[WASTE-list] WASTE 3.0d5 Evaluation Kit now available

[Marco Piovanelli]

Hi all,

A new build of the WASTE 3.0 evaluation kit is now available at:

  <http://www.merzwaren.com/bin/waste/WASTE-evaluation-kit-30d5.dmg>

The included WASTE.framework replaces the old static library
(libWASTE.a), includes the new WASTE.h header file, and exports
all of the non-deprecated APIs defined by WASTE 2.1.

Some APIs are not (fully) functional at this time, and some have
a slightly different semantics.

The included demo application is just the old demo from the 2.1
distribution (with some minor changes), linked against the new
framework.

New in this build:

  *  WEPut() accepts a new wePutRTF option flag, which causes
     WASTE to attempt to parse the provided text buffer as RTF
     text.

  *  A new feature flag allows clients to enable ATSUI transient
     font matching:

        weFTransientFontMatching

     When this feature is enabled, and a character is assigned a
     font that doesn't contain an appropriate glyph for the
     character, ATSUI will automatically pick a replacement
     font for layout and rendering purposes.  This feature is
     optional because it can seriously degrade performance.

  *  BBEdit-style modifier+backspace and modifier+forward delete
     combinations are now supported.

  *  The following feature flags are now functional:

        weFMonoStyled (partially)
        weFNoAutoTabForHangingIndent
        weFLeftMarginClick

  *  The following APIs, which were previously no-ops, should
     now work:

        WEGetSelectedObject
        WEInsertObject

  *  A number of obsolete and deprecated APIs that are no longer
     even defined in "WASTE.h" now have compatibility implementations
     exported by WASTE.framework:

        WEContinuousRuler
        WEContinuousStyle
        WECopyRange
        WEGetAlignment
        WEGetDirection
        WEGetIndParaInfo
        WEGetIndRunInfo
        WEGetParaInfo
        WEGetRunDirection
        WEGetRunInfo
        WEGetText
        WEInsert
        WEInsertFormattedText
        WESetAlignment
        WESetDirection
        WESetRuler
        WESetStyle

     While these APIs are unsupported and should be avoided
     whenever possible (especially WEGetText), they were added
     to make life easier for people migrating applications
     that use the WText PowerPlant wrapper.

  *  Sundry bug fixes.


                                        -- marco

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