[Promotion-technology] Fwd: EdSharp 2.2 released

[David Andrews]

>
>http://www.EmpowermentZone.com/edsetup.exe
>
>Version 2.2
>Released September 8, 2007
>
>This version adds advanced features related to snippets, regular
>expressions, and user-defined tokens.  It also strengthens the ability to
>select and download files from a web page.  Fixes and enhancements are
>documented below.
>
>Jamal
>
>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]