At the time the Multi-Edit for Windows manual was about to go to press,
the actual product was still in Beta test phase.  As a result, new
features have been added and the operation of certain existing
features changed.  Since it was impossible to document these features
and changes in the manual, we have provided this file to list the
information in the manual that is inaccurate.  In all cases, the
on-line help contains the latest and most recent documentation.

In the lists below, some manual information is correct, but needs
additional information to be more complete.  These items are designated
by (add).  Cases where the manual is incorrect and should be
replaced with accurate information are designated by (change).  Rare
cases where information has become obsolete and should no longer be
used is marked by (del).

Page 8, paragraph 3 (add):  Changed lines may also be marked by
changing the color of the right margin of that line.  This allow
changed text to remain the same color as normal text, while still
preserving a visual record of the lines that were changed.  See Tools->
Customize-> Colors for more information.

Page 8, paragraph 6 (change):  If you are recording a keystroke macro,
the letters "REC", which appear right of the INS, CAPS and NUM
indicators, will turn red.

Page 19, paragraph 5 (add):  Toolbars may also ROVE.  Roving toolbars
are not confined to the Multi-Edit workspace and may be placed anywhere
on your Windows screen.

Page 22, bottom (add):  A new section should be added, labeled "Drag and
Drop."  Following is a description of how the drag and drop feature works in
Multi-Edit:
        Multi-Edit has "drag and drop" capability.  From the File Manager, you
        can open a file by selecting the file you want to open with the mouse
        and dragging it to the Multi-Edit for Windows screen.  If you have
        minimized Multi-Edit, you may also drag the file to the minimized
        icon.

        When using the drag and drop feature, Multi-Edit opens a new window
        for each file loaded.  As of the inital release of Multi-Edit for
        Windows, opening files is the only operation that can be performed
        with drag and drop. In the future we plan to expand this feature to
        include file saving, file merging, etc.

Page 23, Open section (add):  File manager features have been added to
the Open and Load File dialogs.  These features are listed below.
Additionally, existing manual information regarding the "View" check
box should be omitted.

        The File Manager Operations include a specific set of "file
        manager" type functions to allow you greater flexibility and
        control over your files without having to leave Multi-Edit.
        These operations were designed to prevent you from having to
        execute the Windows File Manager, or similar application, just
        to quickly move one (or more files) from one place to another,
        etc.

        These operations are commonly accessed from three command
        buttons at the bottom of the Edit New File dialog:

     File
        The File button brings up a small menu to the side of the
        dialog box.  Each menu selection performs a specific function:

        Copy: Copies the specified file to another drive and/or
        directory or filename.  This function keeps the existing copy
        of the file and creates a new copy where you specify.

        Move:  Moves the specified file to another drive and/or
        directory or filename.

        Rename:  Renames the specified file to another valid DOS
        filename.

        Delete:  Deletes the specified file from the drive.

        Attributes:  Displays the file attributes of the file (archive,
        read only, hidden, system) in a format so you can change them
        easily. Send:  Accesses your mail program and attempts to
        attach the specified file to an email message.  In most cases,
        you will need to specify a file before selecting this menu item
        for it to work.

        Create Directory:  Allows you to create a directory anywhere
        you wish.

     Change
        This command button will instantly change your "working
        directory" to whatever directory appears in the directory list
        box above.

     View
        This command button will instantly change the directory that
        appears in your directory list box above to what is set as your
        "working directory."

Page 29, Print Setup section (change):  The print setup dialog has been
changed to show only the common dialog.  In addition to the Options
button, a Fonts button and a Page Setup button have been added to the
dialog.  The Page Setup button allows you to configure margin size,
header/footer text and placement, and line numbering as described in
the manual.  The Fonts button allows you to select a specific font type
and size to print in.  If you find your files not printing out
correctly, you may want to ensure this font is the same as the font you
have selected under Tools-> Customize-> Fonts.

Page 38, Math Operation (add):  If you're using Persistent Blocks, the
Math Operation will insert the result of the block math at the current
cursor position.  If you are using non-persistent blocks, the result of
the block math operation gets inserted into the cut/paste buffer.  You
can then paste the result wherever you wish.

Page 49, Screen Shot (change):  As a note, the screen shot of the
Multiple File Search and Replace dialog box is incorrect.  Although
many of the screen shots throughout the manual have changed at least
slightly, this one is completely incorrect.

Page 77, List (change):  The command buttons in the Window List dialog
have changed.  The buttons that appear down the right side of the
dialog box are:
        Close
        Hide
        Unhide
        Minimize
        Restore
        Save
Notice that there are no "all" buttons, such as "Hide All."

Page 104, Paragraph 1 (add):  The following text should be added above
the first paragraph on this page:
        Hitting <ALTI> or the Insert key  or selecting the Insert
        button will cause the Create New Record dialog to appear asking
        for a New File Directory.  Enter the full path name of a
        working directory here and hit <ENTER> or select OK to create a
        new  into the associate directory database and bring up the
        Associate Directories Setup dialog.

In addition, the following sections should be added below the boxed
text on the bottom of the same page:
     Files...
        This field is used to enter the directory where your files are
        located or being edited. The VCS macros, when trying to find an
        archive for a specified file, will use the path of the
        specified file and search the "Associate Directories" database
        for an exact match to this field.  When a match is found the
        "Archive" entry would be returned.

        There can be multiple  with the same path, thus allow a
        single working directory to be associated with multiple archive
        directories.  If multiple entries are found then the combined
        archive paths are returned with a ";" between each entry.

     Archive
        This field is used to enter the directory where the archives
        for the files in the directory specified in the above “Files”
        field are located.  There can be a single path or a series of
        paths separated by ";".  The preferred method is to use multiple
        records with a single path per field.

     Work...
        This field is used to enter the work directory where the
        extracted files will be edited.  This field usually contains
        the same directory as the "Files" field and can be left blank.

        The main reason for entering a path here is to specify a
        directory to extract a file to for editing that is different
        from the directory the loaded read-only in located.  Good for
        loading a "reference" file from a directory on a network and
        checking out the file to a local directory to change it.

     Project
        This field is used to enter the base project directory for a
        "named project".  Since named project support does not exist
        yet, this field should be left blank.

     LOK...  (TLIB Only)
        This field is used to enter the directory where TLIB Lock file
        are to be stored.

     Base...  (LCM Only)
        This field is used to enter the LCM base directory for the
        project located in the "Files" directory.  This would be the
        same as the base= entry in the LCMPROJ.CFG.

Page 114, Paragraph 2 (add):  The following section should be added
below the second paragraph (titled Setup Verification):
     Browse last results
        This command will load the VCS.TMP file into a window if it is
        not already loaded and then display it.  You can hit the key
        assigned to the "Switch to Saved Window" command, located under
        the VCS Commands in the command map file and default of <ESC>,
        to switch between the result file and the file that was shown
        when this command was run.

Page 116, Paragraph 6 (add):  The following text should be added to the
end of the 6th paragraph on the page:
         Also, If the "Track ArcDir" checkbox is checked, the WrkDir
         button will be updated to show the working directory
         associated with the new archive path.

Page 117, Paragraph 9 (add):  The following section should be added at
the bottom of the page below the "WrkDir" section:
     Track ArcDir  (Checkbox above WrkDir Button Bar)
        This checkbox, when checked, will cause the WrkDir button to be
        updated to reflect the first working directory found in the
        "Associate Directories" dialog that is associated to the
        changed archive directory.  The working directory can be
        changed to another directory after selecting the archive to
        override the default path if desired.

        This checkbox will only be enabled and have an effect when the
        <LOOKUP> alias is used as the "Archive Path" documented in
        Using the VCS Package Setup Dialog and the "Work Dir" option in
        Using the VCS Configure Dialog is not set to "Current".

Page 118, Paragraph 2 (add)(change):  The following sections should be
added below the second paragraph (the "Done" section):
     Select All
        Hitting <ALTA> or selecting this button will cause all files
        listed in the "Files" list window to be selected.  This button
        will only be enabled when the focus is in the "Files" list
        window.

     Select None
        Hitting <ALTO> or selecting this button will cause all the
        files listed in the "Files" list window to be deselected. This
        button will only be enabled when the focus is in the "Files"
        list window.

In addition, the text below the screen shot on the same page should be
changed to read:
     Fields in the Select File List Box:
     1)  Check out Mode (M-Modify, V-View, L-Locked)
     2)  Filename
     3)  File Path
     4)  Archive Path and filename
     5)  Working Directory
     Single or multiple files can be selectively checked in or deleted
     by highlighting the line(s) with the desired file(s) and hitting
     <ENTER>.  To see the Working directory use the horizontal scroll
     bar to scroll to the right.

Pages 119-120 (del)(add):  The sections "Checkin All", "Remove All",
and "Unlock All" should be removed.  The two following sections should
be added:
     Select All
        Hitting <ALTA> or selecting this button will cause all files in
        the list to be selected.

     Select None
        Hitting <ALTN> or selecting this button will cause all files in
        the list to be deselected.

Page 120 (add):  The following sections are new "subchapters" and are
not associated with the either "Using The Multi-Edit Files From
Archives Dialog" or "Additional Information" subchapters.  These new
subchapters should be placed on Page 120 immediately before the
"Additional Information" subchapter:

VCS History List
     The information shown in the History list is specific to the
     selected VCS program.  This displayed information is exactly what
     the VCS program generated.  Note: the history list under
     SourceSafe is reformatted to fit into the dialog.

VCS Difference List
     The information shown in the Difference list is the output of
     either the VCMPR.EXE program or the VCS DIFF program specified
     under the DIFF command in the VCS Package Setup Dialog for the
     selected VCS program.

VCS Errors
     When the VCS macro finds an error condition after running a VCS
     program, a dialog will pop up that shows the results of the
     failing program.  All VCS specific errors start at 9000 and are
     just the error number returned by the failing VCS program + 9000.

     An error of 9100 with a blank list is an indicator that the VCS
     program was not actually run or that it did not generate any
     output.

VCS Verify Dialog
     This dialog is used to request input to verify whether some action
     should be taken or not.

VCS EditStr Dialog
     This dialog is used to get a comment from you to be used as the
     description or change for the file being checked in.

     If the "Comments" option in the Configure dialog is set to
     Multi-Line then a -line edit control is used to accept
     comments. The text entered will word wrap when the line exceeds
     the size of the dialog box. Entering <CTRL+ENTER> will allow you
     to start a new line while in this dialog.

VCS Login Dialog
     The login dialog prompts for a username and a password.  When
     accepted the VCS macros will try to verify the user has valid
     access to the selected VCS package and will enable the VCS support
     for that user.

     If the username and password can not be verified then a dialog
     asking "Try again?" is displayed to allow you to retry the user
     change or to abort the change user.  If you respond no to the
     question then the selected VCS package will be disabled until a
     valid username and password is accepted.

Page 122, Paragraph 2 (change):  The reference to RCS version 5.2
should be changed to read version 6.2.

Page 122, Paragraph 6 (change):  SourceSafe, originally developed by
One Tree Software, is now owned by Microsoft.

Page 122, Paragraphs 7&8 (change):  References to SourceSafe version
3.0 should be replaced with SourceSafe version 3.02.

Page 124, Paragraph 5 (del):  The paragraph regarding Guide.2.C++
should be omitted.  Since one can link any Windows help file into
Multi-Edit for Windows, the Guide is not needed.

Page 127, Paragraph 2 (change):  Some information in the Command Line
section is inaccurate.  The paragraph should change to read:
        The full command line including any parameters of your program,
        macro, command, etc... to be executed should be entered here.
        Before creating command lines, complete with parameters, for
        either Multi-Edit system macros or your own macros, you should
        have a solid understanding of the macros you're working with.
        See the Multi-Edit CMACW Reference Guide for more information
        on macro command lines.


Page 128, Bottom (add):  The following information should be added
regarding "special" WCMD Identifiers:
        In order for Multi-Edit's MDI support to work correctly, the
        following global integers must be used to identify key
        Multi-Edit functions to the kernel.  If a user wishes to change
        the macro Multi-Edit executes for these commands, he/she must
        ensure that the WCMD Identifier for that command is set to the
        appropriate global. The key functions and their corresponding
        globals are listed below:

        ~WLIST_WCMD_ID          Window List
        ~CLOSE_WCMD_ID          Close Window
        ~MIN_WCMD_ID            Minimize Window
        ~MAX_WCMD_ID            Maximize Window
        ~RESTORE_WCMD_ID        Restore Window
        ~MOVE_WCMD_ID           Move Window
        ~SIZE_WCMD_ID           Size Window

        If the command does not exist in the key/command map then it is
        not necessary to make one; the windows default will be used in
        such cases.

Page 130 (change):  This page discusses how to customize your menus.
An extra dialog has been added to this process to allow greater
flexibility when creating or modifying menus.  The corrected paragraphs
are shown below:
        The menus in Multi-Edit are fully configurable.  You can easily
        create, delete, or modify existing windows to your taste by
        using the following dialog boxes.

        When you press the Menus command button, a Multi-Edit list box
        appears listing all the menus you have currently set up under
        Multi-Edit.

        Several command buttons along the left side of the list box
        allow you to edit, insert, delete or copy menu selections.  You
        can also rearrange menu selections by moving them up and down
        in the menu list.  The "Search" and "...Again" buttons allow
        you to quickly find the menu selection you are looking for.
        For a more detailed description on the use of these buttons see
        List Box Options, getting started.  For help on list boxes, see
        List Boxes, getting started.

        At the top of this list box are three drop-down list boxes,
        labeled Main, Context, and MDI.  Through these drop-down list
        boxes you can specify a different menu to use as your main,
        context or MDI menu.  Click on the down arrow to view
        selections in the list and choose a menu to use as your default
        main, context, or MDI menu.

        If you select a menu to edit, you will be presented with
        another list box that shows the menu items you have configured
        for this menu.  At the top of this dialog is a drop-down list
        box.  You can use this box to configure whether the menu you
        are editing is a main, context or MDI menu.  After defining
        this, you may return to the previous dialog and select that
        menu to be your default.

        Selecting a menu item to edit brings up the Edit Menu Item
        dialog box.

Page 131, "Right Button Menu" (del):  Since we have added greater
flexibility to the Menus dialog boxes, this section is no longer
needed.  Information provided here is covered under "Menus."

Page 131, Paragraph 6 (add):  Toolboxes may also "rove" anywhere on
your Windows screen.

Page 143, Paragraph 4 (add):  The following text should be added regarding
file type:
        Auto Detect:  This option will enable the Multi-Edit automatic file
        type detection feature.  When loading a file of the specified
        extension, Multi-Edit will attempt to determine the file's type.  You
        should use caution when using this feature with files that mix "file
        types."  In other words, the file detection feature may not work
        correctly for files that terminate some lines with a CR and LF and
        terminate others with only a CR.

Page 147, "User Interface Settings" (add):  A few items have been
added to this dialog box.  The features added and their function is
listed below:

        Turn block highlighting off after paste:  If this box is
        checked, Multi-Edit will un-highlight the block marking created
        when pasting text from the buffer.

        Always have at least one window open:  Checking this box forces
        Multi-Edit to always have at least one window open.  If you
        close the last open window, Multi-Edit will automatically
        create a ?No-File? window, unless you turn this option off.

     Caret
        These options are for configuring the shape and size of the
        caret (cursor) in Multi-Edit.  You can have different caret
        shapes for both insert and overwrite mode.  For each mode,
        select a size:  thin, 1/3, 1/2 or full character width.  You
        can also designate the caret as horizontal.  Horizontal carets
        are all the same width, but vary in height.

Page 149, Paragraph 1 (add):  The following information regarding fonts
within Multi-Edit should be added:
         You will probably notice that there are not as many fonts in
         this list as you have installed in Windows.  This is because
         Multi-Edit can only use non-proportionally spaced fonts.
         Proportionally spaced fonts vary in character width and cannot
         be used.

        NOTE:  Multi-Edit does not force either an OEM or ANSI
        "character set" while you are editing or printing files.
        Instead, Multi-Edit uses the currently selected font to display
        or print the characters in the file.  What actually appears on
        your screen or printout will depend on which font you have
        selected in Multi-Edit.  If you have an ANSI font selected and
        wish to insert or print a special OEM font character, you will
        most likely need to switch to that OEM font for that character
        to display properly.  You should experiment with the fonts you
        have available to find one that's appropriate to your needs.

Page 168 (note):  It should be noted that the examples presented here
use Multi-Edit Classic Style Regular Expressions.  The on-line help
contains the same examples with both UNIX and Classic Style Regular
Expressions.

Page 195 & 196 (change):  The environment variables ME_LOG, ME_ID,
ME_USERS_DIR, and ME_CFG_DIR have all been renamed in Multi-Edit for
Windows to use MEW instead of ME.  Thus ME_ID is now MEW_ID.

Page 43 (Macro Language Reference Guide), "Importing functions from a
DLL".  The ordinal number is no longer required for CMACWIN dll
imports.  After the module name, you may now specify a text string,
OR simply leave it out alltogether, and the function name will be
used.  As a note, using the ordinal generates more efficient code.

Page 99 (Macro Language Reference Guide),  "The Macro Debugger" (del):
The Macro Debugger is a feature that will not be available in the
initial release of Multi-Edit for Windows.  It will most likely soon be
available in a free maintenance release.