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- Copr. 1988 IDC, Inc. all rights reserved
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- Infinity Design Concepts, Inc.
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-
- NOTE: ARCCFG and NARCCFG are not and have never been shareware.
- They are commercial packages.
-
-
- There are many ways for end users to communicate with a software
- package when the need arises. You have config files that are
- set up by the user and read by the software at run time. The
- drawback to this method is that the config file must always
- be available which would create several problems for floppy
- users. You have the configuration program that changes the
- EXE file with your selected information. This really has no
- drawbacks, other than the you must have the configuration
- program. The other method, and the one chosen for IDCSHELL and
- NARC, is environment variables. You don't need a config file or
- a configuration program, they can be changed on the fly and
- are always available. For these reasons, IDC has chosen to
- implement several variables to aid in the configuration of
- IDCSHELL and NARC.
-
- There are several things that need to be set up in your AUTOEXEC.BAT
- file, before certain functions of IDCSHELL and NARC can be used.
-
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- CALLING YOUR EDITOR (F9 key in IDCSHELL and NARC)
-
- Before you can call your editor from IDCSHELL, IDCSHELL needs to
- know the name of the editor and where it can be found. This is
- accomplished by setting the IDCED environment variable. See
- IDCSHELL.DOC "Environment variables".
-
- CALLING NARC FROM IDCSHELL
-
- Before you can call NARC from IDCSHELL, IDCSHELL needs to know the
- name (if you have renamed NARC) and where it can be found. If you
- always remain in the same directory, then IDCSHELL will look in the
- current directory for NARC.EXE, but if you do any moving around at
- all, then IDCSHELL will probably not be able to locate NARC. For this
- reason, you need to set the NARCPATH environment variable. See
- IDCSHELL.DOC "Environment variables".
-
- CALLING IDCSHELL FROM NARC
-
- The same reasoning applies here as did above. The environment
- variable is IDCARCPATH.
-
- THE ANSI VIEW FUNCTION IN IDCSHELL
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- Before this function will display ANSI files correctly, you must
- have installed the ANSI.SYS (or equiv.) device driver.
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- IDCSHELL HELP SYSTEM
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- The help system in IDCSHELL needs to know where its help file is
- IDCHELP.HLP (do not edit this file). This is done with the
- IDCHELP environment variable.
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- NARC HELP SYSTEM
-
- The help system in NARC needs to know where its help file is
- NARCHELP.HLP (do not edit this file). This is done with the
- NARCHELP environment variable.
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- TEMPORARY FILES
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- When NARC views files, it needs to extract the file first and
- does this to a temporary file. You may tell NARC where to build
- this temp file via the IDCTEMP environment variable.
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- SHAREWARE NOTICE
-
-
- IDCSHELL.EXE, NARC.EXE and all associated files are copyrighted 1988
- by Infinity Design Concepts, Inc, all rights are reserved. These
- programs have been placed on bulletin boards for distribution as
- SHAREWARE. As such, copying and distributing is heartily encouraged
- as long as NO FEE is charged and all files remain in their
- original published condition. The programs may not be used in any
- way for commercial purposes without the expressed written consent
- of the author.
-
- NARCCFG.EXE and ARCCFG.EXE are not and have never been placed on
- any bulletin boards by IDC. These are not shareware programs, but
- commercial packages and are only availible to registered users.
-
- With the shareware concept, YOU are the big winner. Authors create
- many programs and you are offered the chance to try them before
- buying them. You don't get that respect when you go to a software
- house, you have to buy and cry sometimes. The shareware concept
- benefits everyone if the rules are followed. YOU have authors
- working very long and hard hours, thousands of man hours, to
- bring you a software package that you may find of use. If you
- don't like the software, then you have not laid down any money
- and are out nothing except some time spent evaluating the software.
- If you do like the software and do continue to use the software,
- then you are morally bound to purchase it. Not purchasing and
- continuing to use shareware software, is stealing, no if's
- and's or but's about it. Shareware authors cannot continue to
- develop software and GIVE it away, it just wouldn't make any
- sense and if shareware authors are lost, then we have all lost
- something and made a sad statement regarding the honesty of human
- nature.
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