Revision History of Tex-Edit Plus

(7/1/02)

Tex-Edit Plus 4.1.3
Fixed several small bugs including one involving the Paste Style command.
Page numbers are no longer printed when you print a single page document.

Tex-Edit Plus 4.1.2
Improved implementation of the External Editor Protocol.  (The External Editor Protocol allows Tex-Edit to function as the text editor for an FTP client such as Fetch, Interarchy, NetFinder, or Transmit.  This allows seamless remote editing of HTML files, for example.)
If no text is selected, then the line number and column of the insertion point are displayed in the character count area (bottom left corner of each window).
If a single ASCII character is selected, then its hex equivalent is displayed and if multiple characters are selected, then the character (byte) count is displayed.
New multiple undo window property can be used to turn off the unlimited undo/redo feature.  (Set multiple undo to false to dramatically speeding up some long, repetitive scripts.)
Minimum window size decreased.
Fixed small bug in Goto Line dialog.

Tex-Edit Plus 4.1.1
Clippings now open in untitled windows to avoid accidentally saving over the original clipping.
Fixed Open Recent bug noted after opening files on removable media.
(Note that you may see an error dialog the first time you run version 4.1.1 as the Open Recent menu is automatically reset.  This is normal and all other preference settings are preserved.)

Tex-Edit Plus 4.1
Added Open Recent submenu to allow quick access to the ten most recently-opened documents.
Added Normal Baseline menu command to restore the vertical offset of the selection to zero.
Added support for External Editor Protocol (used by NetFinder, etc.).
Desktop text clippings can now be opened by dragging onto the Tex-Edit icon.
Print One Copy now correctly uses saved Page Setup attributes.
Printing multiple documents from Finder now only requires a single Print Job dialog.
Fixed an AppleScript bug that disallowed plain as one of the off styles of a selection.
Fixed bug noted when speaking and hiliting text that contains decimal numbers.
Fixed bug noted when replacing style attributes in text.
Fixed obscure bug noted when saving as SimpleText document.

Tex-Edit Plus 4.0.3
Fixed problem preventing launch on older PPC operating systems.
Fixed problem preventing launch when extensions are off.

Tex-Edit Plus 4.0.2
Moving or resizing an unedited document no longer results in a dialog asking you to save changes.
Fixed small bug in some of little up/down arrow controls.
Fixed bug noted when opening small (< 2 character) text files.
Fixed font size and baseline height bug noted on 68K machines.

Tex-Edit Plus 4.0.1
Fixed bug noted when certain system configuration errors are discovered during launch.
TEXT files that start with 0xFEFF or 0xFFFE (BOM) are automatically opened as unicode.
Applying a font to a selection via script can force change of font text encoding.
Fixed bug noted when opening a SimpleText file that contains nbs characters and no pictures.

Tex-Edit Plus 4.0
Unlimited undo and redo.
Strikethrough style is now available.
Text hiliting is now available.
Super and subscripting are now available.
Read and write UTF-16 (unicode) text.
Individual paragraph formatting is now supported.  Each paragraph can have independent alignment, etc.
Adjustable (paragraph-based) line spacing in one point increments.
Bottom border of each paragraph can have one of several line styles.
Dominant line direction is adjustable (for right to left scripts).
Other paragraph properties include space above/below, left/right indent, first line indent/outdent.
Menu check marks and dashes now correctly indicate styles, fonts, sizes, and colors of selection.
Added available fonts application property to get a list of available font names.
New text properties word offset and paragraph offset complement offset and line offset.
The contextual menu plugin no longer opens an extra blank window when first invoked.
Triple click to select a paragraph (instead of a line).
Quadruple click to select all text (instead of a paragraph).
New preference options can set default text color and default window background color.
New preference option can disable automatic keyboard/font synchronization (for non-Roman fonts).
Hold down the option key when making a font selection to force application of that font (for non-Roman systems).
Pictures are now correctly centered when opening SimpleText read-only documents.
Translucent drag and drop is supported.
A confirmation alert now warns you before resetting all preferences.
Fixed a bug that prevented multiple word services from being saved after installation.
System 7.1 or better is now required.

Tex-Edit Plus 3.0.2
Fixed script bug noted when trying to get quote character preferences.
Fixed small memory allocation bug associated with QuickDraw 3D and QuickTime.
Fixed bug that prevented application launch on some systems with extensions off.
Fixed contextual menu bug so that word count display is updated properly.

Tex-Edit Plus 3.0.1
Checks for Scripts folder changes more efficiently, improving application switching speed.

Tex-Edit Plus 3.0
Support for embedded QuickDraw 3D images (including drag, drop, insert, cut, copy, paste, print, etc. ).
Open and manipulate any QuickDraw 3D document.
Save the first QuickDraw 3D image in the text, creating a new QuickDraw 3D document.
Scriptable handling of QuickDraw 3D images (models).
Changes to Scripts folder are instantly reflected in the Scripts menu.  (No re-launch needed.)
Added do script event to execute compiled scripts and to compile/execute script source code.
Frontier menu sharing enabled.
Support for Speech Dictionary added.  An exception dictionary can improve speech quality.
Default text size can now be set to any value between 6 and 128.
All preference settings are now fully scriptable (read/write).
Shift Left now removes leading spaces as well as tabs.
Fixed bug noted when replacing (saving) a shortened file with resources preserved on.

Tex-Edit Plus 2.9
Added Find Selection command (scriptable).  Hold down the option key to search backwards.
Added Sort command (scriptable) to sort paragraphs.  Hold down the option key to sort in reverse.
Sort can be set to ignore case and diacriticals via AppleScript parameters (Roman scripts).
Added Balance command (scriptable) to extend selection to pair up parentheses, braces, and brackets.
Find Next, Find Previous, and Find In Next Window commands are now recordable.
New Search parameter (finding next/previous) allows scriptable reverse searching.
Added new preference to preserve non-Tex-Edit file resources (e.g. ckid) during saves.
New resources preserved application property to accompany new preference switch.
Enabled automatic file translation in Open and Insert dialogs when using Navigation Services.
New About Tex-Edit Plus dialog.
Minor changes made to Find dialog interface and handling of search parameters.
Minor changes made to AppleScript dictionary terminology.

Tex-Edit Plus 2.8
Archive now maintained by Stuffit InstallerMaker.
Application now optimized for your computer and much smaller than before.
Added background color window property to allow modification of window background color.
Added default background color application property.
Added default text color application property.
Added several different (muted) colors to enumeration for use as backgrounds.
Support for Startup and Shutdown scripts with a working example of a workbook.
Drag & drop any text, picture, sound, or movie document into an open window.
Insert, Insert Any, Open Any, and Insert Sound commands now use Navigation Services.
Slight cosmetic change to Tex-Edit Plus Info dialog.
Font information now stored properly in document font table.
Script menu shortcuts use / instead of \ to aid non-Roman scripts (thanks to Hideaki Iimori).
Warn if a shared file has been modified before saving over modifications (thanks to E. J. Chichilnisky).
Improved handling of QuickTime bugs and improper QuickTime installation.
Strip control characters in Modify dialog no longer deletes pictures (thanks to Mike Detwiler).
Fixed bug noted when opening a document which references a deleted movie (thanks to Peter Hartmann).
Fixed Print One Copy bug so it now reverts to default print settings (thanks to Adrian Walti).
Fixed bug which interfered with some (previously allowed) nested references to windows in a script.

Tex-Edit Plus 2.7
Recordability vastly improved, including recording of text entries.
All preference settings are now accessible through AppleScript.
Added insert event enabling scripted/recorded insertion of date, time, page breaks, text and sounds.
Added change size event which increments/decrements all font sizes in a selection by any amount.
Added capitalization AppleScript property to get/set the case of any character.
Added reopen AppleScript event.    (Repeats startup action if open, windowless app is relaunched.)
Added line AppleScript property of text.    (Returns any text objects line number.)
Search and Replace events can now specify a text object, instead of just the entire window.
Add Selection only button in the Find dialog to limit search/replace to selected text.
Selecting an AppleScript (class) line now selects the terminating CR, if any.
Selections now scroll properly into view.    (e.g. Go To Line # command.)
Playback of sounds and movies is recorded properly.
AppleScript dictionary organization and definitions improved.
AppleScript terminology improved (several window and application properties renamed).
Improved the exists AppleScript event to properly check for text elements and lists of items.
Enabled text to be hilited by sentence as it is read in the background (suggested by Dave Boruff).
Open up to 128 windows, memory permitting.
User now notified when Tex-Edit is unable to open document(s).
Clippings dragged to desktop are named after first few words in selection (thanks to John Crossley).
Fixed bug involving option-delete keyboard shortcut (thanks to E. J. Chichilnisky).
Fixed bug noted when older system version (pre OS 8) has Appearance installed (thanks to Tony Wight).
Fixed bug in AppleScript command noted when replacing multiple spaces with nothing.
Fixed bug noted when AppleScript command closes all windows and user doesnt save.
Fixed bug in AS when making new window using contents property (thanks to Peter Hartmann).

Tex-Edit Plus 2.6
New Open in Tex-Edit contextual menu plug-in added to archive.
Support for embedded QuickTime movies (including drag, drop, insert, cut, copy, paste, play, etc. ).
NOTE: Actual movie data is not saved in Tex-Edit documents, only a reference to source movie file.
Open and play any QuickTime movie document.
Save first movie in text, creating a new QuickTime movie document.
Scriptable handling of movies.
Eliminated margins around printed pictures.
Option to search next open document is now available in all no match found dialogs.
Fixed problem when saving a document which had a custom icon (thanks to Mark Butcher).
Improved background processor usage (thanks to E. Quinn).
Fixed bug in voice menu (thanks to Philippe Gauthier).

Tex-Edit Plus 2.5.6
New Split Words preference and property which allow Japanese text to block properly.
Textual properties now return International Text type instead of plain characters.
Replacing with a styled, wild run character is no longer limited to 255 characters.
Improved search for diacriticals (non-Roman high ASCII characters).
Fixed bug which allowed modification of locked file (thanks to E. J. Chichilnisky).
Fixed bug noted when creating new window with zoomed property (thanks to Mark Butcher).
Fixed bug which asked user to save unchanged document (thanks to Mark Butcher).
Fixed bug which prevented setting contents property of new window (thanks to Mark Butcher).
Fixed a Windows menu command key shortcut bug (thanks to Doug Adams).

Tex-Edit Plus 2.5.5
New window properties are applied before the window is displayed.
Fixed bug in Preferences dialog noted when switching panels (OS 8.0).
Fixed bug setting some application properties.

Tex-Edit Plus 2.5.4
Fixed F1-F4 function keys (thanks to Mark Nagata).

Tex-Edit Plus 2.5.3
Fixed bugs handling ligatures, ellipses and dashes (thanks to John Horner).
Fixed printing margin bug (thanks to Jim Parker).

Tex-Edit Plus 2.5.2
Fixed bug saving preferences (thanks to Jean Tantra).
Fixed memory bug opening and saving files with Navigation Services.
Fixed bug noted when inserting sounds.

Tex-Edit Plus 2.5.1
Fixed Shift Right bug (thanks to Jim Harrison).

Tex-Edit Plus 2.5
Added window proxies (OS 8.5).
New collapsed/collapsible window properties (OS 8.0).
Added support for theme cursors, including contextual menu cursor (OS 8.5).
Added support for window path popup menu (OS 8.5).
Proportional scrollbar thumb support (OS 8.5).
Added Shift Left and Shift Right commands.
Added contextual menu support (OS 8.0 -- check out Apples Data Detectors!).
Appearance manager support in all dialogs.
Navigation Services dialogs are now optional.
Smaller/Larger commands now pin values to allowable sizes.
Fixed compatibility problem with Action Files.
Fixed problem saving documents to remote host when root directory is locked.
Fixed Remove Services memory leak.
Fixed launch-time bug associated with Navigation installed in older systems.
Fixed ASCII popup menu font bug.
Fixed inability to open any file with drag and drop.
Increased suggested shareware donation to $15 payable via Kagis Register program.    :-)

Tex-Edit Plus 2.4
Added Paste Style command.
Added command key equivalents for installed Word Service applications.
Added Navigation Services support.
Added submenu support to Scripts menu.
Added various stack and tile options to the Windows menu.
New program and document icons.
Fixed bug which interfered with page margin settings in non-Roman scripts.
Improved window tiling behavior slightly.
Improved quad-click paragraph selection.
Cosmetic improvement to color submenu under Appearance manager.
Replace any type of document (except application) during save.
Changed Switch Windows cmd-key shortcut to maintain compatibility with OS 8.5.

Tex-Edit Plus 2.3.4
Fixed Windows menu bug noted when file name contains metacharacters.
Fixed Print One Copy bug.    (Thanks to Terry Bell for spotting both bugs!)

Tex-Edit Plus 2.3.3
Added Apple Guide help file.
Added playing application property to detect active sound playback.
The Open command now returns a window reference.
Fixed bug seen when printing sub-range of odd or even pages.
Fixed Print Selection scripting bug.
Fixed Read Starting at Cursor bug.
Fixed Auto-Indent bug.

Tex-Edit Plus 2.3.2
Fixed printing bug which involves ImageWriter and spooled printing.

Tex-Edit Plus 2.3.1
Preferred text width setting used when opening documents created by previous versions of Tex-Edit.
Window reverts to unsaved condition when changing wrapping width, justification, size, etc.

Tex-Edit Plus 2.3
Find Previous command added.
Print Options merged into Page Setup dialog and made scriptable.
Documents remember Page Setup (and Print Options) information when saved.
Print odd or even pages.
Print multiple documents from Finder with only one Print dialog (no windows).
Large PICTs will scale down to page setup size when printed.
Multi-document printouts can now be cancelled properly.
LW 8.4 extended print records supported.
Save As dialog now defaults to directory of original file (depending on General Controls setting).
Cmd-up/down arrow shortcut scrolls through panels in the Help and Preferences dialogs.
More keyboard menu shortcuts.
Aesthetics of menus improved (thanks to new version of Mercutio MDEF).
More menu commands made scriptable/recordable.
All preference settings made scriptable (whew!).
New sound and picture classes for scripting.
New playback command to play sounds.
New page count window property.
Metric units supported with new Preferences switch.
Empty documents close without a Save warning.
WYSIWYG fonts is turned off by default.
Changed replace from multiple spaces to space/tab to single space/single tab in dictionary.
Fixed display bug in Speech Options dialog.
Fixed bug involving script execution in non-text windows.
Fixed script-related window update/redraw bug.
Fixed several bugs related to Auto-Highlighting command.

Tex-Edit Plus 2.2.1
Fixed cursor bug (thanks to Spotlight).
Fixed problem noted when creating SimpleText read-only doc in double byte script.
Improved ordering of modification execution in Modify dialog.

Tex-Edit Plus 2.2
Added Print Selection command.
Added optional page count in Word Count dialog.
Go To Line Number dialog displays available line range.
Print One Copy now scriptable and recordable.
More scripts for easy Mac <-> DOS conversions.
More scripts for easy Mac <-> HTML conversions.
Various useful and/or fun scripts added.
Added new preference to run Startup script when Tex-Edit launches.
Command-shift and function key shortcuts made available in Scripts menu.
Live menus with many more shortcuts added thanks to Ramon Felcianos Mercutio MDEF.
Added support for Marc Moinis SmartScroll.
Final release version of WASTE text engine used (supports bidirectional text).
Improved keyboard shortcut arrangement (documented in Help dialog).
Clippings dragged to desktop are named after originating window (OS 8).
Added support for movable modal alerts (OS 8).
Improved Modify dialog interface, giving easier access to Line Length settings.
Changed interface of several other dialogs, simplifying internal layout.
SimpleText docs with pictures are displayed even if some pictures are missing.
Windows are drawn at preferred/saved size even if bottom falls off screen.
Fixed bug noted when zooming windows on 68K Macs.
Fixed bug noted when printer software missing or uninitialized.
Fixed bug noted when replacing text which happens to contain the wildcard sequence.
Fixed undo bug noted when using Auto Indent.

Tex-Edit Plus 2.1
Live scroll enabled.
Text wrapping width is now selectable for individual windows (new menu option).
Text wrapping width is saved with document.
Enhanced Find/Replace wildcard functions (see explanatory table in documents).
Style Run is now a scriptable text attribute.
State of tab display saved with document.
Added Auto Indent command.
Script globals are now saved between script executions.
Rearranged menu commands slightly for clarity.
Added WYSIWYG Font menu option for Mac OS 8 users.
New version of WASTE text engine used.
Show Invisibles now displays linefeeds and formfeeds.
Adjusted Find dialog interface slightly.
Fixed Show Invisibles bug on 68000 machines thanks to Paul Durrant!
Fixed problem using Clear command with dialogs.
Fixed bugs when using styles during search and replace.
Correct search placeholders sent during script recording.

Tex-Edit Plus 2.0.5
Character count updates properly when window receives drag.
Better handling of nonstandard clipboard entries.
Improved picture placement when creating SimpleText read-only documents.
Fixed bug which prevented speaking of read-only documents.
Improved zoomed window positioning, also zooms correctly on multiple monitors.
Fixed Show Invisibles bug on Macs which lack Color QuickDraw.
Minor interface refinements to several dialog boxes.
Find/Replace by styles now fully scriptable and recordable.
Added more options to Save As file type popup menu.
Dragging text files onto an open window inserts styles, pictures and sounds along with text.

Tex-Edit Plus 2.0.4
Improved memory management in PPC version.
Bundle bit set.
Many improvements and additions to sample scripts thanks to Joel Burtsche!

Tex-Edit Plus 2.0.3
Much faster opening of large files.    (Roman script)
Improved speed of word counting.    (Roman)
Improved script handling of text ranges.
ASCII popup menu displays keystrokes for all characters.
Fixed AppleScript string comparison bug.
Minor interface improvements.

Tex-Edit Plus 2.0.1
Fixed bug noted when Scripts folder was missing.    (Thanks to Jean Tantra!)

Tex-Edit Plus 2.0
Extensive AppleScript support.
Recordable.
Scripts menu added.    (Place compiled scripts in Scripts folder.)
Support for Word Services added.
Added Show Invisibles command.
Added Print One Copy command.
Added Next File button to text not found dialog.
Added Enter Replacement String command (cmd-opt-e).
Up/down arrow keys can now be used to scroll smoothly through a document.
Default font is now the 12 point standard application font instead of 9 point Monaco.
A read-only file can now replace a text file during a save.
Fixed bug noted when trying to use speech before pref file has been created.
Fixed cursor bug noted on older versions of MacOS.
Fixed activation bug in Find dialog.
Improved paragraph count.
Fixed bug noted when user has not yet selected a printer in the Chooser.
Fixed bug noted when changing Prefs with multiple windows open.
Fixed off-by-one bug in Block Format line length calculation.
Activated cmd-click of URLs in Help dialog.

Tex-Edit Plus 1.8.5
Eliminated erroneous dialog noted when cancelling an Insert operation.
Added separate Modify Selection command.
Added Min line length adjustment to Strip commands to preserve tabular text.

Tex-Edit Plus 1.8.4
The Strip CR/LF command now does a much better job of preserving paragraph formatting.
The Wild Run placeholder will now substitute for up to 127 characters.
Replacing large selections with a Wild Run character is now fixed.
Fixed update bug in character count display.

Tex-Edit Plus 1.8.3
Added kind resource (for Finder).    Rebuild desktop to see changes.
Added open resource (for Mac Easy Open).
Updated B&W About dialog version number.
Fixed bug noted when Auto-Save tries to save an untitled window in the background.

Tex-Edit Plus 1.8.2
Replacing with a Wild Run character now enabled.

Tex-Edit Plus 1.8.1
Improved finding of non-roman characters with proper case handling.
Fixed unimplemented trap bug seen with older Macs.
Removed error message noted when using ASCII popup on read-only document.
Preferred document creator is now remembered between launches.
Quit Apple event no longer asks to come to foreground unless window needs saved.

Tex-Edit Plus 1.8
Added ASCII popup menu to window frame.
Added ASCII popup to Find/Replace dialog.
Splash screen added.    (Thank you Michael Rohde!)
Greatly improved Preferences dialog layout.
The text justification setting is saved within each document.
Editable Smart Quotes substitutions in the Preferences dialog.
New Use Real Tabs menu selection allows independent document tab activation.
Preferences switch allows activation/deactivation of Text Services.
Default justification is selectable in the Preferences dialog.
Improved main event loop (faster cursor updates, etc.)
Fixed bug in Add CR and Block Format command noted when entire line has no spaces.
Added Find In Next File command.
Added global Find command.
Added global Replace command.
Added a Wild Run character in the Find dialog as a variable length wildcard placeholder.
The Find Again command is always active.
Added Save All command.
Fixed update bug in character count display.
Convenient Tab Options dialog added.
Fixed error dialog noted during launch when Help menu has been deliberately snuffed.
No longer closes data fork when trying to open file which is in use by another application.
Fixed bug opening occasional SimpleText read-only document.
Added ability to open non-ttro SimpleText documents with pictures.
Added Reset button to Preferences dialog.
Added option to Remember text selection when document is saved.

Tex-Edit Plus 1.7.1
Fixed cosmetic bug in page scroll function (seen when page scrolling About dialog).
Fixed memory leak noted when cancelling time-consuming operations.
Minor cursor display fix.
Improved Block Format algorithm with respect to leading/trailing CRs.
No longer forces synchronization of keyboards and fonts.
Fixed bug (compiler-related) sometimes seen with 68000 machines.
Added support for cmd-click of URLs.
Added support for Get Data and Set Data Apple events.
Faster initial display of Find/Replace dialog.
The Auto-Highlighting menu selection is remembered between launches.
The shift-delete shortcut can be turned on/off in the Preferences dialog.
Improvements made to Strip CR/LF command to improve handling of multiple CRs.
Saving in a plain/unstyled format no longer creates an empty resource fork.

Tex-Edit Plus 1.7
Added Replace multiple spaces with CR to Modify dialog.
Faster Title Case cmd.
Faster Close All and Quit cmd.
Pushing cancel button in Open dialog after launch no longer displays a blank window.
Fixed obscure set of bugs seen when trying to open an already-open document.
Fixed bug caused when invoking Change Case cmds with no windows open.
Fixed bug in Custom Window Size preference.
Fixed obscure zoom bug.
Fixed bug involving Quick Modify submenu activation.
Improved low memory handling.
Fixed bug noted when trying to replace existing non-text doc during save.
Added help menu item.
When resizing soft wrapped window, text stays put.
Option-delete/fwd delete deletes the previous/next word.
Improved algorithm in Find whole words only option.
Improved algorithm of various Change Case commands.
Improved Add/Strip CR/LF algorithms.
Fixed character count redraw bug.
Improved Block Format algorithm for determining word breaks.
Leading and trailing CRs are no longer automatically inserted by Block Format.
Better support for double byte script systems (multiple internal changes).
Fixed feature that allowed editing of Finder-locked files.
Increased suggested shareware donation to $10.    :-)

Tex-Edit Plus 1.6.4
New Quick Modify menu with various conveniently-located munging commands.
Modifys line length is remembered between launches and is used by Quick Modify commands.
Added Replace multiple spaces command in Modify dialog to convert runs of spaces.
Changed name of Strip double spaces command to clearer Normalize sentence spacing.
New Preferences option allows you to launch Tex-Edit without showing any windows.
Speech on/off setting now remembered between launches.
Changed behavior of option-right/left arrow to conform with standard conventions.
Printing routine is improved with better driver compatibility and faster printing of page ranges.
Added ttro BNDL resource to help Mac Easy Open find Tex-Edit when opening read-only docs.

Tex-Edit Plus 1.6.3
Fixed bug causing problems on some 68000 Macs (thanks to Marco Piovanellis help!).
Fixed redraw bug with soft-wrapped screen resizing and zooming.
Improved Find dialog special character handling.
Fixed bug in Windows menu.
Fixed small bug with Change Case commands.

Tex-Edit Plus 1.6.2
Fixed bug with 68K computers and some munging operations.
Fixed bug with 68K computers opening pictures in ttro documents.
Fixed printing bug noted when printing pictures taller than a single page.
Fixed small bug associated with shift-clicking to extend a replaced selection.
Allows 1 point text size.

Tex-Edit Plus 1.6.1
Improved (safer) file saving strategy.
Save command no longer nukes document creation date, document custom icon, etc.
Command-right/left arrows move cursor to beginning/end of line.

Tex-Edit Plus 1.6
PowerPC native code (fat binary).
Greatly improved Find/Replace speed on large files (both 68K and PPC versions).
Significant speedups of most munging commands.
Fixed cosmetic redraw bug in some dialogs.
Improved memory management during sound playback.
Eliminated screen garbage seen when printing under QuickDraw GX.

Tex-Edit Plus 1.5.4
Fixed bug with Word Caps function.
Fixed bug with Change document creator function.
Fixed bug with oddly-named files and Windows menu.

Tex-Edit Plus 1.5.3
Fixed crash when invoking Open or Insert without QuickTime installed.
Fixed bug involving picture display in certain ttro (Read Only) documents.
Disabled sound recording while hiliting read text.

Tex-Edit Plus 1.5.2
First version using Metrowerks marvelous CodeWarrior compiler.
Fixed bug when reading ttro document picture.
Fixed bug when smartening double hyphens.
Limited window width to text width to avoid wasted window space.
Fixed zoom and grow behavior in a similar manner.
Shows preview of text/picture in Open dialog.
Fixed bug with About dialog and Help key.

Tex-Edit Plus 1.5.1
Fixed minor bugs with pict selecting, auto-hiliting and cursor drawing.
Fixed bug involving Save As Other file type in preferences dialog.
Improved efficiency of temporary memory usage--runs well in minimal memory partition.
Releases processor time efficiently when in background.
Saved windows cant re-appear offscreen (e.g., when changing monitor size).
Drag a text or read-only document onto an open window to insert its text.

Tex-Edit Plus 1.5
Final release version (1.1) of WASTE text engine implemented.
Eliminated error dialog which showed up with Open Selection command.
Adjusted maximum window size slightly.
Proper handling of upper/lower case changes with non-Roman scripts.
Strip diacriticals command now works accurately.
Tab support added with adjustable tab spacing.
Cut, copy, paste, insert, delete, drag & drop pictures and sounds.
Copy pictures from SimpleText read-only documents.
Triple click selects line instead of sentence.
Changed some keyboard shortcuts--see documents.
Improved undo/redo functionality.
Undo menu item describes action to be undone/redone.
Improved memory handling (smaller suggested memory allocation).
Improved internal error handling.
Added ability to turn on/off offscreen drawing and temporary memory use.
Fixed bug with multiple monitor usage.
Fixed bug with picture redrawing when text scrolled under floating window.
Fixed various cosmetic buglets.
Block Format Options dialog added with options to add leading/trailing line and longer header.
Improved scrolling speed and smooth auto-scroll.
Improved window resizing/redrawing.
Easily create and save SimpleText read-only documents (with pictures).
Stationery button in Save As dialog.
Various interface refinements--e.g. note up/down arrows on all numeric dialog fields.
Added command key shortcuts to Word Count and Case Change commands.
Insert sounds from any sound-containing file.
Faster response to key presses.
Inline input enabled.
Default justification option added.
Save as a PICT file.
PICT bndl and icons added so that Tex-Edit is not forgotten by Macintosh Easy Open, etc.
Voices arranged logically in voices menu.
Default voice choice compatible with system-wide voice default (Speech Manager 1.4.1).

Tex-Edit Plus 1.3.4
Interrupt time-consuming operations with Command-Period.
Improved disk full handling and messages.
Improved handling of low memory conditions.
Improved miscellaneous internal error handling.
Added dialog to prevent accidental sound deletion.
F1, F2, F3 and F4 function keys now implement Undo, Cut, Copy and Paste.
Fixed picture update bug.
Faster Replace All and Modify commands, especially on large files.

Tex-Edit Plus 1.3.3
Added a wider variety of text wrapping options (Preferences dialog).
Up to 40 windows can be opened (limited by RAM).
Faster window resize/zoom when horizontal scroll active.
Horizontal scrolling active by default.
Fixed cursor positioning bug.
Improved error handling.
Fixed Block Format to function properly when Block Header is empty string.
Fixed Goto Line bug.

Tex-Edit Plus 1.3.2
Added opt-pageup/down and opt-shift-pageup/down shortcuts.

Tex-Edit Plus 1.3.1
Fixed bug in Prefs dialog (wouldnt set default window size to current window).

Tex-Edit Plus 1.3
Added wildcard search ability.
Added style search ability.
Added style replace ability.
Improved triple/quad click performance.
Improved replacement/modification speed for many operations.

Tex-Edit Plus 1.2.1
Improved file handling in special cases.
Improved Undo functionality.
Improved speed with many large file modifications.
Fixed Block Format bug.

Tex-Edit Plus 1.2
Changed most dialogs to more versatile movable modal variety dialog boxes.
Newer version of text engine (WASTE 1.1a4).
Fixed bug with Paste Unstyled command.
Fixed bug with Speech Settings dialog selections.
I-beam cursor in dialog editable text areas.
Fixed autoscroll bug.
Fixed drag bug.
Revised/improved Find Again behavior.
Wider selection of font sizes allowed.

Tex-Edit Plus 1.1.1
Fixed printing bug with QuickDraw printers (prints selection hiliting).
Fixed bug with Enter Selection command.

Tex-Edit Plus 1.1
Fixed font size bug when viewing aberrant styled text.
Full (flush) text justification enabled.
Shift-delete (instead of option-delete) mimics the forward delete key.
Animated watch cursor.

Tex-Edit Plus 1.0
Adds ability to open styled documents of unlimited size (RAM).
System 7 required.

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Tex-Edit 2.7.2 (current version of System 6-compatible text editor)
Option-up/down arrow will move the insertion marker to the beginning/end of the line.
Can copy and paste unstyled (plain) text.
Fixed bug noted when dragging paragraphs a single character at a time.
Improved cursor positioning after smart cut or delete.
Proper cursor handling in read-only documents, allows Find Again and Read Starting at Cursor.
Option key used to toggle menu selections (instead of shift key).

Tex-Edit 2.7.1
Smart delete and smart forward delete implemented.
Improved indented text alignment (on printout) using fractional character widths.
Fixed caret redraw and printing bug.

Tex-Edit 2.7
Added sentence and paragraph counts to the Word Count dialog.
Can also count characters, words, etc. of selected text.
Increase/decrease font size of selection even if text is not all the same size.
Margin settings in Print Options dialog now bear passing resemblance to reality.
Option-home will move the insertion marker to beginning of the file.
Option-end will move the insertion marker to end of the file.
Option-shift-home will select all text up to and including the current selection.
Option-shift-end will select all text from the current selection to the end of the file.
Fixed bug when pasting large blocks of text.
Page number prints using default window font.

Tex-Edit 2.6
Added selection and character count to window frame.
Now able to search read-only (ttro) documents using Find command.
Word Count now active in read-only documents.
Added ability to select text in read-only documents for dragging or copying.
Read aloud any portion of a read-only document.
Stop sound playback with command-period.
Fixed cosmetic bug causing incomplete redrawing of background selection outlines.
Fixed obscure cosmetic bug in Insert command.
Fixed crash that could occur trying to load or play large sound files.
Improved error handling with large text files.

Tex-Edit 2.5.2
Sound playback improved, memory handling improved during playback.
Changed command keys slightly.
Fixed bug which caused selection mark to print on some QuickDraw printers.

Tex-Edit 2.5.1
Sounds now play asynchronously (in background).
Changed Block Quote to Block Format in Special menu.
Adjusted behavior of Block Format command to increase all-around usefulness.

Tex-Edit 2.5
Drag Manager fully implemented for styled and plain text.
Bug fixed involving opening large files.
Improved information box in Speech Settings dialog.
Fixed obscure menu hilite bug.
Larger find/replace strings accommodated.
Dialog positioning improved and Sound menu changed slightly.
Save as eWorld styled text document.
Uses sound manager to add sound to any document.
Can create Finder-compatible sound files.

Tex-Edit 2.4.2
Added more voice information to Speech Settings dialog.
Now can receive background events.
Fixed minor bugs in window redrawing, cursor hiding.
Option-delete mimics the effect of forward delete key (extended keyboard).
Fixed bug with prefs file (Speech might not work until old prefs file was deleted).
Enabled outline hiliting of inactive windows.
Resources preloaded to decrease number of disk accesses necessary for powerbook users.

Tex-Edit 2.4.1
Small corrections/improvements in manual and About dialog.
Several cosmetic bugs.

Tex-Edit 2.4
Find/Replace and Print Options switch settings are saved in Prefs file.
Command key equivalents added to Change Case menu.
Speech Menu changed, command keys added, more logical arrangement.
Speech Settings now display voice comment information.
Speech pitch modulation is now adjustable.
Read entire doc or from current position in the background.
Hilite doc by word or by sentence as it is being read, new submenu.
LF->CR command for converting Etext/UNIX docs.
Insert pagebreak (formfeed) for control of printing pagination.
Formfeed button in Find dialog.
Blocking header/length adjustable in new Prefs dialog.
Default window size adjustable in Prefs dialog, presets for 60, 80, 100 chars/line.
Open large files into multiple windows automatically.
Open and format large Etext documents with a single command.
Number of windows now limited to 20 (or RAM).
Fixed the behavior of shift-cursor and shift-option-cursor selections.
Triple click improved.
Smart cut/paste improved.
Misc cosmetic bugs.

Tex-Edit 2.3.1
Reads and writes SimpleText files.
Greatly expanded documentation.
Cosmetic bug fixes.

Tex-Edit 2.3
Added full TeachText emulation.
Also emulates the new SimpleText.
View, print and speak TeachText and SimpleText read-only files, including pictures.
Ability to view and print PICT files and copy a selection.
Autoscroll PICT file during selection.
Support for a Tex-Edit read-only document type.
Fixed the Change file creator switch in the Prefs dialog.
Save settings in Modify dialog between dialog executions.
Reset button added to Modify dialog.
Option-arrow moves cursor to next word.
Option-shift-arrow selects next word.
Quad click selects paragraph.
New command to strip diacritical marks.
Miscellaneous bugs fixed.
New icons (again).
Improved program scrolling and typing execution speed.

Tex-Edit 2.2
Added some TeachText read-only capability (not released).
Revision history of prior versions shrouded in mists of antiquity

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Planned Improvements

Show pagebreaks.
Adjustable tab ruler.