werner@utastro.UUCP (Werner Uhrig) (07/21/87)
FastEddie 3.1 has been sent maintosh@felix.uucp for distribution via
comp.mac.binaries.
FastEddie 3.1 has been released by Cottage Software as "AdWare" (as they like
to call it) without the restrictions of earlier demo-versions which were
limited to handle small files only. They call it AdWare because a window comes
up every so often which advertises Cottage Software.
there is one known bug which has so far withstood all attempts to kill it, and
rather than letting you discover and report it, I had encouraged CS to do a
little write-up describing it - which follows below, as well as a description
of new features:
FastEddie3.1 Has a TeClick bug when used with a Mac launched with Finder
5.5/System 4.1. TeClick treats the tabs as if they were one character wide.
As a result, clicking on a line with preceeding tabs sets the insertion pointer
to the right of the I-Beam.
To avoid this problem start or restart the Mac with Finder5.3/System3.2. You
may then (if you choose) launch Finder 5.5/System 4.1. FastEddie3.1 should
work just fine. Alternately use FastEddie with "tabs create spaces" (see
options menu I the one headed by available memory).
Apparently Finder5.5/System4.1 patches TeClick in some way which interferes
with FastEddie's hard tab facility.
Any suggestion which leads to a fix of this problem will be greatly appreciated.
The purpetrator of the solution will, of course, receive a copy of the newest
FastEddie.
Following is a listing of changes from FastEddie3.0 to FastEddie3.1:
new features:
% extensive undos
% zoombox
% <Option><transfer...> adds transfer menu items
% global find is now flagged in menu bar with "$"
% word wrap on is now flagged in window title bar with "$"
% transferring to mmcc or batchx is now case insensitive
to menu item
% <option><Print> disables background printing
(for use with independant print spooler)
% cut and paste with <option><click> now uses desk scrap
% copy and paste with <cmd><click> now uses desk scrap
pretifications:
% ok button on about window
% window menu now displays file name rather than full path name
% "Move over" renamed "Move"
minor bugs fixed:
% maximum allowable full path name up from 80 to 256 characters
(bombed if exceeded)
% intermittent tab misbehavior fixed (tedo fix)
% "Move" more robust:
% when last line was fully selected move included the
following line
% move left with leading tabs was miscalculating
% print rountines more robust (memory management strengthened)
% print from desktop fixed
% extra page was skipped by <Option>CR alone on a line
% Save now checks if file is already open (to prevent problems
when another program in switcher has left the file open)
% transfering a multiple window file to mmcc passed multiple
copies of the file
% "Justify block" with leading tabs debugged
% copy paste buffers were creating spurious pastes
% single digit date insertion was inserting '\0' thus foiling
"find"
Following is a listing of changes from FstEddie2.9 to FastEddie3.0:
new features:
% lines per printed page now in About <filename>I dialog
% helps you determine where to put form feeds
prettifications:
% windows menu now handles up to 200 windows
% title marked with leading F when file has been changed
% tab width now based on spaces rather than w's
% move over to the left is therefore cleaner
% full path title with more than 2 parents now of the form:
DiskName:...:Directory:Filename
% large path names therefore fit better in title bar
% neat windows (now stack windows) is now much faster and
cleaner
bugs fixed:
% form feed (<Option><Return>) debugged
% was periodically feeding xtra form
% insert a file into a file debugged
(bombed in 2.9 only)