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- THE DEMONSTRATION VERSION DOCS
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- MARTIN REDDY, 1997
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- BACKGROUND
- ~~~~~~~~~~
-
- "EdWord was originally released as a shareware product early in 1992 as V2.2
- It has since been totally rewritten and substantially improved. The result
- is EdWord Professional V4.1 - the fruits of practically four long years of
- sleepless nights and guru-infested frustrations softened only by the lure
- of Salami, Chicken & Sweetcorn pizzas complemented with intravenous Irn Bru
- and the uplifting dream that one day I will actually finish the damn thing!
- Well, as is often the case, the light at the end of the tunnel seemed to be
- an oncoming train and I never really managed to finish my tinkerings with
- EdWord - it would call to me in the night and I would have to obey and add
- something extra to it or pep up an old and slow routine. Okay I'll admit it
- I was an addict, but it wasn't my fault. It all started so innocently, just
- a casual bet from a friend that I couldn't do it. Then it started. At first
- it was just the odd procedure each couple of days, but very soon I couldn't
- make it through the day without at least an hour of programming and then my
- passion consumed me and I couldn't stay away from it. If I was ever parted
- from my keyboard for more than a day I would break down into a pitiful,
- shivering wreck, yearning to get my fix. But fear not because there is a
- happy ending to this rather sad story of teenage addiction gone crazy
- because I've almost kicked the habit and gone cold turkey. This is it, the
- final version of EdWord! It's over. Finished. Completed. (Or is it???)"
-
- [M.Reddy, EdWord Pro V4.1 Docs]
-
-
- SO WHAT DOES IT DO?
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- It's called EdWord so what do you think it does?? Yeah, it edits words. Or
- put in plainer terms, it's a text editor. I'll not bore you with all the
- details of what it can do here because you can get that from the other doc
- files which come with this demo version.
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- WHAT'S THIS DOC FILE FOR THEN???
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- Well, you may have noticed the word "Demonstration" somewhere in the above
- text. That's because the copy of EdWord which you have is a demo of the
- full version. It will work perfectly well and there are no major
- constraints on the program's operation. You will however be continually
- pestered by a cute little requester reminding you that you are using a
- demonstration version and that you should really clear your conscience and
- register with me. The idea being that you can see how the program works,
- but the messages are just a little bit too irritable if you really intend
- to use it; so then you will want to register for the full version. So,
- while we're on the subject, the following is a list of what you get if you
- do actually register the program for the modest fee of £15:
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- · An updated version of the editor with no annoying messages
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- · A large hypertext help facility which documents "Everything You Ever
- Wanted To Know About EdWord But Were Too Scared To Register For"
- (This is currently around 275K of ASCII text in AmigaGuide format
- with the AmigaGuide program. The other doc files with this demo
- are extracts from this help library).
-
- · Complete documentation on the ARexx commands which EdWord supports
- and a host of example ARexx scripts for use within the editor, e.g.
-
- AddLineNumbers.epxx Alarm.epxx
- Amiga2IBM.epxx ANSI_Background.epxx
- ANSI_Bold.epxx ANSI_Foreground.epxx
- ANSI_Italics.epxx ANSI_Plain.epxx
- ANSI_Underline.epxx CapitalBlock.epxx
- CentreBlock.epxx CheckStructure.epxx
- DoubleSpaceBlock.epxx E-MailReplyBlock.epxx
- FormatBlock.epxx FullJustifyBlock.epxx
- IBM2Amiga.epxx InsertDate.epxx
- InsertTime.epxx LaTeX_Bold.epxx
- LaTeX_Emphasise.epxx LaTeX_Typewritter.epxx
- LaTeX_Underline.epxx LeftJustifyBlock.epxx
- LowerBlock.epxx MoveBlock-->.epxx
- MoveBlock<--.epxx RightJustifyBlock.epxx
- SingleSpaceBlock.epxx SortFile.epxx
- SpeakBlock.epxx StripANSICodes.epxx
- StripBlankLines.epxx StripEOLBlanks.epxx
- UpperBlock.epxx
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- · The complete set of Keyword Definition Files for use with the
- Text Casing facility. A couple have been supplied with this demo
- version (the #?.key files) but there is a set of 19 of them,
- including languages such as C++, HTML, Blitz Basic, ARexx, etc.
-
- · A HardDrive installation utility using the standard Commodore
- installer program.
-
- · The satisfaction of knowing that you have acted kindly & generously
- and help to save a poor, young child on the brink of starvation and
- to help him pay for his dear mother's heart bypass operation without
- which she would die and leave him alone and dejected in a world that
- just doesn't care.
-
-
- Well, that sounds like seven damn good reasons for registering to me - I'll
- have half a dozen! (<- subliminal message). All I ask in return is £15.00.
- So what's the catch you're asking yourself. Well, in the words of Sigmund
- Freud, "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar". But there are some of you who
- may think that £15.00 is still too much; but I would like to see you get a
- better (or even an equal) package for a cheaper price. After all, I have
- spent the last four years of my life on the thing and although the concept
- of free software is a very nice and admirable principal, it's not a very
- profitable one! As Ashleigh Brilliant once said: "I either want less
- corruption, or more chance to participate in it". Okay, so I'll shut up now
- but you will be wondering where to send your crisp, fluffy, juicy, shiny
- little fifteen pounds to won't you??? Well, wonder no longer...
-
- ____________________________
- | |
- | F1 Software, |
- | 31 Wellington Road, |
- | Exeter, |
- | Devon, |
- | England, EX2 9DU |
- |____________________________|
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- F1 Software can also be contacted electronically through the e-mail address:
- <steve@f1lw.demon.co.uk>. Telephone enquiries and ordering can be made by
- calling (UK) 01392 493580; that's +44 1392 493580 in international notation.
- F1 Software will accept cheques or UK postal orders in POUNDS STERLING ONLY
- (cheques drawn on a UK bank). Access, Visa, Mastercard and Eurocards are all
- accepted.
-
- If you wish to contact me (the author) directly via e-mail, then you can
- send mail to: <M.Reddy@ed.ac.uk>. PLEASE NOTE HOWEVER THAT V6.0 IS THE FINAL
- RELEASE OF EDWORD. After this I will no longer have access to my Amiga (as I
- have now moved country and had to restrict the stuff I took with me), and so
- it will not be possible to implement any changes to EdWord beyond V6.0.
-
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- THE EDWORD PROFESSIONAL WEB PAGE
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- I have recently developed a set of World Wide Web pages for EdWord. If you
- have a WWW browser (e.g. Netscape, Mosaic etc.), then you may want to take
- a look at the following URL.
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- http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/mxr/edword
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- THE LEGAL JARGONY STUFF!
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- The complete and unmodified demo version of EdWord Pro V6.0 is placed in to
- the Public Domain "as-is" and may be freely redistributed via any means.
- However, Martin Reddy retains full copyright on the program and it may not
- be sold for profit without his expressed permission. Although EdWord Pro has
- undergone extensive testing and remains a robust and reliable program,
- Martin Reddy cannot be held responsible for any loss of information caused
- by direct or indirect use of the program. So there!
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-
- THE END
- ~~~~~~~
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- That's all folks! Just got time to say:
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- "Two wrongs don't make a right.
- But two Wrights made an aeroplane."
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