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- Help on !Help
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- * *
- * !Help, *
- * *
- * Easy way of viewing an application help file, *
- * *
- * version 0.06 (6-Sep-92) *
- * *
- * © Simon Kilvington, 1992 *
- * *
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-
- !Help is a short program that allows you to view a file of help text for
- an application in a controlled manner without having to have Edit handy.
-
- To use it you should create a text file called HelpText and save it in
- the !Help directory. The text is divided into lines by !Help, each line is
- terminated by a control character (ie one with an ASCII value of less than
- 32), and each text line appears on a separate line in the !Help window. So
- if any lines are more than 78 characters long you will not be able to see
- more than the first 78 characters of them. To make sure this doesn't happen
- use the format command in Edit (Ctrl + F6) at the top of each paragraph,
- this will place line feeds in your text at the end of each line.
- The first line in the 'HelpText' file is used as the window title.
-
- !Help will automatically allocate itself any extra memory that it may
- need to load the help text into, so the initial WimpSlot size is fairly
- irrelevant, just set it as low as possible.
-
- Finaly copy the whole !Help application into your own application
- directory. You will then be able to use !Help by selecting the 'Help' option
- from the application submenu of the filer menu.
-
- !Help is a 'Freeware' program, ie you are free to use it in your own
- programs provided the files '!Help.!ReadMe', '!Help.!Run', and
- '!Help.!RunImage' are copied, unaltered, into your application directory.
- Obviously the HelpText file may be changed.
-
- Any comments, suggestions, bugs or donations can be sent to:
-
- Simon Kilvington,
- 46 Mead Road,
- Portishead,
- Bristol,
- BS20 8NY.
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