short: Textread 1.1: Very fast text viewer
type: text/show
author: Martin Blom (lcs@lysator.liu.se)
uploader: Martin Blom (lcs@lysator.liu.se)


 The  first  official  release of Textread, 1.03, was released in November
1992, exactly two years ago.  I wrote it for two reasons:
 1) I wanted to learn how to code system friendly programs under Release 2
 2) I didn't think PPMore's text routines were fast enough.

Speed  was  the  most important issue, memory had lower priority.  This is
still  the  case,  even if I have replaced my own hardware-banging blitter
routines  with  system  calls  (=slower), and have optimized memory usage.
This  new  release does, although it has many new features, only use about
5500  bytes  more when loaded into memory, and the executable file is only
about 8800 bytes longer than 1.03.

Textread  was  designed with "Amiga User Interface Style Guide" beside the
keyboard, so I think you will feel comfortable with the layout.

Textread  requires  V38  of asl.library, and V37 of the rest of the system
libraries (Release 2.04).

If  found  on  your system, Textread will take advantage of XPK and power-
packer.library (V35).  Powerpacker and Reqtools are no longer needed.