Short:        Textread, a very fast text viewer
Author:       Martin Blom (lcs@lysator.liu.se)
Uploader:     Martin Blom (lcs lysator liu se)
Type:         text/show
Architecture: m68k-amigaos

Textread version 38.82, release 1.13.
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Textread is a more/ppmore/... clone. The main difference is the speed.
Textread is designed to be as fast as possible, yet system friendly.
Some of the features are:

 o Speed
 o Support for XPK and PowerPacker
 o Multibuffer
 o Multi settings
 o Softscroll (well it sucks, really)
 o RTG compatible
 o Can use any fixed-width font system-friendly
 o Can use any 8×8 pixel font on Amiga bitplanes
   with very fast text routines
 o Supports pipes

Just download it and have a look.

Changes since previous release (1.11)

Release 1.13
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        V38.82          'Edit text' now runs the editor async.

                        Textread   should   now   be  100%  (well,  close)
                        compatible   will   graphics   cards,  if  'system
                        rendering'  is  selected.

                        Added 'Save' and 'Save As...' menu items.

                        The  file  requesters  now have a title, just like
                        the other ones, when using RTPatch.

                        Minor  improvements  to  the  requesters,  removed
                        redundant code.

                        Improved the ANSI/ISO sequence remover (It did not
                        remove ANSI/ISO sequences, just some common Escape
                        sequences!).

                        When   'system   rendering'   is   selected,   any
                        fixed-width  font  may  be  used, as long as 80×20
                        characters fits on screen.  (Expect some slowdown)

                        When   searching,   the   found   word   will   be
                        hightlighted  (or  the  line  the  word  is  on if
                        wildcard is used).

                        You  can  now  supply your own icon images for the
                        prefs files and the AppIcon, just create the files
                        "ENV:Textread/def_prefs.info"                  and
                        "ENV:Textread/def_app.info".

                        (Re)added 'Go to line' (l, #) and 'Go to %' (g, %)

                        The  default  preference  file  is  now located in
                        'ENVARC:Textread/Textread.prefs'.

                        Added  a  palette  requester.   Well, not quite...
                        All it does is running SYS:Tools/Colors (Exists on
                        your WB 2.0 disk.  3.0+ owners may want to try Ian
                        J.     Einman's    IanUtils    (Fred    Fish,   or
                        AmiNet:dev/asm/IanUtils.lha)

                        The  prefs  files have changed format for the last
                        time, the new format is more flexible.

                        The key binding has changed a bit.

                        The 'Reveal' list now also shows buffer numbers.

                        Textread  now  supports  pipes.  Read the docs for
                        notes.

                        Some bugs removed, some small things improved.

                        Textread never detaches itself from shell anymore.
                        It  was  inconsequent, and besides, 'run' was made
                        for a reason.

                        Added Open/Close Workbench menu items.

                        If  a  second copy of Textread is started, without
                        the NEW argument, only a small portion of the code
                        will  stay resident in memory, waiting for the new
                        buffer  in  the old Textread to be closed.  Ehmm..
                        let's just say it saves memory.

                        System  rendering  and fontfake is allways on (and
                        can't  be turned off) when a non-native screenmode
                        is  selected.   This  will  avoid potential (chip)
                        memory trashing.

                        Fixed  the  "***Corrupt  window  pointer!" problem
                        WShell reported.  Thanks, Ulrich!

                        Added a requester to prevent accidental saves.

                        Discovered what caused a frustrating bug that made
                        my  custom  text  routines  do  nothing (no screen
                        clear, no text printing, no nothing.) It was Magic
                        Layers  (1.1)  .  So if Textread suddenly (or more
                        specific  after  you  have  dragged  a  window  on
                        Textread's screen) stops printing, just iconify it
                        and deiconify, and don't drag any more windows  on
                        Textreads screen!

                        Changed the shareware rules a bit.

                        Removed a bug that caused Textread to crash if the 
                        ENVARC: assign did not exist.