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========---- Professional V5.0 ----========
MAJOR CHANGES SINCE EDWORD PROFESSIONAL V4.1
MARTIN REDDY, 1994
This file documents the major changes/additions which have been made since
the release of EdWord Professional V4.1.
*** MAJOR CHANGE: EDWORD NOW REQUIRES WORKBENCH 2.0 OR ABOVE ***
NEW FACILITIES
· An "Auto-Completion" which will automatically attempt to complete
the current word based upon the currently loaded Keyword File
whenever you press the ALT+SPACE combination.
· A "Find Function" facility has been added to display (and jump
directly to) any functions/procedures in a source code file.
· Can now select a block on a character-by-character basis instead
of being restricted to a line-by-line selection.
· Can now define the actions for all cursor key modifiers (i.e.
Shift+Up, Alt+Up, Ctrl+Up etc.)
· A number of Workbench Tools Types are now supported in addition
to the current command line options.
· Added a "Startup Script" option to automatically run an ARexx
script when EdWord is first loaded.
· When printing, you can now specify the line spacing (6/8 LPI)
· An "Open New..." option has been added to the Project menu
· A "Save Changes" option has been added to the Project menu
· A "Save & Quit" option has been added to the Project menu
· A "Capitalise Word" function has been added to the Utils menu
MODIFICATIONS
· Can now have 8 colour custom screens and totally customise the
use of colour for the user interface.
· Menus have been restructured with a new Prefs menu strip to contain
all preference related facilities
· Symbol Indent facility moved to Utils menu
· Calculator is now a separate program (see below)
· Options like "Select Doc", "View Clipboard", "Screen Mode", "Text
Casing", "Colours" etc. updated to take advantage of Workbench 2.0
GadTools functions.
FILE REQUESTER
· New, redesigned look which has a more Workbench 2.0 feel
· Can specify size of file requester (in terms of files displayed)
· Can specify how files and directories are sorted
· Can optionally ignore ".info" files
· Added support for the ReqTools file requester
USER COMMANDS
· Can now define upto 10 User Commands (instead of only 3)
· Commands not displayed in menus until physically defined
· Commands can be run Synchronously or Asynchronously
· Can run commands on the current file in memory or on its
last saved state on disk.
· Can discover the AmigaDOS exit return value of a command
· Can open the custom CLI/Shell on EdWord's screen
CALCULATOR
· Supplied as a stand-alone program called EdCalc
· Can insert current calculator value directly into the editor
· Can be iconified to a title bar when not used (via zoom gadget)
· Can be used by other programs and other ARexx interfaces
AREXX INTERFACE
· 18 new commands added. (Details Not Supplied With Demo)
· Many More scripts supplied including routines to reformat text to
a margin as well as left, right or full justify a block of text.
Also scripts to set blocks to bold, italic or underline via use
of standard ANSI escape codes. (Not Supplied With Demo)
· Added a "Run Script..." menu option to directly run an ARexx script
· All scripts defined via the "Macro/Define Scripts..." menu
option will appear at the end of that menu strip.