CADET - the CAD Text Editor Copyright 1990, 1991 Steve Waskow Wasco Technical Software WHAT'S NEW - REVISION HISTORY 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 VERSION 3.0 (March 13, 1991) 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 SPELLING CHECKER We have added an integrated spelling checker with a 112,000+ word dictionary. You can check spelling globally or by word. When unrecognized words are encountered, you can select from suggested spellings, edit the word and recheck, ignore all occurrences of the word, skip the word once, or add the word to the dictionary. Suggested spelling are presented in a point-and-shoot window. The number of words you can add is practically unlimited. WORD-WRAP and REFORMAT Set CADET's word wrap, and the text automatically wraps at the specified margin as you type. Editable hard carriage returns are displayed on screen. CADET's Reformat is used to set new margins and to reformat edited paragraphs to their original neatness. Word-wrap and Reformat are only available when accessing CADET through the new CADET-Notes interface (see below). CADET-NOTES A new AutoLISP interface, CN (CADET-Notes), has been added to the CADET system. CN is used to create a single column of text, ideal for generating drawing notes. CN accesses the CADET editor in a free-form style in which utilizes CADET's new word-wrap and reformat features. IMPROVED SEARCH-AND-REPLACE CADET's Search-and-Replace and Find-Text features have three new search options. Choose to ignore case or make case-sensitive searches. Find embedded text or make whole word matches only. Search for the first match below the cursor position, or search globally from the top. Also new is the way CADET keeps the last used search strings as defaults, simplifying repeated searches. RUN CADET FROM A RAM DISK New installation procedures can give CADET a speed boost by utilizing a ram disk. You can use a ram disk for either CADET's transfer files, the CADET executable program, the CADET dictionary, or any combination of the above. NEW INSTALLATION OPTIONS You can now configure CADET to start-up in 43/50 row mode for your EGA/VGA video system. You can set CADET to leave the accelerated typematic rate active when exiting the program, boosting cursor speed in other applications run after CADET. The CADET installation program, CADETIN, can now be used to reconfigure CADET without reinstalling the files. Conflicts between CADET's interface command names (CE, CC, CN and CI) and identically named commands from other third-party programs can now be easily corrected. MISCELLANEOUS The [Ctrl-W] command, previously assigned to Delete Word, is now used to set Word Wrap. The new key assigned to Delete Word is [Ctrl-BackSpace]. The CADET editor's prompts have been streamlined and colorized. Option hot-keys are highlighted in a different color, and defaults are show in . A new program, PRINTDOC.EXE, has been provided to print the CADET documentation. PRINTDOC can provide a 60 lines-per-page format, replace the extended IBM line drawing characters with more universally printable characters, and/or add hard form-feeds for printers which have trouble maintaining the document's page breaks in their proper places. 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 VERSION 2.0 (August 12, 1990) 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 ASP MEMBERSHIP The author of CADET, Steve Waskow, is now a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). The ASP maintains a high set of standards for its members, so in choosing shareware by ASP members you can expect quality and professionalism. TEXT FILE IMPORT AND EXPORT A new program, CI.LSP, has been added to the CADET system. CI can import ASCII text files from disk into your AutoCAD drawings. You can specify text height, justification and line spacing, and create multiple columns. A new command, [Ctrl-X], has been added to the CADET editor to export the text to a disk file. Use CE to pull text from your drawing into the CADET editor, sort it by rows or by columns, then use [Ctrl-X] to write the file. TYPEMATIC RATE ACCELERATOR CADET now has a built in typematic rate accelerator for IBM AT and PS/2 class computers - including most 286, 386 and 486 compatibles. The new CHKSPEED utility will test your system compatibility. The accelerator primarily serves to speed up the cursor movements. Use the new [Ctrl-T] type rate command to toggle between the three available speeds. You can install CADET to start-up in your favorite speed. Installation options allow you to disable the accelerator if you are already using a resident acceleration utility. CHARACTER CODES The keys used to insert AutoCAD's special characters for overscore, underscore, plus or minus, circle diameter and degrees symbols have been changed to a more mnemonic set: Alt-O, Alt-U, Alt-P, Alt-C, and Alt-D respectively. The keys used in previous CADET versions are still supported. MEMORY MANAGEMENT CADET's AutoLISP interface routines CE.LSP and CC.LSP, and the new CI.LSP utility now share a memory management scheme which minimizes their overhead in the AutoLISP environment. This boosts their performance when using two or more of them during a drawing session. If desired, you can disable the CADET memory management scheme during installation or by setting a configuration variable. SORTING ORDER and SORTING COORDINATES You can now install CADET to default to row sort order at start-up, rather than column sort order. CADET now uses the "insert" point of center, middle and right justified text for row and column sorting. In general, this gives you a better picture of the text's organization when you are using the CADET editor. The previous version of CADET used the lower left text corner for sorting. If desired, you can still have CADET sort by the lower left text corner with an installation option or by setting a configuration variable. IMPROVED ATTRIBUTE EDITING The CADET editor's status line now displays the attribute prompts along with the block name and attribute tag. CE.LSP now handles edited block attributes by updating the block just once - not once per changed attribute. TEXT FONT STYLE Changing text style has been simplified by having the styles presented in alphabetical order. You can now use the [Up] and [Down] cursor keys to move through the list. The spacebar functions same as the [Down] key. BLOCK OPERATIONS A new option, Swap, has been added to the [Ctrl-M] mark block function. Swap exchanges the marked block with the contents of the copy buffer, simplifying many cut-and-paste operations. MISCELLANEOUS The CADET installation program, CADETIN, now checks to see if your ACAD.LSP file is encrypted prior to installing the CADET options. The [Ctrl-W] delete word function is better behaved about leaving a space between the words preceding and following the deleted word. A bug which sometimes did not highlight a marked block which extended to the 255th column has been corrected. The monochrome color set has been changed to a more pleasing combination. A documentation formatting utility, 60LINE, has been included to produce a 60 lines per page version of the User's Manual, CADET.DOC. Many laser and inkjet printers require a 60 lines per page format. PRINTDOC, the new batch program, prints all the CADET documentation for you. 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 VERSION 1.0 (May 10, 1990) 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 The first CADET release made available to the public. Released as shareware on the CompuServe Autodesk forum. 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Steve Waskow Wasco Technical Software Member ASP 1211 Grand Junction Drive CompuServe 72020,2031 Katy, Texas 77450