[gui-talk] EdSharp 0.9 beta -- last call!

[Geetha Shamanna]

Is this another text editor developed by Jamal? Why take the trouble to 
develop two text editors when all the features could be incorporated into 
one?

Geetha
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From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
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Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 7:29 PM
Subject: [gui-talk] EdSharp 0.9 beta -- last call!



>
>http://www.EmpowermentZone.com/edsetup.exe
>
>As we know, software is never finished:  it is periodically published!  I
>hope this is the final public beta before official release, while still
>expecting improvements to follow in subsequent versions.  If you have not
>tried EdSharp yet and may be interested in a free, full featured, open
>source, and highly accessible text editor developed in the C# language,
>now may be a good time to give it a spin, kick the tires, and influence
>the product.  To Anyone familiar with TextPal, I am particularly
>interested in feedback about how EdSharp compares -- whether pro, con, or
>neutral observations.
>
>If you know how to use TextPal or another editor supported by the Homer
>JAWS scripts, you already know how to use EdSharp.  Otherwise, some tips
>to get started are as follows.  By default, the installer sets
>Alt+Control+E as a hot key to load EdSharp (though this option may be
>unchecked).  The HTML documentation is presented at the end of
>installation, and is also available from the EdSharp program group of the
>Start Menu or by pressing F1 when the program is loaded.  Alt+Shift+H
>presents a hot key summary.  Alt+F10 presents an alternate menu of every
>command in a single, alphabetized list.  F11 elevates to the latest
>version on my web site.  The status line gives ongoing messages, which
>EdSharp speaks selectively through JAWS or Window-Eyes when detected in
>memory.
>
>Jamal
>
>Beta 0.9
>Released July 28, 2007
>
>Fixed Open Again command (Alt+O) not restoring the cursor position.
>
>Improved interaction with Microsoft Word as a COM server.  If Microsoft
>Word is already open, EdSharp uses the existing copy for certain commands.
>Otherwise, a new, hidden copy is launched.  In this case, when EdSharp
>exits, it closes all running copies of Word -- for technical reasons, this
>is necessary to ensure that a hidden copy is not left in memory.
>
>For each file previously opened, EdSharp now restores its word wrap
>setting, and if a bookmark exists, goes to it and says the percent
>position.

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