Thank you for downloading and trying TextSpresso! TextSpresso is an easy to use, professional level text editor and cleaner produced for Mac OS by Taylor Design. It has a wide array of features and over 150 filters, many of which are unique among Mac text cleaners. It's low in price and easy to use for the casual user. Yet it's flexible enough to serve professional users and replace multiple competing text cleaners, some costing up to three times as much.
TextSpresso can...
* Clean up Internet text, including E-mails and downloaded web pages.
* Prepare text for Internet transport, HTML publishing, and print publishing.
* Perform fast, multi-pattern data extraction, such as extracting URL's from a web page.
* Hot Filter the selected text in virtually any Mac application.
* Batch filter text files with a fast, multi-threaded batch processor.
* Let you create filters for your own text filtering needs using any one of nine core filter types.
* Serve as a nice text editor.
* And more! (See the Introduction chapter of the manual for more information on TextSpresso's features and uses.)
This read me document contains a few quick notes about the 1.6.1 release and should be read by all users. Please be sure to read the Last Minute Notes section below. Please see the included manual for information on using TextSpresso. And feel free to contact Taylor Design with any questions you might have.
Contact Info
Taylor Design Site - http://www.taylor-design.com/
E-mail Taylor Design - support@taylor-design.com
Postal Mail: Taylor Design, 8172 Palm #1729, Oak Hills, CA 92345-7849
The Register folder contains shortcuts for Taylor Design's web site, E-mail address, and TextSpresso download locations. If you're running Mac OS 8 or higher you can simply double-click these shortcuts to get what you want.
Please feel free to contact Taylor Design with any questions, comments, or bug reports.
Upgrading to 1.6.1
To upgrade simply replace your old TextSpresso folder with the new folder. Your preferences and filters, which are stored in the Preferences folder of your System Folder, will automatically be updated and brought into the new version. If you've already registered, you do not need to enter your registration code again. If the new folder is placed in the location that the old folder used to occupy and you remove the old folder from your hard drive, then aliases and AppleScripts should continue to work as well, pointing to the new version.
Once you have run the new version it is recommended that you throw away any older copies. New versions of TextSpresso may introduce new filter types or preferences data that older versions cannot understand. Running an older version after you've run the latest may cause the older version to reset your preferences and/or filters.
What's New in 1.6.1?
Version 1.6.1 includes improved filter editors with built-in help; a new Net To Text filter which retains URL's when converting HTML to text; and several other feature enhancements and bug fixes. Please see the Version History chapter of the user manual for a complete list of improvements.
Requirements
* A Macintosh, or 100% compatible, with a 68020 or higher processor. TextSpresso is optimized for PowerPC.
* Mac OS 7.1 or higher, including Mac OS 8.x and 9.x.
* A minimum of 3 MB of hard disk space for the complete install (including manuals, sample files, etc).
* A minimum of 2.1 MB of free RAM for PowerPC, and 2.7 MB free RAM for 680x0.
Registration
TextSpresso is not free. When you download TextSpresso it is limited to demo mode. In demo mode TextSpresso operates normally for 30 days from the first day you run it. After 30 days it will cease to run except to allow you to enter your registration code.
In the TextSpresso folder you will find a folder named "Register". Open this folder for instructions on registering TextSpresso. If this folder is missing, please contact Taylor Design at: support@taylor-design.com
If you are a member of the press and would like a complimentary single user license for review purposes, please E-mail support@taylor-design.com with the appropriate information (i.e. name, organization, contact information for yourself and for confirmation). Once we've confirmed your press status we will register a single user license in the name of your organization and send you a registration code. All we ask is that you send us a copy of the review TextSpresso appears in when it is published. This offer applies to reviewers for Macintosh User Groups as well.
Last Minute Notes
* Please remember that some commands, like the filters, operate on the current text selection or the entire document if there is no text selected. This includes most of the commands under the Text menu and several of the commands under the Search Menu. Be sure to either choose your selection or deselect the text, as appropriate to what you want to do, before applying such commands or any filters.
* It bears repeating here that the search and replace text fields in the various filter editors do not behave exactly like normal Mac text fields. They do not at this time support the ability to select and edit characters behind the last one. So if you type three characters and realize that the first one is wrong, you have to backspace to it. (Or copy it to the Notes field, edit it, and copy back.) This is because they are special fields designed to display all possible characters in the Mac ASCII set. This is a bit annoying, we know, but "...it's a feature, not a bug." We'll be updating this special text field so it behaves exactly like a normal Mac text field in the near future.
* When using StuffIt Expander to expand the TextSpresso archive, make sure that the "Convert text files to Macintosh format:" option under "Cross Platform" preferences is NOT set to "Always". Users have reported that TextSpresso will not run when it is decompressed with this option set to Always.
* If you use StuffIt SpaceSaver, make sure you are using the latest version. Versions prior to 5.0.1 conflict with TextSpresso's safe save routines, resulting in "file not found" errors.
* RAM Charger Users: Make sure that RAM Charger is set to "Avoid taking all memory." Otherwise RAM Charger may assign TextSpresso far more RAM than it needs.
Under Construction Features
We are still working on the following features, some of which are visible in the user interface but are currently grayed out. These features are listed below.
* Plug-ins of various kinds (contextual menu, BBEdit).
* Batch Options.
* Sound effects and notices.
We plan to finish and enable these features in a future release.
Reporting Bugs
Please report all bugs and problems, no matter how minor, to: support@taylor-design.com
When reporting a bug or a crash please report as much information about the problem as possible. Try to fill out the questions in the following check list:
* What type of Macintosh were you using? (Include RAM amount if possible.)
* What version of Mac OS were you using?
* What were you trying to do in TextSpresso and how did it go wrong?
* If possible, please provide the document you were working on.
* Can you reproduce the problem? If so, can you reproduce it with extensions off?
The more information you provide us with, the more quickly we can isolate and fix the problem.
When reporting a filter problem please try to fill out the following questions:
* What text were you trying to filter? (Include a copy of the original text if possible.)
* What were the results? (Include a copy of the filtered text if possible.)
* What were you expecting?
With this many filters to keep track of and test, we have no doubt that some of them may not filter exactly as expected. If you report a problem to us we can usually get you a fixed filter very quickly (2-3 days).
About Prograph
TextSpresso was created using Prograph CPX from Pictorius, Inc. Prograph is an object orientated, iconic programming language, and is, in our opinion, the most advanced programming language available. If you're a developer or are interested in learning how to program we would encourage you to check out this advanced language. Free Mac and Windows demos are available from Pictorius, Inc. More information and bookmarks can be found in the About Prograph folder inside the Extras! folder.
About Taylor Design
Taylor Design is a privately owned software shop located in Oak Hills, California.
Taylor Design specializes in custom and commercial software for the Macintosh platform, written using Prograph CPX and Metrowerks CodeWarrior (C++).
Taylor Design also offers consulting and web site design services to businesses in the High Desert area. Taylor Design consults for both Macintosh and Wintel platforms.
