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- THE DEMONSTRATION VERSION DOCS
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- MARTIN REDDY, 1993
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- BACKGROUND
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- EdWord was originally released as a shareware product early in 1992 as V2.2
- It has since been totally rewritten and substantially improved. The result
- is EdWord Professional V4.1 - the fruits of practically four long years of
- sleepless nights and guru-infested frustrations softened only by the lure
- of Salami, Chicken & Sweetcorn pizzas complemented with intravenous Irn Bru
- and the uplifting dream that one day I will actually finish the damn thing!
- Well, as is often the case, the light at the end of the tunnel seemed to be
- an oncoming train and I never really managed to finish my tinkerings with
- EdWord - it would call to me in the night and I would have to obey and add
- something extra to it or pep up an old and slow routine. Okay I'll admit it
- I was an addict, but it wasn't my fault. It all started so innocently, just
- a casual bet from a friend that I couldn't do it. Then it started. At first
- it was just the odd procedure each couple of days, but very soon I couldn't
- make it through the day without at least an hour of programming and then my
- passion consumed me and I couldn't stay away from it. If I was ever parted
- from my keyboard for more than a day I would break down into a pitiful,
- shivering wreck, yearning to get my fix. But fear not because there is a
- happy ending to this rather sad story of teenage addiction gone crazy
- because I've almost kicked the habit and gone cold turkey. This is it, the
- final version of EdWord! It's over. Finished. Completed. (Or is it???)
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- SO WHAT DOES IT DO?
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- It's called EdWord so what do you think it does?? Yeah, it edits words. Or
- put in plainer terms, it's a text editor. I'll not bore you with all the
- details of what it can do here because you can get that from the other doc
- files which come with this demo version.
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- WHAT'S THIS DOC FILE FOR THEN???
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- Well, you may have noticed the word "Demonstration" somewhere in the above
- text. That's because the copy of EdWord which you have is a demo of the
- full version. It will work perfectly well and, as in the shareware release,
- there are no constraints on the program's operation (you can load, save,
- print etc. to your heart's content). However, when you first load EdWord
- up, you will be presented with a little message reminding you that it is a
- demonstration version and this will continue to pop up at intervals of 3
- minutes. The idea being that you can see how the program works but the
- messages are just a little bit too irritable if you really intend to use
- it; so then you will want to register for the full version. So, while we're
- on the subject, the following is a list of what you get if you do actually
- register the program for the modest fee of £10 :-
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- · An updated version of the editor with no annoying messages
- · A large hypertext help facility which documents "Everything You Ever
- Wanted To Know About EdWord But Were Too Scared To Register For"
- (This is currently around 160K of pure text in AmigaGuide format
- with the AmigaGuide program. The other doc files with this demo
- are extracts from this help library)
- · Complete documentation on the ARexx commands which EdWord supports
- and a number of example ARexx scripts for use within the editor
- · The complete set of Keyword Definition Files for use with the
- Text Casing facility. A couple have been supplied with this demo
- version (the #?.key files) but there is a set of 15 of them.
- · The UpdateConfig program which will update any EdWord.config files
- produced by earlier versions of EdWord into the format for V4.1
- · A HardDrive installation utility using the standard Commodore
- installer program.
- · The satisfaction of knowing that you have acted kindly & generously
- and help to save a poor, young child on the brink of starvation and
- to help him pay for his dear mother's heart bypass operation without
- which she would die and leave him alone and dejected in a world that
- just doesn't care.
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- Well, that sounds like seven damn good reasons for registering to me - I'll
- have half a dozen! (<- subliminal message). All I ask in return is £10.00.
- So what's the catch you're asking yourself. Well, in the words of Sigmund
- Freud, "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar". But there are some of you who
- may think that £10.00 is still too much; but I would like to see you get a
- better (or even an equal) package for a cheaper price. After all, I have
- spent the last four years of my life on the thing and although the concept
- of free software is a very nice and admirable principal, it's not a very
- profitable one! As Ashleigh Brilliant once said: "I either want less
- corruption, or more chance to participate in it". Okay, so I'll shut up now
- but you will be wondering where to send your crisp, fluffy, juicy, shiny
- little tenner to won't you??? Well, wonder no longer...
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- ____________________________
- | |
- | Martin Reddy, |
- | Lossiemouth House, |
- | 33 Clifton Road, |
- | LOSSIEMOUTH, |
- | Moray, |
- | Scotland, |
- | IV31 6DP. |
- | |
- | e-mail: mxr@dcs.ed.ac.uk |
- |____________________________|
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- STUDENTS' REDUCTION PLEASE?
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- Although I have said that I am asking for £10.00, there are a couple of
- exceptions for those who have already registered with me for the shareware
- release of EdWord ....
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- 1) For those who sent £5.00 for the shareware registered version,
- If you send another £5.00, then I will register you for EdWord Pro.
- (If you sent £6 or £7 etc., then simply make up the remaining sum
- to £10)
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- 2) For those who have already paid £10 or more to me, if you send me
- a S.A.E. and blank disk, then I will give you a copy of EdWord Pro
- free of charge.
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- THE LEGAL JARGONY STUFF!
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- The complete and unmodified demo version of EdWord Pro V4.1 is placed in to
- the Public Domain and may be freely redistributed via any means. However,
- Martin Reddy retains full copyright on the program and it may not be sold
- for profit without his expressed permission. Although EdWord Pro has
- undergone extensive testing and remains a robust and reliable program,
- Martin Reddy cannot be held responsible for any loss of information caused
- by direct or indirect use of the program. So there!
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- THE END
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- That's all folks! Just got time to say:
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- "Two wrongs don't make a right.
- But two Wrights made an aeroplane."
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