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* ReadmeMaster *
* Sept.13,1987 *
* Harold Morash *
* 902-435-1895 *
* IMPORTANT NOTE: This program is freely copyable and distributable. *
* It is NOT Public Domain. All copyrights are reserved by the author. *
* You may give copies of this program to anyone you wish but you may *
* not sell it. I hope that you may find it useful if you collect or *
* have access to the Fred Fish AMIGALIBDISK Library. *
* *
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How to use this program:
From CLI - cd to <device>:ReadmeMaster
- run ReadmeMaster
From WorkBench - Double Click on Drawer Icon ReadmeMaster
- Double Click on ReadmeMaster Icon
Once the program starts it will only take it a few seconds to load its
files and then you may begin.
Explanation of Gadgets:
Dictionary Side:-
Prop Gadget - is used to scroll through the Dictionary. It does so in
very large chunks because you are actually moving through
about 59K of memory.
Arrows - are used to go up and down through the Dictionary one word
at a time. They do repeat here.
PageUp - is used to move through the Dictionary 10 lines at a time.
PageDn - same as above.
Select - is for copying whatever is under the HighLiter over to the
Selections window.
Selections Side:-
Arrows - are used to move the Highliter up and down through the
selections. These do not repeat!
Hit - is used to tell the program that you only want to lookup
the Readme descriptions that are either Hits (one word
selected) or UNIONS (sum of hits on all words selected).
All - is used to lookup all the hits on all the words selected.
Next - is used to lookup the next hit.
Prev - is used to lookup the previous hit.
UnSel - is used to unselect whatever selection the Highliter is
currently on.
Clear - clears all selections.
TW - is a Tiny Window mode that has been implemented to allow
the user to get back to either CLI or WorkBench to do
something else if he so desires. To get back to ReadmeMaster
just click the left mouse button in the tiny window. If
anyone is using Tiny Window Manager which appeared in
Transactor magazine a few months back this feature here is
a client of this and therefore when in tiny window mode it
would appear as a Gadget.
There is one more Gadget that is not visible unless you know about it.
In the bottom view area you see 'AmigaLibDisk #'. To the right of '#' if
you click the left mouse button on it you will be able to type a number
which corresponds to the Fred Fish Disk number you would like to lookup.
This is a feature I decided to add because I felt it would come in handy
if you wanted to know what was on a particular disk.
One more feature I added was the ability to select words by pointing to
the one you want and pressing the left mouse button. This one was to
satisfy Ron Whitaker who likes to select with his mouse!!
I would like to especially thank Ron for his support and guidance
throughout this project, Ernie Poirier for his work on the icon for the
program, and Transactor Magazine for their Tiny Window Manager
program.
If anyone has any comments, suggestions, or problems I would greatly
appreciate a call as long as it is during a reasonable hour, or a letter.
Please take the time with problems to document exactly how you got it,
as this is the best way to track them down and find a possible solution.
I will provide updates to the files the program uses as more of the Fred
Fish Disks become available to me. There is a file included in this
directory which tells what disks are currently in the Dictionary.
If you would like an update to the files please send a blank disk and
enough money to cover return postage to:
Harold Morash
77 John Stuart Drive
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Canada
B2W 4J7
If you want to move this program to another disk please ensure that all
the files in the ReadmeMaster Directory get moved to the same place
(root or sub-directory) or else the program wont work.
I do hope you find this program useful because that will make
the entire time I spent on this project very worthwhile.
-Harold Morash