File Name: README.TXT --------------------- This file contains important information regarding Vision Edit version 3.31. Please read it carefully. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WARNING: Vision Edit comes with a spelling checker called ShareSpell by Acropolis Software for your convenience. ShareSpell is a shareware program and is not part of Vision Edit. If you want to use ShareSpell regularly you have to register for it separately (see the file: SS.DOC). ShareSpell will be installed under your Vision Edit directory e.g. C:\VED\SPELL. Note: If you do not have a diskette-based version of Vision Edit you have to install ShareSpell yourself: C:>CD C:\VED C:>MD SPELL C:>CD SPELL C:>PKUNZIP -X ..\SS23 ShareSpell (SS23.ZIP) consists of the following files: - ACROP.DIC - DICMAN.DOC - SS.DOC - DICMAN.EXE - SS.EXE - DICMAN14.NEW - SS23.NEW If you want to use ShareSpell add the Vision Edit directory to PATH statement in your AUTOEXEC.BAT (it is recommended anyway). Also if you install Vision Edit in a different directory than C:\VED you have to modify the path in the Run Spelling Checker dialog box (File|Run Spelling Checker menu). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vision Edit comes with the following files: - README.TXT: this file; - REGISTER.TXT: registration instructions; - FORM1.TXT: registration form for a single-computer registration; - FORM2.TXT: registration form for a multiple-computer and network registration; - VENDOR.TXT: information for software distributors and BBS SysOps; - MANUAL.TXT: a text file containing the manual; - VED.EXE: program file; - VED.HLP: help file; - VED.OVR: program file (overlayed code); - VED.DSK: VED desktop file; - VED.OPT: VED options file; - DEMO.MAC,DEMO1.MAC,...,DEMO5.MAC: demos of macro capabilities; - COMMANDS.TXT: a list of all Vision Edit commands (useful when redefining commands); IMPORTANT NOTES: ================ If you used any of the older versions of Vision Edit (< 3.2), make sure you have removed ved.opt and all ved.dsk files. The new options and desktop files are not compatible with the old ones. If you do not remove the old ved.opt and ved.dsk warning messages will be displayed: "Error reading Options file." and "Error reading Desktop file.". We recommend that you add Vision Edit and ShareSpell directories to the PATH statement in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file e.g.: PATH=C:\DOS;C:\VED;C:\VED\SPELL; For a better performance we recommend that you install expanded memory and a disk cache software if possible. ENHANCEMENTS IN VERSION 3.31: ============================= - interface to a spelling checker (File|Run Spelling Checker); - right margins added in the Options|Preferences dialog box; - a new command KeyCmds|Miscellaneous Commands|Center Line centers the current line; - a new command Windows|Show/Hide Ruler displays or hides a ruler at the top of the screen; you can click on the ruler to position the cursor on the selected column; you can also change the right margin setting by double- clicking on the ruler; - a new command Windows|Show/Hide Tool Bar displays or hides a Tool Bar underneath the Menu Bar; Tool Bar allows you to quickly select some commands by clicking with the mouse on the icons; - a new Windows|Switch Screen command which allows hidding the Menu Bar and the Status Bar (the Desktop covers the whole screen); - some fixes and internal improvements; ENHANCEMENTS IN VERSION 3.3: ============================ - new KeyCmds menu item now makes it easy for new users to learn all editting hot-key commands (Box Commands, Block Commands, Insert/Delete Commands, Cursor Movement Commands, Miscellaneous Commands, Set Marker, and GoTo Marker); - new Config menu lets you customize your system: - foreign languages support (keyboard redefinition & edit direction): you can assign other ASCII codes e.g. other language characters to selected keys; you can even edit text from right to left (Hebrew and Arabic languages); - you can remap most Vision Edit commands (Config|Commands) e.g. you can make Vision Edit behave like another editor with commands of which you are familiar; - Block Operations (block selection, copy, cut & paste) in column mode; - Dragging a selected block both in column and line mode (using a mouse or arrow keys); - drawing boxes with a mouse: just select a drawing style from KeyCmds|Box Commands submenu, move the mouse cursor to the desired location, and mark two opposite corners of a box by clicking (left mouse button); - more Options in the Options|Preferences Menu: - key options (Unix files can be edited); - Block Indent options; - Show Page Breaks; - print a file or a selected block directly from a window (Ctrl-K P); - headers and footers now can be easily created (Print|Header, Print|Footer); - more Print|Options: - Top & Bottom Margins; - Use Headers/Footers; - Printer Initialization String; - Search & Replace dialog boxes now display a current word (on which the cursor is positioned) as "Text to find" - you do not have to retype the word if it already exists in your text file; - all dialog boxes now have a Help Button - modified Delete Word (Ctrl-T) function - now works like that in Borland's Turbo Pascal IDE; - File|Dos Shell command now gives you almost all memory available below 640KB (it can vary between 500-600KB depending on the system configuration); this is achieved by swapping contents of RAM memory to either Expanded Memory (if available), what gives a very fast performance, or to a temporary VED.SWP file which is created on your drive c:; - new File|Run Program command allows you to run external programs or execute DOS external commands from within Vision Edit; - new File|Save All and File|Close File menu commands; - the ability to edit Hidden and Read-Only Files; - increased number of files that can be opened simultaneously; - hints for menu items (displayed on the Status Line); - new Windows|List of Files menu function (Alt-0); - some fixes and internal improvements; MACRO DEMOS: ============ The following Macro-Demo files have been provided with Vision Edit: DEMO.MAC, DEMO1.MAC, DEMO2.MAC, DEMO3.MAC, DEMO4.MAC. In order to use any macro-file you have to add it to a list of macros using a function Read Macro from the Macro menu. After the file have been added to a macro-list you can run it by selecting it from the list (in Macro menu). ENTERING ASCII CODES: ===================== You can enter ASCII codes directly from the keyboard - hold down Alt key, enter ASCII code from the numeric keypad and release Alt key. ASCII codes can be entered both into active window and into Search/Replace dialog boxes. You can also send ASCII codes to the edit window from the Ascii Table. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vision Edit (c) Copyright 1991, 1992 Andrzej Brzezinski & Marek Kosznik All rights reserved