The Holy Bible & Other Christian Shareware

home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search

/ The Holy Bible & Other Christian Shareware / The Holy Bible and Other Christian Shareware (Advantage Plus) (1993).ISO / sm / help.2 < prev next >

Wrap

Text File | 1993-04-26 | 26.0 KB | 465 lines

╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ SeedMaster FORM HELP.2 ║ ║ Copyright (C) 1988, 1989 White Harvest Software, Inc. ║ ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ [SCREEN FORMAT] PURPOSE: To let you control the appearance of your screen(s). NUMBER OF VERSES TO BUFFER: Lets you choose the amount of disk buffering in viewing verses. The lower the number, the faster SeedMaster will refresh its buffers as you scroll through verses. Note that only one half of the value chosen may be displayed in the window at a time (the rest of the window lines, if any, will be blank). You can help fill the window by disabling the PARAGRAPH FORM option (see below). In general, if you have a slow computer, choose a lower value. Less memory is consumed with lower values. PARAGRAPH FORM If enabled, verses will be displayed in paragraphs. If not, verses will be separated each to their own line. SUPPRESS {FOOTNOTES} If enabled, any footnote text is omitted. If not footnotes will appear within {curly braces}. SHOW <STRONGS> NUMBERS IN KJS If you have the KJS and STR Databases and with this option enabled, the Strong's Numbers will be embedded within the KJS text. Standard Strong's Numbers appear in <these brackets>. Extended Numbers for verb parsings appear in (parentheses). USE INTERLINEAR FORM If enabled, View mode will display verses from each version selected in INTERLINEAR ORDER, in the order selected. PARAGRAPH FORM will be ignored. Scrolling operations will be slowed somewhat. INTERLINEAR ORDER Allows you to customize order of interlinear Bible versions. For starting WORD lists and searches, SeedMaster assumes the first Bible version is what you want to use. Enter the codes for the Bible versions you want displayed, in order. Example: If you wanted the following translations shown in alphabetical order, you would enter "GKNRV". For purposes of this dialog, KJV and KJS are identical. VERSE FRAGMENTS Allows you to speed up the display of Search results. If you select "None", only the verse references (no verse text) will appear. This can result in significantly faster searches, especially on slow computers or on CD-ROM access. If you choose "Verse Start" or "Word Context", a fragment of the verse will be displayed in the ajoining window. If you use "Verse Start", the beginning of the verse will show. Many people recognize a verse by how it starts, rather than the words in the middle. Also, it is a little faster than "Word Context". If your answer is "Word Context", the context of the searched word(s) will show. If more than one search word is used, the first one in the verse is keyed on. This helps you quickly screen word uses. For example, the word "lie" can indicate falsehood or a reclining. AUTOMATIC HYPERTEXT HIGHLIGHTING Allows you to automatically highlight available Hypertext jumps in Resources. This can be valuable when you are creating your own jumps, as valid entries will be highlighted as you type them. On the other hand, it can cause annoying screen flashing. In any event, the jumps will be highlighted when you press <Tab> or <Shift><Tab>. ALPHABETICAL BOOK MENU Lets you select your choice of the Bible Book order in menus. If you select Alphabetical, you can press a letter <A-Z> to move the list to the closest book. If not, the verses are displayed in standard order. This option is ignored in the Search Range Dialog. NOTES: These values are stored and will be used until changed. To exit and NOT save changes: Press <Esc>. To exit and save changes: Press <F7>. ════════════════════════════════END════════════════════════════════════ [WORD ORDER] PURPOSE: To allow you to control enforcing word order in phrase searches. THOTS: If you select "None", no order will be enforced. This will generate the most references from a word combination, and will be the fastest search. If you select "General" or "Literal", SeedMaster must screen potential verses containing phrase words for the proper order. This takes more time than a "None" search, but it will be faster than you can screen the verses manually. The search time depends on how many verses contain the phrase words. If you choose "General" order, the words will be in order, but other words may be BETWEEN the phrase words. If you use "Literal" order, only spaces or punctuation will be permitted between words. If you have enabled Case Sensitivity on the dialog box, adding Word Order won't signficantly slow down a search. ENTER: Select your choice by pressing <Space> until a "button" appears next to your choice. NOTES: This choice is stored and will be used until changed. To exit the dialog box and NOT save changes: Press <Esc>. To exit the dialog box and save changes: Press <F7>. ════════════════════════════════END════════════════════════════════════ [CASE SENSITIVITY] PURPOSE: To allow you to enforce case sensitivity in a word or phrase search. THOTS: If the box is not X'd ([ ]), case sensitivity will not be enforced. This will generate the most references from a word combination, and will be the fastest search. If the box is X'd ([X]), case sensitivity will be enforced. Seed- Master must then screen potential verses containing phrase words for the proper cases. This takes more time, but it will be faster than you can screen the verses manually. The search time depends on how many verses contain the phrase words. ENTER: Select your choice by pressing <Space> until a "X" appears or dis- appears. NOTES: This choice is stored and will be used until changed. To exit the dialog box and NOT save changes: Press <Esc>. To exit the dialog box and save changes: Press <F7>. ════════════════════════════════END════════════════════════════════════ [FILE SAVE AS] PURPOSE: To allow you to specify a file name for your Search or Notepad files. THOTS: SeedMaster tracks file extensions and appends the appropriate extension automatically. For Search files, it uses ".SMS" (for SeedMaster Search). For Notepad files, it uses ".TXT". ENTER: Enter the file name only, do not provide a file extension. ════════════════════════════════END════════════════════════════════════ [SELECT OUTPUT DEVICE] PURPOSE: To allow you to select a previously defined output devices. THOTS: This allows you to select among output devices (such as printers or disk files) that you defined under "Printer Setup" on the File menu. ENTER: 1 to 4. NOTES: This choice is stored and will be used until changed. To exit and NOT save changes: Press <Esc>. To exit and save changes: Press <F7>. ════════════════════════════════END════════════════════════════════════ [USE MARGINS] PURPOSE: To allow you to control printed output format. THOTS: The margins are entered in Printer Setup in the File Menu. If you toggle this check box "X" with the <Space> bar, Seed- Master will use the optional margins as it prints. NOTES: This choice is stored and will be used until changed. To exit and NOT save changes: Press <Esc>. To exit and save changes: Press <F7>. ════════════════════════════════END════════════════════════════════════ [FORM FEED] PURPOSE: To allow you print multiple times to the same page. THOTS: If you toggle this check box "X" with the <Space> bar, Seed- Master will issue a form feed to the printer after each time you print. This is the default when you start SeedMaster. If this check box is empty " ", SeedMaster will not issue a form feed after every print. This way, more than one print can appear on the same page. WARNING: SeedMaster will track the number of lines printed in prior printings if you are using printer margins. If you manually form feed the printer (instead of letting SeedMaster do it by turning Form Feed ON for the last print) your form feeds will be misplaced. SeedMaster will only track the number of lines printed during each session. If you exit SeedMaster, the number of lines printed will be lost. NOTES: This choice is stored and will be used until changed. To exit and NOT save changes: Press <Esc>. To exit and save changes: Press <F7>. ════════════════════════════════END════════════════════════════════════ [USE PRINTER CODES] PURPOSE: To allow you to control printed output format. THOTS: The printer codes are entered in Printer Setup in the File Menu. If you toggle this check box "X" with the <Space> bar, Seed- Master will use the optional Printer Codes to use your printer's special fonts or printing styles. If defined, it will use the initialization codes to change your default font or printing format. It will also use the Highlighting ON/OFF Codes to have Search words underlined, bold-faced, in italics, etc. If codes are not used, you can still print. For printing to a disk file, you will probably NOT want to use the codes. NOTES: This choice is stored and will be used until changed. To exit and NOT save changes: Press <Esc>. To exit and save changes: Press <F7>. ════════════════════════════════END════════════════════════════════════ [PRINT REFERENCES ONLY] PURPOSE: To allow you to control printed output format. THOTS: If you toggle this check box "X" with the <Space> bar, SeedMaster will only print the verse reference for any verses selected, and NOT print the verse text. This is useful for generating lists of Search results to disk for importing into a document. NOTES: This choice is stored and will be used until changed. To exit and NOT save changes: Press <Esc>. To exit and save changes: Press <F7>. ════════════════════════════════END════════════════════════════════════ [PRINT TOGGLED ONLY] PURPOSE: To allow you to control which verse references are printed in SEARCH only. THOTS: If you toggle this check box "X" with the <Space> bar, only those verses that are toggled ON (*), will be printed. If you want to print only selected references, toggle them and choose this option. If you toggle this check box " " (blank), ALL Search verse references will be printed. If you want to print out all the references from a search, select this option. ENTER: Y(es) or N(o) NOTES: This choice is stored and will be used until changed. To exit and NOT save changes: Press <Esc>. To exit and save changes: Press <F7>. ════════════════════════════════END════════════════════════════════════ [PRINT COMMENTARY] PURPOSE: To let you print your Commentary and other verse by verse Resources as you print out verses. THOTS: This option is not available when you are simply printing from Commentary or Notepad type windows. ENTER: If you toggle this check box "X" with the <Space> bar, SeedMaster will print any Resource that exists for a verse on the next line after the verse. NOTES: This choice is stored and will be used until changed. To exit and NOT save changes: Press <Esc>. To exit and save changes: Press <F7>. ════════════════════════════════END════════════════════════════════════ [DEFINE OUTPUT DEVICES] PURPOSE: To allow you to describe and define output device(s). THOTS: This allows you to define output devices (such as printers or disk files). Whenever SeedMaster will refer to an output device, it will refer its Description, rather than the cryptic DOS Device Name. ENTER: The Device Name is the name DOS uses to refer to a device. For printers, generally you can use "PRN" or "LPT1". Serial printers may use "COM1" or "COM2". For DOS TEXT files, put the DOS "drive:\path\filename.ext" specification in the Device Name field. For example, if you want to create a file named "TEXT.DAT" in your word processor's directory "\WP" on your "C:" drive, you would use: "C:\WP\TEXT.DAT". Consult your DOS manual for more information on drives, paths filenames and devices. NOTES: This information is stored and will be used until changed. To exit and NOT save changes: Press <Esc>. To exit and save changes: Press <F7>. ════════════════════════════════END════════════════════════════════════ [PAGE MARGINS/LINES] PURPOSE: To allow you to control printed output format. THOTS: Left Margin: # of spaces from the left edge that printing begins. Right Margin: # of spaces from the left edge that printing stops. Top Margin: # of blank lines at the top of a page. Lines/Page: # of PRINTED lines per page before a form feed (page break). If you specify 0 (zero), no form feeds will be issued and lines will print consecutively. Example: Most printers have 80 spaces/line and 66 lines/page. For left and right margins of 5 spaces and top and bottom margins of 5 lines, use: Left Margin = 5 Right Margin = 75 Top Margin = 5 Lines/Page = 56 NOTES: This information is stored and will be used until changed. To exit and NOT save changes: Press <Esc>. To exit and save changes: Press <F7>. ════════════════════════════════END════════════════════════════════════ [DEFINE PRINTER CODES] PURPOSE: The optional Printer Codes are provided to use your printer's special fonts or printing styles. You use the Initialization Codes to change your intial font or printing format. You use the Highlighting ON/OFF Codes to have Search words underlined, bold- faced, in italics, etc. THOTS: The Description field is for you to enter the purpose of the codes i.e., "Underlining ON". Initialization Codes are used before printing anything. Highlighting ON Codes are used before a search word. Highlighting OFF Codes are used after it. The codes call for the DECIMAL equivalent of ASCII code(s) that your printer uses to change modes. See your printer manual. Enter the codes in order, leaving any extra codes set to -1. Examples: Underlining ON: Most Epson printers: 27 45 1 Most Okidata printers: 27 67 Underlining OFF: Most Epson printers: 27 45 0 Most Okidata printers: 27 68 NOTES: This information is stored and will be used until changed. To exit and NOT save changes: Press <Esc>. To exit and save changes: Press <F7>. ════════════════════════════════END════════════════════════════════════ [DIRECTORY DIALOG] PURPOSE: To allow you to specify file directories for SeedMaster files other than the standard SeedMaster directory. THOTS: The default for all directory types is the SeedMaster directory. To change to another directory, that directory must exist. Directories are checked for validity. Your entries will take effect the next time you start SM. ENTER: SEARCH FILE DIRECTORY is the directory in which search files will be stored. NOTEPAD FILE DIRECTORY is the directory in which Notepad files will be stored. You may want to specify the directory of your word processor or editor. USER CMTS, XREFS DIRECTORY is the directory where the User Commentary and Xref files are stored. You must have write access to this directory (NOT a CD-ROM drive). BIBLE/RESOURCE DIRECTORY 1-4 are directories for Bible Text and Resource databases. They can be CD-ROM or standard drives. This can be the same as the USER CMTS directory, or different. NOTE: If the same database is on more than one path, THE LAST PATH IS USED. Therefore, if you have a CD-ROM drive, but have copied one or two databases to your hard drive, list the CD-ROM first, THEN the hard drive. ONLINE BIBLE MAIN DIRECTORY is not used at this time. NOTES: This information is stored and is used when SM is restarted. To exit and NOT save changes: Press <Esc>. To exit and save changes: Press <F7>. ════════════════════════════════END════════════════════════════════════ [MERGE HELP] PURPOSE: To allow you to merge a stored search with the current search on the screen using AND, OR, XOR or NOT logic. THOTS: OR logic creates a new list containing ALL verses in EITHER of the original searches. AND logic results in a new search containing only verses in BOTH the original searches. "XOR" stands for "eXclusive OR". It makes a list containing verses in either original search--BUT NOT BOTH. NOT logic REMOVES from the screen list ANY verses in the disk-based search. Example: Screen contains verses: 1, 2, 3, 5 Disk search contains: 1, 2, 4 OR result: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 AND result: 1, 2 XOR result: 3, 4, 5 NOT result: 3, 5 ENTER: To toggle a radio button ON or OFF, press the <Space> bar. NOTES: This information is stored and will be used until changed. To exit and NOT save changes: Press <Esc>. To exit and save changes: Press <F7>. ════════════════════════════════END════════════════════════════════════ [NOTEPAD SIZE] PURPOSE: To allow you to specify the amount of memory allocated to the Notepad. THOTS: This question is only asked when you enter a new Notepad. The size is the maximum number of characters (or keystrokes) the Notepad can hold at one time. As with all radio buttons, only one of the choices can be made at one time. ENTER: To toggle a radio button ON or OFF, press the <Space> bar. NOTES: This information is stored and will be used until changed. To exit and NOT save changes: Press <Esc>. To exit and save changes: Press <F7>. ════════════════════════════════END════════════════════════════════════ [GREEK TYPING] PURPOSE: To allow you to customize the entry of approximated greek text. THOTS: We haven't tried it, but this will probably support the use of foreign language keyboards. ENTER: The ENGLISH keyboard character (A-Z, etc.) you want to translate to the approximated Greek when typing approximated Greek. NOTES: DO NOT ENTER THE SAME CHARACTER TWICE. ════════════════════════════════END════════════════════════════════════ [GREEK CHARS] PURPOSE: To allow you to customize the viewing of approximated greek text. THOTS: SeedMaster's use of "approximated" text lets you take advantage of a PC's standard character set that includes many, but not all of Greek alphabet. This "standard" is supported in the graphics mode of a wide variety of printers. This method lets SeedMaster "approximate" the Greek alphabet on all PC monitors and a large number of printers--without special (and often painful) drivers. You must choose "approximated" on the "Choose GNT & RVA Characters" dialog box to use these characters. We haven't tried it, but this will probably support the use of foreign language character sets. ENTER: The codes call for the DECIMAL equivalent of ASCII code(s) for the PC character you want. Your DOS manual lists the characters with their DECIMAL and HEX numbers. Use the DECIMAL numbers. NOTES: DO NOT USE THE SAME CHARACTER TWICE. SeedMaster's standard "approximated" characters reflect what we feel is the best combination of characters. Use this feature to "tweak" this set to suit your needs. If you foul up the set and want to start over, just delete your OPTIONS.DAT file. Note that you will lose your other options. ════════════════════════════════END════════════════════════════════════ [SPECIAL CHARS] PURPOSE: To allow you to use extended PC characters in the RVA and GNT. THOTS: SeedMaster's use of "approximated" text lets you take advantage of a PC's standard character set that includes many, but not all of Greek alphabet. Accented RVA characters are also included. This "PC standard" is supported in the graphics mode of a wide variety of printers. This method lets SeedMaster "approximate" the Greek alphabet or RVA characters on all PC monitors and a large number of printers--without special (and often painful) drivers. You can choose your own "approximated" GNT characters in the "Greek Characters..." dialog box. ENTER: GNT: Choose standard transliterated or approximated text. Breathing marks are optional. RVA: Choose accented or non-accented text. ════════════════════════════════END════════════════════════════════════ [SWITCH VERSIONS] PURPOSE: To allow you to change your Bible version in VIEW mode. ENTER: Choose your version from the list via <Spacebar>. For purposes of this dialog, KJV and KJS are identical. ════════════════════════════════END════════════════════════════════════ [ASSOCIATOR VERSIONS] PURPOSE: To allow you to change the Bible versions the Associator uses. ENTER: Choose your From version from the list. Choose your To version from the list. NOTES: They can be the same version for intra-version association. For purposes of this dialog, KJV and KJS are identical. ════════════════════════════════END════════════════════════════════════ [OK / CANCEL BUTTON] PURPOSE: To allow you to exit or quit a dialog window. THOTS: If you press <Enter> on the OK button, you accept the changes you may have made in the dialog window before exiting. If you press <Enter> on the CANCEL button, you quit the dialog window and any changes you may have made are lost. ENTER: To execute the appropriate button, press <Enter>. To move to the next field in the dialog window, press <Down> or <Tab>. To move to a prior field in the dialog window, press <Up> or <Shift><Tab>. ════════════════════════════════END════════════════════════════════════ [SET RANGES] PURPOSE: To allow let you specify a full or restricted Search range. For instance, you may be interested in a particular author's use of a word, say, Luke's. You would set two ranges - the books of Luke and Acts, excluding the intervening John. ADD: There are 5 methods to add a range: <W> Whole Bible: Genesis through Revelation. <O> Old Testament: Genesis through Malachi. <N> New Testament: Matthew through Revelation. <B> Book: Select book from book menu (standard order). <S> Specific Range: Select beginning and ending book/chapter/verse. DELETE: <D> You can delete a specific range by answering with the appropriate range letter (A-Z). You can delete all the defined ranges (clear) by answering with an *. THOTS: Your search range will be the CUMULATIVE range of ranges A to Z. It is possible to define overlapping search ranges. For example, you can set Range A to the Whole Bible, and Range B to the New Testament. While this doesn't hurt anything, it isn't very productive either. If you Delete all ranges and do NOT Add at least one, SeedMaster will continue to use the previous search range definition(s). NOTES: This information is stored and will be used until changed. To exit and NOT save changes: Press <Esc>. To exit and save changes: Press <F7>. ════════════════════════════════END════════════════════════════════════ [REGISTRATION FORM] PURPOSE: To let you register your copy of SeedMaster. ENTER: Please enter the information requested. After you are finished, the registration form will print. (Make sure your printer is on, etc.) Fill out the rest of the form and send to the address at the top of the form. NOTES: THANK YOU! ════════════════════════════════END════════════════════════════════════ [EXIT HELP] PURPOSE: To prevent you from accidentally exiting SeedMaster. ENTER: Press <Enter> to continue and exit SeedMaster. Press <Esc> to return to SeedMaster, or press <Tab> to move the highlight to the CANCEL box, and then press <Enter>. ════════════════════════════════END════════════════════════════════════ [FAST ACCESS] PURPOSE: To let you specify which Bible Databases, if any, are accessed via a separate hard disk index. ENTER: Select the Bible texts for which you want Fast CD-ROM Access. NOTE: For this dialog, the KJS is distinct from the KJS (which is listed toward the end). THOTS: Unless you are using databases on a CD-ROM drive, Fast Access offers you no benefit. If you display search "Verse Fragments", it will cut search times in half on a typical CD-ROM drive. On a CD-ROM, we especially recommend Fast Access for the KJS and STR databases if you embed Strong's numbers in KJS text. * If you enable this, about 125K of index data will be copied to the OPTIONS.DAT directory. For instance, if you enable KJS, the file KJS.NDX will be created in the OPTIONS.DAT directory. * If you disable this for a text, the file will be deleted. ════════════════════════════════END════════════════════════════════════ [RESOURCE WRITE ACCESS] PURPOSE: To let you selectively modify the Bible Resources (PNT, TSK, etc.) while preventing you from accidentally modifying the text. ENTER: Select the Resources you want to be able to modify. THOTS: Be careful, the Resources "Auto-Save" any changes when you move to a different verse, Hypertext around, etc. User XRefs and User Commentary are WRITE enabled by default. NOTE: For purposes of this dialog, KJV and KJS are NOT identical. ════════════════════════════════END════════════════════════════════════