The 3rd alpha release of the formatted text project is now available for download. This alpha will show you the typing speed that can be achieved when text handling capabilities are added. Not all the rough edges have been handled in this alpha, so you can make it mess up the text as noted below.
In doing this project I have learned a whole bunch of subtle little things that go into making a word processor work. For example, moving the insertion caret around on the screen is tricker than it looks! Another tricky thing is the handling of white space characters within a paragraph. So go download it and check it out, things are starting to get real interesting! URL: http://www.truenorthsoftware.com/Realbasic/FormattedText.html What's new in this release... - Added basic text insertion capabilities. You can insert and delete text through typing. - Edit menu item paste is enabled and you can paste text into the document. If you paste text with return characters, it will not handle it right since the capability to spawn new paragraphs by hitting the return key has not been programmed yet. - Up, down, left, right arrows have been implemented so that you can move around the text. _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
