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Read me file for File Displayer Version 1.0
Copyright ©1988 By Michael Street
Hi. This is my first attempt at programming my ST, so keep that in
mind while you use this program.
I would appreciate detailed bug reports and good suggestions for
improvments. If you like the program, please let me know that too.
Nothing feels as good as having people appreciate your work!
(Well, almost nothing) :D.
This program started because I download a lot of text files from BBS's
for later reading and the Show function on the desktop didn't meet my
needs. I wanted to be able to search for keywords and page up and not
keep having disk accesses all the time. So I made File Displayer which
has all those functions that I mentioned. It loads the entire file in
memory and lets me manipulate my way though any text file I want.
The easiest way to use File Displayer is to put a copy of it on any
disk that you keep Text files on (Hard Disk users: Let me know how
you install it, because I don't own a hard disk), and then use the
install application function on the desktop to install such extenders
as .TXT or .DOC etc... (If you need help installing, let me know).
Then you may double click on the text file you wish to read and File
Displayer will automatically run.
After File Displayer loads your file, the first page will be
displayed along with a status line that tell you the page your on,
the number of pages in the file, and the logical options you can
use on that page. Logical meaning that you don't want to page up
on the first page and you wouldn't want to go to the bottom of
the file on the last page, etc...
F1 key allows you to type in a string to search for (Case sensitive)
and the program will search from the top of the next page to the
bottom of the file for it. If it finds it, the display will start
from the line that the string was found. If not, a message will tell
you so and ask you to press a key to continue. Press F2 key to search
for the next occurance of that string.
F3 key allows you to mark the current page for printing or for
returning to if you want to move someplace else in the file for
reference or searching. Press F4 to return to that page or F5 to
print that page.
F10 allows you to print the entire file. Press Undo to abort the
printing.
Press the Help key to get a listing of the options.
Press Undo to quit the program.
You can run this program in all resolutions. If you run it in low, the
program will switch to medium to display the file and then switch back
to low after it's finished.
The rest of the options should be self explanitory, but if you
have any questions, please feel free to let me know. Thank you.
Remember, this program is SHAREWARE! If you like it, please let me
know! I don't want money, just a little recognition.
Michael Street
Please E-Mail me at the following addresses:
ARPA: mstreet@crash
GEnie: M.STREET2
Compuserve: 71071,452
Mail: 1184 Blackbird St. El Cajon, CA. 92020