SyncEdit History This document lists the changes to SyncEdit. Revisions are listed in reverse chronological order, with the most recent changes appearing near the top. v2.50 - Jan 1996 o Added user selectable taglines o Added message censoring o Fixed bug that would sometimes cause problems under multi-taskers v2.20 - Dec 1995 o Added a setup program to make configurable key options within SyncEdit. v2.1.0 - Oct 1995 o Spell checker and search/replace functions are now available in the unregistered demo mode. A 10 second registration delay is now in effect for those functions. o Fixed bug that would scramble text in a message if the backspace key was used in certain situations. v2.0.5 - Sep 1995 o Added a second line to the status area on the bottom of the screen. New line displays the most common CTRL key combinations. o Internal quoter now strips CTRL-A codes from quoted text. v2.0.1 - Sep 1995 o Minor bug fix v2.0.0 - Sep 1995 o A few minor adjustments and bug fixes o SyncEdit out of wide-beta testing, official full release. v1.5.5á - Sep 1995 o More minor adjustments to quoting system, minor bug fixes. o SyncEdit will now work with versions 2.0+ of Synchronet again. v1.5.4á - Sep 1995 o Minor adjustments made to quoting system. v1.5.3á - Sep 1995 o Rights to sale and distribution of SyncEdit passed to Robert Bouman (SyncEdit's author). o Added all new group of sysop only functions to SyncEdit. The sysop can now chat with user, hang up on user, extend/decrease time allowed on-line for user, drop user out of SyncEdit. A new bottom status bar was added to provide more information to sysop when user is on. o Added internal windowed quoting function to SyncEdit. Full message text is available for quoting when replying to a message. o Added Ascii Upload function to SyncEdit. Users can now easily import text files into their messages by performing an ASCII upload from their terminal program. Ascii Upload provides specialized processing of incoming data so that users can now directly import files with control characters in them. Useful for posting ANSI screens. Lines longer than 79 characters are supported with this function. o Sysop File->LoadFile function now imports text at the cursor position instead of tacking the text to the end of the message text. Also, LoadFile now supports lines longer than 79 characters as well. o Added access to the help system from the sub-menus. For example, the help screen for the spell check function is now available from the spell check sub-menu. o Fixed numerous bugs. These include; a user, under certain conditions, could continue to type beyond the last sysop defined line causing lock ups to occur, numerous display problems where the screen wouldn't properly be updated to reflect changes that had occurred in the message text, and other sundry items. o Several miscellaneous items were also changed, such as; removed some of the Yes/No prompts where it seemed redundant, remembering of file names where appropiate, faster loading and saving, ect... v1.5.0 - Mar 1995 o Added back IN use of XTRN.DAT drop file. This allows us to greatly simplify the command-line used with SyncEdit and ensures easier implementation of other enhancements. This change also now requires Synchronet v2.10 or greater to function. o SyncEdit now works for monochrome users (as long as they have ANSI). o Added user dictionaries. Each user may create their own specific dictionary which will be stored in the external SyncEdit directory. o Added ability to skip a word throughout entire spell check session. o Fixed display anomalies in block functions. o Fixed bug that would cause a extraneous portion of a line to be left on the screen after a word wrap. o Fixed a bug that would cause the editor to lock up while loading certain files. o Added full search/replace functions. o Added hot key to preform text search from previously defined text string o Added Sysop macros. (These are Sysop only at this time) o Added a hot key to redraw screen. o Revamped the help system; it will work now from a menu similar to rest of the editor. o Improved time-slicing capabilities, utilizing SDK v2.0 from Digital Dynamics. Support for most multi-taskers now available. o Improved file handling which allows for the loading of ANSI and still retain most of the document formatting. o Corrected a number of miscellaneous bugs. v1.1.0 - Dec 1994 o Dropped use of XTRN.DAT file, now using EDITOR.INF. This should address any security issues and ensure unauthorized users don't get access to the SaveToFile and LoadFile commands. o Improved hang-up detection routine. o Went to the .KEY file method of registration, and consequently combined the demo and registered version into one executable. If "SYNCEDIT.KEY" is detected upon editor startup, all features are implemented. If not, the unavailable features are shown but in light grey, indicating they are disabled. This will make distribution much easier, as we only have to distribute one version which any registered user can download and use immediately. o Removed the TEAR LINE entirely from the registered version, though it is still appended to messages created by the demo version. By doing this, the "Reg to :" info was moved internal to the editor, added to the left side of the bottom status bar. All the original info contained within the status bar is still there, it's simply been shifted to the right to accommodate the registration information. Due to the changes made in this version, we now have only 20 characters to work with for the registration info. o Changed the security system to allow user groups 90 (co-Sysops) and above access to the SaveToFile and LoadFile command. Previously, access to these functions was limited to user #1. o Increased maximum line limit to 500. Also, SyncEdit will continue to function when passed more then 500 for NUM OF LINES, but will use 500 for it's limit, ie only 500 lines will be edited and saved. o A number of minor bugs corrected, including failing to clear the screen upon user hang-up, SaveToFile and LoadFile commands, etc. v1.0.0 - Nov 1994 o Initial release