Changes from TDE 5.1i to 5.1j

Bug fixes:

• BlockEmailReply on blank lines;
• DelBegOfLine when beyond EOL, on blank lines, with real tabs;
• SaveAs will rename the backup filename;
• disable a previous macro mark when recording a new macro;
• Statistics display when line length exceeded number of lines;
• writing the first and last line of a stream block containing tabs (if within a tab, the tab is written, not the spaces).
• moving through the history with long prompts;

General:

• restore column position after a RestoreLine;
• maintain the current logical position when formatting paragraphs;
• Win32: better non-US keyboard support;
• Directory list: allow drive selection (":" or ":"); display full path initially; disallow selection of an empty directory;
• read-only files are automatically marked as read-only;
• allow blocks to be appended to read-only files;
• the clipboard functions will work in prompts;
• load all command line files relative to the starting directory;
• allow read-only files (both marked and attribute) to be saved;
• -e option to execute a "startup" macro;
• made c+home/end Top/EndOfFile, c+pgup/dn Top/BotOfScreen;
• command-line options can be used with grep;
• if loading files with a specified workspace, auto-save it;
• removed the grep prompt after closing a file;
• starting with no parameters will only prompt once;
• improved tde.exe & tde32.exe error handling - it may be possible to actually continue, and the stack dump can be prevented;
• made filename completion complete the common prefix before cycling;
• -t (with no number) will default to tab size 8;
• tabs have been limited to size 80;
• markers will remember and restore the screen line;
• -G? will display the regx help screen;
• added histories to the workspace;
• added basic history completion (using Tab);
• added global workspace (automatically save workspace with FileAll/QuitAll if no workspace was loaded and auto-save is on; use tde -w to load it);
• improved filename truncation in the header and dirlister;
• made the header attr, crlf & length relative to the right edge;
• display full paths in the header as "name - path";

New Functions:

• SetDirectory: sets the current directory to that of the current file (File|Set directory, Shift+Alt+=);
• ISearchForward & ISearchBackward: interactive (or incremental) searching (Search|ISearch >/<, Shift+Ctrl+S/R).

Config:

• renamed keys "BackSpace" and "Tab" to "BkSpace" and "TabKey";
• TrackPath: the current directory will constantly change to the path of the current file;

Menu:

• SaveWorkspace has moved down to be with the exit functions;
• the dirty line functions have moved to the Move menu.

Changes from TDE 5.1h to 5.1i

Bug fixes:

• reading the config file;
• the help screen (only noticable with more than 80 columns);
• handle inserting the tab character better (clipboard);
• tde16.exe will not load a directory with a trailing (back)slash.

General:

• hide the cursor in the directory list;
• WordDeleteBack will now join with the previous line;
• made Shift+Alt+F8/9/10 the default block justify keys;
• use a successive MarkStream to mark a line (without leading or trailing space); the third will now mark the paragraph;
• the Windows Menu key will be recognised as PullDown (not in Linux);
• bright backgrounds can be used;
• the two-keys no longer use characters as the second key (change your definitions to use "s+", eg: "c+k #" becomes "c+k s+3" or "c+k s+#").

New Functions:

• DelBegOfLine: deletes from before the cursor to the first non-blank, then to the beginning-of-line (Shift+Alt+-);
• EraseBegOfLine: beginning-of-line up to the cursor is filled with blanks (Shift+Ctrl+-);
• CopyWord: alias for NextLine (for use in macro prompts);
• CopyString: alias for BegNextLine (ditto).

Config:

• AutoSaveWorkspace: if TDE was started via the workspace, FileAll and QuitAll will automatically resave the workspace (default is ON);
• co80_SpecialMode & mono_SpecialMode: color to use for macro recording, draw mode, graphics characters and cursor direction (replaces blinking text; default is Red on Yellow).

Changes from TDE 5.1g to 5.1h

Bug fixes:

• box block case conversion when EOL was the last column marked;
• recording a single-character macro in tde.exe (introduced in 5.1g);
• tde32.exe: directory lister (wildcards & root directory);
• tde32.exe: executable path (to find config files);
• Ctrl+Enter default assignment restored.

General:

• non-US keyboards should work better (once configured);
• Linux version should work better;
• viewer keys are actual keys - "s+" is required (eg: "s+1", not "!"); this also prevents the keypad digits from working;
• renamed HorizontalScreenLeft & Right to just ScreenLeft & Right.

New Functions:

• CopyToClipboard: copy the block to the Windows clipboard (and unmark it) (Ctrl+Insert; InsertFile has moved to Shift+Alt+Insert);
• KopyToClipboard: copy the block to the Windows clipboard (and leave it marked) (Shift+Ctrl+Insert);
• CutToClipboard: copy the block to the Windows clipboard (and delete it) (Shift+Delete);
• PasteFromClipboard: insert text from the Windows clipboard at the current position (Shift+Insert);
• (Note: the clipboard functions are only available in tde.exe & tde32.exe; they are all in the "Block" menu;
• HalfScreenDown: move the window down half a page (Shift+PgDn);
• HalfScreenUp: move the window up half a page (Shift+PgUp);
• HalfScreenRight: move the window right half a page (Shift+Alt+PgDn);
• HalfScreenLeft: move the window left half a page (Shift+Alt+PgUp);
• (the viewer keys [ and ] now use these half-page functions);

Config:

• KeyName: customise the menu key strings;
• Scancode: resolve keyboard keys to TDE keys.

Changes from TDE 5.1f to 5.1g

Win32 Console Port

Bug fixes:

• diff will ignore (or not) blank lines;
• the first and last source lines of a stream block will no longer be modified when copying;
• the ruler updates correctly;
• copying a stream block beyond end-of-line;
• ignore -w with no file;
• extended character pseudo-macros;
• apparent Borland bug in generating the macro filename;
• reloading a derived language will preserve comments;
• load workspace in tde16.exe;

General:

• diff will no longer ignore end-of-line by default;
• made destination stream block lines dirty;
• gave the workspace file a signature;
• renamed SetFileAttributes to FileAttributes;
• SplitHorizontal will move the window up a line, to prevent scrolling;
• the directory list will find a matching file if there is no directory.

Changes from TDE 5.1e to 5.1f

Bug fixes:

• syntax highlighting will now recognize the second line comment;
• BlockToFile will work correctly in macros;
• slightly better support for WinNT/2K/XP;
• the full path will be used when renaming a file;
• changing to a hidden window after resizing will use the correct page size.

General:

• allow escape to abort the overwrite/append block write prompt;
• allow multiple-letter selection in the directory list;
• loading files within the editor will auto-detect binary (ignore -b);

New Functions:

• SaveWorkspace: saves the currently loaded files and windows;
• -w workspace: loads the specified workspace;
• tde with no parameters will load the default workspace (tde.wsp or .tdewsp), if present.

Changes from TDE 5.1d to 5.1e

Bug fixes:

• RegXForward will work at top-of-file;
• ToggleSearchCase will work with regx;
• the block conversion functions will work beyond end-of-line;
• regx '?' will work when followed by bracketed alternatives (eg. "jn?(e|z)" wouldn't match "jnz");
• the UNIX version will work with DOS help files.

General:

• added ", = whitespace" to the regx help screen;
• renamed "full word" to "string" (note: you will have to change your config settings - replace "FullWord" with "String");
• allow two of each comment style for syntax highlighting, with a maximum of four characters each (pair matching will still only use two, though);
• improved memory management;
• the memory display is not updated until the block operation finishes.

Changes from TDE 5.1 (pre-release 3) to 5.1d

Bug fixes:

• corrected bug when WordDelete joined with a blank line;
• summing exact-sized blocks;
• copying a word from a window not copying when it was first;
• unable to load a file (loading a directory) no longer crashes;
• corrected binary offset after block operations;
• removed extra keypress at viewer help;
• time-stamp bug with "%%";
• word wrap justifying gets the spacing right.

New Functions:

• RestoreLine: renamed from UndoLine;
• RetrieveLine: renamed from UndoDelete;
• Statistics: line and word counts (Shift+GreyEnter; File|Statistics);
• BlockCapitalise: for each word, uppercase first letter, lowercase rest.

Menu:

• added pop-out menus;
• moved stuff around (in particular, tab options from Toggles to Word).

General:

• LineDown no longer scrolls;
• maintain the same line (not line number) in other windows;
• set previous position for the diff;
• added <> as a pair in parens matching;
• added syntax highlighting language to Status display;
• moved file and memory sizes from Status to Statistics;
• include window info in Statistics memory size;
• take EOF marker into account for Statistics file size;
• display time-stamp if file is read-only or on EOF;
• RestoreLine toggles between original and changed lines;
• treat EOF & ESC as text when testing for a binary file;
• cancel loading of a binary file if length entry was aborted;
• store an "unlimited" number of lines in line undo stack (not tde16.exe);
• added special pseudo-macros for HTML ("<tag" --> "<tag></tag>");
• append .bak in UNIX and djgpp with LFN;
• prompt for a configuration file in ReadConfig;
• added alignment to month and day names in the timestamp;
• added tdv as link to "tde -v";
• pipes are no longer read-only by default;
• added -t option to specify tab size/no tabs;
• added help messages when the editor won't start;
• added help screen (-? or --help as the only option);
• help files are based on config files (trailing cfg -> hlp);
• added -i config option to load configuration file config (in addition to global and local config files).

Changes from TDE 5.1 (pre-release 2) to pre-release 3

Bug fixes:

• tde.exe directory list should work in Win2000;

• display "(pipe)" in the Status;

• ParenBalance won't crash when there is no two-character match;

• the "Window" menu will correctly position itself when wrapping top to bottom.

Changes from TDE 5.1 (pre-release 1) to pre-release 2

Bug fixes:

• swap box has a help message for each case;

• shrink the line block after an overlapped overlay;

• recording a recursive macro with only one key (mainly low-memory tde16.exe);

• config: recognize uppercase "CO80_*";

• config: recognize EndOfLineStyle setting, added Native and Binary styles.

New Functions:

• ToggleLineNumbers: constantly display line numbers (config: LineNumbers on/off);

• CharacterSet: display the character set;

• SumBlock: sum a box block of integers.

General

• SplitHorizontal will use the current line as the new window's header;

• combining lines using WordDelete will remove leading space;

• added line-ending to the Status file size;

• added mono config names: Normal, Bold, Reverse, Standout, Underline.

Changes from TDE 5.0 to TDE 5.1 (pre-release 1)

Bug fixes:

• creating a new file using LFN;

• prevent reading config file twice when current and executable directory are the same;

• don't display error message when reading TimeStamp;

• recognize CursorStyle setting;

• restore cursor on exit;

• break-point works with recursive macros / infinite repeat;

• premature macro termination (eg. with SetLeftMargin);

• copying a word to the prompt when the cursor was past EOL;

• deleting the last line of a block which is also the last line of the file;

• recognize Shift+GreyEnter;

• offset display recognizes tab characters;

• backspace will correctly indent with real tabs;

• syntax highlighting handles "radix 16" better;

• displaying the last line of a stream block in tde16.exe;

• a macro that played another macro twice in succession would falsely recurse;

• InsertFile will ignore a non-existant file.

New Keys:

• Alt+\

• Shift+Alt+\

• Shift+Alt+Backspace

• Shift+Alt+Enter

• Ctrl+PrtSc

• Grey/

• Grey*

• Alt+Grey*

• Alt+Grey-

• Alt+Grey+

New Functions:

• Status: displays information about the current file;
• ToggleReadOnly: prevent/allow modification of the current file;
• GotoWindow: select a window by number or filename;
• RegXForward: renamed from FindRegX;
• RegXBackward: start a backward regex search;
• RepeatRegXForward: renamed from RepeatFindRegX;
• RepeatRegXBackward: renamed from RepeatFindRegXBackward;
• BlockInvertCase: uppercase becomes lowercase and vice-versa;
• JumpToPosition: renamed from JumpToLine;
• DefineSearch: prompt for direction, file/block, current/beginning;
• RepeatSearch: repeat the search defined above;
• ToggleDrawMode: use arrow keys to create lines;
• TopLine: move the current line to the top of the window;
• BottomLine: move the current line to the bottom of the window;
• Shell: renamed from DosShell;
• UserScreen: renamed from DosScreen.

Configuration:

• three cursor styles: Small (underscore), Medium (half-block), Large (solid block);
• colors can be selected by name;
• removed macro mode short aliases;
• FrameSpace: add a space before and after frames (menu, directory, etc);
• FrameStyle: select style to draw frames;
• Shadow: draw a "shadow" around frames.

Menu:

• major menus can be selected by number;
• menu items can be selected by letter;
• new major menu: Move;
• added HorizontalScreen{Left,Right} (and removed from help);

General:

• option -b applies to all subsequent files, or until -b-;
• option -b always uses 64, not previous value;
• option -r to load subsequent files read-only (-r- to turn off);
• option -v to load all files read-only (viewer mode);
• pipe is read-only by default if output is not redirected;
• display the number of columns shifted off the left edge of the window (line:col+shift);
• added history to some prompts (use LineUp and LineDown);
• added filename completion when asking for files (use Tab);
• EditFile will use "=" as a synonym for the current file;
• tabs are file specific;
• binary files always use deflated tabs by default;
• NextLine will match indentation on a blank line;
• filenames are always case insensitive in DOS and case sensitive in UNIX;
• prompts can be longer than the screen;
• prompts can use WordDelete, WordDeleteBack and Transpose;
• MarkBox can be used in succession to mark a word, full-word and paragraph;
• MarkLine can be used in succession to mark indented lines and a paragraph;
• MarkStream can be used in succession to mark a paragraph;
• display " =EOL" when cursor is at end-of-line;
• can jump to line and/or column or offset;
• when on the last word, next smart tab will move to next fixed tab;
• Tab, BlockIndent (line blocks) and ReplaceString will recognize real tabs;
• block search and replace (search no longer uses the break-point);
• block is more file-oriented (what is marked, rather than where);
• the directory list and help screens are centered;
• directory list uses 15 lines if there are more than 30 screen lines;
• using 0 (zero) for BlockIndentN will line up all lines with the first line;
• OverlayBlock can overlay lines;
• SwapBlock will ask for the lines/columns to swap (no longer uses the break-point);
• the credit screen uses the help color and is only displayed when asking for a file.

Syntax Highlighting:

• tde: added mode settings;
• intel: added co-processor (floating point) instructions;
• 4dos: 4DOS .btm batch files;
• at&t: AT&T style assembly.