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- WORDQUIZ.DOC (V 1.0, 12 JAN 90)
-
- INTRODUCTION:
-
- Hello, welcome to WordQuiz. This is a small program (or big one, depending
- on whether you have the CanDo.library installed or not) that I wrote using
- CanDo in order to drill myself on Russian vocabulary. For that reason, it
- isn't exactly professional quality, but it is FREE! More on this later...
-
- HOW TO USE WORDQUIZ:
-
- When you first start it, you are presented with a MainMenu screen with four
- choices: Quiz, Edit, Make, and Quit. Now to go through each button and
- what its subsequent screens do...in reverse order...
-
- QUIT:
-
- Quit the program. Simple, eh?
-
- MAKE:
-
- This button brings up a small window, with an input field, and two buttons,
- Make and Quit. This is how you make a word list for later use in the Editor
- and Quiz screens. First, count the number of words in the list you want to
- enter, put that number in the input field (it defaults to 20) and hit the
- Make button. A requestor will come up, asking for a file name to create.
- After you enter that, hit OK, and the program will create the empty list
- with the name you specified. Quit should be self-explanitory. :)
-
- EDIT:
-
- This button bring up a good sized window, showing a cyrillic keyboard, two
- input fields, a display box, and 5 buttons. Ready for a long explanation?
- Good... Load loads up a list. This can be one that you just created with
- Make window, or a old one. Save saves the list you are currently editing.
- Quit quits. Now for the complicated part, which took the most time to get
- "acting" correctly in this window. The UP and DOWN buttons simply move you
- up and down through the list as you are editing it. They will not let you
- go past the boundries of the list. The last items are the input fields.
- The top field is for entering what I call "pseudo-russian" - CanDo doesn't
- support the use of fonts in requestors yet. Just use the keyboard that is
- above the field to see which keys you need to hit. After you press return,
- the word will appear in the display window below the field. The bottom
- field is to enter the word in english. Notice that when you hit return in
- the p-russian field, it activates the english field. However, pressing
- return in the english field doesn't activate anything. You can either move
- up and down in the list, or edit either word at this point. (Or save, load,
- quit.)
-
- QUIZ:
-
- Did you think the last paragraph was run on? So do I. But this one should
- be even worse. Load does the same as it did in the Editor screen, as does
- Quit. Say! isn't implemented yet, so it is ghosted. (That ought to be a
- good summer project...getting the computer to speak Russian so it is
- recognizable....is there a "russiantranslator.device" out yet? (grin).
- Back to the window....Rus and Eng let you choose which language you want to
- quiz yourself in. Pick Rus and you have to remember the Russian, and if
- you pick Eng, English. Once you pick one of these, the fun starts. The
- program simply goes through the list, and throws the words up at you about
- 10 seconds apart. If you get it right, nothing neat happens. If you answer
- wrong, you get "boinged" and the correct word appears in the appropriate
- spot. There is a short pause, then it continues. Once the entire list has
- been given to you, it drops back to the MainMenu window. You can correct
- your spelling, etc. as many times as you can during the 10 seconds. But if
- you aren't done after 10 seconds, the program just takes what you've
- entered as the answer. (I wanted to implement this differently, but due
- some features (bugs?) in CanDo, I couldn't. Maybe the next release...)
-
- SETUP:
-
- This .zip or .zoo (depending on where I posted this originally...either
- UseNet or a BBS) contains all the needed files to get up and running. You
- should have (2) copies of WordQuiz, one for people that have CanDo installed
- on their system (the small one) and one for people who don't (the big one.)
- Also, you should find the (1) font I use, Moskva. It comes in 4 sizes - 11,
- 15, 22, 30. There are also (2) sample files, HOUSE.ROOMS and
- BATHROOM.ITEMS, so you can test and see if the program works without making
- your own lists right off the bat. Last, but not least, there is (1) sound
- file, BOING.SND, which contains the sound that is played when you mess up,
- and (1) Dpaint 3 brush, CYRILBOARD.BSH, which is the cyrillic keyboard that
- is displayed. Oh yes...also this .doc file.
-
- To install the program, put the moskva.font file in your fonts: directory,
- and make a sub-directory in your fonts: dir called "Moskva" and put the four
- font sizes in there. Next, put all the rest of the files in one directory
- or sub-directory and assign the volume name WQ: to it.
- (ex:"assign WQ: SYS:a/buried/subdirectory/that/has/WordQuiz")
-
- CREDITS:
-
- I'd like to thank a few people for some parts of this program, even though
- they don't know it exists...yet.
-
- Robin LaPasha - For his Moskva font
-
- Classic Concepts - For letting me help test Cyrillic Alphabets, their
- Russian and Slavic fonts package. These will probably
- be implemented as an option in the next release of
- WordQuiz.
-
- INOVAtronics - For a great piece of authoring software...I'll try and
- forget some of the long hours trying to figure out just why
- they implemented some things the way they did and devising
- work-arounds. (grin)
-
- REGISTRATION:
-
- This is a FREE piece of software. It is PUBLIC DOMAIN. I don't care if you
- take the floppy it is on and flush it. (I wouldn't try it with your hard
- drive, if you have one.)
-
- I will be upgrading it as I have time. Therefore, if you want to keep up
- with my latest attempts at authoring software, all I ask is that you please
- register. That's all..register. It is very easy....here's how:
-
- If you have UseNet access: My address is "TCampbell@cup.portal.com".
- Simply send me your address. I'll send you the revisions as
- they are done. (please specify all revisions or just major ones)
- They will be .zoo'ed and UUEncoded.
-
- If you have Portal access: My user name is "Tcampbell". I will be posting
- the major revisions (new features, major bug fixes) in .zip form.
-
- If you call the SouthWest Lincoln BBS (402-421-1963): My user name is
- "Thomas Campbell". I will be posting the major revisions in .zip form.
-
- If you don't have access to any of the above: My USnail address is:
- Tom Campbell, PO Box 63, Malcolm, NE 68402. Either send a
- self-addressed, stamped postcard so I can notify you when a new
- release is out, or send $3 to cover my costs, and I'll send you a
- disk with the complete package on it.
-
- CONCLUSION:
-
- I think that's all I have to say.
-
-