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- THESAUR
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- Version 3.9
- Non-Resident Version
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- Derrick Burgess
- 23311 Schoolcraft St.
- West Hills, CA 91307
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- _______
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- | ____|__ | Association of
- | | |_| Shareware
- |__| o | Professionals
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- |___|___| MEMBER
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- Thesaur is a very easy to use menu driven on-line thesaurus.
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- When running THESAUR you are first asked for a word to search for.
- This can be any word you would like, but THESAUR will not accept numbers,
- special characters like !@#$%^&*(), or control characters. The one thing
- that you should check on is that THESAUR.DAT is in the correct drive-the
- correct drive is shown is the upper left hand corner.
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- For those with curious minds read on:
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- About the words 'Loading...' in the upper right hand corner.
- What THESAUR is loading is information for a faster search for xross
- referencing. This information loads in the background and in no way
- interferes with the way THESAUR works. The advantage of this is that
- when all the information is loaded it increase the speed of finding
- additional words and xross references.
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- DESCRIPTION OF ALL COMMANDS AND OPTIONS
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- U or (8) or This displays the word that comes alphabetically before the
- up arrow current word. This is shown on the last line of the screen.
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- N or (2) or This displays the word that comes alphabetically after the
- down arrow current word. This is shown on the last line of the screen.
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- M or (6) or This moves the pointer on the synonyms of an alternate
- the Right word to the word on the right of the current pointer
- Arrow key ex.
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- JUST - FAIR RIGHT IMPARTIAL LEGITIMATE
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- Type in 6 and the result is
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- JUST - FAIR RIGHT IMPARTIAL LEGITIMATE
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- K or (4) or This moves the pointer on the synonyms of an alternate
- the Left word to the word on the left of the current pointer
- Arrow key ex.
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- SKILL - DEXTERITY PROFICIENCY COMPETENCE
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- Type in 4 and the result is
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- SKILL - DEXTERITY PROFICIENCY COMPETENCE
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- <ret> or <ent> Typing return will automatically look up the word that
- the pointer is pointing to. In the above example
- typing return would clear the screen, start over and
- look for the word PROFICIENCY.
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- PgUp Located on the 9 on the number pad.
- Pages up through the thesauus, about 20 words
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- PgDn Located on the 3 on the number pad
- Pages down throught the thesuarus, about 20 words
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- A This command clears the screen, starts over and asks you for
- A new word to look up.
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- E This command allows you to change the synonyms that THESAUR
- comes with.
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- When you are editing a word there are dashes ---, one for
- each letter that you can change. Just enter the new words
- and type return when done.
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- IMPORTANT: If you enter 'E' by mistake and do not want to
- Change the words, just enter return with a full
- line of dashes and no words, and THESAUR will
- make NO changes
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- this is a full line of dashes:
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- this is not. Entering this line will
- cause THESAUR to enter the new line into it's files
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- HI-----------------------------------
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- Also there is a format to follow
- 1) double space between words that are different
- HAPPY JOYOUS GLAD
- 2) single space when it is a phrase
- ONE IN A MILLION
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- S Search all files for word +
- This command has several options included on how to search
- 1) You can display the word if it occurs by itself or if
- it occurs inside another word
- search for JUST this way would show such words as
- JUST JUSTIFY UNJUST UNJUSTIFIABLE
- because 'JUST' is found in all of them
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- 2) You can display only the one word only
- search for JUST would show such words as
- JUST JUST JUST JUST
- and only JUST
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- 3) The search has a default word that it thinks is what you
- would like to search for, but if it isn't you can enter
- the word you like, and then you're asked for the type of
- search for the new word
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- Sample SEARCH for the word JUST and it can occur inside
- another word.
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- ADJUST - FAIR RIGHT IMPARTIAL LEGITIMATE
- ADAPT - SUIT CONFORM REGULATE FIT ADJUST
- ALIBI - EXCUSE JUSTIFY EXPLANATION
- APOLOGY - EXCUSE JUSTIFICATION VINDICATION
- BARELY - ONLY JUST NARROWNESS
- EQUITABLE - FAIR JUST ETHICAL HONEST UNBIASED
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- and so on......
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- A search can be as short as 45 seconds if THESAUR
- is installed on a hard drive, or around 2-3 minutes if
- on a floppy system. This is the only time that the
- speed of a hard drive is easily apparent.
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- Variables include speed of machine
- speed of disk drive
- number of lines that contain
- the search string.
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- During a sort you can either pause or quit
- F5 F10
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- After a pause hitting the space bar will resume the search
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- C Change THESAUR set-up
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- / THESAUR configuration is stored in the
- IMPORTANT < file THESAUR.DPL this file must be on the
- \ default drive whenever THESAUR is run!
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- There are four questions for the configuration of THESAUR
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- 1) Data drive - originally configured for default drive
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- 2) Color or Monochrome monitor - originally Monochrome
- monitor. Entering the number 2 will switch between
- these two options.
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- 3) Display Date and Time - Enter the number 3
- to switch between YES and NO. Originally configured
- for NO
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- 4) Change Display Colors - ONLY when #2 is COLOR
- use up and down arrow keys to choose line
- on which to change color. use left and right
- arrow keys to choose color.
- Original colors are:
- White for main text
- Blue for the main word
- Red/orange for the alternate words
- Green for xross reference
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- INSTALL CURRENT COLORS
- this gives you the option to save the
- new colors to disk or use just this
- session.
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- Changing the Data Drive
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- When you want to change the data drive you need to have
- already copied THESAUR.DAT to the new destination.
- When entering the new drive be sure to always end
- with a : or a \
- Remember to type return after each line.
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- ex. to change data drive from drive A: to B:
- from the A>
- 1) A>COPY THESAUR.DAT B: <RET>
- 2) A>THESAUR <RET>
- 3) Next enter any word for THESAUR to look up (you can't
- bypass this, even if you have no word in mind to look
- up.)
- Now THESAUR displays the word and the main menu
- 4) Type 'C' to change set up
- 5) At the Set Up menu Enter 1 to change Data Drive
- THESAUR now warns you that THESAUR.DAT must be on
- the new drive specification. (we did this in #1)
- 6) Type 'Y' to Continue, because we understand the warning
- and want to continue
- 7) Enter 'B:' notice how we ended with a :
- 8) Now we are at the Set up menu again type '0' to
- exit. Now the next time you run THESAUR it will
- use B: BE SURE TO ALWAYS HAVE THE DATA IN DRIVE B NOW
- WHAT? Your back at the system prompt ( A> )
- Don't worry it was necessary so that THESAUR could
- incorporate the new data drive. Just type THESAUR <ret>
- and your up and running again with your new data drive
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- --> If you want to move all the files to a new drive there
- is no need to change the Data Directory as THESAUR is
- originally set up to use the default drive
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- I Information.
- This gives my name and address - use it often
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- Q Quit
- This takes you out of THESAUR and back to the system prompt
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- X Xross reference word
- This takes the word at the lower left hand side of the screen
- and looks up all the synonyms it has and displays all the
- exact matches
- ex. Cross reference for the word ANIMAL
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- ANIMAL - BEAST BRUTE CREATURE LIVING THING
- BEAST - BRUTE QUADRUPED BLACKGUARD ANIMAL
- BRUTE - BEAST ANIMAL RUFFIAN
- CREATURE - ANIMAL BEAST CREATION BEING THING
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- D Display documentation
- This displays this file one page at a time
- use PgUp and PgDn to scroll and RETURN to exit
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- L Hard copy or Printout
- This option when on - means that every time you scroll, search
- or cross reference, the words also go to the printer.
- when off - output only goes to the screen
- Would you like output to a file? - write me and say
- -> (printer must be on and online)
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- This list should get you acquanted with the many features of
- THESAUR and make you more confident in using it.
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- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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- I would like to give the names of the books that I used for reference
- when compiling this thesaurus.
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- The New American Roget's College Thesaurus (in dictionary form)
- Revised by Philip D. Moorehead
- Signet Books, 1985, New York, New York
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- Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
- G. & C. Merriam Co.
- 1976-First Edition
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- Webster's New World Thesaurus (Funk & Wagnalls edition)
- Prepared by Charlton G. Laird and updated by William D. Lutz
- Simon & Schuster Inc., 1985, New York, New York
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- REQUIREMENTS
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- 1) IBM PC/XT/AT or close compatible
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- 2) PC-DOS or MS-DOS 2.0 or higher
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- OPTIONS
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- Some of these options can be changed from the main menu (printer), others
- (color, time, hard disk) can be changed from (C Check THESAUR setup)
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- 1) PRINTER
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- 2) COLOR MONITOR
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- 3) DISPLAY DATE AND TIME
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- 4) HARD DISK
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- 5) DISPLAY COLORS
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- WORDS OF CAUTION
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- 1) Because many words have more than one meaning, so too, the synonyms may
- also have vastly different meanings. It would be wise that if
- the definition of a synonym is unknown, that it be looked
- up in a dictionary, so as to be sure that the correct word
- and meaning is used. I am not responsible for any incorrect usages
- of a word in a report, term paper, letter to the President, etc.
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- 2) When changing the data drive for THESAUR be sure that you have
- already copied THESAUR.DAT to the correct drive, this assures
- that THESAUR can find and use the data on the new drive
- designation. If you change the data drive and THESAUR
- gives you a blank line at the bottom when you try to scroll,
- you did not correctly copy THESAUR.DAT to the intended drive.
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- 3) BE REALISTIC. Do not try to change the data drive to a drive you
- do not have and do not try to set THESAUR up for color if your
- machine cannot handle color. When you Display document (D)
- the file THESAUR.DOC must reside in the default drive.
- Finally do not use the ( L Hard copy on/off ) if you do
- not have a printer, or if the printer is not on or online.
- PLEASE!
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- 4) It is required to keep a backup of THESAUR so that if an accident
- occurs, you wish to modify THESAUR for yourself, or when (not If)
- you give an unmodified copy to someone else you can use
- your backup copy for this purpose.
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- 5) The following files MUST be on the default drive when THESAUR is run
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- THESAUR.DPL
- THESAUR.DAT Unless changed by (C Check set-up)
- THESATR.DAT " " " " " " "
- THESAUR.DOC " " " " " " "
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- 6) It is not too dificult to count to number of times that you
- either use THESAUR or the number of words you look up.
- However, I'm more trusting than to resort to violence.
- Please do not betray my trust in you, and register!
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- REQUESTS
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- 1) I, would like to request that you give a copy of THESAUR
- to AT LEAST ONE, if not MANY MORE of your friends
- >>----------> PLEASE give only unmodified copies of THESAUR to others.
- Use your backup (you did make one, right?) to make copies.
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- 2) If you have any ideas, comments, or corrections (especially of
- spelling errors) on THESAUR I would appreciate hearing those also.
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- FILES ON THIS DISK
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- Name Description
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- THESAUR.DOC Documentation for THESAUR.EXE
- THESAUR.TXT Registration form for THESAUR
- THESAUR.EXE Main Thesaurus
- THESAUR.DAT Data for THESAUR.EXE
- THESATR.DAT Data for improved search + Xross ref
- THESAUR.DPL DisPLay data for THESAUR.EXE
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- WHAT HAS CHANGED SINCE THE LAST VERSION?
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- Since version 3.6 I have become a member of the Association
- of Shareware Professionals.
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- **********************************************************************
- ******* ATTENTION ********
- **********************************************************************
-
- Also - the most important change of all! I have completed Thesaur
- Plus. Thesaur Plus contains all the ease of use and style of Thesaur,
- but Thesaur Plus is Memory Resident! Now you can Pop Thesaur Plus
- up over any Word Processor, Text editor, or other type of program,
- without being at the C:>.
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- Requirements: DOS 3.0 and up
- Hard Drive
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- Just a little taste of the advanced features of Thesaur Plus
- (Besides being memory resident).
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- Automatically will use EMS if available.
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- Only uses 10k of RAM when using Disk Swapping, or EMS.
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- Full featured editor for editing word entries.
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- No need to configure it! Thesaur Plus recognizes the
- environment it is in and so adapts (Color, whether
- extended memory is available, where on the path the
- data file is)
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- Also I am working on adding 25% more words!
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- I am also working on compressing the data file where it
- will be smaller.
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- The memory resident version is ONLY available to registered users,
- so if you like what you see in THESAUR I highly recommend that you
- register and receive Thesaur Plus.
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- WHAT YOU RECEIVE WHEN YOU REGISTER
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- THESAUR PLUS:
- The Memory Resident version of Thesaur. If you like what
- you see with Thesaur - you'll love Thesaur Plus
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- BBS SUPPORT:
- Thesaur and Thesaur Plus, are supported by the Urban Hermit
- at (818) 700 - 1058 in conference 5. Sorry it is not PCP'able
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- COMPUSERVE SUPPORT:
- If you subscribe to Compuserve, registered users can address
- questions to me at 71750,2560.
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- INFORMATION:
- Periodically I will send letters out telling about the latest
- version, and other vital information if there is any.
-
- OUTDATED
- VERSIONS:
- If you have an outdated version of THESAUR and would like
- the latest version there are several ways to get one
-
- 1) Buy a copy from a library that keeps very current
- Probably $3 to $6 disk + s/h + maybe tax?
- Maybe a minumum order?
- If you write me I will suggest some
- very good libraries for you to use !!!
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- 2) Send me a blank disk and a SASE ($.65 postage)
- If you are registered this service is FREE
- If you are not registered please include $3
- OR $6 with no disk or SASE.
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- 3) Some Bulletin Boards will have a version that is newer
- than you current copy.
-
- If you are not registered and would like me to reply to your
- questions, inquiries, please include a SASE. Thank you
-
- ..... THANX .....Version 3.9
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