Ie ie an extended dos (32 bit) text editor. It can process large files
entirely in memory. and is therefore very fast.

REQUIREMENTS:

   386 or higher processor
   VGA or SVGA video
   Enhanced keyboard


FEATURES:

     Edits files in memory; can use all memory on your computer.
     Up to 24 files can be loaded at any time
     Screen can be divided into up to 12 windows
     Each window can display a different file, or different views of
      the same file.
     Supports all VGA and VESA text video modes.
     Full mouse support in all video modes.
     Screen colours fully configurable. Configurations savable.
     ASCII chart.
     Block marking.
     Bookmarks.
     Directory manager (view, copy, move, rename, etc.)
     Macros.
     On-line hypertext help.
     Shell to DOS.


INSTALLATION:

Copy all files in this archive to any directory on your path.

Files in package:
   IE.EXE            The editor program
   IDIR.EXE          Directory manager.
   IHELP.EXE         Help file reader
   IE.HLP            Help text
   PMWSETUP.EXE      Configuration program for PMODE/W dos extender. As
                     distributed, ie is bound to the PMODE/W dos extender,
                     which is configured to use 1.7Mb of extended
                     memory. To change this allocation, give the
                     command PMWSETUP IE.EXE and use the menu that
                     appears. If you allocate > 4MB of extended memory,
                     you should also allocate more page tables.

The only file that is really required is IE.EXE. This program loads
IDIR.EXE and IHELP.EXE as required. If either of these files is
missing, the editor will still work, but the directory manager and/or
the online help will not work.

For further information, start ie and press F1 to view the online help.


VERSION HISTORY

Version 101 - Mainly bug fixes. Several crash possibilities eleiminated.

            - SHELL command now looks at COMSPEC environment varialble 
              for command processor, instead of blindly running 
              COMMAND.COM
              
            - Tabs behave more rationally in overtype mode.
              
            - Does a better job of restoring video mode on exit.

Version 100 - Original public release.


LEGALITIES:
ie is copyright (C) Ian D. Gay, 1997, 1998. Everyone is hereby given
permission to use ie for personal, educational and non-profit purposes.
No part of ie may be used commercially, or included in a package which
is sold for profit without my permission. Complete unaltered copies of
ie101.zip may be freely distributed, provided no charge is made beyond a
nominal media charge.

I assume no liability whatsoever for any damages arising in any way
from the use or misuse of this program. Any person using it does so at
his/her own risk.

No support of any kind is provided. However, I am interested in reports
of reproducible bugs. These may get fixed in a future release. Send bug
reports to gay@sfu.ca.


THANKS:
   To Charles Scheffold and Thomas Pytel, for the PMODE/W dos extender,
 and to Dave Huntley, who found many of the bugs.
