énfo: INTRO.NEW - First of the documentation files for the new releases. Describes editor, menu, and miscellaneous features.›èåWHAT'S NEW? - Page £››WHAT'S NEW?›››First the bad news...››Not that bad really.  To keep the text buffer as large as possible there is 1K less room in the paste and macro buffers.  They are both a bit more than 2K.  You probably won't notice the difference...››Now the good news!››These are the new features available with the latest release of TEXTPRO.››If you use SpartaDOS you should also read the SPARTA.NEW file.››======================   ›1. New Editor Features›======================››The following are new features of the TextPRO+ editor.››-------------------------›1.1 Delete to find string›-------------------------››The new prompt for CTRL-D<elete> includes a ››to <F>ind string function.››The find string must be previously defined using SELECT+CTRL-F<ind>.››---------------------------------------›1.2 Filename now default system message›---------------------------------------››The new default system message on the top line is now the filename of the lastloaded file.››-------------------------›1.3 Prompt for Escape set›-------------------------››Press ESCape and "Escape Set" will prompt to indicate the next keystroke will be an escape keystroke. ››------------------------------›1.4 Color prompt for Save File›------------------------------››When saving a file the top line turns green IF FILE SIZE HAS NOT CHANGED since it was loaded.  This makes it simple to determine if characters have been added or deleted in a binary file. ›BEWARE OF SAVING BINARY FILES IF THE TOP LINE IS NOT GREEN.››--------------------------›1.5 Prompt for Linked Load›--------------------------››Previous versions gave no indication of an incomplete load that could be continued with sector linking.  The TP "No Error" prompt will now appear as››"No Error, Linked Load"››as long as sector links are available for continued loading using the "C" and "Z" parameter commands.››-----------------------------------›1.6 SpartaDOS X Parameter Bug Fixed›-----------------------------------››Parameter is now the "," (comma) character.››The problem was not actually a bug on the part of either program.  The X-Cart does not recognize the original parameter, the "/" character, as a terminator for filenames.  The new parameter in all PLUS versions is the comma.››-----------------------›1.7 Optional Selections›-----------------------››Chosen with the››SELECT+CTRL-H command key.››1.7.1. Sort Menu Automatically›------------------------------››Or sort on command using this selection.  With automatic sorting off the screen is sorted manually by pressing the <S>ort key from the menu.››1.7.2 Set Drive # for Menu›--------------------------››Set the drive # used by the menu by typing just the number of the desired drive, not the "D", and pressing RETURN.››This is a handy way to go right to the drive you want.  It can also be helpful if you try to list a nonexistent drive and TP hangs in the menu.  Just RESET to the editor and use this selection to set a defined drive.››1.7.3 Define Editor CR for Line Breaks›--------------------------------------››Enter the actual character (not the decimal#), that you want the editor to break a line on.  Setting this equal to null (ESC then CTRL-comma) can be helpful when editing macros or binary files.››TP is primarily text editor and movement through binary files with many of the cursor movement keys will be erratic.  The only reliable cursor movement keys in a binary file are the left and right arrow keys, which will always work correctly.››The "New EOL" selection also redefines the character moved to with the SHIFT-UP/DOWN arrows and provides more reliable rapid scrolling thru binary files with the null EOL selected.››1.7.4. Turn Off SIO Sound›-------------------------››This selection will not stick in all DOS packages but it works great with SpartaDOS-X.  Select "Y" to turn off the bleeping heard with SIO load, save operations.››---------------------›1.8 New Editing Modes›---------------------››TP has two new editing modes››Text Mode and ATASCII Mode.››Toggle editing modes with the ATARI key.››Some of the new mode commands are placed on the SHIFT-CTRL+TAB keys.  Screen width adjustment is not available on these keys.  The screen width may still be selected with››SELECT+CTRL<Left/Right> arrows.››The only difference is that the screen width selections cannot be made from a macro.››1.8.1. Text Mode›----------------››The following features are active in the default Text mode.››1.8.1.1. Set TAB width››Press SHIFT+TAB (Set) in Text Mode.  Enter the desired TAB width on the top line (1-255)››1.8.1.2. Push Tab››Press CTRL+TAB in Text Mode.  The tab-set # of spaces are PUSHED into the file.  The cursor is left in the original position making it easy to insert a few spaces in a file.››1.8.1.3. Lines/Page Displayed››CTRL-W<here's the cursor> command››now provides the current lines per page (bottom margin) value after the current line value.››1.8.1.4. Setting Screen Width››SELECT+CTRL-Right/Left Arrow keys››change the screen width in Text Mode.  In ATASCII mode these are line drawing keys.››1.8.2. ATASCII Mode›-------------------››Toggle from the standard Text Mode by pressing the ATARI key.  A number of commands are altered when in Atascii Mode.››1.8.2.1. Getting a Byte Value››CTRL-W<hat's the cursor> command››gives the ATASCII value of the character under the cursor rather than position in the printed file.  If there is a TP equate (the Dec.30&155) for the character the saved value appears also, indicating that this is the actual value in this position when the file is saved to disk.››1.8.2.2. Hi-Lo Decimal Word››CTRL-? (Word Count) command››gives value of the ATASCII word specified by the cursor position and the character to the right of the cursor. (Hi-Lo format)  This selection takes care of the equates automatically and displays the actual value that will be saved to disk.››1.8.2.3. Lo-Hi Decimal Word››SELECT+CTRL-? (Reverse Word Count) command››gives the value of the same word in reverse (Lo-Hi format).››1.8.2.4 Set a Decimal Value››SHIFT-TAB is the "Set Value" key››Type in the decimal number of the ATASCII value desired at the cursor location and it is placed there WITHOUT INSERTION OR MOVEMENT whether in insert or replace mode editing.››1.8.2.5. Repeat Decimal Value››CTRL-TAB is the Repeat Value key››The last value selected with either the Set Value or CTRL-W<hat> selection is repeated at the cursor location without cursor movement.››This makes drawing lines left/right or up/down easy.  The graphic need only be entered once, then the arrow keys and CTRL-TAB can be used repetitively to draw in any direction.  If full lines of characters need to be entered it is better to use the special line drawing commands.››1.8.2.6. Drawing in ATASCII Mode››SELECT+CTRL-Left/Right/Up/Down keys››are used to draw lines rapidly in ATASCII mode.  Define the repeat character as described above with the CTRL-W or SHIFT-TAB selections and repeat the character rapidly in any direction using SELECT+CTRL and the arrow keys.››To work properly this selection requires that adequate space be opened in the editor for the drawing since characters cannot be inserted.  Use SHIFT-INSERT to open space in the editor to draw.››1.8.2.7. Inverse with CTRL-A››TP does not have an inverse mode as such.  In the ATASCII mode the CTRL-A key will move to the left changing characters from normal text to inverse and vice versa.  Only the CR will be left in its normal state by CTRL-A.  In the text mode this key still changes the case of alpha characters, inverse or otherwise.››=========================›2. What's New in the Menu›=========================››The PLUS versions have a number of new disk menu features.››-----------------------------›2.1. Directory Mask Selection›-----------------------------››Press "M" from the menu to define the mask used for selecting displayed files in the menu.››This mask will also be used for entering a directory to the Editor using CTRL-L<oad> with the "D"irectory parameter command (,D in TextPRO+) unless you specify another mask on the top line before the parameter.  The menu directory mask can only be changed from within the menu itself.  Using another mask when listing a directory to the editor will not change the menu mask.››-----------------------------›2.2. Limit of Files Displayed›-----------------------------››The menu listing will stop at 60 files and››"Incomplete Directory"››will appear in place of the sector count when a disk/directory has too many files to be displayed on screen.  ››To get a complete directory zero in on the files you want displayed using the <M>ask selection.››--------------------------------›2.3. Directory Listing from Menu›--------------------------------››Press "D" to view a listing of files complete with sector counts (and T/D stamps in SpartaDOS).››------------------------------›2.4. View a File from the Menu›------------------------------››Press "V" to view the highlighted file on the screen.››----------------------›2.5. Drive 9 Supported›----------------------››The menu now has support for drive 9.››-------------------------------›2.6. Delete File now has Prompt›-------------------------------››The menu prompts››"Are you sure (Y/N)"››for a delete file selection. ››---------------------------›2.7. English Error Messages›---------------------------››The menu now has the same English Error Message feature as the editor.››Error codes will only be given for errors that are not referenced.  The annoying bleep on error has also been eliminated.››--------------------------------›2.8. Exit to DOS Uses CTRL-X Key›--------------------------------››Use CTRL-X rather than X to exit to DOS from the menu.››There is also a prompt asking to confirm the exit.  This is an identical procedure to the one used in the editor.  Exit to DOS will terminate the session using SpartaDOS-X since there is no way to rerun TEXTPRO using the "RUN" DOS command.  "RUN" will still work with previous SpartaDOS versions (2.3 & 3.2).››================›3. Miscellaneous›================››----------------------------------------------------›3.1. Paste Buffer not Deleted during File Operations›----------------------------------------------------››Previous TEXTPRO versions killed the paste buffer during "Copy>" and other operations that move data from device to device, such as the new View and Directory menu commands.  The paste area was used as temporary storage in these versions.  The PLUS releases do not use the paste buffer during file operations unless it is empty, so any text stored there is preserved.››TP uses the unused space in the text editor and a one page (256 byte) area at the end of the text editor as transfer storage space.  If the text buffer and the paste buffer are both full copy operations can be very slow.  If you want to free up the paste buffer to speed copy operations just kill it using the CTRL-K<ill buffer> command from the Editor before doing the copy.  The empty buffer will then be used as additional storage space.››----------------------------------›3.2. Send a Full Lastload Pathname›----------------------------------››If the lower case SELECT-l is used on the command line the full pathname of the lastloaded file is sent.››It is cumbersome to manually set lowercase each time you want to designate a full path.  SELECT-l will still work but the new››SELECT-P(athname) command››is a lot easier to use manually.  This new command will send the full path of the lastloaded file to the command line.››/END/››Ronnie Riche›1700 Aycock St.›Arabi, La. 70032›Nov 1989›