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                |    WELCOME TO VEDIT VERSION 6.10     |
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This file is primarily oriented towards previous VEDIT users. It gives
an overview of the changes made from versions 5.00 to 6.10.

Read the file ERRATA.TXT for corrections to the manual and recent
enhancements. The file NEW-CMDS.TXT lists all new macro language commands.

    NOTES:      The previous product "VEDIT PLUS" is now called "VEDIT".

                If you are updating from VEDIT 4.x to 6.1, refer to the
                supplied file WHATSNEW.OLD.

    WINDOWS:    Refer to the on-line help topic "What's new". It contains
                links to the full description of each new item.


                CHANGES FROM 6.03 TO 6.10
                -------------------------

Projects        Groups of files that you regularly edit can now be organized
                into Projects. Projects can be created, opened and closed
                from the {FILE, Project} sub-menu and the new "Proj" tab in
                the File Selector. Each project is stored as a .PRJ (and
                .DAT) file in the new vedit\projects directory.

File Locking    As much as possible, VEDIT now edits with "unlocked" files.
                You can have the same files open in VEDIT and e.g. Visual
                Studio. When a file changes outside of VEDIT, you are
                prompted to Reload or Ignore it.

                "Log" files can also be viewed (and even edited). VEDIT can
                automatically "Append" the new portions of the log file,
                without reloading the entire file or prompting you.

Wysiwyg         The new {FILE, Wysiwyg conversion} saves the current file
Conversion      under a new name and converts it to the format as currently
                displayed on the screen. In other words, it performs a "Save
                as" with conversion.

                Currently, it can convert from ASCII/Binary to hex, EBCDIC to
                ASCII, and fixed-length records to normal text with
                "newlines". See the on-line help topic "Converting Files -
                WYSIWYG conversion" for details.

Copy blocks     The improved {BLOCK, Copy to cursor} and {BLOCK, Move to
between files   cursor} can now directly copy/move a highlighted block from
                another file (buffer) to the current cursor position. In
                other words, if the current file does not have a highlighted
                block, these functions scan the other currently open files
                for a block.

                Due to the new behavior, these functions can no longer be
                used to highlight a block. (This was a very obscure feature
                which few if anyone used.)

                Note: These functions can copy/move a block of any size 
                between files, even 100+ megabytes.

Extracting      The improved {MISC, Wildfile wizard} makes it easy to
Lines           extract all lines that match a search string, from an entire
                group of files. The extracted lines can then be viewed,
                printed, or saved to a file.

Filtering       The new {MISC, More macros, Linefilter} deletes all lines
Lines           in the current file which either match or don't match a
                search string. For example, you could delete all lines that
                contain "www.domain.com", or leave only those lines that
                contain "ERROR:".

Open file       The new {FILE, Open more, Open file at cursor} assumes the
at cursor       cursor is at a filename and attempts to open it. If not 
                found in the current directory, it displays a file-open
                dialog box. (Filenames with spaces must first be
                highlighted.)

                This function is also in the right-click context menu.

Open URL at     Similarly, the new {FILE, Open more, Open URL at cursor}
cursor          assumes the cursor is at a web address and attempts to open
                it in the default browser.

                This function is also in the right-click context menu.

Preview file    The new {FILE, Open more, Preview current file in browser}
in browser      assumes the current file is browser compatible, e.g. an HTML
                file, and attempts to open it in the default browser.

{GOTO} dialog   The {GOTO} menu functions "Line #", "Column #" and "File
box             position" are now implemented by a common dialog box. You
                can jump to a particular line number and column number in
                one operation. The dialog box has history for each field
                and supports numeric (algebraic) expressions such as
                "4583/2+435" and "CurLine+1000".

Status line     (Windows only) The status line font can be changed by
                right-clicking the mouse on the status line and selecting
                "Change font".

                You can now click in most status line fields to bring up a
                related dialog box. For example, clicking in the "Line
                number" field brings up the dialog box for jumping to any
                desired line number.

Word wrap       You can now enable/disable word wrap or easily change the
(Right margin)  right margin by clicking the mouse on the status line to the
                right of the Line:/Col: display. This brings up the new
                Word-wrap dialog box.

                (You can also enable/disable word wrap on the toolbar.)

Format          Multiple paragraphs, or even an entire file, can now be
Paragraph       re-formatted by highlighting the paragraphs and selecting
                {EDIT, Formatting, Format paragraph}. Note that this
                function requires blank lines between the paragraphs.

                The new {USER, Convert 1-line to para} converts text that
                consists of one long line per paragraph into paragraphs with
                "hard" CR/LF after each wrapped line. This is useful for text
                files that were exported from Word processors such as
                Microsoft Word. This function does not require blank lines
                between the paragraphs.

Hex / binary    The new {EDIT, Convert, Binary to hex} converts the file
conversion      (or just a block) into hex codes.  For example, "A girl" will
                be converted into "41 20 67 69 72 6C". While mostly useful
                for binary files, it also converts any file.

                Similarly, the new {EDIT, Convert, Hex to binary} converts
                the file (or just a block) from hex codes into ASCII and
                (perhaps) binary characters.

HexDump         The new {MISC, More macros, Hexdump} creates a
                mainframe-style hex dump of the current file in another
                buffer, and assigns it a temporary filename. If desired, the
                dump can be saved-as another file or printed.

{FILE} menu     The previous functions "Buffer switch", "Next buffer" and
                "Previous buffer" have been moved to the new {FILE, Buffer}
                sub-menu. Note: this affects any custom keyboard layouts 
                which have hot-keys for these common functions.

{WINDOW} menu   The {WINDOW} menu has been moved on the main menu so that it
                is immediately to the left of {HELP}, as is standard in most
                Windows programs. This does not affect any hot-keys.

Configure       The new {VIEW, Options, Customize toolbar} configures the
Toolbar         toolbar. (As before, you can also double-click between
                buttons.) A few more buttons are now available, including
                buttons for the {TOOLS} and {USER} menus. The toolbar can
                now be restored to its original (factory default) buttons
                by selecting [Restore] in the dialog box.

Toolbar         The items in the {TOOLS} and {USER} menus can now be accessed
buttons         via toolbar buttons. A button for the first item in each menu
                now appears by default on the toolbar, as a reminder.

Form-Feed       A Form-Feed character can easily be inserted by selecting
(Page-break)    {EDIT, Insert, Form-Feed}. VEDIT and many other programs
                print a Form-Feed by starting a new page on the printer.

Mouse click     (Technical) Text Register 116 holds the new "mouse double-
event macro     click event macro". When the mouse is double-clicked in a
                file, the cursor is moved to the mouse position and any macro
                in T-Reg 116 is then executed. Note: unless you are using
                this event macro, T-Reg 116 must be kept empty.

"|>" and "|*|>" (Technical) The .SYN syntax highlighting files can use the
in .SYN files   new "|>" pattern matching code to match the "end-of-line".
                "|*|>" matches 0, 1 or more text characters up to the
                end-of-line.

Delete temp     (Technical) On exit, any files in the VEDIT temporary
files           directory that match "|(VEDIT_TEMP)\ved|(PID).*" are
                automatically deleted. This simplifies the clean-up for
                macros that create temporary files.


Command Macro Changes
---------------------

Abs(n)          Returns the absolute value of numeric expression 'n'.

BOP_Pos         Returns the file position at the beginning of the current
                paragraph. See on-line help for details.

Buf_Close()     The new option Buf_Close(ALL+CONFIRM) closes all buffers,
                prompting whether each modified file is to be saved or
                abandoned. Other than not exiting VEDIT, this command is
                identical to Exit(), especially in how it prompts to close
                each modified buffer.

Call_File(...)  The optional form Call_File(r,"file","label") starts
                execution at ":LABEL:". Allows calling subroutines within a
                macro file.

EOP_Pos         Returns the file position past the end of the current
                paragraph, typically at the beginning of the next paragraph.

File_Open(...)          New LOCK option to prevent other programs from 
                        writing to input file while it is open in VEDIT.

File_Open_Read(...)     New LOCK option to prevent other programs from 
                        writing to input file while it is open in VEDIT.

File_Open_Write(...)    New OVERWRITE option suppresses backup files.
                        Same option as in File_Open().

Format_Para_Block(...)  New command formats all paragraphs within the block.

Get_Filename(...)       New FORCE option displays the file selection
                        dialog box even if 'fspec' does not contain
                        wildcards.

Is_Altered_Project      Returns TRUE if the current project has been altered,
                        e.g. if files have been added or deleted from the
                        project.

Is_File_Changed         Returns TRUE (1 or 2) if the file open in the current
                        buffer was changed on disk by another program.
                        Returns 2 if the file is now larger; returns 1 if the
                        file is now smaller or the same size. Similarly,
                        Is_File_Changed(r) checks the file in buffer 'r'.

Is_Leap_Year(n)         Returns TRUE if 'n' is a leap year.

Proj_Add("file")        Adds the specified file(s) to current project.

Proj_Close()            Closes (saves) the current project. Closes all open
                        files, prompting whether each modified file is
                        to be saved or abandoned.

Proj_Open("file.prj")   Opens a new project after closing any current
                        project.

Proj_Save()             Saves the current project to its corresponding .PRJ
                        and .DAT files.

Proj_Save_As("file.prj")  Saves the current project to the specified .PRJ
                          (and .DAT) file. Also used to create a new, empty,
                          project.

PROJ_CURRENT            (String value) Full pathname of the current project's
                        .PRJ file.

Return()        The new option Return(n,DELETE) empties (deletes) the current
                text register after returning from the macro in it. This is
                now preferred to the previous Reg_Empty(r,EXTRA) command.



                CHANGES FROM 6.01 TO 6.03
                -------------------------

{EDIT Menu}     The "Format paragraph", "Indent" and "Undent" function were
                moved to the new {EDIT, Formatting} sub-menu.

                The functions "Select all" and "Clear markers" are duplicated
                in the {EDIT} and {BLOCK} menus. (Many new users expect to
                find them in the {EDIT} menu.)

Format Paragraph  By default, {EDIT, Formatting, Format paragraph} now starts
options           on the current line and maintains the current indentation.
                  Set {CONFIG, Word processing, Format from beginning of
                  para} to re-format from the beginning of the paragraph. Set
                  {CONFIG, Word processing, Format from left margin} to
                  change the indentation to the current left margin.

                  To make {EDIT, Formatting, Format paragraph} work exactly
                  as in previous versions of VEDIT, you must set both
                  options. However, most users will prefer the new defaults.

Enable word     The function {CONFIG, Word processing, Enable word wrap}
wrap            can now also be accessed from the {EDIT, Formatting} sub-menu
                and the toolbar.

Pad lines to    The new {EDIT, Convert, All lines same length} easily makes
same length     all lines any desired length. It pads shorter lines with
                spaces; it optionally truncates longer lines. It can [Scan]
                the file to determine the length of the longest line.

                The new {USER, Check lines same length} can be used to
                check that all text lines have the same length.

Convert Unicode  The new {EDIT, Translate, Unicode to ASCII} converts from
to/from ASCII    2-byte Unicode characters to 1-byte ASCII characters. This
                 allows some Unicode files to be edited in VEDIT. Similarly,
                 the "ASCII to Unicode" function converts from ASCII into
                 2-byte Unicode characters.

VEDIT Instance  You can now control whether files opened from Explorer or
Control         the DOS/NT prompt start a new instance of VEDIT or are opened
                in any existing instance of VEDIT. Configured with {CONFIG,
                Misc, Instance control}. Override it with the -s or -s2
                invocation options.

Block Search    After highlighting a block, a new block search or replace now
Option          starts by default at the beginning of the block. Previously,
                if the cursor was in the middle of the block, the new search
                started at the cursor position. If you prefer to start a
                block search at the cursor position (within the block),
                disable "[ ] Beginning-of-File/Block" in the search dialog
                box.

Block Indent    The block indenting has been improved and completely follows
                Windows conventions. If a full line or more is highlighted,
                it can be indented with <Tab> and undented with <Shift-Tab>
                or <Backspace>. (As before, blocks or lines can also be
                indented and undented with <F8> and <F7>.)

File Selector   Each "tab" in the File selector now has a useful right-click
                context menu. For example, in "Fav" (favorites), you can now
                right-click and select "Add current file" or "Remove file
                from list".

Tabbar          Each "tab" in the Tabbar now has a simple right-click context
                menu including "Close", "Save" and "Save as".

                If the mouse hovers over a tab for about one second, the
                "tooltip" will display the full pathname to the file.

Expanded        The on-line help has many new topics, including "Opening
On-Line Help    Files", "ANSI and OEM Characters", "Description of Files",
                "Converting Files", "Files with Fixed-length Records". The
                topic "Search and Replace" has been greatly expanded.
                (Approximately 60 printed pages worth have been added.)

Wildfile        Improved {MISC, Wildfile wizard}. When performing a search
Wizard          and replace in many files, you now have a full set of
                replace options.

Language        The new VB-BAS.SYN, FORTRAN.SYN, MODULA2.SYN, TEALINFO.SYN
Support         and TEX.SYN files provide color syntax highlighting for these
                languages. M2-LT34.SYN, M2-SB22.SYN and M2-SB30 support
                specific Modula-2 compilers. (Many thanks to Steven Hawkins,
                Carl Glassberg and Fritz Heberlein for creating these files.)

                The new LATEX.VCS file provides compiler support for
                the Miktex compiler. See LATEX.VCS for details.

Pattern match   The new pattern matching code "|*" matches multiple
code |*         characters (zero, one or more) on the same line. Therefore,
                it won't match multiple lines of text the way "|M" will.

File-close      When a file (buffer) is closed, VEDIT now switches to the
buffer switch   most-recently-used buffer. Previously, it switched to the
                next buffer.

Keyboard layout <Ctrl-W> has been changed to {FILE, Close}, as is common in
changes         many other programs. Note that <Ctrl-F4> is still assigned
                to {WINDOW, Close}.

                <Ctrl-Q> is assigned to [ENTER CTRL] which is the same as
                {EDIT, Insert, Enter Ctrl char}. The alternate hot-key is
                still <Ctrl-Shift-^>.

                <Ctrl-Shift-S> is assigned to {FILE, Save}.

                <Ctrl-Shift-E> is assigned to [VISUAL ESCAPE]. Since <Ctrl-E>
                has long been assigned to [VISUAL EXIT], <Ctrl-Shift-E>
                should be easier to remember. The previous <Alt-F10> is still
                the alternate key.

                The {TOOLS} menu compiler support hot-keys, e.g. <Alt-N> and
                <Alt-P>, are now built into the "Normal" layout. Previously,
                they were added by the COMPILE.VDM macro, which confused many
                users (and was very obscure).

                <Ctrl-Space> is now available as a custom hot-key.

-w Invocation   The "-w" invocation option disables the File Selector on
                startup. Useful when you want to start with the largest
                possible editing windows.

.MNU Files      Files such as USER.MNU and COMPILE.MNU used to create the
                {USER} and {TOOLS} menus can now contain comments.

                Note: To prevent future VEDIT updates from overwriting your
                custom USER.MNU file, place it in the User-Macro directory,
                e.g. in c:\vedit\user-mac or c:\program files\vedit\user-mac.

"|[a,b]" in     (Technical) The .SYN syntax highlighting files can use the
.SYN files      "|[a,b]" pattern matching code to match an optional
                occurrence of the strings 'a' OR 'b'.

                See the on-line help topic "Color Syntax Highlighting -
                Creating your own .SYN file" (DOS: "SYNHI") for details.

EBCDIC          (Technical) Setting {CONFIG, File handling, File type} to "4"
File Type       causes VEDIT to recognize characters with hex value 25 as the
                "newline" character. Useful for editing some EBCDIC text
                files. The EBCDIC value for "Line-Feed" is 25 (hex).


Command Macro Changes
---------------------

Buf_Previous    Returns the ID number of the previous (open) buffer. It
                complements Buf_Next.

Format_Para(n)  New command options BEGIN and FORCE override the
                configuration options. Format_Para(0) keeps the current
                indentation.

Max(n,m)        Returns the greater of the two numeric values 'n' and 'm'.
                For example, Max(Block_Begin,Block_End) returns the greater
                block marker.

Min(n,m)        Returns the lesser of the two numeric values 'n' and 'm'.

Process_ID      Returns (as a number) the "Process ID" assigned by Windows to
                the current instance of VEDIT.

PID             New string value is the "Process ID" assigned by Windows to
                the current instance of VEDIT. This string can be used in
                temporary filenames to avoid collisions between multiple
                instances (running copies) of VEDIT. Used in WILDFILE.VDM.



                CHANGES FROM 5.20 TO 6.01
                -------------------------

File Selector   The new {VIEW, File selector} displays an Explorer-like
Window          window on the left side. It contains four tabs. "Open"
                displays and selects from the currently open files. "Fav"
                displays and adds to a list of up to 100 favorite files.
                "Rec" displays an expanded Most-Recently-Used (MRU) list of
                up to 100 files. "Xplor" is an "Explorer" from which you can
                open additional files.

Tabbed Windows  The new {VIEW, Tabbar} displays a tab-bar listing all of the
                currently open files. You can switch to another file by
                clicking on the corresponding tab.

Fast, Flexible  The greatly enhanced {EDIT, Sort, Sort lines} function can
Sorting         quickly sort even huge 100+ megabyte files. It can sort based
                on a primary key field and up to 9 secondary key fields.
                Options include ascending/descending, case sensitive and no
                collate. The collate table sets the exact sort order for
                special characters including European "umlauts", accents,
                etc. ANSI, OEM and EBCDIC collate tables are supplied, and
                are user changeable.

Edit 99 Files   Up to 99 files can now be simultaneously open in VEDIT.
                (The DOS version is still limited to 32 open files.)

File-Open       The new {CONFIG, File-open config} sub-menu controls the
Configuration   completely revised file-open configuration. To configure
                VEDIT for a particular file-type (filename extension), first
                set all the desired buffer-dependent {CONFIG} settings; then
                select {CONFIG, File-open config, Save filename extension
                config}. These settings will then be automatically used the
                next time you open a file with the same file-name extension.

                You can even configure VEDIT for specific filenames by
                selecting {CONFIG, File-open config, Save filename specific
                config}. This is useful when the configuration for a
                specific file, e.g. "mynotes.txt", is different from other
                ".txt" files.

.\FILE-CFG      The file-open configuration files are stored in the new
directory       ./FILE-CFG subdirectory. The file-type configuration files
                have a .CFT extension; the filename specific configuration
                files have a .CFN extension. Although these files are
                typically created and updated by the {CONFIG, File-open
                config} functions, experienced users can easily edit them -
                they only consist of Config() commands.

Color Syntax    Multiple .SYN color syntax highlighting files can now be
Highlighting    opened with {MISC, Load syntax file}. Then select {CONFIG,
                File-open config, Save filename extension config} to
                automatically enable syntax highlighting when files of
                that type (filename extension) are opened.

                {HELP, Status display} displays the name of the buffer's
                loaded .SYN file, if any.

Template        Similarly, multiple .VTM template editing files are now
Editing         supported.

STARTUP.VDM     The startup macro STARTUP.VDM has been extensively modified
                and simplified. It now loads the VEDIT.CFG and VEDIT.KEY
                files and performs the edit-session-restore function.

                STARTUP.VDM no longer contains code related to color syntax
                highlighting and template editing, nor the config commands
                for specified file-types. It simply sets up the file-open
                event macro which performs the new file-open configuration.

                STARTUP.VDM has been redesigned so that typical users are
                unlikely to ever need to change it. (However, experienced
                users can now more fully control the startup process.)

USTARTUP.VDM    All custom keystroke macros and config overrides previously
                performed with STARTUP.VDM are now performed with an optional
                USTARTUP.VDM file. Since installing updates will not modify
                USTARTUP.VDM, custom setups will not be lost.

                The new {CONFIG, Misc, Enable USTARTUP.VDM} enables this
                optional configuration file.

Record / Play   The new {MISC, Record quick macro} and {MISC, Play quick
"Quick" macro   macro} functions make it easy to instantly record and play
                back a keystroke macro. The default hot-keys for these
                functions are <Ctrl-Shift-R> and <Ctrl-Shift-P>.

{HELP} menu     The new "VEDIT User's manual" and "Macro Language Reference"
                functions open the VEDIT manuals, which are supplied as .PDF
                files, with Adobe Acrobat. The manuals include "Bookmarks"
                for easy navigation.

{TOOLS} menu    The new {CONFIG, Misc, TOOLS menu on startup} determines
                which {TOOLS} menu is loaded on startup. The default is the
                compiler support menu, but you can also load the Java support
                menu, a custom menu, or no menu at all.

{BLOCK} and     Many items in the previous {BLOCK, Edit/translate} sub-menu
{EDIT} menus    have been moved to the new {EDIT, Convert} and {EDIT,
                Translate} sub-menus; the remaining items have been moved to
                the {BLOCK} menu. {BLOCK, Save block as} has been moved to
                the {FILE} menu.

                The {EDIT} menu also has a new {EDIT, Insert} sub-menu and
                a revised {EDIT, Delete} sub-menu.

Quick Open      {FILE, Open (more), Quick Open}, with default hot-key
                <Ctrl-Shift-O>, displays a quick file-open dialog box into
                which you can type the name or names of files to open.

Reload File     {FILE, Reload} re-opens the current file; if the file has
                been modified in VEDIT, it prompts for confirmation to
                abandon the changes.

VEDIT Ansi      The "VEDIT Ansi" and "VEDIT OEM" fonts are now supplied in
and OEM Font    an additional large 24 pixel size. (Five sizes total). With
                a 1280 x 1024 display, the 24 pixel size results in a
                maximized editing window of 35 lines and 99 columns.

Show <<EOF>>    Enabling the new {VIEW, Options, Show <<EOF>>} displays a
                red "<<EOF>>" at the end of the file.

Show character  Enabling the new {VIEW, Options, Show character value}
value           displays the current character's decimal and hex values on
                the status line. This is useful for editing data and binary
                files.

More <Alt> and  Many more Ctrl and Alt key combinations are now supported,
<Ctrl> keys     including <Ctrl-1> thru <Ctrl-0>, <Ctrl+Shift-A> thru
                <Ctrl+Shift-Z>, <Ctrl+Shift-F1> thru <Ctrl-Shift-F12> and
                <Alt+Shift-F1> thru <Alt-Shift-F12>.

Keyboard layout <Alt-Enter> is assigned to {HELP, Status display}, similar
changes         to the way other programs use this key for "properties".

                The hot-key for {EDIT, Undo, Line} is now <Ctrl-Shift-Z>.

Zoomed          New {CONFIG, Display options, Windows zoomed on startup}
Windows         allows the editing windows in VEDIT to be zoomed (maximized)
                when it starts up.

                Note: The entire VEDIT program will be maximized on startup
                if it was maximized when you last closed it.

Data Files      (Technical) Setting {CONFIG, File handling, File type} to "3"
with CR+LF      causes VEDIT to recognize an "End-Of-Line" only when there
                is both a Carriage-Return and a Line-Feed. (The normal file
                type of "0" expects a Carriage-Return and Line-Feed, but
                treats the Carriage-Return as optional). This is useful for
                editing some record-oriented data files with binary fields.


Command Macro Changes
---------------------

Block_Save_As() Saves a block to a file. It is the new name for the previous
                (and identical) Write_Block() function.

Cab_Extract()   Extracts all compressed files in the specified .CAB file.
                (Used by INSTALLW.VDM to install VEDIT.)

Config()        Many previous Config(S...) screen-related configuration
                values have been renamed to Config(D...) display related
                values. VEDIT will still read the old Config(S...) values.

Config_String() New Config_String(SYN_NAME,"x.SYN",LOCAL) configures the
                current buffer to the desired color syntax highlighting .SYN
                file. Upon entering visual mode, the .SYN file will be
                automatically loaded, if not already.

                New Config_String(VTM_NAME,"x.VTM",LOCAL) configures the
                current buffer to the desired template editing macro .VTM
                file. Upon entering visual mode, the .VTM file will be
                automatically loaded, if not already.

Extra_Buffer_1  Returns the ID # of the 1st "Extra" edit buffer.
                In VEDIT 6.0, this is 100 for Windows and 33 for DOS.
Extra_Buffer_2  Returns the ID # of the 2nd "Extra" edit buffer. (101/34)
Extra_Buffer_3  Returns the ID # of the 3rd "Extra" edit buffer. (102/35)
Extra_Buffer_4  Returns the ID # of the 4th "Extra" edit buffer. (103/36)

File_Open()     Single filenames, even those with spaces, can now be
                delimited with just double-quotes. See the on-line help topic
                "String Arguments" (DOS: "STRING") for the new syntax for
                specifying multiple filenames, and the "-a" and "-l" options.

Is_File_Selector  Returns TRUE if the File selector window is currently
                  displayed.

Key_Delete()    The new option Key_Delete("Edit-seq",REVERSE) deletes the
                keyboard layout entry which assigns any key to the specified
                "edit sequence".

Key_List()      Lists (displays) the entire keyboard layout.

Key_Cfg_Push()  These new commands allow a macro to save the current keyboard
Key_Cfg_Pop()   layout, modify it for the macro, and then restore the layout
                when the macro is done.

N_Option(n)     Sets the value of N_Option to 'n'. This is useful when the
                macro called by the next Call_File() command expects a
                parameter to normally be set with the "-n" invocation option.

Reg_Push(r,s,SET)       The new "SET" option maintains the contents of the
                        specified text registers when they are pushed on the
                        register stack. Otherwise, the registers are emptied.

Reg_Push(123,123,SET)   Registers 123 and 124, corresponding to the {TOOLS}
                        and {USER} menus, can be saved on the register stack
Reg_Pop(123,123)        when used with the "SET" option. This allows a macro
                        to save the current menus, change them for use during
                        the macro, and then restore the menus when the macro
                        is done.

Sort_Merge()            Sorts all lines in a file (or block) according to a
                        primary key field and up to nine secondary fields.
                        Options include ascending/descending, case sensitive,
                        no collate. A collate table sets the exact sort order
                        for special characters including European "umlauts",
                        accents, etc. It implements {EDIT, Sort, Sort lines}
                        and replaces the old Sort() command;

Sort_Load()             Loads an alternate collate table for the Sort_Merge()
                        command. Otherwise, the default COLLDEF.TBL collate
                        table is automatically loaded.

Syntax_Load()           This modified command loads a color syntax
                        highlighting .SYN file; multiple .SYN files can be
                        loaded. Any buffer configured to the name of the .SYN
                        file, e.g. c.syn, html.syn, will then use the syntax
                        highlighting file while editing in visual mode. Note
                        that VEDIT normally loads .SYN files automatically as
                        needed.

Template_Load()         Loads a template editing macro .VTM file; multiple
                        .VTM files can be loaded. Any buffer configured to
                        the name of the .VTM file, e.g. c.vtm, html.vtm, will
                        then use the template editing macro while editing in
                        visual mode. Note that VEDIT normally loads .VTM
                        files automatically as needed.

Win_Cfg_Push()          These new commands allow a macro to save the
Win_Cfg_Pop()           current window arrangement, delete, create and
                        split windows for the macro, and then restore
                        the window arrangement when the macro is done.

Win_Next(BUFFER)        Returns the ID number of the "next" window. The new
                        "BUFFER" option gives precedence to windows that are
                        attached to the current buffer, before returning the
                        ID of windows attached to other buffers.

Win_Previous(BUFFER)    Similarly, returns the ID number of the "previous"
                        window.

XBuf1                   Returns the ID # of the 1st "Extra" edit buffer.
                        This is an abbreviation for Extra_Buffer_1
XBuf2                   Returns the ID # of the 2nd "Extra" edit buffer.
XBuf3                   Returns the ID # of the 3rd "Extra" edit buffer.
XBuf4                   Returns the ID # of the 4th "Extra" edit buffer.

String Values           Several new string values have been added for accessing
                        different parts of the current output filename:

        PATH_ONLY       Just the path (directory) of the current file
                        (e.g. "c:\work\january").
        FILE_ONLY       Just the filename without the extension
                        (e.g. "invoice").
        EXT_ONLY        Just the filename extension without the "."
                        (e.g. "txt").



                CHANGES FROM 5.16 TO 5.20
                -------------------------

Long line       Extremely long lines are now supported. The 32-bit Windows
support         version supports lines over 200,000 columns. (There is no
                absolute limit, but performance will degrade.) The DOS
                version supports lines of up to 65,535 columns.

Word-wrap       Long lines can now be word wrapped on the screen by selecting
display         {VIEW, Word wrap} or {CONFIG, Word processing, Display lines
                with word wrap}. This is a display-only function which does
                not alter the file.

Rulers          Rulers for line and column numbers can be displayed by
                selecting {VIEW, Rulers}.

Highlight       The new {VIEW, Options} sub-menu lets you easily highlight
cursor column   the cursor line and/or column.

Newline (CR/LF) {VIEW, Options, Show newlines (CR/LF)} displays a "newline"
display char    character at the end of each text line where the CR/LF is.
                This makes it easier to see any trailing spaces on a line.
                The "newline" display character can be selected with {CONFIG,
                Characters/cursors, Newline display character}; with the
                default value of "0", an appropriate character is selected
                according to the current font.

Configurable    The toolbar can now be configured - primarily for rearranging
toolbar         and deleting unwanted icons. Additional icons for more menu
                items and custom macros will soon be added.

                To configure the toolbar, first double-click on the toolbar
                background. This brings up the standard Windows toolbar
                configuration dialog box. Press the [Help] button if needed.

Persistent      All previous versions of VEDIT had "persistent blocks" - a
blocks          block remains highlighted until you use it or explicitly
                cancel it. Persistent blocks can now be enabled/disabled
                with {CONFIG, Emulation, Enable persistent blocks} or
                {BLOCK, Persistent blocks}. When disabled, moving the cursor
                cancels any block; this is the norm in other Windows
                programs. The installation sets the initial value.

Terse T-Reg     A "terse" option in the text register dialog boxes can save
dialog boxes    keystrokes. (This was always in the DOS version.) This option
                makes it easier to select registers "0" thru "9". Instead of
                having to type e.g. "9" and <Enter>, you only have to type
                "9" to close the dialog box. To select text registers "10"
                and up, you must either precede the number with "." or turn
                off "[ ] Terse" mode in the dialog box.

                You can always select register "0", the scratchpad, by double
                pressing the hot-key for the text register operation.

VEDIT Ansi      The "VEDIT Ansi" font is now the default font and is
Font            supplied in five sizes. Use {VIEW, Font} to change the font
                or font size.

ANSI/OEM        {VIEW, Toggle display mode} includes a new "ANSI/OEM" mode
display mode    which translates characters between the ANSI (Windows) and
                OEM (IBM-PC and DOS) character sets as they are displayed on
                the screen and typed on the keyboard. Depending upon which
                character set is used for the display font, it translates
                to the "other" character set.

                See the on-line help topic "Screen Display and Keyboard
                Characters - Display Modes" (DOS: "DISPLAY") for details.

ANSI/OEM        The {BLOCK, Edit/translate} menu has the new functions
translation     "ANSI to OEM" and "OEM to ANSI" which translate the
                highlighted block between the ANSI and OEM character sets.

                See the on-line help topic "Translating a Block or File"
                (DOS: "ANSI") for details.

Bit-wise        {VIEW, Toggle display mode} includes a new "Bit-wise" mode
display mode    for viewing and editing each bit of each byte. It is designed
                for editing bitmap files and displays a set bit as "X" and
                a clear bit as " ". Therefore, the letter "z" would display
                in hex mode as "7A" and in bit-wise mode as " XXXX X ".

                Since bit-wise mode is of very limited and specialized use,
                {VIEW, Toggle display mode} only toggles into it when editing
                binary/fixed-length record files; i.e. when {CONFIG, File
                handling, File type} is set to "8" or more.

VEDIT Macro     Most supplied .VDM macro files are now placed in VEDIT's
Directory       .\MACROS subdirectory, e.g. "c:\vedit\macros". The {MISC,
                Load/Exec macro} file-open dialog box defaults to this
                directory.

User Macro      VEDIT's .\USER-MAC subdirectory is now reserved for user
Directory       written macros. The new {MISC, Load/Exec user macro} file-open
                dialog box defaults to this directory.

        Notes:  VEDIT searches for macros first in the current directory,
                then in the User Macro Directory, then in the VEDIT Macro
                directory and last in the VEDIT Home directory.

                Installing future VEDIT updates will not change the
                .\USER-MAC subdirectory. Therefore, if you modify a
                supplied macro and save it in .\USER-MAC, your custom macro
                will be saved and used by future versions of VEDIT.

{MISC} menu     The item {MISC, Load Tutorial menu} has been deleted.
                The tutorial items are now always available in the
                {HELP, Tutorial} sub-menu.

                The new item {MISC, Load/Exec user macro} is identical to
                {MISC, Load/Exec macro}, except that the file-open
                dialog box starts in the .\USER-MAC subdirectory.

{MISC, Save and The functions in this new sub-menu save and close all files
run program}    before shelling to run another program (or DOS command). Upon
sub-menu        return the files are reopened. They save the last command
                entered as the new default.

{SEARCH} menu   The new item {SEARCH, Open searched files} opens all files
                (from a selected group) that contain the searched string.
                (Previously in the {USER} and {MISC, More macros} menus.

{Tutorial}      The {Tutorial} menu has been moved to the {HELP, Tutorial}
                sub-menu.

{BLOCK} menu    The previous item "Save to disk" has been renamed to "Save
                block as". The items "Copy to cursor" and "Move to cursor"
                are only available when "Persistent blocks" are enabled.

Mouse context   The clipboard functions and "Clear markers" have been added
menu            to the mouse right-click context menu. "Next buffer" and
                "Previous buffer" have been removed; use the icons on the
                toolbar instead.

Expand <Tab>    The previous {CONFIG, Tab/Fill, Expand <Tab> with spaces}
with spaces     has been split into the three easier to use options "Expand
                <Tab> key with spaces", "Retab after columnar operation" and
                "Retab after block fill".

"Change dir"    The new {CONFIG, File handling, "Change directory" options}
options         controls how the current directory is changed when new files
                are opened. See the on-line help for details.

Numpad          The "/", "*", "-", "+" and "Enter" keys on the numeric keypad
function modes  were function keys in all previous versions of VEDIT. By
                default they are now function keys only when "NumLock" is
                off. Setting the new {CONFIG, Misc, Numpad function mode} to
                "2" restores the old behavior.

-b and -tnnn    A filename may now be followed with the "-b" option to place
Invocation      only that file into "browse-only" mode. (A "-b" before any
                filenames places all opened files into browse-only mode.)
                This is equivalent to selecting "Open as read-only" in the
                File-open dialog box.

                A filename may now be followed with the "-tnnn" option to
                open the file with a File-type (record length) of 'nnn'.
                This is equivalent to selecting "File type" and
                "Record/binary" in the File-open dialog box.

Windows NT/2000 When shelling to a DOS box/program under Windows NT/2000/XP,
shell support   VEDIT uses a new set of .PIF files which use the preferred
                CMD.EXE instead of COMMAND.COM. (The .PIF files are named
                MSDOSNT.PIF, MSDOSNTC.PIF, MSDOSNTI.PIF and MSDOSNTW.PIF.)
                See the on-line help for the System() command for details.

Keyboard input  The WILDFILE and other macros can now receive their keyboard
from a file     input from a file. This is the new "Input Redirection"
                feature. The supplied file WILDFILE.INP is an example.

                The following command starts VEDIT and the WILDFILE macro
                with an input direction file. ("rinp" is the short name for
                the Redirect_Input() command.)

                vpw -e -c'rinp("wildfile.inp") call_file(100,"wildfile.vdm")'

COMPDIR.VDM     This previously obscure macro has been completely rewritten.
macro           It compares the files in two directories and determines which
                ones are different and which ones are unique in each
                directory. Pressing <F12> lets you compare two different
                files with the COMPARE.VDM macro.It can optionally compare
                all files in subdirectories. It can be run from {MISC, More
                macros, COMPDIR} or from the supplied COMPDIR.BAT file.
                (Thanks to Christian Ziemski for rewriting it to work in
                Windows and handle German and European date and directory
                formats.)

SPLITTER.VDM    Improved SPLITTER macro prompts for the size of the split;
macro           file can be selected with file-open dialog box. A new
                invocation option runs it without any user prompts. Files
                larger than 2 Gigabyte can be split into e.g. 1 Gigabyte
                parts for editing. Supports fixed-length-record files.

Filename        (Technical) By setting an optional Filename-separator, you
separator       can more easily open multiple files by typing their names
                into the Win32 File-Open dialog box's "File name" prompt. If
                you entered, e.g. "file1.txt,file2.txt" VEDIT would create a
                file with that name. However, if you set the Filename-
                separator to a comma, VEDIT would instead open the two files.
                The downside is that you cannot open files that contain the
                filename-separator in their name.

                The only way to set the Filename-separator to e.g. a comma,
                is with the command Config(F_File_Sep,',') which can be
                placed in the VEDIT.CFG or USTARTUP.VDM file.

"|B" in .SYN    (Technical) The .SYN syntax highlighting files can use the
files           new "|B" pattern matching code to match "blanks" - spaces or
                tab characters. Use "|B+" to match 1 or more blanks.


Command Macro Changes
---------------------

Date()          The new "BEGIN" option in Date(BEGIN) displays the date as
                dd-mm-yyyy instead of as mm-dd-yyyy.

                Date(VALUE,'/') displays the date as mm/dd/yyyy.
                Date(BEGIN+VALUE,'.') displays the date as dd.nn.yyyy.

Dialog_Input_1()  The syntax of this command changed extensively in 5.20
                  and does not support the syntax used in version 5.1x.

        NOTE:   Any custom macros using this command must be updated to
                the new syntax.

File_Delete()   Requires the options "OK+EXTRA" to delete, without
                confirmation, multiple files specified with "*".

File_Quit()     This is another name for Buf_Empty() which might be
                preferred by some users.

File_Move()     This is another name for File_Rename() which might be
                preferred by some users.

Is_Redirect_Input  Returns TRUE if "keyboard" input to the macro language is
                   currently being redirected from a file set up with the
                   Redirect_Input() command.

Num_Eval_Reg(r) Evaluates the numeric expression in T-Reg 'r' and
                returns its value. I.e. it performs an ASCII to
                integer conversion.

Atoi(r)         Atoi() is another name for Num_Eval_Reg().

Num_Str(n,r)    Places the ASCII value of numeric expression 'n' into
                T-Reg 'r', overwriting any existing contents. I.e.
                it performs an integer to ASCII conversion.

Itoa(n,r)       Itoa() is another name for Num_Str().

Redirect_Input()  Uses a file as the source of the "keyboard" input
                  characters for macros using the Get_Input(), Get_Key() and
                  Get_Num() commands and the "COMMAND:" prompt.

Reg_Load()      The new command options "HOMEDIR", "MACRODIR", "USERCFGDIR"
                and "USERMACRODIR" control in which additional directories the
                command will search for the specified file.

Search_Options()  Sets/returns the search options selected in the
                  Search/Replace dialog-box. This determines the search mode
                  (e.g. SIMPLE or REGEXP) and options (e.g. WORD or BLOCK).

Set_Altered_Flag() Sets/clears (overrides) the internal flag which keeps
                   track of whether the current buffer has been altered.

Translate_Block() The new "ANSI" option translates the block using the
                  built-in ANSI/OEM character set translation table.

Translate_Char()  The new "ANSI" option translates the character using the
                  built-in ANSI/OEM character set translation table.

Win_Title(w,"text")  Sets the title for window 'w' to 'text'. The title is
                     displayed on the window's top border. This overrides the
                     default title that VEDIT displays for each window.

PATHONLY        The new string value PATHONLY returns just the path
                (directory) of the current file.
FILEONLY        The new string value FILEONLY returns just the filename,
                without the extension, of the current file.

Display string  The value of any string value, such as PATHNAME or HOME can
values          be displayed by typing its name at the "COMMAND:" prompt.

Conditional     As before, placing a "?" in a macro sets a breakpoint which
breakpoints     enters trace mode. The new syntax "?(expr)" only enters
                trace mode if the expression 'expr' is TRUE. For example,
                "?(Cur_Line==89)" only enters trace mode if the edit position
                is on line 89 when the "?" is encountered.

-u Invocation   The "-u" invocation option causes the rest of the command
                line to be ignored, i.e. any specified files are not opened.
                Allows a macro to parse the command line via the CMD_LINE
                string value. For example, the "-u" could be followed by
                strings (which are not filenames) to be passed to a macro.



                CHANGES FROM 5.12 TO 5.16
                -------------------------

{FILE} menu     To standardize the {FILE} menu, the new {FILE, Open} replaces
                the previous {FILE, Open, New buffer}. The remaining {FILE,
                Open} sub-menu items are now in the {FILE, Open (More)}
                sub-menu.

                The <Ctrl-O>, <Alt-O> and <Alt-Y> hot-keys work the same way
                as before; however, this requires changing their assignment in
                VEDIT.KEY. The installation automatically makes the necessary
                changes if you transfer the keyboard layout.

                DOS version: The previous {FILE, Open disk} items have also
                been moved to the {FILE, Open (More)} sub-menu.

{FILE} MRU      The number of Most-Recently-Used (edited) files listed in the
                {FILE} menu can be changed by manually editing the "MaxMRU"
                parameter in the VEDIT.INI file.

File-Open       When the file-open box is moved, VEDIT remembers its position
Dialog Box      and saves the position in the VEDIT.INI file for the next time
                VEDIT is run. This feature can be disabled by editing the
                VEDIT.INI file and setting "FileDlgPos=-1,-1".

                Windows 32-bit version: The "Files of type" filters listed in
                the File-Open dialog box can be changed by editing the
                VEDIT.INI file.

Scrollbar       The new {VIEW, Scrollbar} toggles the scroll bars on/off.
on/off toggle   The vertical scrollbar is only displayed when the current file
                contains enough lines to require scrolling.

{CONFIG} menu   The {CONFIG} menu now lists each of the 12 configuration
                categories for easier access. This also makes it identical to
                the DOS version.

                The previous item "Fonts" is still available in the {VIEW}
                menu. The previous item "Printer font" is now in {CONFIG,
                Printer}. It is also still available in the printer dialog
                box.

256 colors      {CONFIG, Editing colors, Change color...} now displays 256
                colors. Color values 128 - 255 are the same as 0 - 127, but
                have a lower intensity background color.

                DOS version: {CONFIG, Colors} does not list color values
                128-255, but they are also displayed with a lower intensity
                background on most VGA systems.

                (We will further improve color support later.)

Java SDK        {MISC, Load compiler support} can now load either the normal
Support         compiler support into the {TOOLS} menu or Java SDK specific
                support. You can easily switch between Java SDK and another
                compiler by selecting {MISC, Load compiler support} again.

                As before, the normal compiler support loads COMPILE.MNU as
                the {TOOLS} menu and uses COMPILE.CNF for configuration. The
                Java SDK support loads JAVA-SDK.MNU and uses JAVA-SDK.CNF.
                (Many thanks to Alan Herron for creating this support.)

                Java color syntax highlighting and template editing is also
                included.

Save and run    These useful new functions in the default {USER} menu are
program 1       significant improvements over the very basic {MISC, Run
                program}. They first prompt for a program (e.g. compiler) to
Save and run    run. Enter the full command, including any parameters and
program 2       options. The command is saved as the default command for the
                next time.

                After all files are saved and closed, the full command is
                executed by shelling to DOS. Windows programs can also be
                run. When done, the DOS window is auto-closed and all files
                are reopened. If the special file "vout" was created, it is
                opened in a new window.

                These functions use the new RUNSHELL.VDM macro which can run
                and save up to five different commands. If desired, you can
                add a 3rd, 4th and 5th command to the USER.MNU file.

                See the on-line help topic "Command Macros - RUNSHELL" for
                details. (DOS: on-line help topic "RUNSHELL".)

<Alt-N> layout  The default hot-key for {BLOCK, Set column marker} has been
change          changed from <Alt-N> to <Alt-I>. This change was made so that
                the compiler support can use <Alt-P> and <Alt-N> as the
                hot-keys for "Previous error" and "Next error".

Use block as    If a small block (up to 50 characters) is highlighted when
search string   {SEARCH, Search} is selected, the highlighted block becomes
                the default search string. This emulates most other Windows
                programs.

Highlight block When highlighting a multi-page block with the mouse, dragging
with mouse      the mouse below the bottom text line now causes the text to
                automatically scroll.

                Suggestion: Use <F9> (the hot-key for {BLOCK, Set marker}) to
                highlight huge blocks.

                DOS version: Moving the mouse to the right causes the text to
                scroll faster.

Paste Clipboard <Ctrl-V> will now insert the clipboard into all remaining
                prompts. These include the COMMAND: prompt, all macro
                prompts, and all dialog boxes in the DOS version. (The size
                of the clipboard cannot exceed the maximum prompt size.)

                <Ctrl-C> and <Ctrl-X> are not yet supported in macro prompts
                because <Ctrl-C> has always been used as a "Cancel" break-
                out. This will soon be a configurable option.

User Config     The new "User Config Directory" determines the location
Directory       of the user's VEDIT.KEY and VEDIT.CFG configuration files, and
                the edit-session restore files VEDITSAV.ENV and VEDITSAV.DAT.
                It also determines the location of the "real" VEDIT.INI file
                and the STARTUP.VDM macro.

                It typically is set to the same directory as the "VEDIT Home
                Directory", e.g. "c:\vedit", in which case VEDIT works as
                before.

                However, it allows VEDIT to be installed on a network server,
                with only the user's files saved on each workstation. See the
                on-line help topic "Network Installation". (DOS: on-line help
                topic "NETINSTALL")

        Note:   The on-line help topic "Configuration" describes VEDIT's
                startup and configuration in detail. It also contains step-by-
                step troubleshooting for common problems.

VEDIT.INI       The VEDIT.INI file specifies the User Config Directory and
                allows the name of the STARTUP.VDM file to be changed.

                The invocation option "-kinifile" allows changing the name of
                the VEDIT.INI file to 'inifile'. The full pathname must be
                specified and there must be NO SPACE between "-k" and
                'inifile'. (This allows "-k filename" to turn off the
                VEDIT.INI file and open 'filename' for editing.)

                The VEDIT.INI file documents all features in it. Some
                parameters such as "MaxMRU", "KeepOnTop" and the File filters
                can currently only be changed by directly editing the
                VEDIT.INI file.

Non-English     The alphabetic pattern matching codes "|A", "|U" and "|V" can
Char. Support   now be language and font sensitive, especially when displaying
                with "Ansi" fonts.

                Similarly, the case conversion functions, e.g. {BLOCK,
                Edit/translate, Upper/Lower/Switch case} can be language and
                font sensitive.

                {CONFIG, Search options, Support non-english characters}
                determines whether non-english letters are recognized in the
                extended character set (decimal value 128-255).

EBCDIC search   When the current window has been toggled into the EBCDIC
                display mode, you can now enter normal search/replace
                strings. (Previously they had to be entered in hex.) The
                strings are now automatically converted to EBCDIC.

                Pattern matching codes such as "|A", "|S" and "|U" also work
                correctly in EBCDIC mode. (However, regular expressions are
                not designed for EBCDIC files.)

                The case conversion functions also work in EBCDIC mode.

Pattern code    The very rarely used pattern matching code "|T" has been
"|T" changed    changed to "|I". "|T" now simply matches the tab character.
                This simplifies entering a tab character into search strings.

                "|I" matches spaces, all control characters, including Tabs,
                and those characters configured with Config_String(WORD_SEP).
                It is used internally by [NEXT WORD] and [PREVIOUS WORD].

                None of our supplied macros used "|T"; however, you should
                search for "|T" in your own macros and change it to "|I".

Numeric XOR     The new numeric "^" operator performs a bitwise Exclusive-OR
Operator        operation of two numbers. It follows the C syntax.
                "10 ^ 6" has value 12. ("10 | 6" has value 14.)

Run Minimized   The Windows version can now be started or run minimized, in
                which case it will only show up on the Win 95/98/NT taskbar.
                For example, you can add a minimized VEDIT icon to your
                startup folder.

"Quiet" mode    Similarly, the Windows and DOS versions can be run in "quiet"
-q option       mode with the "-q" invocation option, in which case they do
                not display anything on the screen. It is typically followed
                by the "-x" or "-c" options to execute a macro. When the
                macro is done, it automatically saves all files and exits.

                Note: When run in quiet mode or minimized, any pending "edit
                session restore" files are left untouched.

Keep VEDIT      The entry "KeepOnTop=1" in the VEDIT.INI file forces VEDIT to
On Top          always be visible on top of other Windows programs. You can
                minimize VEDIT to make other programs visible. (This feature
                has not been fully tested; we will later make it a
                configurable option.)

Print multiple  The print dialog box in the Windows version now supports
copies          printing multiple copies of a file or highlighted block.

                The "Print.vdm" option will now also stay selected.

Better Box      {MISC, Box drawing mode} uses a new BOX-DRAW.VDM macro which
Draw Macro      is much easier to use. It temporarily re-assigns the
                <Shift-Cursor> and <Ctrl-Cursor> keys to draw single-line and
                double-line boxes. The type of lines can still be selected
                with {CONFIG, Misc, Box drawing style}. Select "Box drawing
                mode" again to restore the keys. (Thanks to Maxim Glukhov for
                writing this improved macro.)

                Windows version: Box-drawing is only available if an "OEM"
                display font is being used.

ASCII Table 2   The new {MISC, More macros, ASCII table 2} is similar to
                {MISC, ASCII table}, but provides a very compact display and
                easier way to insert characters into the file. It is
                implemented by the ASCII2.VDM macro. (Thanks again to Maxim
                Glukhov.)


Command Macro Changes
---------------------

Is_Quiet          Returns "1" if VEDIT was invoked with the "-q" option.
                  Returns "2" if the Windows version of VEDIT is currently
                  minimized.

Is_Win32_Version  Returns TRUE if the 32-bit Windows version of VEDIT is
                  running. (Use OS_Type to determine if either 16-bit or
                  32-bit Windows version is running.)

Is_WinNT          Returns TRUE if the 32-bit Windows version of VEDIT is
                  running under Windows NT.

Search("ss",HEX)     The new "HEX" option specifies the search string as
                     hexadecimal bytes, words, double-words or quad-words.

Search("ss",EBCDIC)  The new "EBCDIC" option specifies that the search string
                     will be (internally) converted from ASCII to EBCDIC.
                     This simplifies searching in EBCDIC files.

System("prog",DOS+DELETE)  Windows version: The new "DELETE" option
                           auto-closes the DOS window after running the
                           specified program/command. It uses the new
                           MSDOS95C.PIF file.

System("prog",SUPPRESS)    Windows version: Suppress the "Shell out [Cancel]"
                           dialog box which is otherwise displayed on the
                           screen during the shelling process.



                CHANGES FROM 5.11 TO 5.12
                -------------------------

File Open       The 32-bit Windows file-open dialog box is larger to display
Dialog Box      more files, includes a history list and permits setting both
                the record length and header size for fixed-length record
                data files. (Surprisingly, Windows 95/98/NT does not provide
                a history list and this was very difficult to implement.)

Windows         The 32-bit Windows version now supports multi-megabyte
Clipboard       clipboards. Columnar clipboards are supported, as before.
                (On a PC with 32 Megs of memory, the maximum clipboard size
                is about 15 Megabytes.)

                This makes the clipboard better than the scratchpad for
                cut&paste of large blocks. However, VEDIT uses the clipboard
                in text mode which does not support binary data. The
                clipboard is also slower.

Hex Search      The Search and Replace dialog boxes include a new "Hex"
Mode            search mode which takes hex values "00" thru "ff" separated
                by spaces. The pattern matching "|H" is not needed. It takes
                byte, word, double-word and quad-word values in hex. Press
                [Help] in the dialog box for details.

New Compiler    The compiler support is now implemented as a {TOOLS} menu.
Support         It can be loaded via {MISC, Load compiler support} or by
                making a simple change in the STARTUP.VDM file.

                The COMPILE.VDM macro loads the compiler support items
                (COMPILE.MNU) into the {TOOLS} menu. It also sets the
                hot-keys for the most common items.

                Refer to the on-line help topic "Compiler Support".
                (DOS: on-line help topic "COMPILER")

                Note: Any custom compiler .VCS files can still be used,
                      however, you must change the "Call(100,...)" commands
                      to "Call(103,...)".

Color Syntax    Definition files to support COBOL, Folio, MASM, Rexx and
Highlighting    SQL are now included.

                (The definition of "separators" for syntax highlighting was
                changed in 5.11, but has been retracted and is back to "|S".
                The tricky "-" in COBOL.SYN is handled as a special case.)

File-type       The Win32 installation can now (optionally) add VEDIT to the
Association     "Registry" as a Windows 95/98/NT program. It can also add
                "Open with VEDIT" to the mouse right-click context menu;
                this also causes all files which are not associated with
                another program to open in VEDIT. Any other (non-system)
                file-types can also be associated with VEDIT.

                These functions are performed by the REGISTRY.VDM macro which
                can be run at any time from {MISC, More macros, Registry} to
                add file-type associations.

File-open DDE   When opening files associated with VEDIT from Explorer, it is
Support         usually desirable to have them open in an already-running
                VEDIT instead of starting another VEDIT each time. This is
                supported in 5.12 if the file-type association uses "DDE".

                We suggest using the REGISTRY.VDM macro to set up any desired
                file-type associations for you; it will use DDE.

Word            The characters "()<>[]{}" now act as special word separators
Processing      even if they have not been added to Config(WORD_SEP).

                The characters "(<[{" are treated as the beginning of a word.
                Similarly, ")>]}" are treated as the end of a word.

                With the default Config_String(WORD_SEP,",;:()"), the "<[{"
                and ">]}" characters are treated as part of the word.
                However, since "(" and ")" are word separators, they are not
                treated as part of the word.

E-mail Extract  New E-XTRACT.VDM, E-EMAIL.VDM and REM-LINE.VDM macros allow
Macros          extracting e-mail addresses, and removing all e-mail
                addresses in one file from another file.

                (Example: we use E-EMAIL.VDM to extract sales prospects from
                a Eudora (tm) mail folder. We use E-XTRACT.VDM to extract all
                e-mail addresses from our customer database. We then use
                REM-LINE.VDM to purge (recent) customers from the prospect
                list.)


Command Macro Changes
---------------------

Clip_Copy_Block()       Copies a block to the Windows clipboard, similar to
                        Reg_Copy_Block(). (Win32 only)

Clip_Ins()              Inserts the Windows clipboard at the edit position,
                        similar to Reg_Ins(). (Win32 only)

File_Open("file",MRU)   The new "MRU" option adds the file(s) to the
                        Most-Recently-Used list in the {FILE} menu when the
                        file is closed. However, if VEDIT is exited with
                        "Quit All" or the Qall() command, files are not added
                        to the MRU list. (Windows only)



                CHANGES FROM 5.10 TO 5.11
                -------------------------

{FILE} MRU      {FILE} menu now contains the names of the most recently edited
file list       files. (Windows only.)

Toggle file     New {VIEW, Toggle binary/text mode} toggles the file type to
type            Binary-16 (i.e fixed-length records of 16 bytes), Binary-64
                and back to the original mode.

                The default hot-key is <Alt--> and it is a new button on
                the Windows toolbar.

Toggle hex      New {VIEW, Toggle hex mode split} replaces {WINDOW, Hex-mode
mode split      split}. It is implemented with the macro HEXSPLIT.VDM. As
                supplied, it first switches to a split-screen hex and ASCII
                display. Selected again, it switches the file type to
                Binary-16 for easier hex editing. Selected again, it toggles
                back to the original mode. The default hot-key is <Alt-=>.

                Note:   This revised function and internal improvements
                        greatly improve VEDIT's hex mode editing.

Toggle display  {VIEW, Toggle display mode} now temporarily displays the
mode            new mode on the left side of the status line.

{WINDOW} and    Items {VIEW, Cascade} and {VIEW, Tile} have been moved to
{VIEW} menus    the {WINDOWS} menu.

                The little used items {WINDOW, Horizontal split} and
                {WINDOW, Vertical split} have been eliminated. {WINDOW,
                Split} can perform these functions; simply pressing
                <Enter> in its dialog box performs a horizontal split.

                Note:   The selection letter for {WINDOW, Close} has been
                        changed from "C" to "O". Therefore, the default
                        hot-key <Ctrl-F4> has been changed in the VEDIT.KEY
                        file to: [MENU]WO. The installation will correct a
                        transferred vedit.key file.

Command mode    New {ESCAPE, Command mode window} creates a 5-line reserved
toggle          Command mode window at the bottom of the screen, and then
                switches to Command mode at the COMMAND: prompt.

                Note:   Pressing this function's hot-key (default: Alt-/) at
                        the COMMAND: prompt deletes the Command mode window
                        and returns to Visual mode.

                Hint:   This hot-key is a convenient new way to toggle
                        between the Visual mode and the Command mode.

{ESCAPE} menu   New {ESCAPE, Command mode (Exit)} is equivalent to
                [VISUAL EXIT].

Toolbar         New toolbar icons for {FILE, Save all}, {VIEW, Toggle binary/
                text mode} and {MISC, WILDFILE macro}.

Scroll bar      Size of the vertical scroll bar slider now depends upon the
                file size. (32-bit Windows only.)

File open       The file open dialog box now allows data files with fixed
record size     length records to be opened in any specified record length.

                The Win32 file-open dialog box is also larger.

{FILE, Save     New Windows toolbar button performs {FILE, Save all}.
 all}

WILDFILE        New Windows toolbar button performs {MISC, WILDFILE macro}.
macro

Split window    Deleting a "child" (split) window now expands the size of the
deletion        parent window, in effect reversing the split. This is only
                new for the Windows version, the DOS version has always been
                this way.

                Splitting a window, e.g. {WINDOW, Split} or {FILE, Open,
                horizontal window} results in "parent" and "child" windows.


Command Macro Changes
---------------------

Num_Eval_Date() Evaluates a date mm/dd/yyyy or dd-mm-yyyy as the number of
                days since 01-01-0001 assuming the Julian calendar and
                leap years. Used to perform calculations based on dates
                within a file. (Win32 only.)

Num_Ins_Date(n) Inserts 'n' as a date, e.g. mm-dd-yyyy, where 'n' is the
                number of days since 01-01-0001 assuming the Julian calendar
                and leap years. (Win32 only.)

Registry_Delete_Item()  Deletes the specified item from a registry key.
                        (All Registry_ commands are Win32 only. See the
                        REGISTRY.VDM macro for examples.)

Registry_Delete_Key()   Deletes the specified registry key.

Registry_Get_Item()     Reads a registry item into a text register.
                        Also Registry_Get_Number().

Registry_Set_Item()     Changes an existing registry item or creates a new
                        key and/or item. Also Registry_Set_Number().

Time_Tick()             Has been changed to return the time in milliseconds
                        since VEDIT was started.



                CHANGES FROM 5.04 TO 5.10
                -------------------------

{TOOLS} menu    New {TOOLS} menu is user configurable, similar to the {USER}
                menu. The name displayed on menu is also configurable. It
                typically is used for the compiler support items.

{HELP, VEDIT    Starts your Web browser and connects to the VEDIT Website's
Website}        Home page. Other {HELP} items connect directly to the FAQ and
                Support pages.

Color Syntax    Syntax highlighting for C and template editing for C and HTML
Highlighting    can now be enabled by setting the new {CONFIG, Programming,
                File-type specific config} to "7". (This new item replaces
                {CONFIG, File handling, Enable file open/close macros}.)

                Refer to the on-line help topics "Color syntax highlighting"
                and "Template editing". (DOS: on-line help topics "SYNHI" and
                "TEMPLATE".)

PRNFILES.VDM    Macro for printing all files listed in the file PRNFILES.LST.
                Can be used as a prototype for custom processing (search &
                replace, converting, etc.) a list of files. See the macro for
                usage.

EXTRACT.VDM     Macro for extracting all lines in the current file containing
                the specified search string by copying them to another file.
                It can append to an existing file. See the macro for usage.



                CHANGES FROM 5.00 TO 5.04
                -------------------------

Convert         New {BLOCK, Convert newlines} converts all newline characters
Newlines        in a block to the selected type for DOS, UNIX or Macintosh.
                Can also convert a (database) file with fixed-length records
                into a normal text file with newline characters. (Loads and
                executes the CONVERT.VDM macro.)

Search          New {SEARCH, Block/word} searches for the next occurrence of
Block/word      the highlighted block, starting at the cursor position. If no
                block is highlighted, it searches for the word at the cursor.
                The default hot-key is <Shft-F2>.

                Note:   The selection letter for {SEARCH, Search all buffers}
                        has been changed from "B" to "A". Therefore, the
                        default hot-key <Ctrl-F2> has been changed in the
                        VEDIT.KEY file to: [MENU]SA. The installation will
                        correct a transferred vedit.key file.

More Search     The new default {USER} menu has "Open searched files" which
Functions       opens all files, e.g. "*.txt" that contain a specified search
                string. (Runs the new SRCHFILE.VDM macro.)

                New default {USER} menu has "Search all - show/select" which
                shows all lines containing a specified search string in a
                pop-up window. You can then select any occurrence with the
                cursor keys. (Runs the new SRCHSHOW.VDM macro.)

                If a word is highlighted before WILDFILE macro is run, the
                default search string will be the highlighted word.

File Selection  By default, the starting directory for {FILE, Open}, {FILE,
Directory       Save as}, {EDIT, Insert file} and {BLOCK, Write to disk} is
                now the directory of the file in the current buffer. If no
                file is open, it is the "default" directory.

                If "Change directory" is enabled, the last selected directory
                becomes the new default directory, and these file selection
                dialog boxes start in the default directory.

                In the Windows version of VEDIT, the first file opened sets
                the default directory.

{MISC, More     This new sub-menu allows easy access to many of the
macros}         additional macros supplied with VEDIT. See the on-line help
                for a short description; many are fully described in Chapter
                5 of the VEDIT User's Manual.

C Programming   New default {USER} menu has "C function show/select",
Features        "Create Ctags file" and "Lookup in Ctags" which make it
                easier to run the CFUNC.VDM, CTAGS.VDM and UTAGS.VDM macros.

                The CTAGS.VDM and CFUNC.VDM macros have been improved.

Quick Notes     By default, STARTUP.VDM sets up <Alt-0> to open the file
Pop-up          "mynotes".txt" in a pop-up window. This is a useful way to
                keep track of a to-do list, reminders and other personal
                notes. Pressing <Alt-0> again closes the file. See ERRATA.TXT
                for details.

Insert File as  {EDIT, Insert file} has a new option to insert the file as a
Column Block    columnar block. With this option, you can now cut and paste
                huge multi-megabyte columnar blocks.

Smart Detab     {BLOCK, Edit/translate} "Detab" and "Retab" now convert an
and Retab       entire file, but not tabs/spaces within single or double
                quotes. If a block is marked, all characters in the block
                are converted.

Auto-Replace    {CONFIG, Emulation, Auto-replace block with new text} can now
Block           also delete the highlighted block at the cursor when a text
                register or clipboard is inserted. This is the default.

                NOTES:  As a safety feature, the largest block that can be
                        auto-deleted is 1000 bytes. For larger blocks, simply
                        press <Del> first.

                        We suggest turning this feature off if you edit files
                        with critical data.

Color Syntax    The syntax highlighting has been enhanced with new "|&", "|?"
Highlighting    and "|[...]" matching codes. The new "|&" allows a much
                better HTML.SYN file.

        NOTE:   The old code "|-" has been replaced with "|[-]"; you must
                make this change to any custom .SYN file you have created.

                The Windows on-line help topic "Syntax highlighting" (DOS
                on-line help topic "SYNHI") describes the new matching codes
                in detail.

-p Invocation   The "-p" invocation option prints the specified file and
                immediately exits.

Simpler Block   When printing a highlighted block, the default is now to
Printing        immediately finish (close) the print job; the block will then
                print on its own page. A new option in the Print dialog box
                allows printing multiple blocks per page.

PRINT.VDM       The printing macro can now optionally print line numbers
                and/or file positions on the left side of the page, and a
                ruler at the top and bottom of each page. The trivial edit
                changes are documented in PRINT.VDM.

HTML Editing    Macros HTML-TXT.VDM and TXT-HTML.VDM convert between HTML and
Macros          text files. User supplied macros include WEBXREF.VDM which
                creates a cross reference of an entire website. Also a
                keystroke macro to insert a <TABLE> tag which prompts for the
                size and all data.


Windows Version
---------------

Printer Font    The font used for printing can be selected in the Print
                dialog box. Assuming that {CONFIG, Preferences, Printer,
                Paper length} is set to "0=Auto", the number of lines printed
                per page is automatically adjusted according to the font
                size. The on-line help topic "Printing" describes this in
                detail.

Custom VEDIT    The "VEDIT Oem" font can be selected in several sizes via
Font            {CONFIG, Font}. It uses the "OEM" character set, but displays
                control characters in a more useful way. With a display size
                of 800 x 600, the size 11 font gives a fully zoomed window
                size of 29 lines by 87 columns. The size 12 font gives 27
                lines by 79 columns.

Drag & Drop     Additional files can be opened in VEDIT by dragging them
                from Explorer (or the desktop) and dropping them anywhere
                on the running VEDIT program.

-k Invocation   The "-k" invocation option prevents VEDIT from reading the
                VEDIT.INI file when it starts and saving a new VEDIT.INI file
                when it exits. (The VEDIT size and font are therefore not
                saved.)


Command Macro Changes
---------------------

Pixel size      New commands and internal values allow accessing the pixel
                size of windows and resizing individual windows or the entire
                VEDIT application. See NEW-CMDS.TXT for more information.

Config_String() New Config_String(PR_W_CURRENT) changes the default Windows
                printer used in VEDIT.

Date()          Date(BEGIN) displays the date as dd-mm-yyyy instead of as
                mm-dd-yyyy.

File_Open()     File_Open("file",CHGDIR) changes the default directory to
                the directory containing 'file'.

Ins_File()      Ins_File(file,1,ALL,COLUMN) inserts 'file' as a columnar
                block.

Mark_Word()     Marks the word at the edit positions as a highlighted block.

Printer_Line    Returns the line number on the printed page that the
                next Print() command will print to, e.g. 1 - 66.

Printer_LPP     Returns the printer's "Lines per page".

Translate_Char()  Return the resulting character after translation, e.g.
                  from EBCDIC to ASCII.
