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- Useful Notes Version 1.1 Documentation
- ======================================
-
-
- What is Useful Notes?
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Useful Notes lets you create, organize, and access information on
- electronic notes.
-
- Think of Useful Notes as being a blank pad of "post-it" notes. Each
- time you want to remember something you the grab the top sheet, jot
- down the information, then put it on your desktop someplace. Pretty
- soon you'll have a whole bunch (pile) of these notes.
-
- Unlike paper notes however, Uno gives you instant access to the random
- pieces of information on your notes.
-
-
- Features
- ~~~~~~~~
-
- Useful Notes (Uno) is a small, fast, information manager that is
- suitable for a wide variety of productivity tasks. Some of Uno's
- features include:
-
- - can be run from command line or as TSR
- - number and length of notes only limited by available memory
- - notes can be copied, moved, sized, ordered, and locked
- - establish "hot links" between notes, files, and programs
- - typeover and insert mode editing
- - search keyword or full text (case sensitive or insensitive)
- - cut and paste
- - word wrap and paragraph reformat
- - smart indentation
- - easy to use consistent interface
- - user configurable preferences
-
-
- Quick Start
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- You should find two sample "piles" of notes with this distribution;
- tutorial.uno and sample.uno. A good way to introduce yourself to
- Useful Notes is to try the tutorial. Simply type:
-
- uno tutorial.uno
-
- at the DOS prompt then follow the on screen instructions. You should
- be able to work through the tutorial without having read the
- documentation.
-
- To explore some ideas about how Useful Notes might be used, type:
-
- uno sample.uno
-
- at the DOS prompt and again follow the on screen instructions.
-
-
-
- System Requirements
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Uno runs on any IBM PC or compatible. Uno automatically determines
- the type of video card installed and uses 80 X 25 text mode when it
- starts up. The following video cards (or ones that are compatible)
- are supported:
-
- - Color Graphics Adapter (CGA)
- - Monochrome Graphics Adapter (MGA)
- - Hercules Graphics Adapter (HGA)
- - Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA)
- - Video Graphics Array (VGA)
- - Multi-Color Graphics Array (MCGA)
-
- Any monitor that can display 80 X 25 text works with Uno. If you have
- a color monitor and card, you can change the default colors (of black
- and white) by running unocfg.exe (see Configuring Uno). In addition
- Uno supports a 43 line display on EGA systems and a 28 or 50 line
- display on VGA systems.
-
- Uno is very small and runs on systems with as little as 128K of
- memory. Of course the more memory that you have, the larger the notes
- that you are able to edit.
-
-
- Starting Up Uno
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- From the DOS prompt, type:
-
- uno <pilename>
-
- then press the Enter key.
-
- "Pilename" is the name of a existing "pile" of notes.
-
- You can also start up Uno with no pile specified. In this case Uno
- starts within an empty unnamed pile of notes.
-
-
- Screen Layout
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Uno uses the top 23 lines of the screen to display your notes. Think
- of this area as a "desktop" (that is 80 columns wide and 23 lines
- deep) onto which any number of notes can be piled. This desktop is
- bordered on the top and sides by the edge of the screen, and bounded
- on the bottom by an inverse line.
-
- That inverse line is called the "status line". On the left edge of
- the status line is the name of the "pile" of notes that you are
- working with. To the right side of the status line, the line and
- column position of the cursor within the current note is displayed.
-
- Below the status line are the command lines. All of the commands that
- are currently available to you are displayed on these two lines.
-
-
-
- Piles
- ~~~~~
-
- Piles of notes are loaded onto the Uno "desktop". A "pile" is simply
- a group of notes that can be loaded from or saved to disk(ette) as a
- file. The pile name is used as the file name when loading or saving.
-
-
- Notes
- ~~~~~
-
- Notes appear as rectangular areas on the Useful Notes desktop with
- either a single or double line border around them. The text for a
- note will be contained within this border.
-
- In the lower right hand corner of each note you will find the note
- number. The number for each note will be unique within the current
- pile and will not change.
-
- ╔EFLN═══════════───────────────┐
- ║ │
- ║ └ Shows which Properties the │
- ║ note has (Execute, File, │
- ║ Locked, or Nowrap). │
- ║ │
- ║ │
- ║<- Double border if the note │
- ║ is the "Current" note. │
- ║ Single border around all ->│
- ║ other notes. │
- ║ │
- ║ │
- ║ ┌ Unique number assigned to │
- ║ │ each note upon creation. │
- ║ │
- ╚300════════════───────────────┘
-
- Each note can be any size up to the full size of the desktop. The
- text for a note can be as much as 1,000 characters wide, and 10,000
- lines deep.
-
- One note, which is usually a different color than the rest of the
- notes on the desktop and has a double line surrounding it, is the
- "current" note. The current note will always have a flashing cursor
- in it. You can move this cursor anywhere in the note and the "text
- window" will follow the cursor as you move about. If there is no
- "current" note it means that you are at the end of the pile.
-
-
-
- Notes (continued)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- If you could see the backside of a note it might look like this:
-
- ┌──────────────────────────────┐
- │ │
- │ Time/Date: │
- │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
- │ │
- │ │
- │ Description: │
- │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
- │ │
- │ │
- │ Properties: │
- │ │
- │ Execute ░ Locked ░ │
- │ │
- │ File ░ Nowrap ░ │
- │ │
- └──────────────────────────────┘
-
- When a note is created, the time and date is automatically recorded
- for you. While editing you have the option of typing in a short
- description for the note or setting certain note properties. See the
- sections on Description and Properties under the Edit command for
- more details on how Useful Notes uses this additional information.
-
-
-
- The Cursor
- ~~~~~~~~~~
-
- The "cursor" is a pointer within the current note. When in Edit mode,
- text can be added or deleted here. In Uno the flashing cursor appears
- as an inverted half block when you are in "insert mode", and an
- underscore when you are in "typeover mode". Since text for a note can
- be bigger than the note itself, you can use the cursor keys to move
- the text around inside a note window.
-
-
- Moving the Cursor
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Moving the cursor around can be accomplished with the following keys.
- In all cases, the text window is adjusted when necessary in order to
- keep the cursor within the note's border.
-
- Space Bar Moves the cursor to the next note.
-
- Backspace Moves the cursor to the previous note.
-
- Up Arrow Moves the cursor up one line of text.
-
- Down Arrow Moves the cursor down one line of text.
-
- -> Moves the cursor right one character.
-
- <- Moves the cursor left one character.
-
- Home Moves the cursor to the first character on the current
- line. If you are already on the first character, moves the
- cursor to column 1.
-
- End Moves the cursor one position past the last character on
- the current line.
-
- PgUp Moves the cursor up one note of text.
-
- PgDn Moves the cursor down one note of text.
-
- Tab Moves the cursor to the next "Hot Spot" (see section on Hot
- Spots). If there are no more Hot Spots, Tab moves the
- cursor to the next tab stop.
-
- Backtab Moves the cursor to the previous "Hot Spot" (see section on
- Hot Spots). If there are no more Hot Spots, Backtab moves
- the cursor to the previous tab stop.
-
-
-
- Moving the Cursor (continued)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Additional cursor movement commands can be accessed by holding down
- the "Ctrl" key (you will see the command menu change when you do this)
- and pressing one of these keys:
-
- Back
- Section Moves the cursor to the next note that has a different
- "Description" (see section on Description) than the current
- note.
-
- Next
- Section Moves the cursor to the previous note that has a different
- "Description" (see section on Description) than the current
- note.
-
- Goto Note Prompts for a note number, then moves the cursor to the
- note number entered.
-
- Ctrl Home Moves the cursor to the first line of the current note.
-
- Ctrl End Moves the cursor one line past the end of the current note.
-
- First
- Note Moves the cursor to the first note in the pile.
-
- Last
- Note Moves the cursor to the last note in the pile.
-
- Ctrl PgDn When a search Pattern has been defined, moves the cursor to
- the next occurrence of Pattern in the pile.
-
- Ctrl PgUp When a search Pattern has been defined, moves the cursor to
- the previous occurrence of Pattern in the pile.
-
-
- Other Keys You Should Know About
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- The following keys are important to the operation of Uno:
-
- Esc Returns to the previous level of menus. If you are at the
- main command menu nothing happens.
-
- Ins Switches between "typeover" and "insert" modes.
-
-
-
- Main Menu Commands
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Most commands in Uno are invoked by pressing the first letter of the
- command name. In cases where this is not so the key to press will
- precede the command name and be highlighted. In addition, pressing
- and holding down the Ctrl key reveals additional cursor movement keys.
-
- Many of the main menu commands have sub-options. Sub-option menus
- replace the main command menu when invoked. They show the main com-
- mand selected in inverse text (just below the file name on the status
- line) and the option choices on the bottom line of the screen. You
- also select options by pressing the first highlighted letter or
- character of the appropriate choice.
-
- You can always get out of sub-option menu(s) by pressing the Esc key.
-
- The sections that follow describe the main menu commands and sub-
- options in more detail.
-
-
- Bottom
- ~~~~~~
-
- Move the current note to the end of the pile. The next note in the
- pile becomes the current note.
-
- If you order your pile with the most important notes at the front, it
- is often useful to "bury" notes with this command that cannot be dealt
- with right away.
-
-
- Copy
- ~~~~
-
- Make a copy of the current note. You will automatically be in Edit
- mode on the new "copied" note. The new note will be positioned
- immediately AFTER the current note in the pile's order.
-
-
- Delete
- ~~~~~~
-
- Delete the current note. You will be prompted to verify that you
- really want to delete. The next note in the pile becomes the current
- note.
-
-
-
- Edit
- ~~~~
-
- To enter text in Uno you must be in Edit mode. Press the 'E' key from
- the command menu to edit the current note, or press the Note key to
- create a new note (you will automatically be in Edit mode). The
- following few sections assume that you are in Edit mode.
-
-
- Edit - Entering Text
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- To enter text into a Uno note, position the cursor where you want the
- text to be added and then type. If you make a mistake use the
- Backspace or Del key to erase the error. In insert mode, characters
- to the right of the half block cursor (including the current
- character) shift right to make room for new text being entered.
-
- You can do "power" data entry using Uno. By default the "word wrap"
- feature is turned on within a note so that any word that is incomplete
- when it "hits" the right border is moved down to the next line. With
- this feature you can enter long passages of text without having to
- worry about the ends of lines.
-
- Uno considers a block of text separated by at least one blank line
- above and below to be a paragraph. Editing text within a paragraph
- when word wrap is on might be a little disconcerting at first,
- especially when in insert mode. Uno makes no attempt to reformat
- paragraph text "on-the-fly" as you are editing it. When in insert
- mode Uno moves any text to the right of the cursor down to the next
- line (if necessary) to make room for new text. The Paragraph Reformat
- option under the Edit command can be used to fix things up after you
- have made all your changes.
-
-
- Edit - Enter Key
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- When editing, the Enter key moves the cursor down one line and
- positions it at the current level of indentation. If you are in
- insert mode, a new line is created immediately after the current line,
- and any text to the right of and including the cursor character is
- moved down with the cursor.
-
-
-
- Edit - Smart Indentation
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- When you press the Enter key, the cursor moves down one line and Uno
- positions the cursor under the first character of the current line.
- This makes it easy to enter blocks of indented text.
-
- Similarly the Paragraph Reformat looks at the leading spaces on the
- SECOND line of a paragraph to determine where to place the left
- margin. The right margin will always be the right border of the note.
- Any positive or negative indentation on the first line will be
- preserved.
-
- The Outdent option under the Ctrl key (when in Edit) moves the cursor
- to the previous level of indentation (which it determines by looking
- "up" in the text of the note).
-
-
- Edit - F1 File
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- This command is identical to the File command described later. It
- appears under the Edit command as a convenience to the user.
-
-
- Edit - F5 Cut
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Cut allows you to select a block of text which can subsequently be
- deleted or copied. Text selection begins at the current cursor
- position. As you move the cursor around (using the standard cursor
- movement keys) selected text is highlighted. Selection ends when you
- press the Copy or Delete command keys. All the text from one selected
- position in the text to another will be affected.
-
- Any time that you select a block of text and copy or delete it, the
- selected text is copied to a "clipboard" or "cut buffer" for Uno. The
- former contents of "clipboard" are lost when newly selected text is
- copied to it.
-
- Once marked, there are two operations that can be performed on the
- highlighted text.
-
-
- Copy Copies the selected text to the clipboard.
-
- Delete Copies the selected text to the clipboard then removes it
- from the current note.
-
-
-
- Edit - F6 Paste
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- This command copies the text from the clipboard into the current note
- at the current cursor position. If you are in insert mode, the
- note text is moved to make room for the clipboard text being
- added. Care should be exercised when you are in typeover mode as the
- clipboard text is copied on top of the text in the current note.
- If there are more than 2 lines of text being Pasted and you
- are in typeover mode, you are asked to verify that you really want to
- Paste.
-
- The clipboard works for all the notes in the current pile, so you can
- Cut from one note and Paste into another.
-
-
- Edit - F7 Description
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- You can type any text you want into the Description for a note. Press
- the Enter key then you are done typing.
-
- The Description is used in many ways by Useful Notes. You can "Order"
- notes alphabetically by description. You can "Search" for specific
- "Patterns" within descriptions, and we'll see later how descriptions
- can be used to "link" notes together (see Hot Spots).
-
-
- Edit - F8 Properties
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Notes can have special "Properties". For instance, when a note is
- "Locked" you can no longer Edit it. Word wrapping can be turned off
- in a note with the "Nowrap" option. If a Property has been selected,
- its first letter appears in the upper right corner of the note.
-
- Notes with the "Execute" property set ON can be used to run DOS
- commands. When you press the Enter key while on an Executable note,
- Useful Notes will "shell out" to DOS using the note's Description as a
- command. Uno will not use any text following a ';' character in the
- description as part of the command.
-
- Execute will NOT work if you have popped-up Useful Notes (resident
- version) from the DOS prompt or there is not enough memory to run the
- command specified by the Description.
-
- When Execute is selected two additional sub-Properties appear.
- "Clear" can be used to blank the screen prior to running the command,
- and "Restore" will redraw the desktop when the command returns (if
- selected).
-
- With the "File" property set, a note's Description will be treated as
- a file name (except for any text following a ';' character). When
- saving a note, Useful Notes normally puts the text for the note in the
- "pile file". A "File" note's text will be saved in a separate file
- named by the Description. Likewise when loading, Useful Notes gets
- the text from the named file.
-
-
-
- Edit - F9 Reformat
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- The Reformat command will adjust the text in the current paragraph so
- that each line has the maximum number of words between the left and
- right margins. The left margin is determined by looking at the number
- of spaces preceding the second line of the paragraph. The right
- margin is the right border of the note.
-
-
- Edit - Cursor Commands
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- By pressing and holding down the Ctrl key, an Edit sub-menu with the
- following additional cursor movement options appears:
-
- Ctrl -> Moves the cursor to the beginning of the next word. (A
- word is considered to be a series of characters preceded
- and followed by at least one space.)
-
- Ctrl <- Moves the cursor to the beginning of the previous word.
-
- Goto Line Prompts for a line number, then moves the cursor to the
- line number entered. Adjusts the text window so that the
- cursor is centered vertically in the note.
-
- Outdent Moves the cursor left to the previous level of indentation.
-
- Ctrl Home Moves the cursor to the first line of the current note.
-
- Ctrl End Moves the cursor one line past the end of the current note.
-
- Tab Moves the cursor to the next Data Entry Point (see section
- on Data Entry Points). If there are no more Data Entry
- Points, Tab moves the cursor to the next tab stop.
-
- Backtab Moves the cursor to the previous Data Entry Point (see
- section on Data Entry Points). If there are no more Data
- Entry Points, Tab moves the cursor to the previous tab
- stop.
-
-
-
- Edit - Deleting Things
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Characters are deleted with the following keys:
-
-
- Del Deletes the character under the cursor. Any text to the
- right of that character shifts left to "fill the gap". If
- the cursor is past the end of the line and you are in
- insert mode, Uno brings up the next line of text and joins
- it with the current line.
-
- Backspace Moves the cursor left one character. If you are in insert
- mode, Uno deletes the character to the left of the cursor
- and all text to the right of and including the cursor
- shifts left. Also in insert mode, if the cursor is in
- column 1, Uno moves the current line up and joins it with
- the previous line.
-
- By pressing and holding down the Alt key, an Edit sub-menu with the
- following additional delete options appears:
-
- Word Deletes the word under the cursor. If the cursor is not on
- a word, the first word to the left of the cursor (if
- there is one) is deleted.
-
- Beginning
- of Line Deletes all of the text to the left of the cursor. The
- remaining text and the cursor shift left to the current
- level of indentation.
-
- End
- of Line Deletes all of the text to the right of and including the
- character under the cursor.
-
- Line Deletes the line that the cursor is on.
-
-
-
- File
- ~~~~
-
- File commands are used to copy Uno piles to and from disk files. In
- addition the current pile can be erased or renamed, and text can be
- imported or exported from the current note.
-
-
- Load Prompts for the name of a pile to load. If the entered
- pile name is found on the disk, Uno copies it onto the
- desktop at the current notes position. Piles can be loaded
- into an empty desktop or inserted into the currently loaded
- pile. An empty desktop is given the name of the first pile
- loaded onto it.
-
- Save The desktop pile is copied to a disk file and given the
- current pile name. Uno prompts for a pile name if the
- desktop is unnamed.
-
- Clear Erases the contents of the current desktop. If any notes
- have been changed since the last time it was saved, Uno
- prompts you to verify that you really want to clear the
- desktop. You will also have the option of saving the
- current pile before clearing.
-
- Name Prompts for a name for the current pile. The name entered
- must be a valid DOS file name. If the name is the same as
- one on your disk, Uno prompts you to verify that you really
- want to use that name.
-
- Import Prompts for the name of an ASCII file to load into the
- current note. If the entered file name is found on the
- disk, Uno copies it into the current note at the cursor
- position. Existing text is moved to make room for the text
- being loaded. If you import a file into an empty note, Uno
- will automatically set the "File" and "Nowrap" properties
- (see section on Properties).
-
- Export Prompts for the name of an ASCII file where the contents of
- the current note are to be saved. The name entered must be
- a valid DOS file name. If the name is the same as one on
- your disk, Uno prompts you to verify that you really want
- to use that name.
-
-
- Note
- ~~~~
-
- This command will create a new blank note. You will automatically be
- in Edit mode on the new note. The new note will appear immediately
- BEFORE the current note in the pile's order. The position of the note
- on the desktop will be selected at random.
-
- When you create a note, the time and date is recorded. Useful Notes
- can use this Time/Date stamp to "Order" your notes based on when you
- entered them.
-
-
-
- Order
- ~~~~~
-
- This command can be used to change the order of the notes in the pile.
-
- Clean Cleans up the desktop so that only the current note is
- visible but does not otherwise affect the other notes.
-
- Descrip-
- tion Reorders notes alphabetically by the notes' descriptions.
- Notes can be arranged in either ascending or descending
- order.
-
- Position Neatens up all the notes on the desktop. Notes are laid
- out side by side and in rows so that the top three lines of
- each note are visible when the desktop is full.
-
- Number Reorders notes according to the note number. Notes can be
- arranged in either ascending or descending order.
-
- Time/Date Reorders notes by the Time and Date that each note was
- created. Notes can be arranged in either ascending or
- descending order.
-
-
- Print
- ~~~~~
-
- The contents of the current note are sent to the printer attached
- to LPT1. No formatting is performed on the text.
-
-
- Quit
- ~~~~
-
- This command is used to exit Uno. If any of the notes have been
- modified in any way, you are prompted to verify that you really want
- to quit with the following options:
-
- Save
- First Save the current pile before quitting.
-
- Just
- Quit Quits without saving.
-
- Don't Ask
- Anymore Quits without saving. Also instructs Useful Notes not to
- prompt for verification until the pile changes again.
- (This option only appears in the Resident version of
- Useful Notes).
-
-
-
- Search
- ~~~~~~
-
- Search allows you to find strings or "Patterns" within the text of the
- current pile's notes or their Descriptions.
-
- Pattern Prompts for a search Pattern. If the Pattern entered is in
- all lower case, searches will be case insensitive. If any
- of the letters in the Pattern are in upper case, the text
- and Pattern must be exactly the same for a match to occur.
-
- -> Moves the cursor to the next note whose Description
- contains an occurrence of Pattern. If there are no more
- matches the cursor does not move.
-
- <- Moves the cursor to the previous note whose Description
- contains an occurrence of Pattern. If there are no more
- matches the cursor does not move.
-
- PgUp Moves the cursor to the note that contains the previous
- occurrence of Pattern in the current desktop. If there are
- no more matches, moves the cursor to the beginning of the
- first note.
-
- PgDn Moves the cursor to the note that contains the next
- occurrence of Pattern in the current desktop. If there are
- no more matches, moves the cursor to the end of the
- last note.
-
-
- Top
- ~~~
-
- Move the current note to the beginning of the pile. The next note in
- the pile becomes the current note.
-
- If you order your pile with the most important notes at the front, it
- is useful to "promote" notes with this command that must be dealt with
- right away.
-
-
- Zoom
- ~~~~
-
- Expands the current note to be the full size of the desktop. If the
- note is already "zoomed" and you press the zoom key, the note will
- revert to its original size.
-
-
-
- Move (Scroll Lock)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- This command allows you to move or resize the current note. Press the
- Scroll Lock key to put you in "Move" mode (the border of the current
- note should switch to the active color).
-
- ,,->,<- Move the current note around the screen.
-
- Shift
- ,,->,<- If you hold down the shift key and press the arrow keys,
- the size of the current note will change.
-
- Fit To
- Text Resizes the current note so that the border exactly fits
- around text of the note with no wasted space.
-
- Zoom Expands the current note to be the full size of the
- desktop.
-
- Press the Scroll Lock key again when you are done moving or resizing.
-
-
- Hot Spots
- ~~~~~~~~~
-
- If you enclose some text in [square brackets], Useful Notes will treat
- that text as a "hot spot". You can use the Tab key to move between
- hot spots. When the cursor is on a hot spot, the hot spot will be
- highlighted. Pressing Enter while on a hot spot will cause Useful
- Notes to search for that hot spot's text in the notes' Descriptions.
- If the search succeeds, you will be moved to the first note with the
- matching Description.
-
-
- Data Entry Points
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- One possible use for Useful Notes is to create simple data entry forms
- that contain some fixed information, and spaces for you to key in
- additional information. To facilitate this, Useful Notes recognizes
- the ':' character as a Data Entry Point. The Tab and Backtab keys
- will automatically position the cursor at these points when you are in
- Edit Mode.
-
-
-
- Notes on Resident Version
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- You run Useful Notes Resident the same way as the command line
- version. From the DOS prompt, type:
-
- unores <pilename>
-
- then press the Enter key.
-
- Press Ctrl-Alt-u (the Ctrl, Alt, and u keys simultaneously) to pop-up
- Useful Notes Resident. The Quit command or the Esc key will return
- you to the application that was running when you popped-up.
-
- The resident version of Useful Notes will use about 77K of DOS memory.
- About 32K of that memory is available for notes. Registered users
- will receive a version of Uno that will work with EMS memory to reduce
- this overhead, and also allow you to configure the amount of memory to
- set aside for notes.
-
- Although every effort has been made to ensure that Useful Notes is a
- "well behaved" TSR, there are far too many configurations with other
- TSR programs to test. If you are having problems getting Uno to
- pop-up, try changing the order that Uno gets loaded.
-
-
- Notes for Useful Editor Users
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- The command layout and interface for Useful Notes is very similar to
- that of Useful Editor. At the main command level of Useful Notes, you
- can use the following Useful Editor key equivalents:
-
- F1 or 'f' - File
- F3 or 's' - Search
- F4 or 'p' - Print
- F8 or 'z' - Zoom
- F10 or 'q' or Alt-x - Quit
-
-
-
- Configuring Uno
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- A separate program (unocfg.exe) is provided to modify Uno and/or
- Unores with some of your own preferences. When you run this Uno
- Configuration, you must ensure that Uno.exe and/or Unores.exe are in
- the current directory. Follow the prompts for the configuration
- program. When you have answered the last question the executable(s)
- will be updated with your selections.
-
- The following user preferences can be configured within Uno :
-
- - video display mode
- - initial text entry mode
- - color of normal text
- - color of inverse text
- - color of active (edit) text
- - distance between tab stops
- - size of new notes
-
-
-
- Licensing
- ~~~~~~~~~
-
- The programs and documentation in this archive are
- Copyright (c) 1990 by Useful Software
-
- Uno is a shareware information manager. This means that you only pay
- for it if you decide to continue using it. If you don't think that it
- is worth the asking price, delete the program, or better yet give it
- to someone who might find it useful. However if you do decide to keep
- Uno after a 2 week trial period, please send $20 (see REGISTRATION
- FORM on next page) to:
-
- Useful Software
- 340 Dale Crescent
- Waterloo, Ontario
- Canada, N2J 3Y3
-
- The shareware fee pays for unlimited use of Uno by a single person.
- You are allowed (and encouraged) to give away copies of Uno with the
- understanding that each person receiving a copy is under the same
- obligation as you are to send in the shareware fee if they decide to
- keep it. You can upload THIS VERSION ONLY of Uno to other computer
- systems, either free or commercial, as long as this archive remains
- intact, with the copyright and shareware notices unchanged.
-
- Useful Notes can be installed on LANS. In such situations I ask only
- that the LAN Administrator estimate the maximum number of people that
- will be making "simultaneous" use of Uno and pay the shareware fee
- based on that estimate. I do not expect that the limit be closely
- monitored or enforced (I appreciate how much trouble that would be),
- but I do expect that the estimate will be revised (and additional fees
- paid) should a substantial increase in the number of nodes on the LAN
- and Uno usage occur.
-
- No guarantee is made as to the functionality of this software; however
- it has been tested quite thoroughly by a large number of people. If
- it doesn't do what you want, don't keep it and send no money.
-
- Please support the shareware concept. Shareware means useful programs
- at a fraction of the cost you might pay for them commercially. You
- can try-before-you-buy, and you are not subjected to copy protection
- or other atrocities that many software vendors inflict on their
- customers. Software updates can also be distributed much faster than
- is possible through normal channels.
-
- Any questions, suggestions, or bug reports, can be mailed to the above
- address. Enjoy.
-
-
- Useful Software
-
-
-
- Registration Information
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- All registered users of Useful Notes will receive one update with the
- most recent version of the program, and notification of subsequent
- major updates (available for $2.00 on request).
-
- Discounts are available if you register both Useful Notes and Useful
- Editor (see "Bundled" price schedule below). If you are already a
- registered user of Useful Editor, remit only the difference in price
- between what you have already paid and the "Bundled" price. (For
- instance if you own 1 copy of Useful Editor at $20, you pay only $10
- for the registration of 1 copy of Useful Notes).
-
-
- Registration Bonus
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- As a bonus, all registered users will also receive a version of Useful
- Notes Resident which has EMS support and configuration control of the
- amount of memory to use for notes.
-
-
-
- REGISTRATION FORM
- =================
-
-
- TO: FROM:
-
- Useful Software Name: ___________________________________
- 340 Dale Crescent
- Waterloo, Ontario (Company): ___________________________________
- Canada, N2J 3Y3
- (Title): ___________________________________
-
- Address: ___________________________________
-
- City,State: ___________________________________
- (Prov.)
-
- Telephone: ___________________________________
-
-
-
- Useful Notes Price Schedule
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1-9 copies - $20 per copy
- 10-49 copies - $15 per copy
- 50-99 copies - $10 per copy
- 100+ copies - One time fee of $1000
-
-
- Useful Notes/Editor Bundled Price Schedule
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1-9 copies - $30 per bundle
- 10-49 copies - $25 per bundle
- 50-99 copies - $15 per bundle
- 100+ copies - One time fee of $1500
-
-
-
- I would like to register _______ copies of Useful Notes Version ____
- for single person use.
-
-
- (Yes/No) I am already a Useful Editer Version ____ user.
-
-
- (Yes/No) I would also like to register _______ copies of Useful Editor
- Version ____ for single person use at the bundled price.
-
-
-
-
- Signature: _______________________________
-
-
-
- Update Log
- ~~~~~~~~~~
-
- The following changes were made in version 1.1
-
- - added Fit To Text and Zoom options to the Scroll... option
- - default note pile option now included in the unocfg program
- - modified tab support to recognize Data Entry Points while in Edit
- mode
- - added configurable option to backup piles (to a .bak file) prior
- to saving
- - Alt-x can be used as an alternate to Quit (F10)
- - Esc can be used to exit Uno Resident
-
-
- Planned Enhancements
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- - Cut and Paste from application screens (Resident version)
- - Alarm clock notes (Resident version)
-