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*** VIEW Version 9.8 July 1995 ***
Recent history

VIEW Version 9.4
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Enhanced the 132 column mode by adding "emulated" 132 column
display. In this, if you are running 80 columns on screen, 132
columns of text are available for viewing on each line by using
the left and right cursor arrow keys. This feature allows you to
print documents with more than 80 columns (for example, program
listings) without forced line wraps. It also provides
compatibility with a new feature in the registered version of
JETCOL 3.3 (print in landscape mode). As before, the actual
column at which line wrap occurs can be reset on the fly from the
file selection menu.


VIEW Version 9.5
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Added functions to print or convert a file directly without first
viewing it. Added functions for setting basic HP and
HP-compatible printer modes (portrait and landscape, normal and
compressed print) for those printers that recognize the PCL4
command set. Added ability to define column width (from 20
to 132 characters) for display.

NOTE: please read the documentation file. The /132 and /132m
switches introduced in version 9.4 have been replaced by
/wnnn and /xnnn (where nnn is a three digit number between
020 and 132).

VIEW Version 9.6
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Added ability to convert between ASCII and ANSI character sets. This
enables you to view Windows NOTEPAD files and others that use the ANSI
character set for high order characters (e.g. ‚, ƒ, “). Conversion from
ANSI can be toggled from the file menu or on the fly while a file is being
viewed. Conversion to ANSI can be done on the fly. NOTE: this has meant
that the function key F10, formerly used on the view screen menu for exiting
the menu, has been changed to space bar; F10 and Shift-F10 are now used for
the ASCII-ANSI conversions. Changed the "show memory parameters" key on
the file list screen from ? to m, for compatibility with European and other
non-US keyboards. Added a user-definable command for initializing printer.

VIEW Version 9.7
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Improved the display of ASCII files when the line wrap is set by VIEW
rather than using carriage returns in the file being viewed (i.e. when F3
is pressed at the file selection menu to toggle ASCII line wrap ON). You
can use this feature for reformatting ASCII files - e.g. to change the
line width.

Added support for viewing Windows clipboard text files (i.e. files saved
as CLP files from the clipboard).

Improved the display of Compuserve mail and message files

Added a feature to enable you to save files in a special ASCII format
suitable for importing into word processors without a hard return at the
end of each line.

Added a link to the external program HLP2DOC, which translates Windows help

files to a format that VIEW can read.

Improved the command line options. The /mem switch is replaced with a
/mnnn switch, where nnn is a three digit number that allows you to
temporarily override the default setting for allocating memory blocks. The
/xnnn switch is therefore no longer needed. Also, the order of switches is
no longer important.


VIEW Version 9.7a
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Added bookmark function, including automatic setting of bookmarks when VIEW
reads ASCII files that contain form feeds. Added a function to go to text
currently at top of display (useful for reading contents and going directly
to appropriate section). file. Added a /a command line switch to enable
automatic translation of ANSI files (such as produced by Windows Notepad)
to ASCII.

VIEW Version 9.7b
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Fixed problem with display of ASCII files in which unwanted blank line
occurs.

VIEW Version 9.7c
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Added user-selectable choice for maximum number of files show in the file
list. Added functions in the file selection menu to load and view a file
in the current directory directly, and to go to directly to a block of
files beginning with a user-specified letter. Verified that VIEW will read
Wordperfect 6.1 files.

VIEW Version 9.8
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Added function to detect and view Word\ld Wide Web HTML files. Added a
command line switch /C to convert file directly from command line to
format suuitable for import into word processor. Improved "errorlevel"
functionality for running VIEW from batch files.



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