Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Installation
3. Features
4. Future versions and enhancements
5. Contact the author
6. Purchase

Ted is designed to be a lightweight and portable text editor that runs in a graphical environment. Eventually Ted will have configurable behaviour throughout but at the moment it will be hard coded to behaviour like a good windows editor. The other restraint.

Ted is shareware and as such requires you to evaluate the product and then either purchase it or delete it. Please make sure that if you give it to a friend or upload it somewhere that you send all the files in the original archive.

Ted doesn't use any services from the operating system to render and edit text. By doing this it should be easier to port to other operating systems. But for all other user interface I've tried to remain as consistant with the operating system as I can.

Installation:

Installation is just a matter of unzipping the files from the Ted archive into a new directory somewhere on your hard disk. As long as all the files (and possibly directories) are preserved in the location you choose Ted will be able to find them.

Heres a list of files that should be in the Ted distribution archive:

• Ted.exe
• Index.html
• Readme.txt

Here are a list of features in Ted:

v1.0

• Files sizes limited to 2GB (will slow down with large files).
• Standard windows keyboard bindings.
• Starts multiple copies to handle more than one file on the command line
• Handles multiple dropped files at run time
• Auto-indent
• Multiline Tab indents/outdents
• Selection with mouse or keyboard
• Option to save with CRLF or LF end of line characters (autodetects on load)

Here is the plan for future versions:

v1.1

• Printing
• Unlimited undo/redo
• Horizontal scroll bar

• Toolbar
• Status bar
• Configurable keybindings

• C/C++ function listing
• Colour syntax highlighting
• Autosave

• Versions for BeOS and Windows

Ted is shareware and as such you should evaluate it for 30 days (give or take a month or three) and then decide to either buy it or delete it. You won't lose any functionality if you continue to use Ted after 30 days but you'll be making it harder for me to produce a better product. Which will eventually mean the world isn't a better place.

What you get for buying Ted:

• You can ask for enhancments and bug fixes.
• You get all minor version releases free of charge. ie if you buy 1.0 you get all versions up to but not including 2.0
• A licence to use the major version of Ted forever!
• Discounted price on future major versions.

How do I buy it:
    Check or money order. Made out to: Matthew Allen
    Send to:

    55 Kensington Rd, Bolwarra
    2320, NSW
    Australia

Also include in with your purchase your name, snail mail address, email address and whether you'd like to receive minor version upgrades via email. You can send in your comments and suggestions as well.

In return you get a registration number to qualify you for upgrades.

Thanks for trying out Ted!