[comp.sys.atari.st] New version of Flash

jafischer@lion.waterloo.edu (Jonathan A. Fischer) (10/03/87)

I got the following off Compuserve, and I know it will be of great
interest to many of you on the net.
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      Antic announces FLASH 1.5, the successor to the immensely popular
version 1.0 of the FLASH terminal program...

      FLASH 1.5 features include:

Improved editor:
      Automatic word-wrap at user-selectable line width.
      Paragraph or block reformatting.
      Search and replace function.
      Auto-repeat scroll bar.
      Faster operation.

Enhanced ANSI [VT100] terminal emulation:
      Graphic [ine-drawing] character set.
      True underlining of text.
      Full documentation of supported escape sequences.

Additional file transfer protocols:
      CompuServe 'B' protocol for faster file transfers on CompuServe.
      Ymodem batch file transfer - automatically recognised!

New command language features:
      Conditional execution.
      Branching to user-defined labels.
      26 user variables.
      Input from files, dialog boxes, or alerts allow customised DO
        files.
      Enhanced WAIT command with optional timeout allows improved error
        detection and correction.
      EXECUTE command lets you run TOS and GEM programs from within
        FLASH [e.g. ARC.TTP, command shells, or GEM applications 
        like Arcshell and even 1st Word].
      Log text to capture buffer.
      FREE command free's memory that the capture buffer has taken.
      
'History'
      Command line history allows you to scroll back through 64 of your
previous command lines and typeahead lines, edit and resend them.


      FLASH 1.5 is available as a free update to current FLASH owners.
Just send your master FLASH disk back to us, with $5 to cover shipping
and handling, and we'll send your copy of 1.5 out to you the same day
we get your disk. 

            FLASH update
            Antic Software
            544 Second St.
            S.F., CA  94107


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				- Jonathan A. Fischer
				jafischer@lion.waterloo.edu