MEdit, MGUI, MGUI Designer are
Copyright (C) 1996-1997 Vincenzo Morello (morellov@mbox.vol.it)

WARRANTY DISCLAIMER

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS' WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL
VINCENZO MORELLO BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT,
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL
DAMAGES.

MEdit is a FREE, graphic, multi-window, cross-platform text editor. It was
initially written to demonstrate MGUI Designer capabilities, but now is evolved
enough to be considered an useful tool, especially in DOS and Linux.
MEdit is an 'easy to use' text editor, not a powerful editor like 'vi'.

Features

- Multi window editing
- PullDown Menu with accelerator keys
- Cut & paste with the standard keystrokes:
  <Ctrl+C>, <Ctrl+V>, <Ctrl+X> and <Ctrl+Ins>, <Shift+Ins>, <Shift+Del>
- Cut & Paste with other applications in multitasking envs (Windows, Linux)
- Goto line
- Search forward/backward case sensitive/unsensitive
- Replace
- Three selectable fonts
- Multi-level Undo/Redo
- Printing
- Auto indent
- Source code supplied
- FreeWare
- Colors & fonts customization

MEdit uses the EDIT Object in the MGUI library which has currently no
optimization for large text. This Object keeps the text in a unique stream and
treats it with standard C functions, so MAXINT is currently the maximum size
for the file to edit (32KB for 16 bit environments like Borland BGI and Windows
3.1). However, the executable medit in this archive, compiled with gcc, is a 32
bit application. I had no problem editing files with over 4000 lines and over
150KB size.


INSTALLATION

This archive contains the following:

bin/medit		MEdit executable
mguisys/*.bmp		Bitmaps needed by MGUI applications
medit/*			MEdit sources with Unix makefile
medit.txt		The file you're reading

If you extract this archive in a place other than your HOME directory or the
'/usr/local' directory, then you *must* set the environment variable MGUIDIR
to point to the extracted 'mguisys' directory


USAGE

Simply run it, with an optional filename argument, and use it like any GUI
text editor.


RECOMPILATION

In order to compile the supplied sources, you need MGUI library 1.6.0 or higher
and the compiler for the target you want.
MGUI for Linux is available on sunsite.unc.edu '/pub/Linux/X11/devel/builders'.
MGUI for DOS & Windows is available on SimTel 'msdos/graphics/mgdosxxx.zip' and
'win3/graphics/mgwinxxx.zip'


WHAT'S NEW IN REL 1.3.0

- Bug fixes in LoadFile
- Auto Indent
- Prompt on replace
- Esc now cancels Goto Line, Search and Replace dialogs
- Insert File
- Write Selection to file
- Print file/selection

WHAT'S NEW IN REL 1.5.1

- Color & Font customization
- Tab size customization
- Options saving
- Replace within the selected text
- Added shortcut to Paste function with the middle or right button click
- Extended character set support (1-255 codes)
- Long and case sensitive filename support added in the file selection dialog
  box (DJGPP and Win32)

WHAT'S NEW IN REL 1.6.0

- Menu mnemonics support (MGUI 1.7.1).
- Bug fixes in the 'Save As' callback.
- Special characters can now be inserted via <Alt+3digits>.
  For example: <Alt+0+2+7> will insert the Escape code (decimal 27).
  (MGUI for Linux 1.7.3)
- Bug fix in handling ascii characters with code > 127 (MGUI for Linux 1.7.3)
- Bug fix in handling characters from the numeric keypad (MGUI for Linux 1.7.3)


WHAT'S NEW IN REL 1.6.1

- The '\r' character is now filtered when it is followed by '\n' (MGUI 1.8.1).
  DOS text files can now be loaded cleanly. The '\r' character can be
  inserted via the Alt+0+1+3 key sequence.
- Icon name for the edit window now changes according to the window title
  (MGUI 1.8.1)

WHAT'S NEW IN REL 1.7.1

- Use of the resource handling (MGUI 1.9) for customisation.
- Fixed a bug in the 'Save' callback, occuring when the file is new.
- Fixed ssome bug in the 'Replace in selection' method.

BUGS AND SUGGESTIONS

I use MEdit extensively in DOS and Linux environments, so I have already fixed
several bugs. If you find any problems using MEdit or you have suggestions for
some extensions, please report to me (morellov@mbox.vol.it).

Stay tuned in to MGUI home page if you need informations about latest release
and ftp sites where you can find MGUI and MEdit.

http://www.volftp.vol.it/IT/IT/ITALIANI/MORELLO/index_e.htm
