1	BEAV (Binary Editor And Viewer), is a full featured binary file
2editor.	  Just about any operation that you could want to do to a binary
3file is possible with BEAV.   You can insert or delete in the middle of
4a file thereby changing it's size.   You can edit multiple files in
5multiple windows and cut and paste between them.   You can display and
6edit data in hex, octal, decimal, binary, ascii, or ebcdic formats.   You
7can display data in byte, word, or long word formats in either Intel or
8Motorola byte ordering.   You can send the formatted display mode to a
9file or printer.
10
11	BEAV is based on the source for emacs for display and keyboard
12handling functions.   The binary file handling and display formats are
13special to BEAV.   There is a full manual included in this release.
14There are makefiles for the following systems;
15
16	UNIX SYS5		makefile.uxv
17	UNIX BSD		makefile.bsd
18	LINUX			makefile.uxv
19	386BSD			makefile.bsd
20	XENIX 286		makefile.286
21	AmigaDOS		makefile.amg
22	Microsoft C 5.1		makefile.mc5
23	Microsoft C 7.0		makefile.mc7
24	DEC ULTRIX		makefile.utx
25	OS/2			makefile.os2
26	AIX			makefile.rs6
27
28Select the appropriate one and rename it to makefile.   Run make.
29
30BEAV has been run on the following machines;
31
32	8088, 8086, 286 and 386 PC's
33	RS6000
34	MIPS
35	HP Precision Architecture
36	SUN
37	AMIGA
38	DEC
39	The old Wang PC
40
41	BEAV has international language support.   All language dependent
42text strings are in a seperate file.   The English language text file
43is called english.c.   The language that is desired should have it's
44"<lang>.c" file copied to language.c.   This is the file that will be
45complied and linked.   This initial release of the international language
46support contains only an english.c file.  The language.c file supplied
47is a copy of the english.c file.
48
49BEAV is available various archives, on WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL it is;
50
51	PD1:<MDSOS.FILUTL>BEAV140.ZIP	MSDOS executable and doc
52
53	PD1:<MDSOS.FILUTL>BEAV140S.ZIP	source and doc
54
55
56      Version 1.40 (3/31/93) of BEAV contains the following
57enhancements;
58
59*		Support for different languages.   All English text
60	strings are contained in a seperate file.   I would like to
61	get translations to other languages.   I will then include
62	them in future releases.   Key codes are 8 bit values now.
63	This allows extended character sets.
64
65*		A bug has been fixed in the search command.   If the
66	backspace key was hit while entering the search string, some
67	error messages were displayed.
68
69*		Another bug has been fixed in the search command.
70	While entering a search pattern if you went back and inserted
71	characters in the search pattern the cursor would advance one
72	position too far.
73
74*		BEAV will compile under OS/2.   There is a makefile
75	called makefile.os2.   The OS/2 support is thanks to
76	Kai Uwe Rommel (rommel@jonas.gold.sub.org)
77
78	I am willing to maintain BEAV and will entertain suggestions
79for modifications and/or bug fixes.   I can be reached at;
80
81		pvr@wiis.wang.com
82
83or at;
84
85		Peter Reilley
86		19 Heritage Cir.
87		Hudson, N.H. 03051
88