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PalmEd text file editor for PDA version 1.0.6 is now available for download.

This is a bug fix release for Treo devices.

Text edition

• several monospaced fonts
• fixed background, foreground and selection colors
• multiple text buffers
• horizontal and vertical scrollbars
• horizontal and vertical scrolling using the direction pad
• copy/cut/paste
• indicator to show whether a buffer has been modified or not
• undo/redo
• expandable/shrinkable toolbar... read more

With the last release PalmEd provides a set of features that make it usable for everyday text files editing.
According to the roadmap it now enters the final developement phase.

However before starting this next iteration some refactorings seem mandatory.
With the past releases (and the adjunction of icons and fonts) the memory usage has kept growing.
Moreover the application is not as robust as it should be when running out of memory.... read more

PalmEd text file editor for PDA version 1.0.5 is now available for download.

This release mainly adds support for undo/redo as well as more fonts to choose from.

Text edition

• several monospaced fonts
• fixed background, foreground and selection colors
• multiple text buffers
• horizontal and vertical scrollbars
• horizontal and vertical scrolling using the direction pad
• copy/cut/paste
• indicator to show whether a buffer has been modified or not
• undo/redo
• expandable/shrinkable toolbar... read more

PalmEd text file editor for PDA version 1.0.4 is now available for download.

This release introduces a new user interface via a toolbar with icons as well as more functionnalities from the roadmap.

Text edition

• one fixed monospaced font
• fixed background, foreground and selection colors
• multiple text buffers
• horizontal and vertical scrollbars
• horizontal and vertical scrolling using the direction pad
• copy/cut/paste
• indicator to show whether a buffer has been modified or not

File management

• basic file browser
• file 'open' command
• file 'save' command
• file 'save as' command
• CR/LF consistency
• ISO 8859-1 (Latin-1) character set support
• directory creation
• memory card insertion/removal

The release can be downloaded from http://palmed.sourceforge.net/download.html

The roadmap for future releases can be found at http://palmed.sourceforge.net/roadmap.html

PalmEd text file editor for PDA version 1.0.3 is now available for download.

This release adds buffers persistence and file management related functionnalities.

Text edition

• one fixed monospaced font
• fixed background, foreground and selection colors
• multiple text buffers
• horizontal and vertical scrollbars
• horizontal and vertical scrolling using the direction pad

File management

• basic file browser
• file 'open' command
• file 'save' command
• file 'save as' command
• CR/LF consistency
• ISO 8859-1 (Latin-1) character set support
• directory creation... read more

PalmEd text file editor for PDA version 1.0.2 is now available for download.

This version adds vertical and horizontal scrollbars as well as a few enhancements.

Text edition

• one fixed monospaced font
• fixed background, foreground and selection colors
• multiple text buffers
• horizontal and vertical scrollbars
• horizontal and vertical scrolling using the direction pad

File management

• basic file browser
• file 'open' command
• file 'save' command
• file 'save as' command to overwrite an existing file (upon confirmation)
• CR/LF consistency
• ISO 8859-1 (Latin-1) character set support... read more

PalmEd text file editor for PDA version 1.0.1 is now available for download.

This version adds multiple buffers support.

Text edition

• one fixed monospaced font
• fixed background, foreground and selection colors
• multiple text buffers
• horizontal and vertical scrolling using the direction pad

File management

• basic file browser
• file 'open' command
• file 'save' command
• file 'save as' command to overwrite an existing file (upon confirmation)
• CR/LF consistency
• ISO 8859-1 (Latin-1) character set support... read more

PalmEd text file editor for PDA version 1.0.0 is now available for download.

This alpha version targets mainly PalmOS and contains the minimal set of features required by an editor.

Text edition

• one fixed monospaced font
• fixed background, foreground and selection colors
• one editable text buffer
• horizontal and vertical scrolling using the direction pad

File management

• basic file browser
• file 'open' command
• file 'save' command
• file 'save as' command to overwrite an existing file (upon confirmation)
• CR/LF consistency
• ISO 8859-1 (Latin-1) character set support... read more