ESS-Code 6.1:  N E W  F E A T U R E S  &  B U G  F I X E S
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Please note that this list of new features and bug fixes is in
chronological order; new information will appear at the end of the
list.

[ESS-Code 6.0:  June 16, 1994]

                * * * I M P O R T A N T   N O T I C E ! * * *

     As a direct result of the growing investment of time and effort
     placed into this application, ESS-Code is now a SHAREWARE product.

     Users who register ESS-Code will receive a disk with the latest
     version of ESS-Code (optimized), and a registered (optimized,
     personalized) version of MasterBrowse (which also includes MasterPrint,
     AutoDate, ACC-Pad, ShadowTerm II, and a coupon for a free catalog from
     Suzy B's Software and a $3 credit toward the purchase of a disk from
     the Suzy B's Software collection).

     The continued development of ESS-Code depends _solely_ on user
     contributions; if no such contributions are received, this
     application will not be developed further.

     For more information on registration, please read the "Registration"
     section of this manual.

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NEW FEATURE:  ESS-Code now supports MIME-Encoding/MIME-Decoding.  The
              MIME conversion method is rapidly replacing all other
              conversion methods; it is not as fast as some, but it
              generates very compact output and is extremely
              reliable.  The MIME conversion method is supported on the
              UNIX, Amiga, Macintosh, IBM, and Atari computer
              platforms.

NEW FEATURE:  ESS-Code now has an expanded command line interface; the
              previous command line interface is still present (for use
              as an installed application).  The new method consists of
              eight possible commands; the commands are not case
              sensitive, but the commands and arguments must appear in
              exactly the order shown below:

                   -uue     [source] [destination file]
                   -uud     [source] [destination file]
                   -btoa    [source] [destination file]
                   -atob    [source] [destination file]
                   -ship    [source] [destination file]
                   -unship  [destination file] [source] [source] [...]
                   -mime    [source] [destination file]
                   -unmime  [source] [destination file]

              For control over the segment size, use the "SEGSIZE"
              environment variable.  If ESS-Code is called in
              command line mode, it will set the segment size
              according to the value in that environment variable.

NEW FEATURE:  The entire ESS-Code manual is now available at any time
              from within ESS-Code (if the ST-Guide accessory is
              installed).  By making the online help external, the
              overall program size is reduced and the quality of the
              online help is vastly improved.  If you want to move the
              "ESSCODE.HYP" file out of the ESS-Code directory, you 
              must define the "ESSHELP" environment variable; it should 
              contain the full pathname of "ESSCODE.HYP".

              ST-Guide is available on many FTP sites, commercial services,
              and public access bulletin board systems.  If requested,
              a copy of the ST-Guide archive can be placed on the disk
              sent to registered users.

[ESS-Code 6.1:  June 29, 1994]

NEW FEATURE:  ESS-Code can now handle MIME-Encode/MIME-Decode requests
              from the operating system, or when ESS-Code is called as
              an installed application.  Valid extensions for a 
              MIME-Encoded file are ".M", ".MIM", & ".MIME" (case
              sensitive).

                                                   -Michel Forget
                                                    Electric Storm Software
                                                    June 29, 1994