[gui-talk] EdSharp Version 2.2 has been Released

[Steve Pattison]

EdSharp version 2.2 has been released and can be downloaded from 
www.empowermentzone.com/edsetup.exe.  Here are the changes in this version:

Fixed the Replace with Regular Expression command (Control+Shift+R) 
not interpreting standard tokens like \n in the substitution 
string.  Fixed a space not being inserted before an attribute name in 
an HTML snippet.  Such an attribute may now contain \n or other 
nonprinting tokens.  It may be commented out with a semicolon (;) as 
the first character of the line.

Added a check for whether the file in the current editing window has 
been modified by another program since being loaded from disk.  If 
so, you are prompted whether to open it again (like what Alt+O does 
manually).  If you answer No, version checking on the current file 
stops until you save or reload it.

The Print command (Control+P) now prints a file with a .rtf extension 
using the associated program for this operation in the Windows 
registry (typically Microsoft Word or WordPad).  The Export command 
(Alt+Shift+E) now includes options for ASCII format (characters with 
ANSI codes above 127 are removed), Mac format (line break is \r), and 
Unix format (line break is \n).

Added more search commands.  As before, Control+F or Control+Shift+F 
search forward or backward for standard text.  Alt+F3 or Alt+Shift+F3 
search forward or backward for either the chunk at the cursor or 
selected text.  Control+F3 or Control+Shift+F3 prompt for a regular 
expression for searching forward or backward.  F3 or Shift+F3 search 
forward or backward for the last target, which may be either standard 
text or a regular expression.

Fixed problems with the Web Download command, and added more commands 
for checking and navigation in this and other list-based dialogs 
(similar to the FileDir application).  Press Shift+DownArrow for 
check and Next, or Shift+UpArrow for check and Previous.  Press 
Shift+End for check to Bottom, or Shift+Home for check to 
Top.  Shift+NumPad5 checks the current item.  F8 marks the start of a 
checking operation, completed with Shift+F8.

Adding the Alt modifier key performs the same action except for 
uncheckging rather than checkging.  Thus, Alt+Shift+NumPad5 unchecks 
the current item, Alt+Shift+Home unchecks to the top of the list, 
Alt+Shift+End unchecks to the bottom, Alt+Shift+DownArrow unchecks en 
route to the next item, and Alt+Shift+UpArrow unchecks en route to 
the previous.  F8 then Alt+Shift+F8 unchecks items in that range.

Other arrow keypad actions navigate among checkged 
items.  Control+Home goes to the top checkged item, and Control+End 
goes to the bottom one.  Control+DownArrow goes to the Next , and 
Control+UpArrow goes to the previous.

Shift+Space tells you what items are currently checked.  Alt+A says 
the address of the current item in the list, e.g., 11 of 42.

A new section of EdSharp.ini is called Tokens.  Each of these 
user-defined tokens is an expression in Microsoft JScript 
.NET.  Three examples are currently provided in the configuration 
file.  The CurrentDirectory token illustrates a call to a static 
method in the .NET Framework Class Library (FCL) -- in this case, 
returning the current directory of the EdSharp process.  The 
Signature token shows syntax for a literal string -- in this case, a 
signature block with multiple lines.  The Unordered List token refers 
to a JScript file called ul.js that is provided in the HTML snippet folder.

When EdSharp finds that a token refers to a file in the current 
snippet folder, it interprets the content of that file as 
JScript.  The ul.js example creates an unordered list element in HTML 
after prompting for the number of items to generate in the list.  Its 
content is as follows:

[Begin Content of ul.js]
var iCount = Interaction.InputBox("Number of Items:", "Input", "0")
var sTag = "<ul>\n"
var i = 1
while (i <= iCount) {
sTag += "<li>Item" + i + "</li>\n"
i++
}
sTag += "</ul>\n"
[End Content of ul.js]

User-defined tokens may be included in a snippet that has the "form" 
keyword in its header.  They may also be typed in a document being 
edited.  As before, the Evaluate Expression command, Control+Equals, 
evaluates the current line or selected text as JScript code and 
places the result on the line below.  The new Replace Tokens command, 
Control+Shift+Equals, swaps tokens with their computed results in all 
or selected text.  Thus, you might press Alt+Shift+M for Manual 
Options and define a signature token as follows:

[Tokens]
Signature=("Sincerely,\nJohn Doe\nJohn.Doe at NiftyHomePage.com\n")

Then type %Signature% in your document where you want that to appear, 
and use the Replace Tokens command to do it.

Added the Transform Files command (Alt+Equals) to apply a saved set 
of search and replace tasks to one or more files -- typically to 
massage data or formatting in predictable ways (like the Massage 
Operation command of TextPal).  EdSharp prompts for the job file 
containing the regular expressions to apply.  Each task is defined by 
three lines:  (1) a comment explaining the operation, (2) the search 
expression, and (3) the replacement expression.  A blank line 
seperates each task.  The current editing window should contain the 
list of files to process, one per line.  Such a list could be typed 
manually or generated via the Path List command 
(Control+Shift+P).  If a file does not include a leading path, the 
prior one is assumed.

Here is the content of a sample transform job  that defines two tasks:

[Begin Content of TrimLine.txt]
Remove leading space or tab characters from each line
(\A|\n)( |\t)+
$1

Remove trailing space or tab characters from each line
( |\t)+(\r|\Z)
$2
[End Content of TrimLine.txt]


Regards Steve
Email:  srp at internode.on.net
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