EE v0.7, rev 16b - ReadmeFirst.txt doc
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First, let me apologize to everyone for releasing an unfinished project.
EE was supposed to showcase some of the awesome potential of the E
language...but due to some bad circumstances I haven't been able to
touch it for some time.  Hence, some features in EE are still unstable.
I shall list those here so you'll know what to look out for.

BUT...there is a good side to this!  If I'd had more time to finish EE,
you would be getting E v3.0 much later!! :) :)  So...tis a mixed
blessing, methinks.

If this intro scares you, then I say, "Good!"  Now it's over, lemme say
I've been using EE with little bad side effects for quite some time,
and although my dilligent betatesters have identified many bugs (most
of which are annoyances, only a handfull really dangerous) EE is still
very usable if you know what to avoid.

Listed here are the dangerous and/or most commonly encountered problems:

  - DON'T run EE on a 68000.  It'll crash during startup.  My 68000
    betatester quit on me, and I failed to test new features (!@#$%^&*)
    My apologies, I'll fix this in a couple of weeks when I get more
    free time. --|:|--  <--(right, Lionel? :)

  - DON'T attempt to load binary files, EE will crash.

  - Avoid storing macros that have strings in them (like those from
    Find, Loadfile, etc.  Experiment with caution, sometimes these
    macros won't work when loaded from file, and sometimes they cause
    crashes.

  - Avoid sudden mouse moves and fast repetitive clicking while selecting
    text.  This does funny things to my event handler, and causes mouse
    selection to quit working.

  - Macros are very new and very experimental.  Save your work before
    playing around with them.

  - ARexx looks like it's a feature, but it's not.  Due more than one
    problem, it was removed temporarily.

  - ReplaceSelected function appears as a separate function in the guide,
    and in the PrefsEditor utility.  This an oversight on my part...I
    forgot to change the docs after renovating the Find/Replace functions.
    This function has been obsolesced...it is now inherent in the Replace
    function.  If a block is selected when Replace is invoked, the
    hilighted text is automatically picked up.  FindSelected, on the
    other hand, must be a separate function since Find can be used to
    extend a selected block.  Hope this clears up any confusion. (Thanks,
    Lionel!)

  - ShowEditorInfo function used to be called ShowResources function.
    The docs are out of date.

These problems will be taken care of soon as possible and a new distro
will be released.  Please feel free to send bug reports.  The more info
I get, the better armed I am to exterminate! >:)

And above all, HAVE FUN!!! =)

Thus endeth the period of fingernail biting.

-- Barry