Re: EdSharp 2.8 and FileDir 3.4 released
- From: Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, uaccess-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:29:22 -0400 (EDT)
I forgot to mention a significant new feature in EdSharp. The Append
From Clipboard command, Alt+F7 (associate append with the ampersand
character), is like the paste board feature of the NoteTab editor. When
this mode is toggled on for a document, each snippet of text copied to
the Windows clipboard from any application will also be pasted into the
document, which will then automatically be saved to disk. Each pasted
snippet starts on a new line. Thus the feature may be used to
conveniently collect and save information from applications that do not
have a built-in appending mechanism. Toggle off the mode when done.
Jamal
p.S. Initial problems with the new EdSharp installer I posted should be
fixed now.
On
Mon, 20 Oct 2008, Jamal Mazrui wrote:
> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:43:35 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, uaccess-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: EdSharp 2.8 and FileDir 3.4 released
>
> New versions of two free, powerful, and screen reader-friendly
> applications are released today. The direct download address of the
> installer for EdSharp, a multipurpose editor, is at
> http://EmpowermentZone.com/edsetup.exe
>
> FileDir, a robust file and directory manager is available at
> http://EmpowermentZone.com/dirsetup.exe
>
> Their latest fixes and enhancements are explained below.
>
> Jamal
>
> EdSharp
> Version 2.8
>
> Improved the optional script package to fine tune speech when using
> Window-Eyes. Fixed the installer for the JAWS scripts so that it works
> with version 10.
>
> Strengthened the error reporting system so that an unexpected event now
> results in a dialog with options to email the report, copy it to the
> clipboard, or exit EdSharp. To continue work without further action,
> press Escape to cancel the dialog.
>
> Fixed snippets you save with the Default, no compiler not showing in the
> list of snippets available with other compilers. Picking a compiler or
> interpreter with Control+Shift+F5 now sets its default file extension as
> the first file type in an open or save file dialog.
>
> Some enhancements help to manage indentation of programming code. As
> before, press Alt+I to hear the number of indentation levels for the
> current line. In indent mode, EdSharp instead says the line that begins
> the current block (e.g., an If statement).
>
> As before, when Indent Mode is off, you can insert a new line of text with
> the same indentation as the current one by pressing Shift+Enter.
> Alt+Shift+Enter is a new command that inserts such a line before the
> current one rather than after. The new Align command, Alt+Shift+A,
> adjusts indentation of the current or selected lines so as to begin at the
> same level as the line above.
>
> The default indentation unit is now a single tab character rather then two
> spaces. Cursor navigation on a line is more efficient with a tab
> character as the indent unit rather than multiple spaces. If spaces are
> preferred, however (e.g., 2 for Ruby or 4 for Python and Perl
> conventions), this may be changed with the Configuration Options command,
> Alt+Shift+C (or use Alt+Shift+M to manually edit settings in the
> EdSharp.ini file). Since the .ini format does not recognize a value
> consisting only of spaces, use octal notation, e.g., for two spaces,
> IndentUnit=\40\40
>
> New commands provide convenient options for changing the current
> directory/default folder of EdSharp. The Go to Folder command, Control+0,
> lets you change the default folder used in the next open file dialog you
> invoke. You pick from a list of folders found as locations of files in
> either the recent or favorite set (Alt+R or Alt+L). The Go to Special
> folder command, Control+Shift+0, lets you pick a special folder, e.g., My
> Documents, as the default. Remember that opening or saving a file in
> almost any way also has the effect of changing the default folder to the
> one containing that file (the Save Copy command, Alt+Shift+S, is an
> exception that does not affect the default folder afterward).
>
> I thank Jaffer
> jaffar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> for contributing C++ and PHP snippets, and helping to configure EdSharp
> support for programming in C++ with the MinGW compiler, available at
> http://MinGW.org
>
> To fine tune its build options, edit the batch file MinGW.bat in the
> Convert subfolder of the EdSharp program folder -- by default located at
> C:\Program Files\EdSharp\Convert\MinGW.bat
>
> The configuration for the PowerBASIC for Windows compiler has been updated
> to assume the 9.0 version. It calls the batch file located by default at
> C:\Program Files\EdSharp\Convert\pbw.bat
> ----------
>
> FileDir
> Version 3.4
>
> Improved the optional script package to fine tune speech when using
> Window-Eyes. Fixed the installer for the JAWS scripts so that it works
> with version 10.
>
> Strengthened the error reporting system so that an unexpected event now
> results in a dialog with options to email the report, copy it to the
> clipboard, or exit FileDir. To continue work without further action,
> press Escape to cancel the dialog.
>
> As before, the copy, move, or paste commands prompt whether to overwrite
> existing folders and files. You are informed whether the date of a target
> with the same name is older, newer, or current and whether its size is
> smaller, larger, or equal. You can choose to keep all targets with the
> same names, replace them, or replace them only with updated source items.
> A bug has been fixed that affected file comparisons after the first
> duplicate name was found in a target folder.
>
> A new option lets you increment source names to eliminate conflicts. This
> is helpful when files with the same names contain essentially different
> content rather than different versions of the same content. For example,
> if the file ReadMe.Txt exists in both the source and target folders, the
> source would be copied to the name ReadMe_01.txt instead. You might then
> use the Tag Duplicate Files command, Alt+Shift+Period, to tag and then
> delete files that actually have identical content.
>
> ----------
> End of Document
>
>
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