Non-beta versions of HTML.edit are distributed worldwide via sumex, umich and their mirrors.
Information on bugs and fixes is available at
http://ogopogo.nttc.edu/tools/htmledit/bugs.html
Please email any comments or problems you find with this version to the author at
murray.altheim@nttc.edu
#### NOTES ON HTML.edit v1.7.0: ****
Also see the section "New Features" under Help.
No Usage Restrictions
Please note that I have removed the commercial use restriction on HTML.edit. However, all distribution restrictions, copyright and intellectual property protections remain unchanged. Please see the Legaleze section under Help for more information.
Insert Export String --> Insert Custom Entity
Previous versions allowed the insertion of text strings that were optionally translated upon export into date or time information. These strings were in the form "{Abbreviated Date}" using curly brackets. This version now uses an SGML entity-style format as the inserted string, such as "&date;" or "&time;". Existing documents using the curly bracket strings should be changed to the new format using a global replacement to the new format as shown below:
Old Format New Format
{Short Date} &date;
{Abbreviated Date} &abbrevDate;
{Long Date} &longDate;
{Time} &time;
{Long Time} &longTime;
Use the Replace command (under the Utility menu) with the options set to "All Occurrences" and "All Documents". If you are transferring documents between versions of HTML.edit, uncheck the option "Translate Entities on Export" on Import/Export Preferences.
Footers
HTML.edit defines a footer as any text following the <!--FOOT--> tag used as a separator, regardless of whether this tag occurs in the Body or Footer text areas of the editor. The separator is an HTML comment, which should be ignored by WWW browsers, and can be modified from the Preferences card. I use this feature to automatically cue HTML.edit to separate out the footer text on imported documents. Modifying the "footer" of many documents is then simplified.
Help
If you are upgrading from a previous version, please check the "Installing HTML.edit" section in Help, especially if you notice any anomalies with the Futura display font. There is no longer any font suitcase to install.
Note that previous versions of HTML.edit included the HTML documents "Mosaic for X version 2.0 Fill-Out Form Support" (courtesy NCSA) and "HTML and SGML" (which is part of Dave Raggett's HTML 3.0 draft). These online documents are now referenced via the Browse Hotlist submenu under the tool palette's Preview menu.
Hotlist Menu
Please note that the current version does not support semicolons on the Hotlist menu, either in the URL itself or in the displayed menu text.
Miscellaneous
Check the "New Features" Help section as well as the Change History below for details on new features.
#### Change History ****
See online Bug List/History document
http://ogopogo.nttc.edu/tools/htmledit/bugs/html
for extended history.
(1.7d165/1.7.0 1995.09.04)
- added Balloon Help for many Prefs options
- speeded up transition between Prefs sections
- added overflow checking on Index
- final cleanup for release
(1.7d164 1995.08.31)
- fixed: resizing label area on Index disabled clicking on scroll bar grey area
- Index now properly sorts by path (up to six levels deep)
- fixed problem with displaying multi-line TITLE in Index
- fixed: wasn't remembering palette locations
- now displays Label in editor window with popUp selector menu
- fixed footer utility table resize bug on small windows
- ALT attribute on IMG now limited to 1024 characters; option to translate <>&" to entities
- added 'Date & Time' to available custom entities on Utility menu
- browser Preview (Command-J) now works on Master Headers and Footers
- added right margin indicator (vertical line) to ruler
(1.7d163 1995.08.24)
- Command-Option-F displays new Find Tool. Check Balloon Help for description.
- no longer re-indexes when changing document path or name
- fixed some field updating problems with Anchor Utility
- fixed some user-interface uglies with Anchor and Footer Utilities
- changed user interface details on Element Index, Find, Keywords and URL field
- Element Index can now be resized vertically using a divider
- fixed errors in Help documentation on BASE and META
- fixed relative path bug in URL field on documents selected from URL popUp menu
(1.7d162 1995.08.23)
- no longer re-indexes when changing path to a file
- fixed touchlink problem with documents having no set path
- fixed browser request dialog
- no binks option on Editor Preferences
- shift-select multiple documents using up and down arrow keys on Index
- shift-enter selects the current physical line in editor
- eliminates any standard bullets (ie., "•*∑®‡fi") from lists on translation
- added BODY with attributes to Remove HTML command
(1.7d157 1995.08.17)
- global replace by specified document label
- holding down Shift on QuickLink with zero length selection inserts first H1 of target as hypertext
- holding down Option on QuickLink with zero length selection inserts TITLE of target as hypertext
- properly handles BODY tags with attributes
- improved error handling on browser interaction
- QuickLink to Selected Document now uses wider dialog box when listing TITLEs or pathnames
- eliminated some globals to save memory
(1.7d151 1995.08.12)
- fixed freeSize/Editor Size display on Compacting Preferences (now truly in 'K')
- command-option-B: insert BASE in current document
- export of Help text: MS Word/HTML version based on d151
- added "\f" (=form feed) to miniGREP metacharacters
- added storage of Preferences file name
(1.7d147/b9 1995.08.08)
- fixed Restore Path from BASE (Import option) handling of BASE elements that refer
to a directory rather than a document
- removed extraneous dialog on Browse
- changed method of storing path to WWW browser on Browse; now via Set button on Prefs
- fixed size of disabled Label field on Labels Preferences
- improved trapping of shift and option keys on shortcuts
- reorganized Help
- added "\q" (=quote) to miniGREP metacharacters
- new Uncomment command (Command-Plus) and reorganized HyperText menu
(1.7d143/b8 1995.08.02)
- new Paste File command (Edit menu) pastes an imported text file at the insertion point
- added Convert Tab to "\t" (or other custom string) on Import; tabs are not allowed in HTML
(1.7d141 1995.08.01)
- new feature to save settings to and restore from a Preferences file
- added optional WIDTH attribute on PRE, COMPACT attribute on lists (optionKey on menu)
- implemented Michael Bradshaw's Progression XCMD in place of earlier progress bar
- added a return character after ADDRESS and list elements
- now correctly sets the http server name when requested from Editor window
- Preferences fields now resize properly to fit smaller windows
- fixed window update bug in navigating to different background after resizing window
- now hotlist and image library allow commas (semicolons will show up in menu or URL as colons)
