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- To install the “Insert Date” and “Insert Time” extensions, place them into your
- “BBEdit Extensions” folder and restart (or launch) BBEdit. They will appear now
- in the BBEdit’s “Extensions” menu.
-
- The “Insert Date” and “Insert Time” extensions perform simple but useful
- functions. When activated, they insert the current date and time at the
- cursor’s location.
-
- Insert Date v1.1
- ----------------
-
- To use the “Insert Date” extension, select it from the “Extensions” menu and the
- date (in its abbreviated format) will be inserted into any open document.
-
- Example: Mon, Dec 13, 1993.
-
- By holding the “option” key down while selecting “Insert Date”, you can insert
- the date in long format.
-
- Example: Monday, December 13, 1993.
-
- To insert the date in short format, simply hold the “shift” key down while
- selecting “Insert Date”.
-
- Example: 12/13/93.
-
-
- Insert Date Example Modifier Key
- --------------------------- ------------
- Mon, Dec 13,1993 None
- Monday, December 13, 1993 option
- 12/13/93 shift
-
-
-
- Insert Time v1.1
- ----------------
-
- When selected from the “Extensions” menu, “Inser Time” will insert the time
- (including seconds) into any open document.
-
- Example: 4:40:05 PM.
-
- To insert the time without seconds, just hold the “option” key down while
- selecting it.
-
- Example: 4:40 PM.
-
-
- Insert Date Example Modifier Key
- --------------------------- ------------
- (12hr.)
-
- 4:10:14 PM None
- 4:10 PM option
-
- (24hr.)
-
- 16:10:14 None
- 16:10 option
-
-
- You can also use the “Set Keys…” option in the “Extensions” menu to assign
- extension keys to “Insert Date” and/or “Insert Time”, then a date and time
- stamps are just a short keystroke away.
-
- Enjoy!
-
- Erik C. Thauvin
- Software Development
- Raven Systems Ltd.
-
- January 6, 1994
-
- Raven Systems makes no warranty or representation, either express or implied,
- with respect to this software, its quality, performance, merchantability, or
- fitness for a particular purpose. As a result this software is distributed "as
- is", and the person using it is assuming the entire risk as to its quality and
- performance.
-
- In no event Raven Systems will be liable for direct, indirect, special,
- incidental, or consequential damages resulting from any defect in the software
- or its documentation, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. Raven
- Systems does not warrant that this software will function correctly in your
- multi-user environment.
- _______________________________________________________________________________
-
- Raven Systems specializes in the development of custom solutions for everyday
- problems. For the past 10 years, the company has helped many corporations and
- businesses maximize their productivity by creating well written, tested and
- supported custom-made software.
-
- As Raven Systems moves forward into the 90's, it continues to design state of
- the art products by integrating cutting edge technologies into real-world
- solutions.
-
- For more information contact:
-
- Raven Systems
- P.O. Box 560894
- Orlando, FL 32856-0894
-
- or send electronic mail to:
-
- raventech@genie.geis.com
- raventech@aol.com
-
- From time to time shareware/freeware versions of Raven Systems' commercial
- applications are made available to the general public. These can be found in
- /ravensys via anonymous FTP from eskimo.com (162.148.13.13), as well as the
- software libraries of most online services.
-
- A catalog of Raven's licensable externals products for MicroPhone, HyperCard,
- SuperCard and 4th Dimension is also available upon request.
- _______________________________________________________________________________
-
- What is BBEdit?
- ---------------
-
- BBEdit 2.5 is an industrial-strength text editor for use by software
- developers, engineers, scientists, telecommunications users, and anyone else
- who needs to view, edit and manipulate plain-text documents with maximum
- flexibility and performance. BBEdit 2.5 is an ideal companion for THINK C,
- THINK Pascal, MPW, and THINK Reference users. With BBEdit 2.5, you can:
-
- - Browse source files in THINK C and THINK Pascal project documents;
-
- - Use BBEdit 2.5 in conjunction with THINK C 6.0 to compile source
- files and run projects;
-
- - Use ToolServer to execute MPW Shell scripts for building MPW-based
- applications and other MPW-driven tasks, as well as MPW 411-based
- Toolbox searches;
-
- - Use THINK Reference 2.0 to search for Toolbox symbols and insert
- Toolbox call templates;
-
- - Open disk browser windows to easily navigate the directory structures
- of any mounted volumes and view files quickly and easily;
-
- - Take advantage of integrated Claris XTND translation to translate
- text files to and from popular word-processor formats;
-
- - Use a glossary to store commonly-used pieces of text for insertion
- with a single keystroke;
-
- - Use improved “grep” pattern-matching for more flexible text searching
- and replacement;
-
- - Easily compare text files via a built-in differences engine and
- browser;
-
- - Split editing windows for easier navigation and reference;
-
- - Use On Location 2.0 to search pre-indexed volumes such as CD-ROMs;
-
- - Enjoy many other technical advancements and refinements made since
- the original release of BBEdit.
-
- BBEdit Lite is an evolution of BBEdit 2.2, the popular freeware text editor.
- BBEdit Lite offers the same overall performance and ease of use as BBEdit
- 2.2, but offers the following improvements:
-
- - linefeed translation for DOS files is much faster;
-
- - an Unwrap command is now available for unwrapping text for
- export to word processors;
-
- - Entab and Detab have been improved;
-
- - Upper Case and Lower Case have been replaced with a general-
- purpose Change Case;
-
- - compatibility with Macintosh Unix systems such as A/UX and MachTen is
- improved;
-
- - BBEdit Lite is approximately 20% smaller on disk than BBEdit 2.2.
-
- The current version of BBEdit lite is available for anonymous FTP from
- world.std.com, in /ftp/pub/bbedit. It can also be found on sumex.stanford.edu,
- in /info-mac/text, and in the download libraries of most online services.
-
- A demo version of BBEdit 2.5 is also available from the same locations.
- (On Sumex, it can be found in /info-mac/demo.)
- ----
-
- If you have questions about BBEdit Lite or BBEdit 2.5, send electronic mail to
- “bbedit@world.std.com” (via Internet.)
-