text as there is, rather
- than the 300 line limit.
-
- * Quote routines re-written to allow the user to choose line to be quoted
- without scrolling the entire buffer up or down every time up or down is
- hit.
-
- * Up to ten random taglines can be selected when user opts to save the
- message, rather than only displaying a single tagline.
-
- * Message override file option created so that SysOps can toggle taglines,
- ANSi, Censoring, etc for specific message bases.
-
- * EditCfg macro editing routine re-written to allow for a continuous
- scrolling window rather than five pages.
-
- * Unregistered SysOps are limited to 23 macros. (Registered version allows
- 115 macros).
-
- * Tagline Manager added to Add, Delete, Import, and Edit available taglines.
-
- * If quoting text, and quoted text exceeded the screen length, IceEdit
- would change pages once quote selector was exited. In addition, the page
- change would not position the cursor directly below quoted text. Fixed.
-
- * Routines added to reformat quoted text. Some editors (such as DOS EDIT)
- when used in conjunction with BlueWave cause messages to be afflicted
- with what is commonly known as the "Chainsaw Effect", caused by Hard
- Returns. IceEdit will now reformat quoted text to remove this annoying
- problem.
-
- * Multiple line textfiles (such as sigs) can now be imported using the
- Function keys.
-
- * Offline mail reader support updated.
-
- * Tagline structures re-written to decrease size of compiled tagline
- file(s).
-
- * Spell checker will now scan entire message, rather than only the current
- page.
-
- * IceEdit will now prompt for spell checking when the user chooses to save
- their message.
-
- * Censor routines completely re-written to prevent the censoring of
- sub-words .. eg ("ass" in 'assume').
-
- * IceEdit will now delete MSGINF file once the message information is read
- in.
-
- * Keyboard timeout routines added.
-
- * Added BLACK to the colour pipe code routines.
-
- * ESC routine fixed so that remote users only need to push ESC once for
- menu bar to appear.
-
- v1.10/1.00
- ----------
-
- * IceEdit will now give the user a time limit warning when the user has 5
- or less minutes left by emitting a double-beep (remote end only), making
- time limit indicator blink, and giving a short message at the bottom
- of the screen.
-
- * IceEdit now has a line draw mode. The user can draw lines by moving the
- cursor keys around in this mode. Four different line styles are available.
-
- * IceEdit now has a toggle to disable taglines.
-
- * IceEdit now supports multiple tagline files for different GROUPS (RA only).
-
- * IceEdit now has a multiple line deletion buffer.
-
- * Forced message writing parameter added, to disallow the message from
- being aborted (useful for newuser questionnaires).
-
- * Parameter for multinode systems to specify node number.
-
- v0.90
- -----
-
- * After a word wrap occurred, the cursor would just forward and backward with
- every keypress. Fixed.
-
- * After a word wrap occurred, if a user attempted to backspace to a previous
- line, the cursor would "slide" up the left margin. Fixed.
-
- * Colour Selection routines in EditCfg have been modified to prevent system
- lockups on some computers.
-
- * IceEdit can now limit the number of quotes per message to prevent "quote-
- happy" people from quoting excessively.
-
- * IceEdit can now limit the percentage of Uppercase text in a message to
- prevent CAP-LOCK happy people from writing annoying complete upcase
- messages.
-
- * SysOps can now use CTRL-LEFT and CTRL-RIGHT to move left and right from
- word to word.
-
- v0.80
- -----
-
- * File import feature would import text horizontally instead of vertically.
- Fixed.
-
- * Dictionary browsing added.
-
- * Dictionary addition added from within the main program.
-
- * IceEdit would save each line of text with a Hard-Return appended to it.
- Fixed. (Soft return support added)
-
- * IceEdit would not function properly with BBS's that didn't support the
- MSGINF dropfile. Fixed.
-
- * Macros can now be personalized so that either only SYSOPs, only ONE USER,
- or everybody can use particular macros.
-
- * Taglines can now be more easily disabled with a simple toggle.
-
- v0.70
- -----
-
- * Some punctuation was being translated into the same colors as numbers or
- UpperCase Text. Fixed.
-
- * Quick-keys added. /A to quick-abort, /Q to quote text, /S to quick-save.
-
- * PageUp & PageDown keys would place the cursor either three lines down from
- the top or three lines up from the bottom. Fixed.
-
- * If a key was typed when cursor was on the last character of a line of text,
- the last character would be deleted and replaced with the new character,
- instead of being pushed forward to make room for the new character. Fixed.
-
- * Taglines are no longer stored as text, but are stored as a datafile that
- can be compiled using EditCfg. This has been done to improve speed and
- efficiency.
-
- * Replacement strings added that can be used in taglines, macros, and SysOp
- Function keys. Eg: @T = Current Time, @D = Today's Date, .. etc..
-
- * Color configuration modified to use standard number assignments. Brown is
- now included as an available color.
-
- * Confirm abort toggle has been added to prevent accidental message erasure.
-
- * Header & border color configuration added.
-
- * CTRL-A replaced with ESCape key to bring up help menu.
-
- * Imbedded filenames can now be put into message text and imported when the
- message is saved.
-
- * It is possible now to disable the Quote Color if you do not want Quoted
- text to be treated differently.
-
- * ANSi codes can be disrupted when they are being imported into IceEdit
- (Either by SysOp file import, or Quoted text).
-
- * SPELL CHECKER added!
-
- * Command line parameters added!
-