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           ***  Welcome to The Aurora Editor version 3.0!  ***
                  (C) Copyright 1993-1996 nuText Systems
                      All rights reserved worldwide.


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  This file highlights the New Features available in Aurora version 3.0.
  There's something new for everyone in version 3! For more information,
  see the User's Guide, Language Reference, and Function Reference.
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New Features in Aurora version 3.0 include:
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* Directory Tree:

  A new interactive Directory Tree lets you visually explore your
  computer. Just select 'Tree' from the File menu.

* Hex View/Edit Mode:

  Edit windows can now be displayed and edited in Hex mode. You can turn
  on the Hex View setting on the Set menu to split the window into
  normal text and the Hex View. Use the <tab> and <shift tab> keys to
  switch the editing focus between normal text and the Hex View.

  The Hex View will be Syntax Highlighted and marked just like your
  normal text!

* Windows/95 long file names are now supported throughout the editor!

* Tired of Uppercase filenames? Filenames throughout the editor can now
  be displayed Capitalized, in Lowercase, in Uppercase, or As-is. This
  new option can be set from Miscellaneous Options dialog box.

* Color Syntax Highlighting for over 20 new languages is now provided,
  including Syntax Highlighting for HTML Web pages and Java!

  Syntax Highlighting is now automatic. No need to configure Syntax.aml
  for these languages - just open the file.

* Real Tab Support

  Aurora now provides support for automatically displaying real tabs
  (Ascii 9) as spaces. The Margins and Tabs configuration dialog box
  contains new options which allow tab characters to be displayed as-is,
  displayed as spaces, or displayed as spaces only if found in a quick
  search when the file is opened (the new default).

  The Margins and Tabs dialog box also contains a new option 'Use Real
  Tabs' which configures the tabright command to enter real tabs into
  your text (when tabs are displayed as spaces).

* Global Multi-file Search and Replace

  A sophisticated new global search/replace macro allows you to search
  for and replace strings in multiple files on disk, with optional
  verification. It can be started from the Macro List on the Set menu.

* International Configuration

  A new International Options dialog box can now be displayed from the
  main Configuration box, allowing International settings throughout the
  editor to be easily configured. Pre-defined date/time formats and
  day/month names for 11 languages are included.

* Numerous File Manager enhancements:

  ∙ Directories can now be displayed in a new 'Variable' format as well
    as the old 'Fixed' format. You can turn variable format On or Off
    from the file manager configuration dialog box.

    In Variable format, file names are displayed on the right side of
    the listing, allowing long or fully qualified names to be displayed.
    Under Windows/95, long file names will now be displayed!

  ∙ File Lists can now be displayed in the file manager. A File List is
    simply a file containing a list of filenames or filespecs which may
    be located in various drives and directories on your computer. File
    lists are always displayed in Variable format, with each filename or
    directory fully-qualified.

    You can open, save, and edit file lists with new commands on the
    File and Command menus.

  ∙ New commands were added to the Command menu:

       Open File List  - open a file list
       Remove Line     - remove lines without deleting files/directories
       Statistics      - show statistics for a file or directory

  ∙ Entire Directories and Subdirectories can now be copied, moved, and
    deleted.

  ∙ The file manager Run command will now also run macro language
    executable (.X) files.

  ∙ The Attributes command now displays a dialog box if prompts are
    configured as dialog boxes

  ∙ Dashes are now displayed for file attributes which are turned off.

  ∙ The file manager Scan Files command menu now only scans files listed
    in the file manager. This is handy when used with File Lists, the
    Remove Line command, or file manager listings generated from macros
    such as Where. The <shift i> key has now been assigned to Scan
    Files.

  ∙ The entire file manager is no longer refreshed after executing a
    file manager command - only the affected files are updated.

  ∙ The Free Space is now displayed in megabytes (MB) when greater than
    10MB.

* Powerful New Macros:

  ∙ Alarm     - Set up to four alarms to execute commands
  ∙ Bookauto  - Save and restores bookmarks automatically
  ∙ Capital   - Capitalize words
  ∙ Clipview  - View clipboard contents
  ∙ Clock     - Display a clock with large digits and long format date
  ∙ Fattr     - Change file attributes
  ∙ Fcopy     - Copy or move files
  ∙ Filestat  - Display file or directory statistics
  ∙ Fillnum   - Fill a block with a numeric sequence
  ∙ Findo     - Find occurrences (previously in Ext.aml)
  ∙ Globrepl  - Global multi-file search and replace
  ∙ Hilitewd  - Highlight a word (previously in Ext.aml)
  ∙ Installs  - Lite installation to a floppy drive
  ∙ Logevent  - Log editor events
  ∙ Machine   - Examples for calling 80x86 machine code
  ∙ Paragprh  - Find next/prev paragraph
  ∙ Projopen  - Open a project
  ∙ Projsave  - Save a project
  ∙ Ruler     - Insert a ruler line above the current line
  ∙ Saveall   - Save all open files
  ∙ Scan      - Scan files for a string (previously in Ext.aml)
  ∙ Sieve     - Sieve of Eratosthenes Demo
  ∙ Sortstr   - Sort a string
  ∙ Stopwtch  - Stopwatch and command timer
  ∙ Synch     - Synchronized scrolling
  ∙ Tabauto   - Expand tabs automatically when opening files
  ∙ Tree      - Directory tree
  ∙ Trimline  - Trim trailing blanks and tabs
  ∙ Winclock  - Window border clock install/remove


Other Enhancements include:
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* The Scan Files command and the Scan2 macro will now search
  subdirectories when the new option 'u' is specified. Subdirectories
  will not be searched if these commands are invoked from the file
  manager.

* The Find Occurrences command and the Scan2 macro now both display
  found occurrences in a persistent window, allowing you to goto an
  occurrence and then return back to the occurrences window.

  A new menu is also displayed, allowing you to:
    ∙ Goto an occurrence and exit
    ∙ Goto an occurrence
    ∙ Edit all occurrences
    ∙ Print all occurrences

  If prompts are displayed as dialog boxes, both the Find Occurrences
  command and the Scan2 macro will now display a dialog box prompt.

* Macro Help can now be displayed for each Macro by pressing <f1> from
  the Macro List, and can also be displayed from within most macros by
  pressing <f1>.

* Pasting text from Windows now assumes that the text was marked as a
  'stream' mark. Both stream and character marks are now copied
  correctly to the Windows clipboard.

* The new ClipLine setting on the Edit Options 2 dialog box specifies
  whether or not the clipboard cut and copy commands should use the
  current line when no marked block exists.

* Sorting is nearly twice as fast as in v2.x.

* Popup windows are now resizable.

* The cursor position is now highlighted before displaying a prompt.

* The new Command Line Option -d forces the editor to use short file
  names under Windows/95.

* The new Command Line Option -r runs external macros from the command
  line after A.x is loaded and all files are opened.


Enhancements to Previous Macros include:
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* Changes to Maclist (the Macro List):

  - a menu is now displayed, allowing you to:

    ∙ Run a macro
    ∙ Display macro help
    ∙ Add a new macro