Hlp("Clicking SELECT/ADJUST on it will open up the main window.")
Main%:
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Hlp("Hey! It's Frank's window!")
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Hlp("This is the vocabulary icon.")
Hlp("Clicking SELECT/ADJUST on this will open the vocabulary window. In this you will be able to see what words are currently known, and perform operations on them.")
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Hlp("This is the quick save icon.")
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Hlp("Clicking SELECT/ADJUST on it will open the save window.")
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Hlp("This is the preferences icon.")
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Hlp("Clicking SELECT/ADJUST on it will open Frank's preferences window.")
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Hlp("This is where you enter your text.")
Hlp("If the caret is not in the box, then click the SELECT button in it, and the caret will appear.")
Output%:
Hlp("This is where Frank responds to you. Your comments appear in red, Franks appear in blue. Only the last ten sentences are stored, and you can view them using the scroll bar. New comments always appear on the bottom line.")
Info%:
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Hlp("Ohhh.... lots of interesting information!")
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Hlp("A 256 colour sprite... sorry to all you users of older computers!")
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Hlp("Another 256 colour sprite!")
1,2:
Hlp("The original version of Frank (written on a 286 PC in QBasic) wasn't very good... turn off word linkage and word frequency from preferences, and you'll see how it used to respond!")
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3,4:
Hlp("That's me!")
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5,6:
Hlp("The first version ever was written in 1993.")
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7,8:
Hlp("Spread the disc as well as the word!")
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Hlp("True, very true.")
Prefs%:
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Hlp("This is Frank's Preferences window.")
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Hlp("This is the current maximum number of words allowed.")
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Hlp("This is the current maximum number of links per word allowed.")
Hlp("Clicking on this will turn learning on. This means that new words will be added to the vocabulary.")
Hlp("Clicking on this will turn learning off. This will protect the current vocabulary from being changed when new words are added.")
Hlp("Clicking on this means that commas will be taken as the end to a sentence. Words separated by a comma will not have a link added between them.")
Hlp("Clicking on this means that commas will be ignored, and links will be created between words separated with a comma.")
Hlp("This box contains characters that will be ignored by Frank. For example, if the symbol '^' was included, the word 'Hel^lo' would be interpreted as 'hello'.")
Hlp("Clicking on this will turn word linkage on. When Frank constructs sentences, he will take into account what words can follow one another.")
Hlp("Clicking on this will turn word linkage off. When responding, Frank will select upto six random words as a sentence. This makes very little sense what so ever.")
Hlp("Clicking on this will turn 'word frequency' on. This means that when Frank constructs a sentence, he will take into account how many times words have been linked together.")
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Hlp("Clicking on this will turn 'word frequency' off.")
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Hlp("Clicking on this makes Frank save the current preferences with the vocabulary.")
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Hlp("Clicking on this prevents Frank from saving the preferences with the vocabulary.")
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Hlp("Dragging a vocabulary file onto here selects the vocabulary to be loaded when Frank is initially run.")
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Hlp("Clicking on here restores the preferences that were selected upon startup.")
Hlp("Clicking on this saves the preferences to disc. They will automatically be loaded when Frank is run.")
Message%:
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Hlp("Frank has a message for you!")
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Hlp("Click on here to accept the message.")
Vocab%:
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Hlp("This is the correct word icon.")
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Hlp("By clicking on this, then on one of the words, you can correct spelling mistakes.")
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Hlp("This is the delete word icon.")
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Hlp("By clicking on this, you can delete unwanted words by clicking on them.")
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Hlp("This is the 'show links' icon.")
Hlp("By clicking on this, then on a word, you can view what other words the given word can be followed by. (in the current vocabulary)")
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Hlp("This is the case selecting icon.")
Hlp("By clicking on this icon, then on a word, you toggle the case of the given words first letter. This is useful for names, dates etc.")
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Hlp("Clicking SELECT on this arrow will scroll the vocabulary list up one place.")
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Hlp("Clicking ADJUST on this arrow will scroll the vocabulary list up one page.")
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Hlp("Clicking SELECT on this arrow will scroll the vocabulary list down one place.")
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Hlp("Clicking ADJUST on this arrow will scroll the vocabulary list down one page.")
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Hlp("This is the vocabulary window.")
Hlp("The words are shown in the boxes down the middle of the window, and on their left is their word number.")
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Correct%:
Hlp("This is the word correction window.")
Hlp("The word in it's original form is diaplayed in the top box. Enter the corrected version in the box below it, and click on correct.")
Links%:
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Hlp("Clicking SELECT on this arrow will scroll the link list up one place.")
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Hlp("Clicking ADJUST on this arrow will scroll the link list up one page.")
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Hlp("Clicking SELECT on this arrow will scroll the link list down one place.")
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Hlp("Clicking ADJUST on this arrow will scroll the link list down one page.")
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Hlp("This is the add link icon.")
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Hlp("Clicking SELECT/ADJUST on this icon will open up the link creation window.")
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Hlp("This is the break link icon.")
Hlp("Clicking on this icon, then on one of the linked words (from this window) will remove the selected word from the link list. If this leaves no resultant links, the word will automatically end a sentence.")
G
Hlp("This is the 'show links' icon.")
Hlp("By clicking on this, then on a word, you can view what other words the given word can be followed by. (in the current vocabulary)")
H
Hlp("This is the reset counter icon.")
Hlp("Clicking on this icon, then on one of the linked words, will reset the number of times that word has been called to 1.")
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Hlp("This is the link list window.")
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Hlp("It shows all the words that a given word can link to.")
AddLink%:
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Hlp("Clicking on this icon will allow you to link a word to the end of a sentence.")
Hlp("This is the add link window. By clicking on a word from the vocabulary window, and the clicking on the Add icon, located in the bottom right of this window, you can create links between words.")