Date   : Tue, 26 Jan 2016 21:53:18 +0000
From   : jgh@... (J.G.Harston)
Subject: EdWord docs?

Andrew Rowland wrote:
> I recall the excitement when Edword 2 came out. It had a number of
> really necessary extra functions, though I cannot recall what, right

I've just had a quick fiddle around with EDWORD 2 and like you I can't 
quite remember what the differences were. It did bring back memories 
typing away.

A bit of fiddling reveals that EDWORD 2 has a built-in FX80 printer 
driver, the Format page displays an estimate of how much memory is left, 
and pressing Break recovers the stored text and re-enters editing 
mode/menu mode as appropriate. I can't remember what editing changes 
there were.

I thought that EDWORD 2 worked correctly on the CoPro where EDWORD 1 
didn't, but in trying it won't get past the main menu. That reminds me 
of the main annoyance with EDWORD, when an error occurs it just beeps 
and doesn't tell you what the error actually is. That and the inability 
to do * commands.

Ah ha. With the CoPro on you are only allowed to edit a document created 
when the CoPro is on. This reminds me of one of the first *commands I 
wrote to change a file's load/exec address so EDWORD would load a file 
created by a different version. (exec=FFFB, EDWORD 2/CoPro; exec=FFFC, 
EDWORD 2/IO; exec=FFFE, EDWORD 1)

> ... utilities disc ...

I have a !EFP printer file, but not the utilities that created it. :(

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