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                |    WELCOME TO VEDIT VERSION 6.21     |
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This file is primarily oriented towards previous VEDIT users. It gives
an overview of the changes made from versions 6.01 to 6.21.

Read the file ERRATA.TXT for corrections to the manuals and a description of
some of VEDIT's "often overlooked" features. The file NEW-CMDS.TXT lists all
new macro language commands.

    NOTES:      The previous product "VEDIT PLUS" is now called "VEDIT".

                If you are updating from VEDIT 5.x (or older) refer to the
                supplied file WHATSNEW.OLD.

                Refer to the help topic "What's new". It contains links to
                the full description of each new item.


                CHANGES FROM 6.15.3 TO 6.21.3
                -----------------------------
Windows Vista   The 6.21 update has improved support for Windows Vista and
Win7 support    Windows 7. The primary changes are:

                *  A new .CHM (HTML) help file replaces the older style
                   .HLP file which is no longer supported.

                *  The default installation now installs VEDIT's main
                   files in the c:\Program Files (x86)\vedit directory and
                   all configuration (and other changing) files into a
                   User's directory. However, a [Traditional] installation
                   allows placing everything in c:\vedit, as before.

                *  Multiple users are supported on one computer where they
                   can either share the same configuration or have separate
                   configurations.
                
                *  A few serious/annoying problems under Vista/Win7 have
                   been fixed. For example, <Alt-letter> now accesses
                   the menus correctly. A few problems related to 
                   recording keystroke macros have not yet been corrected,
                   but will be in future versions.

New Directory   Partly to support Windows Vista/7 and partly to reduce the
Structure       number of files in the VEDIT Home directory, a new directory
                structure with more subdirectories is now used. All files are
                now under either the VEDIT Home directory or the VEDIT User
                directory. The VEDIT Home directory can now be read-only as
                it only contains rarely changing files. The VEDIT User
                directory is always read-write as it contains the
                configuration, project and other changing files. In order
                to support multiple users, the VEDIT User directory can be
                specified relative to an environment variable.

New vpw.ini     The first file processed on startup is the new vpw.ini file
                in the VEDIT Home directory. It has only a few entries and
                specifies the location of the VEDIT User directory, either as
                an absolute location or relative to an environment variable.
                The VEDIT User directory contains the vedit.ini file which
                specifies the location of all directories and has many
                configuration and "history" parameters.

Spell checker   A spelling checker is now available via {MISC, Scribe (Spell
                check)}. It has an expandable dictionary of 100,000 English
                words and has provisions to support other languages in the
                future. Due to the many files, they are placed in their own
                directory vedit\macros\scribe. (Thanks to Scott Lambert for
                the Scribe system.)

Wildfile macro  The previous {MISC, Wildfile} function has been changed from
                a multi-step wizard to a dialog box with all options. It has
                also been moved from the {MISC} menu to the {SEARCH} menu. If
                the old method is preferred, rename the file wildfwiz.vdm to
                wildfilew.vdm. (Thanks to Pauli Lindgren for the
                wildfilew.vdm macro.)

Find File and   New {FILE, More, Find file and open} permits searching any
Open            portion of the file system for files whose name matches a
                wildcard string. Matching files are displayed in a window;
                double-clicking any file opens it. The search result window
                stays open so that additional files can be opened. (Thanks to
                Pauli Lindgren for the findfile.vdm macro.)

Project support The new {FILE, Project, Quit project} allows closing a
                project without saving the current project "state" into the
                corresponding .prj and .dat files. However, any modified
                files will be saved with prompting.

                The new {FILE, Project, Set project directory} sets the new
                string variable CURRENT_PROJECT_DIR to the selected directory,
                which is typically the "root" of the project files with
                subdirectories. The only purpose for this function is to
                make several VEDIT features (macros) "project aware";
                currently this includes wildfile and ctags.

Box drawing     {MISC, Box drawing mode} is now always available regardless
mode            of the font. Since the typical ANSI fonts don't have the
                graphic box-drawing characters of OEM fonts, the boxes are
                drawn with just: - | and +, or with = / and #. If a OEM font
                (such as VEDIT OEM or Terminal) is selected, the full set of
                box-drawing characters are available, but will probably not
                display properly in other programs, nor print properly.

Unicode         The new {EDIT, Translate, Unicode} can translate to/from both
translation     UTF-8 and UTF-16. It uses the new utf-conv.vdm macro.
                (Thanks to Ian Binnie, Christian Ziemski and Pauli Lindgren.)

Match Paren     The {GOTO, Matching ()} function (to match parentheses) has
                been improved so that parentheses within quoted strings no
                longer confuse it.

{HELP, Status}  Enhanced to also display the last modified date/time for the
                current file. Also displays the estimated/actual number of
                lines in the file. Note that you can access this item by
                double-clicking on the filename on the status line, or with
                the default hot-key of <Alt-Enter>.

Dashboard info  The new {HELP, Dashboard} displays detailed information about
                VEDIT's installation, invocation, startup and configuration.
                This can be very useful for debugging related problems and
                this information may be requested if you contact Greenview
                for technical support. The information is also saved into the
                file dashboard.txt in the VEDIT User directory. (Thanks again
                to Scott Lambert.)

Save config     {CONFIG, Save config} no longer saves several word processing
                and programming parameters into the vedit.cfg file which can
                cause confusion when VEDIT is next run. These are "Display
                lines with word wrap", "Enable word wrap", "Right margin",
                "Left margin", "Auto-indent mode" and "Lower/upper case key
                conversion". These parameters can still be set via File-open
                configuration, which is preferred anyway. In the
                unlikely case these parameters are desired for all files,
                they can be enabled in the ustartup.vdm file (which overrides
                the vedit.cfg file). This also applies to the "Auto-save
                config" function and the Config_Save() command.

Macro Language  The {HELP, Command at cursor} function is replicated in the 
help            right-click context menu. This makes it easier to access
                help for any macro language command.

Execute buffer  The new {MISC, Execute current buffer} executes the contents
                of the current buffer as a VEDIT macro. This is primarily
                useful when developing new macros. To reduce the likelyhood
                of accidentally trying to execute a text/data file as a
                macro, this function will only run if the current buffer has
                no file open or has a filename extension of ".vdm".

Runshell macro  The {MISC, Save and run programs} functions, which are
                implemented with the runshell.vdm macro, now save the last
                commands in the runshell.ini file in the USER_CFG directory.
                Useful default commands have been added, including opening
                Explorer in the directory of the current file and displaying
                the current directory in a new VEDIT buffer/window.

Cfunc macro     {MISC, More macros, Cfunc} (to outline a C program) has been
                improved and now includes pop-up help. This function is also
                available in the default {TOOLS} menu as {TOOLS, C function
                show/select}. 

Ctags support   The "ctags" functions (to create and lookup a C program
                cross-reference) has been improved with both a nested
                "Lookup" function and a corresponding "Return" function. The
                ctags "Create" function now uses a much more flexible dialog
                box which has its own extensive built-in help. The functions
                are available in both the {MISC, More macros} sub-menu and
                the default {TOOLS} menu.

Calendar        A simple Calendar can be accessed with {USER, Show Calendar}.
                Press <Page Up> and <Page Down> to view other months. Press
                <Esc> to close the calendar. (Thanks again to Pauli
                Lindgren.)

FTP Support     (Still considered beta-test in this version)
                New {FILE, Ftp} menu items allow opening an FTP site from
                which files can be edited, downloaded or uploaded.
                When an FTP file is opened for editing, it is first auto-
                downloaded into the vedit/ftp directory and edited there.
                When closed, it is auto-uploaded back to the FTP site.
                (Currently only works with some ftp servers.)

                FTP and Email menu items can be enabled/disabled with
                {CONFIG, Emulation, Show FTP and email menu items}.

Email sending   (Still considered best-test in this version) New {FILE, Send
                as email} sends the current buffer contents as a simple email
                message. First time (or when needed) the email must be
                configured by specifying the mail server and reply address;
                these are saved. Note: this function cannot send binary
                files; only text messages. (Since SMTP Authentication is not
                yet supported, this function will only work with locally
                connected mail servers that fully trust your workstation. We
                hope to improve this soon!)


Command Macro Changes
---------------------

Numeric Regs    The number of numeric registers was increased to 256, range 0 - 255.

BB_Normal       (Technical) Return the Block_Begin and Block_End values such
BE_Normal       that BB_Normal <= BE_Normal and if Block_Mode(LINE) is set,
                expanded to the beginning of the first line and end of the
                last line.

Buf_Last        Returns the ID of the last user-selected buffer. It is used
                internally when a buffer/window is closed.

Buf_Switch()    New Buf_Switch(r,VALUE,size) option sets the allocated memory
                size of a new buffer to 'size' instead of the default (which
                is currently 128 Kbytes). The allowable range of values is
                16K - 4Meg. (16000 - 4000000)

Char_In_Quotes  Returns TRUE (1) if the current char is within single or
                double quotes - i.e. within a quoted string. Note that it
                assumes a quoted string cannot cross a line boundary, as is
                customary in most languages.

Command_Check() Command_Check("command") checks if 'command' is recognized in
                the currently running VEDIT as a command (returns 1), string
                value (returns 2) or Config() parameter (returns 3). If none
                of those, it returns 0.

Date_Day        Returns the current day of the month as a number. (1 - 31)
Date_Month      Returns the current month as a number. (1 - 12)
Date_Year       Returns the current year as a number, e.g. 2011.
                These new internal values simplify writing macros which
                use the current date.

File_Est_Lines  Returns the number of lines in the file. If the end of the
                file is currently in memory, it is the actual number of
                lines; else it is an estimated number of lines.

Is_Font_OEM     Returns TRUE (1) if VEDIT's display font uses the OEM (DOS)
                character set; this is usually not the case as Windows
                programs use the ANSI character set.

Is_Win_UAC      Returns TRUE (1) if running in Windows with User Access
                Control. This is currently Windows Vista, 7 and 8.

Read_Ini(...)   Reads a value from a standard format .ini file consisting of
                [Section] and Parameter=Value. If no filename is specified,
                it reads from the user-mac.ini file in the USER_CFG directory.

Reg_Char_Value()  Returns the numeric value of any 1, 2, 3 or 4
                  characters in a text register.

Reg_Prep(r)     Optimize (prepare) the VEDIT macro in T-Reg 'r' for faster
                execution by stripping extra whitespace and comments. 'r'
                can be the currently executing macro.

System()        The System() command has been updated to better support
                32-bit and 64-bit Windows by no longer using 16-bit .pif
                files.

Write_Ini(...)  Writes a value into a standard format .ini file consisting of
                [Section] and Parameter=Value. If no filename is specified,
                it writes to the user-mac.ini file in the USER_CFG directory.
                If the specified file does not exist, it is created; if
                necessary, the section and parameter are created.

USER_HOME       New string has value of User's "Home" directory which stores
                the vedit.ini file and several subdirectories. The current
                user should have full read/write access to this directory.
                The value is set by the vpw.ini file, but could be changed by
                the vedit.ini file.

                It is often refered to as the "VEDIT User Directory".

MACRO_DIR       The previous string variable "MACRO" has been renamed to
BACKUP_DIR      "MACRO_DIR"; however the previous name will continue to
PROJECT_DIR     work for the near future. Similarly for the previous
                string variables "BACKUP" and "PROJECTS".

VEDIT_DRIVE     These string values return the first two characters of the
HOME_DRIVE      VEDIT_EXE, HOME, and USER_HOME strings, which are typically
USER_DRIVE      the drive letter and ":" (colon). This can be useful when
                VEDIT is run from a USB drive.

SYNTAX_DIR      New string has value of VEDIT's directory for .syn and .vtm
                files for syntax highlighting and template editing.
                The value is set by the vedit.ini file.

CONVERT_DIR     New string has value of VEDIT's directory for .tbl tables and
                other conversion files. The value is set by the vedit.ini
                file.

FILE_CFG_DIR    New string has value of VEDIT's directory for the .cft and
                .cfn files created by the file-open configuration process.
                The value is set by the vedit.ini file.

CURRENT_PROJ_DIR  New string value is normally empty but can be set with
                  {FILE, Project, Set project directory} to a project's "root"
                  directory which might contain project files and
                  subdirectories. When set, it makes some of VEDIT's features
                  (such as wildfile and ctags) more project aware.

PROJ_NAME       New string value returns the name of the current project, if
                any. It is similar to PROJ_CURRENT, but with the directory
                path and without the .prj extension.

DBL_CLICK_MACRO New buffer-dependent string intended to contain the name of
                the (mouse) double-click event macro in T-Reg 116, if any.
                This value must be set by another macro or by the file-type
                specific configuration. It is used by the new Wildfile macro.

INDENT_MACRO    New buffer-dependent string intended to contain the name of
                the smart-indenting macro, if any. It is not currently used
                or fully implemented.

BUFFER_GP1      New buffer-dependent strings that can be used for any purpose
BUFFER_GP2      by user macros. Since each buffer can have a different value,
                it is useful for storing something specific to a buffer, file
                or file-type. Max length is 256 characters.


                CHANGES FROM 6.15.1 TO 6.15.3
                -----------------------------

Serial Numbers  Since a new version of VEDIT was not released in 2007, the
                support period for all serial numbers was increased by one
                year.

Title Bar       The VEDIT title bar now first displays the name of the
                current file. This makes it easier to select the correct
                instance of VEDIT from the Windows task bar.

Open File       {Context-Menu, Open file at cursor} and {FILE, Open (More),
at Cursor       Open file at cursor} will open the file in the default
                application if the <Ctrl> key is held down during selection.
                (Thanks to Christian Ziemski for the opencurs.vdm macro.)

Basic Sort      The basic sorting from VEDIT 5.x has been restored to the
in DOS version  DOS version. The Windows version has the same more advanced
                sorting.


                CHANGES FROM 6.13 TO 6.15
                -------------------------

Run VEDIT from  VEDIT can now be installed onto a USB drive for easy use on
USB drive       any computer. This option can be selected during
                installation. A USB installation will not affect any VEDIT
                already installed - no changes are made to the Windows
                registry and no icons to the USB VEDIT are created.

                When installed on a USB drive, VEDIT can run from a drive
                letter different from the installation drive letter.
                (Technical: A USB installation removes the drive letter (e.g.
                "c:") from the directory specifications in the vedit.ini
                file. Without a drive letter, it defaults to the same drive
                on which the main executable vpw.exe was found. Therefore the
                drive letter of the USB drive is unimportant.)

                For advanced users, the directory specifications in the
                vedit.ini file can also use the "%VAR%" format to access
                environment variables. See vedit.ini for details.

Improved temp   Previously, VEDIT always created its temp files in the same
file handling   directory as the output file. VEDIT by default now creates
                temp files in the local Windows "TEMP" directory. It is more
                efficient to have temp files created on a local drive when
                editing remote (LAN or WAN) files. (Also, the previous temp
                files tended to clutter up directories.)

                If you are editing huge files on other local drives (e.g. if
                E: is a local HD), it is more efficient to configure VEDIT to
                create its temp files on those local drives. This can be
                configured with {CONFIG, File handling, Use temp file
                directory}.

                The temp directory to be used can only be changed by editing
                the "VeditTempDir" line in the VEDIT.INI file.

Open binary &   To auto-detect whether an opened file is binary or text,
text files      VEDIT now first scans the first 1000 bytes for non-standard
                control chars; if 16 are found it is assumed binary and
                the File-type is set to 64. Else, it scans the first 33000
                bytes for CR+LF, LF or CR and sets the File-type accordingly.

                The values 1000 and 33000 can be changed (only) in the
                VEDIT.CFG file.

Print Preview   Enabling new {VIEW, Printed page boundaries} shows where the
                page breaks and right paper margin would be if the current
                file were printed with the currently selected printer.

Sort file by    New {EDIT, Sort, Sort lines by length} sorts the entire file
line length     (or highlighted block) by the length of the lines.

Reverse line    New {EDIT, Sort, Reverse line order} reverses the order of
order           all lines in the file, or in the highlighted block.

Insert line     New {EDIT, Insert, Line numbers} inserts left-side line
numbers         numbers into the file with many options. (Thanks to Christian
                Ziemski for the underlying Linenumbers.vdm macro.)

Regular         Search/replace regular expressions have been enhanced. Groups
Expressions     can now be specified with "( )" as is standard in Unix/Perl.
                Groups can still be specified with "{ }", but this will be
                discontinued in a future version.

                You should change your own macro that use regular expressions
                to use the newer style "( )" groups.

[NEXT TAB STOP] The default keyboard layout assigns <Ctrl-Shift-T> to [NEXT
                TAB STOP], which simply moves the cursor to the next tab
                stop. (This little-used function was not assigned to a key
                for many versions.)

<Backspace>     As is common in Windows programs, <Backspace> will now delete
                a small (up to 1000 char) highlighted block, if the cursor is
                within or immediately after the block. (We restrict the size
                to avoid accidentally deleting huge blocks.)

                Although not new, we never documented that <Backspace> will
                also undent a highlighted block if the cursor is within the
                indenting whitespace. (A few other editors do this too.)

Command Macro Changes
---------------------

AppMax()        AppMax() maximizes the VEDIT application to full screen.
                AppMax(CLEAR) or AppMax(0) restores VEDIT to its normal size.

Config()        Several new Config() parameter have been added and are in
                the VEDIT.CFG file:

                F_A_SCAN_BINARY - Sets number of bytes that are scanned for
                                  unusual control characters in newly opened
                                  files to determine if it is a binary file.
                F_A_SCAN_CRLF -   Sets number of bytes that are scanned for
                                  CR/LF in newly opened files to determine
                                  the file type, when it is not binary.

Dialog_Input_1()   Now supports 15 checkboxes, radio buttons, push buttons,
                   text fields and input strings. An input box specified with
                   "?*" will hide the entered text for e.g. passwords.

Is_App_Max         Returns TRUE (1) if VEDIT is currently maximized.

Is_App_Max_By_Ini  Returns TRUE if the VEDIT.INI file contains "AppMax=1"
                   indicating that VEDIT was maximized when it first started
                   up.

Num_Type()              New FORCE and BIT64 options force displayed width of
                        10 and 19 columns for both 32 and 64 bit versions of
                        VEDIT. New COUNT option overrides output width.
                        Similarly for Num_Ins().

Send_Email(...)         Send the current file as email text to the specified
                        email addresses with the specified or default email
                        configuration parameters.

Send_Email_Block(...)   Send the specified block (or entire file) as email
                        text to the specified email addresses with the
                        specified or default email configuration parameters.
                        See the supplied SENDEMAIL.VDM macro for a detailed
                        example.

System(...)     The shell string can now be up to 1000 characters long. (In
                version 6.13 and earlier, it was only 260 chars.) Note that
                shelling to a DOS program is still limited to about 100
                characters.


                CHANGES FROM 6.12 TO 6.13
                -------------------------

"Open with      New "Open with VEDIT" is now available in Explorer's
VEDIT"          right-click menu for all files. (This is a default
                installation option.)

Flat file       New {EDIT, Convert, Flat to CSV} converts "flat" database
conversion      files to CSV, based on field width specs. Supports tabs,
                commas or quoted-comma-delimited fields and other options.

CSV file        New {EDIT, Convert, CSV to Flat} converts a file with
conversion      delimited fields (quotes, commas, tabs, etc.) into a "flat"
                database-type file with fixed-length records.

Convert Unicode  Improved {EDIT, Translate, Unicode to ASCII} converts from
to/from ASCII    UTF-16 to ASCII, specifically for the ANSI or OEM character
                 sets, depending upon the current VEDIT font. Similarly, the
                 "ASCII to Unicode" function converts from either ANSI/OEM
                 characters to UTF-16 Unicode characters.

Sort Lines &    New {EDIT, Sort, Sort lines & remove dupes} sorts the entire
Remove dupes    file and then removes duplicate lines. This can be used to
                remove duplicate email addresses, log entries, etc.

Rename files    New {MISC, More macros, RENAME-FILES) renames groups of files
                using "Regular expressions" which are much more powerful than
                the normal Windows/DOS wildcards. Converts filenames between
                upper and lower case. Includes examples and a [Test] function
                to preview the renaming before it is actually done.

Base64          New {MISC, More macros, BASE64) decodes a Base64
conversion      (highlighted) block into text. (Base64 is used in raw email
                attachments.)

dBase/xBase     {MISC, More macros, DBASE} now prompts whether detailed file
files           (field) info is to be displayed in another windows. {MISC,
                More macros, DBASEKEY} was therefore redundant and eliminated.

Regular         Search/replace regular expressions have been enhanced. The
Expressions     "|" (OR) operator can now be used within "{...|...}" groups.
                Also, "\b" anchors at any non-alphanumeric character. E.g.
                the words mother, father, grandfather, grandmother would be
                matched by:  \b{mother|father|grand{mother|father}}\b

Tab Stops       VEDIT 6.13 supports up to 257 explicit tab stops up to
                column 65,535. (Previously 33 tab stops up to column 255.)


Command Macro Changes
---------------------

Key_Shift_Status        Returns the current state of the Shift, Ctrl, Alt,
                        Scroll-Lock, Num-Lock and Caps-Lock keys.

Search()                The Search/replace strings can now be up to 1000
                        characters long. (Previously it was 260 chars.)

Version_Num(EXTRA)      New EXTRA option returns the complete four digits
                        of the version number as an integer, e.g. "6131".

Version_Date            Returns the version date as an eight digit number in
                        the form yyyymmdd, e.g. "20040715".



                CHANGES FROM 6.10 TO 6.12
                -------------------------

Serial number   New serial-registration numbers were implemented for version
                6.11. The new numbers indicate how long you have full support
                and which future versions you are eligible for. In general
                you are eligible to download/install new versions even after
                your full support has expired.

File Types      New {CONFIG, File handling, Custom record length} supports
                short "record lengths" of 2 and 4 for viewing binary numbers.

                New {CONFIG, File handling, Custom EOL char} allows editing
                files with non-standard End-Of-Line characters such as "~" or
                an EBCDIC Line-Feed (25 hex).

Color scheme    {USER, Color scheme} has new options, including highlighting
                cursor line and/or column, and saving/loading a custom color
                scheme. (Thanks to Pauli Lindgren for the improvements.)

{VIEW} and      Most functions in the {VIEW} and {WINDOW} menus can now
{WINDOW} menus  be added to the toolbar. Select {VIEW, Options, Customize
                toolbar} to change the toolbar, or carefully double-click
                past the last button on the toolbar.

Status line     You can now double-click in most status line fields to bring
                up a related dialog box. For example, double-clicking in the
                "Line number" field brings up the dialog box for jumping to
                any desired line number. (In 6.10 this was a single-click
                which caused problems when task switching with mouse.)

Color syntax    Syntax highlighting files are now supplied for Pocomail,
files           Proxomitron, Leica Gre data format (GSI-8.SYN) and AutoIT.

Macro language  New macro language commands and enhancements suggested by
                users on webboard.vedit.com have been implemented.


Command Macro Changes
---------------------

Code_Page       Returns the Window's current OEM "code page"; this typically
                indicates the user's language, and how some fonts will
                display special characters. The default OEM code page for the
                US version of Windows is 437.

                Code_Page(ANSI) returns the ANSI "code page"; the US version
                of Windows defaults to 1252.

Config()        Several new Config() parameter have been added and are in
                the VEDIT.CFG file:

                F_CHK_MOD - Prompt user if open file is modified outside
                            VEDIT. Default = 5 (Check every 5 second).
                U_DATE_FORM - Sets Date() display format.
                U_DATE_SEP  - Specified separator in Date() display.

Create_Shortcut(...)    Create a Windows shortcut, e.g. on the desktop.

Date()                  The date display format is now specified by
                        Config(U_DATE_FORM) and Config(U_DATE_SEP). The
                        formats are country-specific (default), mm-dd-yyyy
                        dd-mm-yyyy or yyyy-mm-dd. The separator can be "-",
                        "/" or none. The format can be overridden with
                        options:

                        Date(NORMAL) - Display date as mm-dd-yyyy.
                        Date(BEGIN) - Display date as dd-mm-yyyy.
                        Date(REVERSE) - Display date as yyyy-mm-dd.
                        Date(VALUE,'/') - Display as e.g. mm/dd/yyyy.

Dir_Date()              Displays the directory with full file date and size
                        information, similar to the Windows/DOS "dir"
                        command. Most options from both the Dir() and Date()
                        commands can be used. See built-in help for details.

File_Size("file.ext")   If a file is specified, File_Size() now returns the
                        size of the file; otherwise it works as before,
                        returning the size size in bytes of the file being
                        edited in the current buffer.

File_Stamp_Date("file.ext")     Returns the specified file's date as a Julian
                                date number. If no file is specified, it
                                returns the date of the current edit buffer's
                                file, if any.

File_Stamp_Time("file.ext")     Returns the file's time as number of
                                seconds since midnight.

File_Stamp_String(r,"file.ext") Returns the file's date and time as a string
                                in T-reg 'r'.

Is_Altered_No_Save      Returns TRUE if the current file (buffer) was
                        altered, but the user chose not to save the changes.
                        Only useful (and valid) within the File-Pre-Close and
                        File-Post-Close event macros.

Is_VEDIT_Pro64          Returns TRUE if the Pro64 version of VEDIT is
                        running. Indicates that files over 2 Gigabytes can be
                        edited and that all numeric calculations have 64-bit
                        accuracy.

Reg_Save(...,APPEND)    New APPEND option allows appending text register
                        contents to the end of an existing file.

Short_Pathname(...)     Convert a valid file or directory pathname into a
                        short filename style 8.3 pathname and store it in the
                        T-Reg.

Translate_Load(...,ANSI) New ANSI option loads a translation table to replace
                         the built-in ANSI/OEM table.

Write_VEDIT_INI         Writes the current settings into the VEDIT.INI file.
                        Primary useful just before shelling out to another
                        instance of VEDIT.



                CHANGES FROM 6.03 TO 6.10
                -------------------------

Projects        Groups of files that you regularly edit can now be organized
                into Projects. Projects can be created, opened and closed
                from the {FILE, Project} sub-menu and the new "Proj" tab in
                the File Selector. Each project is stored as a .PRJ (and
                .DAT) file in the new vedit\projects directory.

File Locking    As much as possible, VEDIT now edits with "unlocked" files.
                You can have the same files open in VEDIT and e.g. Visual
                Studio. When a file changes outside of VEDIT, you are
                prompted to Reload or Ignore it.

View/edit       "Log" files can also be viewed (and even edited). VEDIT can
log files       automatically "Append" the new portions of the log file,
                without reloading the entire file or prompting you.

Wysiwyg         The new {FILE, Wysiwyg conversion} saves the current file
Conversion      under a new name and converts it to the format as currently
                displayed on the screen. In other words, it performs a "Save
                as" with conversion.

                Currently, it can convert from ASCII/Binary to hex, EBCDIC to
                ASCII, and fixed-length records to normal text with
                "newlines". See the help topic "Converting Files - WYSIWYG
                conversion" for details.

Copy blocks     The improved {BLOCK, Copy to cursor} and {BLOCK, Move to
between files   cursor} can now directly copy/move a highlighted block from
                another file (buffer) to the current cursor position. In
                other words, if the current file does not have a highlighted
                block, these functions scan the other currently open files
                for a block.

                Due to the new behavior, these functions can no longer be
                used to highlight a block. (This was a very obscure feature
                which few if anyone used.)

                Note: These functions can copy/move a block of any size
                between files, even 100+ megabytes.

Extracting      The improved {MISC, Wildfile wizard} makes it easy to
Lines           extract all lines that match a search string, from an entire
                group of files. The extracted lines can then be viewed,
                printed, or saved to a file.

Filtering       The new {MISC, More macros, Linefilter} deletes all lines
Lines           in the current file which either match or don't match a
                search string. For example, you could delete all lines that
                contain "www.domain.com", or leave only those lines that
                contain "ERROR:".

Open file       The new {FILE, Open more, Open file at cursor} assumes the
at cursor       cursor is at a filename and attempts to open it. If not
                found in the current directory, it displays a file-open
                dialog box. (Filenames with spaces must first be
                highlighted.)

                This function is also in the right-click context menu.

Open URL at     Similarly, the new {FILE, Open more, Open URL at cursor}
cursor          assumes the cursor is at a web address and attempts to open
                it in the default browser.

                This function is also in the right-click context menu.

Preview file    The new {FILE, Open more, Preview current file in browser}
in browser      assumes the current file is browser compatible, e.g. an HTML
                file, and attempts to open it in the default browser.

{GOTO} dialog   The {GOTO} menu functions "Line #", "Column #" and "File
box             position" are now implemented by a common dialog box. You
                can jump to a particular line number and column number in
                one operation. The dialog box has history for each field
                and supports numeric (algebraic) expressions such as
                "4583/2+435" and "CurLine+1000".

Status line     (Windows only) The status line font can be changed by
                right-clicking the mouse on the status line and selecting
                "Change font".

Word wrap       You can now enable/disable word wrap or easily change the
(Right margin)  right margin by clicking the mouse on the status line to the
                right of the Line:/Col: display. This brings up the new
                Word-wrap dialog box.

                (You can also enable/disable word wrap on the toolbar.)

Format          Multiple paragraphs, or even an entire file, can now be
Paragraph       re-formatted by highlighting the paragraphs and selecting
                {EDIT, Formatting, Format paragraph}. Note that this
                function requires blank lines between the paragraphs.

                The new {USER, Convert 1-line to para} converts text that
                consists of one long line per paragraph into paragraphs with
                "hard" CR/LF after each wrapped line. This is useful for text
                files that were exported from Word processors such as
                Microsoft Word. This function does not require blank lines
                between the paragraphs.

Hex / binary    The new {EDIT, Convert, Binary to hex} converts the file
conversion      (or just a block) into hex codes.  For example, "A girl" will
                be converted into "41 20 67 69 72 6C". While mostly useful
                for binary files, it also converts any file.

                Similarly, the new {EDIT, Convert, Hex to binary} converts
                the file (or just a block) from hex codes into ASCII and
                (perhaps) binary characters.

HexDump         The new {MISC, More macros, Hexdump} creates a
                mainframe-style hex dump of the current file in another
                buffer, and assigns it a temporary filename. If desired, the
                dump can be saved-as another file or printed.

{FILE} menu     The previous functions "Buffer switch", "Next buffer" and
                "Previous buffer" have been moved to the new {FILE, Buffer}
                sub-menu. Note: this affects any custom keyboard layouts
                which have hot-keys for these common functions.

{WINDOW} menu   The {WINDOW} menu has been moved on the main menu so that it
                is immediately to the left of {HELP}, as is standard in most
                Windows programs. This does not affect any hot-keys.

Configure       The new {VIEW, Options, Customize toolbar} configures the
Toolbar         toolbar. (As before, you can also double-click between
                buttons.) Many more buttons are now available, including
                buttons for the {TOOLS} and {USER} menus. The toolbar can
                now be restored to its original (factory default) buttons
                by selecting [Restore] in the dialog box.

Toolbar         The items in the {TOOLS} and {USER} menus can now be accessed
buttons         via toolbar buttons. A button for the first item in each menu
                now appears by default on the toolbar, as a reminder.

Form-Feed       A Form-Feed character can easily be inserted by selecting
(Page-break)    {EDIT, Insert, Form-Feed}. VEDIT and many other programs
                print a Form-Feed by starting a new page on the printer.

Mouse click     (Technical) Text Register 116 holds the new "mouse double-
event macro     click event macro". When the mouse is double-clicked in a
                file, the cursor is moved to the mouse position and any macro
                in T-Reg 116 is then executed. Note: unless you are using
                this event macro, T-Reg 116 must be kept empty.

"|>" and "|*|>" (Technical) The .SYN syntax highlighting files can use the
in .SYN files   new "|>" pattern matching code to match the "end-of-line".
                "|*|>" matches 0, 1 or more text characters up to the
                end-of-line.

                The "|[...]" pattern code now supports embedded pattern
                codes. For example, "|<|[|B+];" matches a semi-colon at
                the beginning of a line with optional whitespace.

Delete temp     (Technical) On exit, any files in the VEDIT temporary
files           directory that match "|(VEDIT_TEMP)\ved|(PID).*" are
                automatically deleted. This simplifies the clean-up for
                macros that create temporary files.


Command Macro Changes
---------------------

Abs(n)          Returns the absolute value of numeric expression 'n'.

BOP_Pos         Returns the file position at the beginning of the current
                paragraph. See built-in help for details.

Buf_Close()     The new option Buf_Close(ALL+CONFIRM) closes all buffers,
                prompting whether each modified file is to be saved or
                abandoned. Other than not exiting VEDIT, this command is
                identical to Exit(), especially in how it prompts to close
                each modified buffer.

Call_File(...)  The optional form Call_File(r,"file","label") starts
                execution at ":LABEL:". Allows calling subroutines within a
                macro file.

EOP_Pos                 Returns the file position past the end of the current
                        paragraph, typically at the beginning of the next
                        paragraph.

File_Open(...)          New LOCK option to prevent other programs from
                        writing to input file while it is open in VEDIT.

File_Open_Read(...)     New LOCK option to prevent other programs from
                        writing to input file while it is open in VEDIT.

File_Open_Write(...)    New OVERWRITE option suppresses backup files.
                        Same option as in File_Open().

Format_Para_Block(...)  New command formats all paragraphs within the block.

Get_Filename(...)       New FORCE option displays the file selection
                        dialog box even if 'fspec' does not contain
                        wildcards.

Is_Altered_Project      Returns TRUE if the current project has been altered,
                        e.g. if files have been added or deleted from the
                        project.

Is_File_Changed         Returns TRUE (1 or 2) if the file open in the current
                        buffer was changed on disk by another program.
                        Returns 2 if the file is now larger; returns 1 if the
                        file is now smaller or the same size. Similarly,
                        Is_File_Changed(r) checks the file in buffer 'r'.

Is_Leap_Year(n)         Returns TRUE if 'n' is a leap year.

Proj_Add("file")        Adds the specified file(s) to current project.

Proj_Close()            Closes (saves) the current project. Closes all open
                        files, prompting whether each modified file is
                        to be saved or abandoned.

Proj_Open("file.prj")   Opens a new project after closing any current
                        project.

Proj_Save()             Saves the current project to its corresponding .PRJ
                        and .DAT files.

Proj_Save_As("file.prj")  Saves the current project to the specified .PRJ
                          (and .DAT) file. Also used to create a new, empty,
                          project.

PROJ_CURRENT            (String value) Full pathname of the current project's
                        .PRJ file.

Return()                The new option Return(n,DELETE) empties (deletes) the
                        current text register after returning from the macro
                        in it. This is now preferred to the previous
                        Reg_Empty(r,EXTRA) command.



                CHANGES FROM 6.01 TO 6.03
                -------------------------

{EDIT Menu}     The "Format paragraph", "Indent" and "Undent" function were
                moved to the new {EDIT, Formatting} sub-menu.

                The functions "Select all" and "Clear markers" are duplicated
                in the {EDIT} and {BLOCK} menus. (Many new users expect to
                find them in the {EDIT} menu.)

Format Paragraph  By default, {EDIT, Formatting, Format paragraph} now starts
options           on the current line and maintains the current indentation.
                  Set {CONFIG, Word processing, Format from beginning of
                  para} to re-format from the beginning of the paragraph. Set
                  {CONFIG, Word processing, Format from left margin} to
                  change the indentation to the current left margin.

                  To make {EDIT, Formatting, Format paragraph} work exactly
                  as in previous versions of VEDIT, you must set both
                  options. However, most users will prefer the new defaults.

Enable word     The function {CONFIG, Word processing, Enable word wrap}
wrap            can now also be accessed from the {EDIT, Formatting} sub-menu
                and the toolbar.

Pad lines to    The new {EDIT, Convert, All lines same length} easily makes
same length     all lines any desired length. It pads shorter lines with
                spaces; it optionally truncates longer lines. It can [Scan]
                the file to determine the length of the longest line.

                The new {USER, Check lines same length} can be used to
                check that all text lines have the same length.

Convert Unicode  The new {EDIT, Translate, Unicode to ASCII} converts from
to/from ASCII    2-byte Unicode characters to 1-byte ASCII characters. This
                 allows some Unicode files to be edited in VEDIT. Similarly,
                 the "ASCII to Unicode" function converts from ASCII into
                 2-byte Unicode characters.

VEDIT Instance  You can now control whether files opened from Explorer or
Control         the Windows/DOS command prompt start a new instance of VEDIT
                or are opened in any existing instance of VEDIT. Configured
                with {CONFIG, Misc, Instance control}. Override it with the
                -s or -s2 invocation options.

Block Search    After highlighting a block, a new block search or replace now
Option          starts by default at the beginning of the block. Previously,
                if the cursor was in the middle of the block, the new search
                started at the cursor position. If you prefer to start a
                block search at the cursor position (within the block),
                disable "[ ] Beginning-of-File/Block" in the search dialog
                box.

Block Indent    The block indenting has been improved and completely follows
                Windows conventions. If a full line or more is highlighted,
                it can be indented with <Tab> and undented with <Shift-Tab>
                or <Backspace>. (As before, blocks or lines can also be
                indented and undented with <F8> and <F7>.)

File Selector   Each "tab" in the File selector now has a useful right-click
                context menu. For example, in "Fav" (favorites), you can now
                right-click and select "Add current file" or "Remove file
                from list".

Tabbar          Each "tab" in the Tabbar now has a simple right-click context
                menu including "Close", "Save" and "Save as".

                If the mouse hovers over a tab for about one second, the
                "tooltip" will display the full pathname to the file.

Expanded        The built-in help has many new topics, including "Opening
Built-in Help   Files", "ANSI and OEM Characters", "Description of Files",
                "Converting Files", "Files with Fixed-length Records". The
                topic "Search and Replace" has been greatly expanded.
                (Approximately 60 printed pages worth have been added.)

Wildfile        Improved {MISC, Wildfile wizard}. When performing a search
Wizard          and replace in many files, you now have a full set of
                replace options.

Language        The new VB-BAS.SYN, FORTRAN.SYN, MODULA2.SYN, TEALINFO.SYN
Support         and TEX.SYN files provide color syntax highlighting for these
                languages. M2-LT34.SYN, M2-SB22.SYN and M2-SB30 support
                specific Modula-2 compilers. (Many thanks to Steven Hawkins,
                Carl Glassberg and Fritz Heberlein for creating these files.)

                The new LATEX.VCS file provides compiler support for
                the Miktex compiler. See LATEX.VCS for details.

Pattern match   The new pattern matching code "|*" matches multiple
code |*         characters (zero, one or more) on the same line. Therefore,
                it won't match multiple lines of text the way "|M" will.

File-close      When a file (buffer) is closed, VEDIT now switches to the
buffer switch   most-recently-used buffer. Previously, it switched to the
                next buffer.

Keyboard layout <Ctrl-W> has been changed to {FILE, Close}, as is common in
changes         many other programs. Note that <Ctrl-F4> is still assigned
                to {WINDOW, Close}.

                <Ctrl-Q> is assigned to [ENTER CTRL] which is the same as
                {EDIT, Insert, Enter Ctrl char}. The alternate hot-key is
                still <Ctrl-Shift-^>.

                <Ctrl-Shift-S> is assigned to {FILE, Save}.

                <Ctrl-Shift-E> is assigned to [VISUAL ESCAPE]. Since <Ctrl-E>
                has long been assigned to [VISUAL EXIT], <Ctrl-Shift-E>
                should be easier to remember. The previous <Alt-F10> is still
                the alternate key.

                The {TOOLS} menu compiler support hot-keys, e.g. <Alt-N> and
                <Alt-P>, are now built into the "Normal" layout. Previously,
                they were added by the COMPILE.VDM macro, which confused many
                users (and was very obscure).

                <Ctrl-Space> is now available as a custom hot-key.

-w Invocation   The "-w" invocation option disables the File Selector on
                startup. Useful when you want to start with the largest
                possible editing windows.

.MNU Files      Files such as USER.MNU and COMPILE.MNU used to create the
                {USER} and {TOOLS} menus can now contain comments.

                Note: To prevent future VEDIT updates from overwriting your
                custom USER.MNU file, place it in the User-Macro directory,
                e.g. in c:\vedit\user-mac or c:\program files\vedit\user-mac.

"|[a,b]" in     (Technical) The .SYN syntax highlighting files can use the
.SYN files      "|[a,b]" pattern matching code to match an optional
                occurrence of the strings 'a' OR 'b'.

                See the help topic "Color Syntax Highlighting - Creating your
                own .SYN file" (DOS: "SYNHI") for details.

EBCDIC          (Technical) Setting {CONFIG, File handling, File type} to "4"
File Type       causes VEDIT to recognize characters with hex value 25 as the
                "newline" character. Useful for editing some EBCDIC text
                files. The EBCDIC value for "Line-Feed" is 25 (hex).


Command Macro Changes
---------------------

Buf_Previous    Returns the ID number of the previous (open) buffer. It
                complements Buf_Next.

Format_Para(n)  New command options BEGIN and FORCE override the
                configuration options. Format_Para(0) keeps the current
                indentation.

Max(n,m)        Returns the greater of the two numeric values 'n' and 'm'.
                For example, Max(Block_Begin,Block_End) returns the greater
                block marker.

Min(n,m)        Returns the lesser of the two numeric values 'n' and 'm'.

Process_ID      Returns (as a number) the "Process ID" assigned by Windows to
                the current instance of VEDIT.

PID             New string value is the "Process ID" assigned by Windows to
                the current instance of VEDIT. This string can be used in
                temporary filenames to avoid collisions between multiple
                instances (running copies) of VEDIT. Used in WILDFILE.VDM.