<s>
The	B-Application
SemWare	I-Application
Editor	I-Application
(	O
TSE	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
computer	B-Application
program	I-Application
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
OS/2	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
in	O
November	O
1985	O
as	O
a	O
shareware	B-License
program	O
called	O
Qedit	B-Application
,	O
it	O
was	O
later	O
modified	O
to	O
run	O
as	O
a	O
terminate-and-stay-resident	O
(	O
TSR	O
)	O
program	O
,	O
and	O
ported	O
to	O
OS/2	B-Application
and	O
eventually	O
evolved	O
(	O
via	O
rewrite	O
)	O
to	O
TSE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TSE	O
was	O
eventually	O
ported	O
to	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
TSE	O
supports	O
a	O
Pascal-based	O
macro	O
language	O
(	O
SemWare	B-Application
Application	O
Language	O
or	O
SAL	O
)	O
,	O
regular	B-Language
expression	I-Language
search	O
and	O
replace	O
,	O
keystroke	O
recording	O
and	O
playback	O
,	O
full	O
undo	B-Application
and	O
redo	B-Application
,	O
shortcut	O
key	O
assignment	O
(	O
both	O
as	O
configuration	O
and	O
on	O
the	O
fly	O
)	O
that	O
allow	O
extensive	O
modification	O
of	O
the	O
functionality	O
of	O
the	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
,	O
and	O
other	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
its	O
predecessor	O
QEdit	B-Application
,	O
TSE	O
is	O
used	O
by	O
programmers	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
QEdit	B-Application
was	O
a	O
versatile	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
requiring	O
50	O
KB	O
of	O
memory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
QEdit	B-Application
stores	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
files	O
being	O
edited	O
in	O
RAM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
versions	O
of	O
QEdit	B-Application
added	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
various	O
systems	O
of	O
memory	O
supported	O
by	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
:	O
expanded	B-Device
memory	I-Device
(	O
EMS	O
)	O
,	O
extended	B-Device
memory	I-Device
(	O
XMS	O
)	O
and	O
virtual	B-Architecture
memory	I-Architecture
,	O
up	O
to	O
a	O
maximum	O
of	O
16MB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
QEdit	B-Application
was	O
ported	O
to	O
OS/2	B-Application
initially	O
as	O
a	O
16-bit	O
application	O
for	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
OS/2	B-Application
1.x	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
16-bit	O
OS/2	B-Application
version	O
of	O
QEdit	B-Application
had	O
version	O
1.x	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
1.50	O
for	O
16-bit	O
OS/2	B-Application
is	O
dated	O
February	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SemWare	B-Application
ported	O
QEdit	B-Application
for	O
32-bit	O
OS/2	B-Application
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
QEdit	B-Application
Pro	O
3.0	O
for	O
OS/2	B-Application
on	O
February	O
,	O
1994	O
which	O
sold	O
for	O
$99	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
3.0	O
included	O
multi-file	O
operation	O
,	O
HPFS	B-Application
support	O
and	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
OS/2	B-Application
Clipboard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SemWare	B-Application
claimed	O
"	O
over	O
120,000	O
licensed	O
users	O
"	O
on	O
all	O
platforms	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
version	O
released	O
for	O
OS/2	B-Application
was	O
"	O
TSE	O
Junior/2	O
"	O
v4.00e	O
released	O
on	O
February	O
,	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
functionally	O
equivalent	O
to	O
TSE	O
Junior	O
v4.00e	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
with	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
access	O
to	O
OS/2	B-Application
'	O
s	O
system-wide	O
clipboard	O
and	O
HPFS	B-Application
(	O
long	O
filenames	O
)	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
retailed	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
for	O
$99	O
and	O
was	O
supplied	O
with	O
a	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
DOS	B-Device
basic	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
QEdit	B-Application
was	O
rewritten	O
and	O
significantly	O
expanded	O
,	O
and	O
eventually	O
released	O
as	O
The	B-Application
SemWare	I-Application
Editor	I-Application
(	O
TSE	O
)	O
1.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
release	O
maintained	O
the	O
tradition	O
of	O
fast	O
I/O	O
and	O
response	O
,	O
fast	O
search	O
,	O
a	O
simple	O
text	O
scripting	O
language	O
and	O
the	O
fundamental	O
design	O
of	O
a	O
native	B-Language
core	O
with	O
functionality	O
split	O
between	O
native	B-Language
code	O
and	O
scripting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
TSE	O
features	O
included	O
a	O
more	O
powerful	O
scripting	O
language	O
(	O
SAL	O
)	O
,	O
regular	B-Language
expressions	I-Language
,	O
a	O
native	B-Language
Win32	B-Library
port	O
,	O
SAL	O
access	O
to	O
Win32	B-Library
DLL	O
entry	O
points	O
,	O
a	O
'	O
graphical	O
 '	O
port	O
using	O
the	O
native	B-Language
Windows	B-Application
GDI	B-Operating_System
(	O
previous	O
versions	O
employed	O
the	O
console	B-Device
window	O
)	O
,	O
optional	O
native	B-Language
dialogs	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
Earlier	O
versions	O
of	O
TSE	O
operated	O
in	O
the	O
console	B-Device
window	O
in	O
text-only	O
mode	O
with	O
limited	O
character	O
sets	O
and	O
colors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
2.6	O
added	O
a	O
native	B-Language
Win32	B-Library
port	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
still	O
character-based	O
(	O
using	O
the	O
Win32	B-Application
Console	I-Application
APIs	B-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
4.0	O
included	O
the	O
Win32	B-Library
application	O
rewritten	O
as	O
a	O
pixel-based	O
graphical	O
application	O
(	O
g32.exe	O
)	O
using	O
the	O
GDI	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
commonly	O
misunderstood	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
console	B-Device
application	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
still	O
appears	O
textual	O
despite	O
being	O
a	O
native	B-Language
Win32	B-Library
graphical	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visually	O
,	O
g32	O
appears	O
to	O
work	O
in	O
lines	O
and	O
columns	O
,	O
though	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
graphical	O
application	O
(	O
via	O
WinMain	B-Library
and	O
GDI	B-Operating_System
APIs	B-General_Concept
,	O
not	O
the	O
Console	B-Device
API	B-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
SemWare	I-Application
Editor	I-Application
Junior	O
:	O
Available	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
lightweight	O
edition	O
that	O
only	O
uses	O
convention	O
DOS	B-Device
memory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
SemWare	I-Application
Editor	I-Application
Professional	O
:	O
An	O
edition	O
designed	O
for	O
professional	O
programmer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SemWare	B-Application
Application	O
Language	O
(	O
SAL	O
)	O
uses	O
a	O
Pascal-like	O
notation	O
supporting	O
procedural	B-Application
functions	O
and	O
procedures	O
,	O
local	O
and	O
global	O
variables	O
,	O
constants	O
,	O
a	O
preprocessor	B-General_Concept
including	O
common	O
#include	O
and	O
#ifdef	O
keywords	O
,	O
iterative	O
and	O
recursive	O
control	O
structures	O
,	O
and	O
many	O
text-editing-specific	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAL	O
APIs	B-General_Concept
support	O
creation	O
of	O
arbitrary	O
buffers	B-General_Concept
,	O
including	O
non-interactive	O
buffers	B-General_Concept
not	O
visible	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
functions	O
are	O
available	O
to	O
access	O
and	O
manipulate	O
buffers	B-General_Concept
and	O
their	O
contents	O
,	O
effectively	O
acting	O
as	O
very	O
large	O
text	O
containers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Month	O
Year	O
Name	O
Version	O
Description	O
May	O
1985	O
QEdit	B-Application
–	O
First	O
beta	O
version	O
Nov	O
QEdit	B-Application
1.0	O
First	O
official	O
release	O
–	O
Written	O
in	O
Turbo	B-Application
Pascal	I-Application
Feb	O
1986	O
QEdit	B-Application
1.2	O
Multiple	O
windows	B-Application
Mar	O
QEdit	B-Application
1.25	O
–	O
May	O
QEdit	B-Application
1.25A	O
–	O
Jul	O
QEdit	B-Application
1.30	O
–	O
Apr	O
1987	O
QEdit	B-Application
1.35	O
–	O
Jun	O
QEdit	B-Application
1.36	O
–	O
Jul	O
QEdit	B-Application
1.37	O
–	O
Oct	O
QEdit	B-Application
1.38	O
Size	O
decreased	O
to	O
29	O
KB	O
Feb	O
1988	O
QEdit	B-Application
1.39	O
–	O
Feb	O
QEdit	B-Application
2.00	O
Pulldown	O
menus	O
added	O
Mar	O
QEdit	B-Application
2.03	O
Converted	O
to	O
Turbo	B-Application
Pascal	I-Application
4.0	O
Apr	O
QEdit	B-Application
2.05	O
–	O
Dec	O
QEdit	B-Application
2.07	O
Added	O
Column	O
blocks	O
Feb	O
1989	O
QEdit	B-Application
2.07A	O
–	O
Jul	O
QEdit	B-Application
2.08	O
–	O
Feb	O
1990	O
QEdit	B-Application
2.1	O
Converted	O
to	O
C	B-Language
/	O
First	O
release	O
of	O
TSR	O
version	O
/	O
First	O
release	O
of	O
QEdit	B-Application
for	O
OS/2	B-Application
/	O
First	O
German	O
translation	O
Mar	O
1991	O
–	O
–	O
First	O
TSEPro	O
beta	O
/	O
Includes	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
SAL	O
,	O
Virtual	B-Architecture
memory	I-Architecture
support	O
,	O
multifile	O
,	O
block	O
support	O
,	O
all	O
in	O
a	O
30	O
KB	O
DOS	B-Device
.EXE	O
.	O
</s>
