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- A few notes on the current version of FTGRAPH:
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- 1. Begin by reading the README.TXT file. This file explains how
- to set up the program, and specifies the minimum IBM PC or
- compatible configuration for using the program. In addition,
- README.TXT explains the format that is required for data files
- that are used by FTGRAPH.
- 2. You MUST install ANSI.SYS as a device on your computer in
- order to use this program. README.TXT provides details.
- 3. If you are going to use a Microsoft (-compatible) mouse with
- this program, you MUST install the MOUSE.SYS (that came with your
- mouse) as a device on your computer before running this program.
- You must also redefine the FTGRAPH.CNF value that activates or
- inhibits mouse operation. By default, mouse operation is not
- enabled. See README.TXT for details on FTGRAPH.CNF.
- 4. If you have a Hercules (-compatible) monitor, you MUST install
- MSHERC.COM before running FTGRAPH. (You only need to install
- MSHERC once after each system reboot). I have included MSHERC in
- the distribution diskette. However, MSHERC.COM is a program from
- Microsoft, not from me. I have verified from Microsoft that
- MSHERC is freely distributable, however.
-
- PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION
- The complete source code for FTGRAPH and all the libraries
- used in making it (except for the compiler libraries, of course),
- is included on the distribution diskette. All code included was
- written by me, and is copyright (c) 1989 by Eye Research
- Institute, Boston, MA. You may use the program and read and
- modify the code for your own, noncommercial purposes. However,
- any commercial use of this code requires the express, written
- consent of E.R.I.
- The program documentation is not complete. The HPGL
- plotting files and the screen graphing files are undocumented,
- except for source code comments. The rest of the code has .TXT
- files associated with it (e.g., MENU.TXT is the documentation for
- MENU.C). In addition, the libraries have .LST files that
- identify which .C files were used to create the library, and what
- functions are in which .C file. In case you are not used to
- reading these files, the librarian lists the functions with a
- leading underscore instead of the trailing parentheses that
- appear in the .C source files. That is, FOO() would appear in
- the .LST file as _FOO.
- The main() function is in FTGRAPH.C. FTGRAPH.C is a
- particularly ragged bit of code. If you want to read code, you
- will be less nauseated if you read any of the .C files that are
- used in the libraries rather than the FTGRAPH front-end.
- --Tom Clune