Press Release by Kurt Wessels Rick Stiles has introduced the latest version, V2.3c, of his powerful Amiga text editor, Uedit. Uedit's new features include: split-screen windows (up to 8); edit 100 files at once; more printer support including all Preferences printer codes and background printing of up to 12 queued documents; much faster reformat; sub- menus; Teach Keys mode where keys describe themselves; and multiple tab rulers. Other features include toggling at any time between interlace and non- interlace and adjusting colors for each document; swapping keys; calculator and math functions; indexing of documents; Learn mode for playing back a sequence of keystrokes; speak a block or file of text; run DOS commands and collect results; auto-save and auto-backup; and use all characters in the Amiga character set. There are a host of other features too numerous to describe. Despite all its power, Uedit is still very easy to use. Registered users receive the full version of Uedit, which includes the programming language to allow you to completely redefine every key, command, and menu item. New commands can be interactively defined and instantly compiled to redefine the editor on the fly. Uedit runs on any Amiga under Workbench 1.2. Uedit is distributed by the shareware method. If not available at your local user group, you can get the shareware version for $15, or register and get the full version for $45. Rick Stiles, P.O. Box 666, Washington IN 47501. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- E D I T I N G P O W E R The Amiga is the pinnacle of power in personal computing. But, almost everyone cut their teeth on other machines. If you happen to be one of the millions who are used to editing the WordStar way (using version 3.x on CP/M or MS-DOS machines), or a compatible editor command set/subset such as Turbo Pascal's editor, SideKick's editor, NewStar, PC-Write, or Scribble!, then you already know how to use Ustar. Ustar is a configuration file for Uedit. Uedit is a programmable text editor by Rick Stiles. Ustar makes Uedit work like WordStar. This means that a lot of people don't have to relearn yet another set of editor key command sequences (WordStar is difficult to learn, but efficient to use once learned). But, Ustar doesn't just stick to compatibility with WordStar, thanks to the incredible power of Uedit. WordStar never had these features: 30 files open at once, Undo of deletes, toggle between interlace and non- interlace at will (editing with up to 54 lines of your document on the screen at once), change the assignment of the keys as you desire, make new commands right in the middle of editing, index your document, do block operations (mark, copy, move, delete) with the mouse very efficiently, talks to you if desired, change your colors - different for each document, choose whether to have backups or not, auto-indent mode - especially nice for programming, and a host of other features. There are few tradeoffs for this. Uedit is shareware. It is fast, small (71K - half the size of Scribble!), is extremely well-behaved and solid, and costs you nothing to try. If you like it, it costs only $45 to register. You may have seen ads and reviews for a programmable text editor called Professional Text Engine. It is quite similar to Uedit - except that it costs $100, and you don't get to try it first. Don't know or don't like WordStar? Reprogram Uedit to act like any editor you want. There are no limitations. A Dvorak keyboard would be easy and in fact is included with Ustar. If anyone out there knows WordPerfect, MicroSoft Word, PFS-file, etc, why don't you write a configuration file for Uedit and thereby help promote the Amiga? Programming it is relatively easy - it has the flavor and feel of Turbo Pascal in that you can compile commands interactively while in the editor and test them immediately. Uedit's standard configuration is totally different than WordStar, for instance there's nothing like WordStar's two-key command sequences like ^QF, but it easily provided the capabilities to implement this completely different editor. The drawbacks? The only real drawback is the lack of full word-processing functions such as very fancy printer output and on-screen print characteristics. Many print functions and formatting options are implemented, but generally this is the area where Uedit doesn't show its strength. However, Uedit continues to evolve and gain more of these types of features - the latest version of Uedit adds print formatting, and Ustar now includes the most common dot commands. Try it, you'll like it! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- WordStar Users Are you an Amiga owner and a WordStar user? Take heart - now you can do word processing on the Amiga without learning yet another whole new command key set. Have the best of both worlds - Ustar is here! Ustar is a configuration for Rick Stiles' programmable editor Uedit. It emulates most of the editing functions of WordStar AND adds the power of the Amiga! Ever wanted to change something in WordStar? Now you can! How about the zillion times you wished for Undelete? Now you've got it! How about 20 files open at once? WordStar can't do that. There are a ton of features to this package, and it is shareware, so costs nothing to try, and not much to buy! Give it a try - you'll be glad you did! MicroEMACS users Do you want a powerful editor? Sure, microEMACS is great, especially for a public domain program, but aren't there just a few things you'd like to be able to do? Like being able to do block operations with the mouse? Reassign any key on the keyboard, not just a few of them? Unlimited macro sequences? Programmable? Dozens of place markers? A dozen or two different kill buffers? Multi-level "undo"? More lines on the screen at a time? Set the colors independently for each document and for interlace? Completely reconfigure the editor in seconds? Write new editor commands on the fly and test them immediately? You need Uedit, the programmable text editor, shareware software from Rick Stiles. A WordStar configuration exists now, and a microEMACS version should pop up somewhere soon, or write it yourself. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------