Editing MagicWand
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Magic Wand text editor. Later, this became PeachText by Peachtree Software. '''Authors:''' Les Pinter, Mike Griffin and Bill Radding '''Wikipedia:''' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Wand_(software) '''Download:''' http://landover.no-ip.com/cpmcomm/text/Magicwnd.zip '''Family:''' CPMEditorFamily '''Platform:''' CP/M '''License:''' Commercial * Full screen text editing, featuring "single stroke control keys" including using the function keys available on the end-user's terminal. * Full text formatting commands, allowing the setting of page features such as text justification, line spacing, widow/orphan management, and margins. Other features mentioned in this category include bold and underline (broken and solid) capability. "You may change any of these commands at run-time /without reformatting the file/." (original emphasis) * Merging with external data files, "with either fixed length or sequential records," allowing the generation of reports or form letters. * User-defined Variables. The MAGIC WAND allowed a maximum of 128 variables of up to 55 characters per variable. There was a seven-character limit on variable names. According to the ad copy, the variables were stored as strings, but could be treated as integers- allowing comma or decimal notation (e.g., 1,000,000.00), as well as the ability to increment or decrement the value. * Conditional commands. It seems as though MAGIC WAND allowed certain portions of a file to be printed or not as determined by a "straight-forward IF statement."
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