=========================================================================== Differences between WPE Version 2.5 and Version 5.2 =========================================================================== If you have previously used WPE version 2.5, you will be interested in knowing what has changed in WPE. Version 2.5 of WPE was the last version usable on VMS Version 4.x. WPE was completely rewritten for VMS Version 5.0, and that version of WPE was also numbered 5.0. The current version of WPE is 5.2 (corresponding to VMS Version 5.2) (There were no WPE Versions 3.x or 4.x). ================================================= ---- NEW FEATURES ADDED IN WPE VERSION 5.0 ---- ================================================= When you exit WPE, and then edit the same file again by just entering the WPE command (no filename), you are returned to the place in the file where you were last editing. DECspell (if installed on your system) is integrated into WPE for spell-checking. number or numbers may be used instead of the command REPEAT nn. An optional EDT keypad has been provided. A visual representation of Tab settings (a "ruler") is provided, rather than a message. The method of changing these settings has changed. Command Recall has been made much more versatile. More than 2 screen windows are now supported. The "2 windows" function splits the current window into two, providing up to 8 windows. Capability to print from within WPE, without translating control characters, has been added to the previous print-translated capability. The NoTab mode now uses current Tab settings, rather than setting tabs to "every 8". Capability to toggle between 80-column and 132-column mode ( E) has been added. Wildcard Find capability has been added, and assigned to Find. There are now 2 types of page markers. N inserts a "hard" page marker (FF), while P inserts a "soft" page marker (FF-NL). Buffer recall now allows you to delete a buffer, in addition to changing buffers. Placing the cursor at the end of a line (possibly by using Rignt-Arrow) and then pressing Right-Arrow will now do SHIFT RIGHT 8. Similarly, placing the cursor at the start of a line and pressing Left-Arrow will do SHIFT LEFT 8. Mail editing has been significantly improved, and may now be accessed via callable TPU, rather than in a subprocess. MORE now activates TPU only once, regardless of the number or type of file selections made. WPE can now be installed to use a DCL command, rather than using a .COM file. EDT Keypad WPE now provides an optional EDT keypad, instead of the WPS keypad. The system manager can assist you if you wish to have this as your "default" (startup) mode for WPE. The EDT-default editor is called EDW. The EDT keypad is an addition to WPE. Therefore, all non-EDT additions of WPE ( keys, extended commands, etc.) are still present. Consult EDT documentation for EDT keypad functions. When you are in the editor, you can change the keypad to EDT mode by using either of the Commands: SET KEYPAD EDW SET KEYPAD EDT To restore the keypad to WPS mode, you may use any of the Commands: SET KEYPAD WPE SET KEYPAD WPS SET KEYPAD NOEDW SET KEYPAD NOEDT ================================================= ---- NEW FEATURES ADDED IN WPE VERSION 5.2 ---- ================================================= Compatibility with EVE T2.2 (shipped with VMS V5.1) New commands ETOA and ATOE have been added. These commands translate the current buffer (or a selected region) from EBCDIC to ASCII (etoa), or from ASCII to EBCDIC (atoe). The Paragraph function (KP5 key) will now find: o the next procedure if you are editing a .TPU file o the next help topic if you are editing a .HLP file The Print command will now spawn a subprocess if the printer command begins with the characters DM$ - this allows usage of special procedures such as DM$ATPRINT.COM, which prints to an attached printer. The F18 and G functions will access a file using a filename that you have SELected, if a file with that name exists. If there is only one window on the screen, the F19 key now toggles among your active buffers (previously, you got an error message unless there were two or more windows). +-------------------------------------------------+ | Features available only with EVE T2.2 and above | +-------------------------------------------------+ EVE Version T2.2 was shipped with VMS V5.1. If WPE was built using EVE T2.2 (or above), some additional features are available. You can determine the build-version of EVE by pressing Z (outside of the help screens). The build information is shown at the bottom of the screen. If you enter an ambiguous command, the F19 key will now move between the command line and the CHOICES buffer. Selecting a choice may be done by pressing the SELect key. Pressing the DO key will then execute the command. See the VMS documentation for other features added to EVE. ============================= Changes from WPE Version 2.5 ============================= The 8-character "hot zone" at the right margin (for wrapping) has been eliminated in WPE Version 5. You are no longer asked about tailoring for .HLP files - WPE now automatically tailors the editing environment (right margin 66). WPE automatically tailors itself for .COM, .TPU, and .FOR files. You are not specifically told that it has done so. Files are not checked for "long lines", and you are no longer asked if you want to go to 132-column mode. The structure and organization of Help has been changed. Forward and Backward scrolling now terminates if you press any key (Ctrl/C not recommended). Scrolling is chosen by Advance and BackUp. Up-Arrow and Down-Arrow, which were previously scrolling, now are Top-of-File and Bottom-of-File. KP3 is now mapped to UpperCase/LowerCase, instead of Exit. The behavior of Paginate has changed slightly. It now inserts FF-NL (a new type of page marker), and automatically re-paginates these markers when used again. It is no longer necessary to set the terminal to /NOLINE_EDIT before entering WPE.