SemWare is now shipping version 4.4 of The SemWare Editor Professional (TSE Pro) for Windows.* We hope you will enjoy this Windows (GUI) version of The SemWare Editor Professional. We have added many features to help you better take advantage of the Windows environment, such as:

• Single Instance Mode.
• Keep the Editor Window "On Top" Mode.
• Transparency Mode.
• Show Line Numbers Mode.
• Convenient way to display the current file in the default browser.
• Convenient way to display a URL in the default browser.
• Enhancements to the file pick lists.
• More than a dozen new commands and editor variables to allow you to further customize the editor.
• As always, there are many other minor enhancements.

*Requires Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7/8/10
 
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View features of previous version (TSE Pro v4.2 for Windows)
 
(We have also updated TSE Pro (Console) to v4.4. Some features in the GUI version of TSE Pro v4.4 are not available in TSE Pro (Console) v4.4.)
 

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TSE Pro v4.4 for Windows - Additional Enhancements

Editor Commands

• The following new "User Level Built-in Commands" are available.

• Blocks and Deleting Text commands:
  DelCharOrBlock(), DelAnyCharOrBlock(), MarkBlockBegin(), MarkBlockEnd()
• Editing and Deleting Text commands:
  DelAnyChar()
• Movement commands:
  BegLineTog(), EndLineTog(), ScrollToBottom()

• The following new "Macro Language Commands" are available.

• Keyboard commands:
  isKeyAssigned(), WaitForKeyPressed()
• Macros (compiled) commands:
  isAutoLoaded()
• OS commands:
  StartPgm()
• String commands:
  LeftStr(), StrCount(), StrFind(), StrReplace(), VersionStr()
• Strings - Clipboards commands:
  GetStrFromWinClip()

• Enhancements to the following existing Commands.

• CopyAppendToWinClip() - Optional text can be specified in lieu of using a marked block.
  
• CopyToWinClip() - Optional text can be specified in lieu of using a marked block.
• ExecMacro() - Now accepts an optional "Public" procedure (to be executed) that is contained in the specified macroname.
• MsgBox() - Alternate format that allows you to specify the "String" that will be displayed, without having to specify a "Title".
• WhichOS() - _LINUX_ constant has been added.

Editor Variables

• The following new Editor Variables are now available:

• KeepWinOnTop, LineNumbersAttr, ShowLineNumbers, SingleInstance, Transparency

• Enhancements to the following existing Editor Variable.

• SpecialEffects - _CENTER_POPUPS_ flag is now available. If specified, the editor will attempt to center all popup prompts and menus.

• The following editor variables are now obsolete:

• AltBlockAttr, AltCurrWinBorderAttr, AltCursorAttr, AltCursorInBlockAttr, AltEOFMarkerAttr, AltHelpBoldAttr, AltHelpInfoAttr, AltHelpItalicsAttr, AltHelpLinkAttr, AltHelpSelectAttr, AltHelpTextAttr, AltHiLiteAttr, AltMenuBorderAttr, AltMenuGrayAttr, AltMenuSelectAttr, AltMenuSelectGrayAttr, AltMenuSelectLtrAttr, AltMenuTextAttr, AltMenuTextLtrAttr, AltMsgAttr, AltOtherWinBorderAttr, AltStatusLineAttr, AltTextAttr, AttrSet, StartupAttrSet

New Key Assignments/Menus/Macro Enhancements

• Single Instance of the Editor can be adjusted interactively by accessing the editor's
  Main-Menu then Options->Full-Configuration->System/File Options.
• Center Popups can be adjusted interactively by accessing the editor's
  Main-Menu then Options->Full-Configuration->Display/Color Options.
• ShowLineNumbers can be adjusted interactively by accessing the editor's
  Main-Menu then Options->Full-Configuration->Display/Color Options->Display Layout Options.
• LineNumbers can be adjusted interactively by accessing the editor's
  Main-Menu then Options->Full-Configuration->Display/Color Options->Set Colors->Select Editing Colors.
• Transparency can be adjusted interactively by accessing the editor's
  Main-Menu then Options->Full-Configuration->Display/Color Options.
• KeepWinOnTop can be adjusted interactively by accessing the editor's
  Main-Menu then Options->Full-Configuration->Display/Color Options.
• <Alt CursorLeft> goes up a directory in the file picker.
  
  
• New key assignments in the win.ui:
  
  
  • <Ctrl T> transpose char
  • <AltShift T> transpose line
  • <CtrlShift T> transpose word
  • <Ctrl K \> delete horizontal whitespace
  • <Ctrl K C> comment selection/current line
  • <Ctrl K U> uncomment selection
  
  
• The Quote macro now uses the .syn file to get comment information.
  No need to update the quote macro any more if you add a new language
  - just be sure you have a .syn file with a comment specification.
  
  Now, in order to add a new language:
  1. create a syntax file (either via the .txt method or the menus)
  2. add the 'find the function string' to the .ui
  3. add keywords for indenting to the .ui
  4. create templates via the template macro
  5. create a compile entry via the compile macro
  6. modify spellchk.s as appropriate

New User Level Commands implemented as macros

• Macro Name: Delete-Blank

• Included commands:
  
  DelBlankLines - deletes blank lines around the cursor line
  DelWhiteSpace - deletes blank space around the cursor
  
  To use (substitute your key assignment for "key"):
  
  <key> ExecMacro("delete-blank", "DelBlankLines")
  <key> ExecMacro("delete-blank", "DelWhiteSpace")

• Macro Name: ShellExe (available from the Potpourri)

• If a command line is passed, it is simply passed along to the Windows ShellExecute function.
  If a block is marked, the first line of the block is passed to the Windows ShellExecute function.
  You can use this to go to a URL in the default browser, or to send an email via the default mailer.
  
  If you are editing an html file and would like to preview it in a Browser window, simply run ShellExe,
  and as long as the file extension is .htm or .html, the file will open in the default browser.
  
  To go to a web page, mark the following URL and run ShellExe:
  
  www.semware.com
  
  To send an email, mark any of the following addresses and run ShellExe:
  
  james.t.kirk@starfleet.command.org
  James T. Kirk <james.t.kirk@starfleet.command.org>
  mailto:James T. Kirk <james.t.kirk@starfleet.command.org>

• Macro Name: Transpose

• Included commands:
  
  TransposeChars
  TransposeWords
  TransposeLinesAbove
  TransposeLinesBelow
  RotateLineDown
  RotateLineUp
  
  To use (substitute your key assignment for "key"):
  
  <key> ExecMacro("transpose", "TransposeChars")
  <key> ExecMacro("transpose", "TransposeWords")
  <key> ExecMacro("transpose", "TransposeLinesAbove")
  <key> ExecMacro("transpose", "TransposeLinesBelow")
  <key> ExecMacro("transpose", "RotateLineDown")
  <key> ExecMacro("transpose", "RotateLineUp")

Miscellaneous Enhancements/Changes

• New Predefined Editor Constants:

• _LINUX_, for use with the WhichOS() editor command.
• _CENTER_POPUPS_, for use with the SpecialEffects editor variable.

• New Color Syntax Highlighting file for the following language:

• ColdFusion (cf.syn)

• New Command-Line Options:

• -1 to start/use a single session of the editor.
• -1- to start a separate session of the editor.

• Obsolete Command-Line Options:

• The "-c" (for color attribute set) and "-m" (for mono attribute set) command-line options are now obsolete.

• Current Editor options that are available on the Windows System Menu for the editing window:

• Set Font... - Change the editor's current display font, size, and/or type.
  Same action as is available from the editor's Main-Menu then Options->Set Font.
  See the editor's ChooseFont() command for details.
• Copy Window to Editor Clipboard - Copy all the contents of what is currently being displayed in the editor's window to the editor's clipboard. This is handy for capturing error messages, menus, prompts, etc.

 
For additional feature information, see TSE Pro v4.4 (Windows) Feature List.