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Subject: (Part 2) SuperCard 1.5 (long)
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Date: 12 Mar 90 20:18:39 GMT
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typing and text arrows settings, plus the ability to build custom keyboard
shortcut configurations.

PROGRAM CHANGES

1)      Window Resizing.
        Holding down the option key while resizing a background in SuperEdit
will also resize the window accordingly.  Holding down the Shift key will
constrain the resize to either horizontal or vertical motion.
2)      Object Order Shuffling.
        New "Shuffle Forward" and "Shuffle Back" menu commands in SuperEdit
that shuffle objects back and forth in the stacking order, one layer at a
time.
3)      Scrolling Field Minimum Size.
        A new minimum size is imposed on scrolling fields when resizing them
in SuperEdit, so as to prevent scroll bar anomalies when a scrolling field is
resized too small.
4)      Death to Command-K.
        Command-B now toggles between editing the card and background. 
Command-K has been removed.
5)      Show Invisibles Toggle.
        "Show Invisibles" is now a straight-forward toggle.
6)      Gunsight to Crosshair.
        The "gunsight" cursor has been changed to a traditional crosshair
cursor.


7)      Memorized Messages.
        Via new SharedFile project scripts, the message box now keeps a
history of recent messages executed from it, accessible via the up and down
arrow keys.  The number of remembered messages may be altered from the new
SuperCard Preferences window (when this feature is enabled), with a maximum
of 50 messages remembered.
8)      Script Editing Shortcut.
        Another new SharedFile project script handler provides access to any
objectUs script by depressing the Option and Command while the browse cursor
is over the object.
9)      Quiet Find.
        The "find" command no longer beeps if it called from a script and
nothing is found.
10)     Subsection Execution.
        Selecting a subsection of the text in the message box and hitting the
Enter key will execute only the selected portion of the text.
11)     New "Sizes" Button.
        A new "Sizes" button has been added to all object information dialogs
that provide a means for direct input of object width, height, location and
rectangle, with additional options to "pin" the changes in size to a
particular point on the object (any of the four corners, the center, or
none).
12)     Quit Button in Alerts.
        A "Quit" button has been added to all Operating System error and
script error alert dialogs, providing for the ability to quit SuperCard
immediately.
13)     The Result is Cleared.
        The string returned by the function "the result" is now emptied out
after each command line in a script.  The only actions that place anything
into "the result" are XCMD's, the "find" command, and script handlers that
"return" data.
14)     Reverse Tabbing Order.
        Depressing the Shift key while tabbing through fields will reverse
the tabbing direction.
15)     Auto-scrolling Fields.
        Fields now automatically scroll to bring the selected text into view.
Selecting a section of text in a field that is currently out of view will
cause the field to scroll to that selected text.  Text located in a field via
the "find" command will also automatically scroll into view.
16)     Many New XCMD's and XFCN's.
        The SharedFile now contains 15 useful External Commands and Functions,
and another separate project contains many more.
17)     Lines and the Universal Tool.
        The universal tool, while active, can now resize line graphics.
18)     Text Styling Shortcuts.
        In SuperEdit, it is now possible to use the standard keyboard
shortcuts to applying text styles, justifications and font sizes to the
currently selected text in a field or graphic.  This is done by pressing
Command-Shift in combination with the appropriate keys.
19)     Automatic Resource Conversion.
        Apple resources in the resource fork of a project may now be
selectively designated to convert and load automatically into the data fork
of the project when the project is opened.  The technique used in making this
possible is described in a Technical Note shipped with SuperCard 1.5.
20)     Maximum Script Edit Window Size.
        Script edit windows are now limited to a maximum size of 1024 x 1024
to avoid problems associated with monitors that make use of virtual desktop
technology.
21)     Smoother Resource Editors.
        Cursor flickering has been removed from the Cursor, Icon, Brush and
Pattern Editors in SuperEdit.  In the Icon Editor, the actual size icon is
now updated simultaneously with the drawing occurring in the "fat-bits" box.
22)     The Pouch is Sacred.
        Any document, project, application or PICS/STEP file placed into the
"SC Pouch" folder will be found by SuperCard immediately, without having to
specify a full pathname.
23)     Overview Window Scrolling.
        In SuperEdit, all Overview windows now open with the scroll set to
the top.  The insertion point (the black triangle at the left edge of the
lists) remains at the bottom, but the list opens with the first item
positioned at the top.

24)     Intelligent Screen Unlocking.
        The commands "set lockScreen to false" and "unlock screen" will cause
a redraw of the entire contents of the current card only if the "lockScreen"
property of the current window had previously been set to true.

LANGUAGE ADDITIONS AND CHANGES

1)      Additions to "Move".
        The move command can now silently return an interpolated list of
potential points of the movement and place them into a variable where a
script can make use of them; plus additional options similar to playing PICS
and STEP files, with respect to the mouse.
2)      Additions to "Play STEP".
        The current clut can now be specified, providing the option of using
the STEP file clut or the current clut (either card or background, whichever
has precedence); plus a cycle command may be added to cycle the clut after
each iteration of the STEP.
3)      Addition to "Play PICS".
        PICS files may now be played at a specified location.
4)      Suspend and Resume.
        Full support added for suspend and resume system messages.
5)      Smart Clipboard.
        The "paste" command and the "clipboard" function will now
automatically check the desk scrap to see if anything new had been placed
there (from an XCMD, for example).
6)      Addition to "Offset".
        The "offset" function now allows a starting position to be specified,
as an optional third parameter, representing the number of characters to skip
before searching for the string.
7)      Locking The Cursor for Good.
        The "lockCursor" global property, when set to true, now locks the
cursor up tight.  SuperCard will never attempt to change the cursor while
this property is set to true (except for when showing a dialog window or

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