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This is !Journal, version 1.06 (25 March 1997) Intro ========= This is a program designed to make keeping a regular diary easier. I wanted one to store regular comments about the nature reserve at which I am the honorary warden. Several diary programs exist, but they all seem to offer limited space, for a particular day. I needed a text editor program, that conveniently sorted out the naming and storing of textfiles. I did not intend to reinvent the wheel, since Guttorm Vik and Dominic Symes already have, in writing the excellent !StrongED and !Zap applications, so I decided to make a front end type of diary using OLE to send all the text work to !Edit, !Zap or !StrongED. Necessary resources ==================== The user must have a copy of !Scrap available, and already 'seen ' by the system, along with a copy of !Edit, !Zap or !StrongED2. Use ==== An icon is installed on the icon bar, and clicking on this opens a small window, as usual. This contains the days date, and just one button, labelled Edit Entry. Clicking on this causes one of the three text editors to be opened, with a file, which starts with the day's date. An entry for the day's diary can be entered. If perchance you wanted to add a textfile from some other source, to the day's entry you are able to drag it to the window, in the usual RiscOS fashion. When you have finished, your entry, close the window, at which time, you will be asked if you want to save the file. Click on the SAVE option, and the file will be saved inside your !Journal application. You will find that if you place your pointer over the date icon, and click, that the current months calendar comes up. Another date can be selected, and indeed other dates months and years can be accessed, from the arrow type icons. If another date is selected, this calendar popup window disappears, and the selected date appears on the main window. Any editing now will concern the new selected date. If you go back to a date for which an entry has already been made, it will return to the editing window, and can be edited. Structure of files. ==================== Inside the application directory, which can be looked at by double clicking on the icon in a filer window while <shift> is held down, you will find a subdirectory called 1995, and so on. If you click on this you will find a directory for each month. If you click on one of these months you will see a textfile for as many entries as there are, labelled with dates such as '23/Jun'. If a directory for a year, that you have tried to do entries for, doesn't exist, you will get an error message, if you try to save a file. I have included directories for 1995 1996 & 1997. If you are still using this in 1998, or you want to do a retrospective diary, (I would be surprised), but you can easily, make a new directory by copying an empty year directory into the application window, renaming it to the year you want. Make sure it is empty first though. It seems that if you use !Edit for your text editor, you will produce a word wrapped file automatically, but !Zap, or !StrongEd will need to be told to do this. Saving ====== Entries are stored as soon as the window of the text editor is closed. However it may be that you wish to export a file to another program, or a printer. This can be done in the usual way from the menu of the main window. Sorted out =========== 1.01 The severe problem that only files shorter than 255 characters could be loaded. 1.02 An option to collate lots of entries into a continuous file. 1.03 An option to look at and edit all entries more easily. The last two options are accessed through the main menu. 1.04 Edit does not now need to be loaded first, as long as it has been 'seen' by the filer. 1.07 A few more features are added and I have crunched it down to a smaller size. Copyright ========= This program is Public Domain. It may be distributed or copied freely as long as no part of this software is used in any other program, whether commercial or public domain,without my prior written consent, though any files created by this software are not bound by this condition. This software may not be distributed for a profit, save that required to cover packaging and media costs.. Copyright (©) is retained by the author, who may be contacted at the address beneath. No liability can be accepted by the author for any loss or damage arising from use or misuse of this software. Credits ======= Thanks to Paul Hobbs for his very useful !EventShell System. Please refer to the file 'Credits', obtained by double clicking on the !Journal application, with <Shift> held down, and then double clicking on the file 'Credits' ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Any improvements or bugs to !Journal, please report to :- Robert Seago. 40 Alton Park Road Clacton On Sea Essex. CO15 1ED