After the original VEDIT hit the pages of BYTE magazine in May 1980, it
quickly became the #1 programmer's editor. In January 1982, VEDIT was the
first editor available for the revolutionary IBM PC. Since then, tens of
thousands of programmers, engineers and writers have been enthusiastic users
of VEDIT and its successor VEDIT PLUS.

The VEDIT PLUS macro language automates repetitive editing tasks and lets you
create your own editing functions. It is an ideal application language for
writing text oriented programs such as translators, converters, "filters" and
much more. This entire tutorial is a VEDIT PLUS macro. Even the installation
is written as a macro. Despite its power, the macro language can be mastered
by users with no previous programming experience.

In 1993 we introduced VEDIT PLUS version 4.0 as the first and only "universal
file editor" that can edit any text, data or binary file in a wide variety of
modes. Files up to 2000 Megabytes can be edited in five ASCII modes, EBCDIC,
Hex or Octal. Both "fixed length" and "variable length" data records are
supported.

The Windows version released in 1997 achieved our goal of an exceptionally
compact and fast program without all the "bloat" common with most other
Windows programs. 

The latest 32-bit VEDIT PLUS 5.1 is highly optimized for Windows 95/98 and
Windows NT. A 16-bit Windows and DOS version are also supplied and work
almost identically. In particular, the keyboard layouts are the same.

Even with all the recent enhancements and modern user interface, the core of
VEDIT is still written in hand-optimized assembly language for maximum speed
and the most compact size. The Windows version interface is written in plain
C. (Bloated C++, MFC and Objects are not used.) By not using any .DLLs,
installation and compatibility problems are eliminated.

Perhaps the best feature of VEDIT is our personal, old-fashioned support.
Remember when your telephone call was answered by a real person that
immediately connected you to technical support or customer service, when you
could talk to the programmers or even the president, when you didn't have to
pay for every support call, when suggestions were welcome and often
implemented, and when any real problems were fixed within a few days?

Well, that's the kind of old-fashioned support we still offer. Even if you
only have the Trial version of VEDIT, we encourage you to contact us if you
have any questions, need support, encounter any problems or would like to
make any suggestions.

Greenview Data Inc, PO Box 1586, Ann Arbor, MI 48106.
Toll Free: 1-800-45-VEDIT (1-800-458-3348) in US and Canada
Telephone: 1-734-996-1300 
FAX:       1-734-996-1308
Email:     sales@vedit.com
           support@vedit.com
Website:   www.vedit.com

Thank you for evaluating VEDIT PLUS!

Sincerely,

Ted Green
President
ted@vedit.com
