
                "The powerful text editor that fits like a glove."

Thank you for choosing Boxer for your text editing needs. We aim to offer
our users editing power and versatility without sacrificing reliability or
ease of use. In other words: our editor is feature-packed, but it won't take
your focus off your work. With that in mind, we proudly present Boxer v13.
This release includes dozens of new features that will help you to be more
productive and complete your work more easily. Whether you're a programmer,
web designer, data analyst or writer, we hope this new release will "fit you
like a glove!"

                                                              David Hamel
                                                              Boxer Software


                       New Features in Boxer v13 Include...

* Portable Editing

Boxer's installer provides an option to install to removable media, such as
a USB memory stick or a Secure Digital memory card.  When run from removable
media, Boxer leaves no traces on the host machine on which it is run.  Such
operation is possible because Boxer now writes its preferences to a
disk-based file called BOXER.INI which resides in its data folder.  This
makes Boxer the perfect tool for portable, on-the-go editing.  (If you
prefer that Boxer write its settings to the Windows Registry, as was done in
earlier versions, an option to do so is provided.)

* Hex/Binary File Editing

Boxer can now edit hex/binary files up to almost 500 MB in size.  Use the
File | Open Hex command -- or the -H command line option -- to open a file
for hex mode editing. The file will be displayed in a two-part hex display,
and editing can be performed by typing hex values in the hex area, or by
typing directly in the ASCII area at the right of the screen. The context
menu includes options to insert and delete bytes, if you judge this to be
safe for the type of file you are editing.

The Find and Replace dialogs have been made hex-aware, and can be used to
search and/or replace in hex mode. Search and replace strings can be
supplied either as hex codes or as ASCII text strings.  The new Hex Ruler
option can display a hex-graduated column ruler at the top of the editing
window.

* Unicode Editing

Boxer can open and edit the most common Unicode file formats: UTF-8, UTF-16
little endian and UTF-16 big endian. Once a Unicode file has been opened for
editing, it will be treated like any other text file, and all editing
operations are available for use on the file. If you would like to change
the file encoding of a Unicode file -- or change an ASCII format file to
Unicode format -- you can do so by visiting the File Properties dialog.

Due to its roots as an 8-bit ASCII text editor, Boxer's does not store
Unicode files internally in 16-bit format. Rather, it converts Unicode files
to ANSI format as they are opened by mapping characters onto the active Code
Page. This enables Boxer to edit all Unicode files that contain text that is
7-bit in nature (such as .REG registry files, some XML files, Microsoft SQL
files, etc.), as well as those UTF-8 and UTF-16 files with multi-byte
content that resides within a single Windows code page. Boxer cannot be used
to reliably edit Unicode files with content that is drawn from several code
pages (for example, a file which contains text from many languages), or with
content not present in the active Code Page.

* Dockable File Picker

The new File Picker command opens a dockable tool window alongside Boxer
that can be used to open files for editing.  The File Picker can remain open
while Boxer is in use, making it easy to open new files for editing whenever
the need arises.  The treeview interface can display files from either the
local PC or from PCs on attached networks.  The File Picker also contains
logical entries for "Desktop", "My Documents", and other conceptual
locations on the local PC.

The right-click context menu contains options to open the selected file in
its default application, or with an application of your choice.  Commands to
Cut, Copy, Rename and Delete files are also provided.  Options are also
provided to close the File Picker automatically when a file is opened,
and/or when Boxer itself is closed.  A list of recent directories from which
files have been opened is maintained in the Favorites list at the top of the
File Picker window.  The Mask control permits the display of files to be
filtered to show only a particular class of files.

* Vista-compatible

Changes have been made to make Boxer fully compatible with Windows Vista.
When installed on Vista, Boxer will maintain its configuration files in a
separate "AppData" folder, apart from its installation location in "Program
Files."  This is in accordance with Vista's User Account Control (UAC)
feature.  You can quickly locate and explore Boxer's program folder and data
folder areas using two new commands located on the Configure Menu.

* Multiple Configurations

One outgrowth of the use of a disk-based BOXER.INI configuration file is
that it makes it easier to maintain multiple configuration profiles.  By
creating multiple installation areas, or by using the new -I option flag to
designate a configuration file on the command line, you can maintain
countless different Boxer profiles, each configured for a different type of
editing.  This ability can also be useful if two people who use Boxer are
sharing the same PC.
* Enhanced Project Support

Bookmarks, window sizes and positions, cursor location, active file, tab
stops, word wrap setting, hex editing mode, and file tab arrangements are
now preserved within project files.  Two new commands have been added to the
Project menu: Update One and Update All provide a means to update the active
project to reflect the latest editing options for the current file, or for
all open files.  If you prefer that your project's options be kept
up-to-date automatically, use the new Auto-Update command.  Each project is
permitted to have a different Auto-Update setting, if desired.

* Drag and Drop File Tabs

Boxer now supports drag-and-drop File Tabs. To reorder the file tabs, use
the mouse to drag a file tab to a new location and drop it.  When an edit
session is resumed, the position of the file tabs will be maintained.  The
position of file tabs is also maintained within project files.

* Next Function and Previous Function Commands

Boxer includes two new commands that make it possible to move through a
supported source file function-by-function: Next Function and Previous
Function.  These commands rely on the function indexing performed by the
Ctags Function Index feature.

* Next Paragraph and Previous Paragraph Commands

The new Next Paragraph and Previous Paragraph commands make it easy to move
through a text file by paragraphs.

* Option to Automatically Close Parenthetical Characters

A new option has been added to automatically close parenthetical characters
as they are typed, leaving the text cursor positioned between the mating
characters.  The characters for which this option will apply is also
user-configurable.

* Enhanced Auto-Complete Selection

The Auto-Complete feature has been enhanced to include hot numbers within
the popup list of suggested completion words.  Instead of cursoring into the
pop-up list and pressing Enter on the desired entry, now the desired word
can be selected by simply pressing its hot number.  The display and
recognition of hot numbers is optional, and can be configured on the
Configure | Auto-Complete Popup List dialog.

* And MANY more! See the help topic "New Features in this Release" for a
  full list of new features, or double-click here:

                http://www.boxersoftware.com/changes13.htm


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