                    NEW FEATURES IN IDEALIST
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New in v3.90
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+ NVDI print dialogs (optional)

+ BubbleGEM help

+ Document history protocoll

+ 14 new GEMScript commands; thus IdeaList now can be directed nearly 
completely using GEMScript.

+ The dialog "Launch editor/program" has been made new.

+ Text attributs switchable

+ The Gemdos output device can be selected.

+ By a litte correction IdeaList now is guaranteed to be save for the year 
2000 ;-)

+ Small Adaptations for Magic 6

+ Some bugfixes and improvement


New in v3.85
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+ GEMScript: IdeaList understands 8 standard commands and 20 special 
  commands.

+ Fill character for tab space selectable

+ Buttons for "Printer adaptation" and "configuration file"

+ Display of "Portrait/Landscape" fprmat in "GDOS options"

+ Workaround for the Compo Fileselector

+ Some Bugfixes and improvement


New in v3.80
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+ Option of a water-mark for every sheet
  Configurable: Text, font, direction, intensity, colour
  (only if NVDI 3 (or newer) is installed)

+ The colour of text, frames, header and footer is selectable (only for GDOS 
  output)

+ Options for the header/footer at GDOS printout:
  Inverse, double size, understrike/overstrike

+ The magnifier at the preview uses its own box (not the menu line area as 
  previously)

+ Shows a "*" if the adaptation parameters are changed or if the text is 
  changed by "scissors"/"pliers"

+ Option to "Show Help for icon bar"

+ New format for IWS files (printer queue lists) to cater for the watermark.
  Thus old IWS files will no longer be usable. In return the queue can asign 
  a different watermark for each entry

Minor improvements:
+ Output window now shows detailed description of printer driver in use 
  (for GDOS drivers from NVDI 4.xx on)

+ "Options for GDOS output" displays the resolution (in dpi) of the selected
  driver

+ Up to 6000 lines per page now possible (previously 2500); this allows 
  9-column layouts in 2 point fonts...

+ Parameter window displays unavailable options for internal or GDOS fonts 
  greyed out (so cannot be selected)

Bugfixes:
+ "Pitchpoint" keyword was not written when adaptation files were saved

+ IdeaList crashed in some circumstances when called in batch-mode (say from 
  CAT). (Thanks Philipp Frank @ B)

+ Small redraw error in the preview

+ The "Number lines" button was set wrongly after calling IdeaBook

+ Online help via ST-Guide
  (not yet translated to English)


New in v3.75
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+ Supporting object linking via OLGA

+ Slot order can be changed or slots copied by dragging with the mouse

+ Support for internal multi-copy feature of modern printers

+ Scalable printer-internal fonts can be sized directly (if printer supports 
  them) in pitch (monospaced fonts) or point size (proportional fonts)

+ Option "Configuration file" to select which parameters should be saved

+ Option "Inherit parameters from IXA" retains existing parameters that are 
  not defined when an incomplete printer adaptation is loaded

+ Special printing interface to CAT 3.0, with extended command line

+ In the "Printer queue" dialog over-length file names can be ranged left 
  or right by a mouse-click

+ Drag&drop also for adaptation files (IXA) and configuration files (CNF)

+ FNT_CHANGED messages (from, say, FONTNAME utility of NVDI 4.xx) evaluated

+ "Printing" to a device from U:\DEV no longer triggers a message asking 
  whether the file should be over-written or appeneded (meaningless here)

+ New mode for sending "High Quality" printer code (for "Economode" on 
  LaserJet)

+ Switch to the Mint domain, signalling the OS that long filenames are 
  supported

Bugfixes:
+ Selections for Slots 7 - 10 was saved wrongly in the CFN file

+ Removal of problems with line spacing setting for Slots 7 - 10

+ "Load configuration automatically" didn't work for drag&drop and VA_START

+ Closing the "GDOS Options" dialog could lead to a zero divide system error
  (should normally be intercepted by the OS, but who knows...)

+ With system fonts smaller than 8x16 pixels (e.g. with ST mid rez) some 
  buttons and icons were drawn incorrectly

+ Three small cosmetic errors with Email attribute conversions

+ Multiple "-" were treated in body copy mode as end-of-line hyphens, giving 
  problems with text containing lines drawn with "---"

+ After breaking chaining to the next text, the footer was positioned "too 
  deep", i.e. on the next page

+ Changes for passing long filenames. Spaces in filenames no longer give 
  rise to problems, even for desktops that wrongly don't enclose such names
  in 'quotes'

+ Under Geneva (more generally: all multitasking OSs that do not use the
  CH_EXIT message) problems arose in passing files to programs started from 
  IdeaList

Optimisations:
+ File paths can have a length of up to 255 characters

+ Some commands could be saved for GDOS output

Cosmetics:
+ The popups are now shown in grey if the OS supports 3D effects

+ During GDOS output the mouse cursor turns into a printer symbol


New in V 3.70
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+ 10 font slots (in place of 6 previously)

+ Slots with GDOS fonts are displayed in blue (for 16-colour resolutions and 
  up)

+ Poster mode allows page 'tiling' over doubled height and width (either or 
  both)

+ Option: 'After "Load file":' 'Load corresponding parameters'

+ 'GDOS options' dialog: Selection of GDOS device and print orientation now 
  made with popup menus. Furthermore, with NVDI 3 a more exact description 
  of the device will be displayed

+ The system font can now also be selected in the font selector. NVDI 3, at 
  least, can print also with the system font in the correct size

+ Adaptated for Geneva, the multitasking operating system supplement from 
  the USA

+ The PRN_CHANGED message will be evaluated (NVDI 4 sends PRN_CHANGED if the 
  GDOS printer-driver is altered)

+ Support for the font selector of MagiC4

+ Environment variable  IDEALIST_LOG  for defining the path and name of the 
  log file

+ The keyword 'GdosPropFact' can be defined for any individual slots by 
  adding a number (1..10)

+ The  drag&drop font protocol is supported (passing of font, size and width)

+ New option: 'Before quit:'  'Save adaptation (IXA)'

+ With 'Security alerts' switched on, if the slot name has not been changed 
  in the slot information dialog when a new font is selected, you have the 
  option of returning directly to the dialog to correct matters

+ Safety query when saving to existing GEM files

Bug fixes:
+ Long file names occasionally gave rise to problems
+ Change in the order of sending the text attributes, as in some rare 
  borderline cases the old way could lead to cancelling of desired attributes


Those who have used older versions in the past should  definitely 
read through the manual. A lot has happened in the meantime!
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