HTML TagWriter 2.3
By Alexander Thomas
dr.lex@cryogen.com
web-site: http://urc1.cc.kuleuven.ac.be/~m9608615
TagWriter-site: http://urc1.cc.kuleuven.ac.be/~m9608615/tagwriter/
Changes in version 2.3
New features!
- Dynamic inclusions: when a file is included in other files and you edit the included file, the other files are updated automatically!
- Highlight text: makes all non-tag text bold.
- Clone file: when making a new file, you can copy the header and attributes of an existing file (hold down mouse on "New" button).
- You can now use any font for the editor fields!
- An e-mail address or a http:// link in a piece of text can be linked immediately: just select it and click the "Link" button!
- Scale imageMaps (proportional or non-proportional)
Changes & Bug fixes
-If you try to open a file in the text importer that is too large, you can choose whether to convert the file without opening it, or to open the first 30000 bytes.
-Certain operations are slightly faster.
-The desktop no longer "flashes" when clicking in a palette.
Changes in version 2.2
New features!
- MUCH faster opening and saving of files with linefeeds...
- "Undo" now works for every operation in the editor: insert tags, replace, remove tags, ...
- Automatic insertion of 'target="_parent"' for http-links in pages which are 'framed'. This avoids the extremely annoying "unwanted-link-within-a-frame".
- The possibility to turn off 'animation' of the palettes: useful on slow machines.
- The delay of pop-up menus can be set to any value between 0 and 60 60ths of a second. This is also useful to speed it up on slow Macs, or simply to adjust the delay to your own taste.
- Support for the "open URL" command (only in HyperCard 2.4): "Jump to link" (Cmd-L) will launch http:// links in your preferred browser (requires Internet Config).
- Make a list of your favourite 'mailto:' links.
Changes & Bug fixes
-New lay-out for the preferences
-You no longer need to hold down the Shift key to type the keyboard shortcuts Command-B, I and U.
-Changed the command-key combinations for the File & Tools palettes (sorry for eventual confusion!)
-Faster transitions between the editor, map maker and text importer.
-When inserting a 'mailto:' link, the subject is always asked. (this can be turned off).
-The progress bar is no longer featured. To confirm that a file has been saved, the title will flash once.
Changes in version 2.1
New features!
- Make a list of your favourite http:// links
- Insert non-breaking spaces ( ) by pressing option-space
- Names of images and linked files can be converted to lowercase characters, handy to avoid confusion with UNIX servers
- The "Document properties" pop-up menu has submenus which makes choosing featues easier (you now can select a local background image with the "Open file" dialog too)
- Fast "browsing": press Shift and hold down the mouse on the "Anchor" button to jump to any local link that is in the document!
- New character codes supported (including ° - ß - ±) when converting to HTML; when converting from HTML, the full ISO 8859-1 character set is now supported
- Character sets can now be converted automatically from ISO 8859-1 to Mac and backwards while opening & saving documents respectively, and this goes so fast you'll hardly notice it!
- Move objects in the ImageMap maker horizontally or vertically and insert JavaScript comments
- Use pageUp, pageDown, top & bottom keys (on extended keyboards) to quickly move through the editor field
- Keyboard shortcut to set the font size: press Command-1 to -7
- "Auto mark": select a piece of text and hold down the mouse on the "Text import" button to mark this text before going to the text importer. Clickmaps can also be edited this way.
Changes & Bug fixes
-Better "find" engine: you can now search from a certain position and continue searching by pressing the familiar Cmd-G
-Faster removal of linefeed characters when opening!
-When inserting a picture, you no longer need to press Command to include a comment, it is always asked.
-Fixed a small bug in the imageMap maker which made the data field dissapear
-Fixed a bug which made saving the preferences impossible.
Changes in version 2.0
New features!
- New interface with floating palettes! The palettes can be "fixed" in a button bar (small, or full like in the previous version), which is handier on small screens. Some of the pop-up menus in the palettes are now hierarchical.
- Buttons for 'Logical' text styles, headers, ordered lists and embedded objects.
- Local links, images and embedded files can now be inserted with the standard "Open..." dialog, so that you don't need to type their URLs! In addition, image dimensions of GIF and JPEG files are inserted automatically.
- Support for JavaScript comments with links: hold down the Command key while choosing your link type from the pop-up menu!
- "Browsing" within the editor: you now can jump to other files within the editor by clicking somewhere in a link and pressing Command-L or Command - Return! This means: no longer searching in the "Open file" dialog! Mind that this only works with local links, so don't try to browse the internet this way.
- Perform a local check for broken links and missing images and visualize the links in a document by underlining them.
- You now can include external files within your documents at any location, so you can easily include the same javaScript in a lot of documents, use one header file for several different files, or split up large documents!
- You can build a list of your favourite HTML files, which can be easily accessed by holding down the mouse on the "Open..." button!
- Color names in the text color and color code menus are now accompanied by examples of each color; these examples are based on Netscape's implementation of the color names.
- Better help file!
Changes & bug fixes
-The ImageMap maker is now compatible with the newest versions of HyperCard too (where 'clipboard' is interpreted as the contents of the clipboard and not as the word "clipboard").
-'Command-N' no longer makes a new card, but a new HTML file instead.
-When a browser cannot be found, the stack will ask whether to remove it or not. (This should have worked in the previous version too, but it didn't because of a duplicate command)
-More features in the links and image pop-up menus.
-For online help, you now must hold down the mouse on a button while pressing the Option key.
-It is now impossible to make two editor cards, because of technical reasons. If you try to do this you'll get an error message. It doesn't make too much sense anyway to have two editor cards.
-Saving files with linefeeds now goes slightly faster, but since it only concerns a few percents you won't notice it. People who know how to write XFCNs can help me solve this slowliness problem: please read this!
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