[Freedos-user] ANNOUNCE: Edit 0.81

[Joe C. <har...@co...>]

Hi all,

  Here's the next release of Edit, version 0.81.  I've gotten a lot of =
bugs/enhancements/etc...so here's the list and my reaction to some of =
them:

1) Default of check case in Search differs.
    -- Oh well, if you want it to match case, check the box =
yourself...but i'm not going to have edit do that automatically.

2) Title bar mentions 0.7a, but not 0.8.
    -- If you want to know what version you're using, go to Help|About.

3) Calendar doesn't mention Close =3D Ctrl+F4.
    -- It doesnt have to.  Neither do any of the other windows...does it =
mean I should put that message on EVERY SINGLE WINDOW??? No.  If you're =
a keyboard user, you should know by now that you close windows with =
Ctrl+F4.

4) Edit's help is not updated.
    -- It is now.

5) Readme needs to be fixed.
    -- It is.

6) EDIT 0.7a displays this as OVER and INS respectively.
    -- Oh well, deal with it.

7) The 102key keyboard detection is broken in 0.8, so AltGr does not =
work.
    -- Fixed in 0.81.

8) The status bar clock uses NLS in 0.7a but hardcodes hh:mmam/pm in 0.8 =
only.
    -- Reinstated in 0.81.

9) The ^P  ^something and direct ^something control char typing are =
broken in 0.8 (former creates strange effects, latter is not supported =
at all).
    -- Reinstated in 0.81.

10)EDIT 0.8 help only documents Ctrl/Shift Ins/Del but the drop down =
menu mentions Ctrl C/K/V. The editor seems to support both variants (as =
EDIT 0.7a did). =20
    -- Fixed in 0.81.

11)Help in 0.8 does not mention Ctrl-O/S/N open/save/new...
    -- Fixed in 0.81.

12)EDIT 0.8 command line help no longer mentions /H "max lines on =
screen" mode.
    -- That's because this was never implemented...if anyone knows how =
to do this, be my guest to send me a patch and I will implement this.

13)Help about Ctrl-F8 vs Shift-F8 is somehow confusing.
    -- Fixed in 0.81.  It is Ctrl+F8 for those who dont want to read the =
help.

14)Ctrl-Z as Alt-Backspace alias is missing or undocumented in 0.8.
    -- Fixed in 0.81.

15)I believe that EDIT 0.8 hooks IRQ handlers for the keyboard again,
   which makes crashes worse if they happen. EDIT 0.7a explicitly avoids
   hooking IRQ handlers.
    -- Not anymore...I switched to Eric's functions for keyboard and =
timer, so Edit no longer uses the BIOS to hook the timer or the keyboard =
in 0.81.

16)If you try to save to CD-ROM and select cancel when you get the error
   message, EDIT 0.8 crashes (illegal opcode in EMM386). EDIT 0.7a =
handles
   the problem properly.
    -- Fixed in 0.81

and last but not least....

17)Trying to save as X:foo.txt (type X:foo.txt in filename field) =
silently
   saves to current drive / directory foo.txt in EDIT 0.8 but is =
properly
   interpreted (with error message if X: does not exist) in EDIT 0.7a.

   -- EDIT 0.7A DOES NOT HANDLE THIS PROPERLY.  IT WILL BE FIXED IN =
0.82.
(Try this in 0.7a, open a file, go to save as..., (assuming you're on =
the C: drive), save it as X:\test.txt (if you don't have an X: drive -- =
if you do, pick a letter you dont have), it will appear in the root =
directory of C:).



Anyway, you can download Edit 0.81 from my website at =
http://www.geocities.com/xsaintx69/freedos/

Thanks,

Joe