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- SPELLCHECK V1.2 Written by Torgeir Dingsøyr 1991-1992. FREEWARE.
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- Freely distributable, as long as this documentation
- is distributed along with the program, and as long
- as you do not make a profit by selling it.
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- FILES: SpellCheck
- SpellCheck.info
- SpellCheck.doc
- SpellCheck.font
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- NEEDED FILES: LIBS:arp.library
- LIBS:diskfont.library
- C:run(*)
- SYS:SYSTEM/SetMap(*)
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- (*) If you want to use the 'Select keymap'
- function.
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- What is SPELLCHECK? SPELLCHECK is a handy program, which enables you to
- use your computer to learn new words, whether it be
- German strong verbs, French words, or Spanish. You
- type in the words you want to be heard in, and the
- computer shows you the english word and asks you to
- type in the german/french/spanish. (You can of course
- use any languages).
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- How do I use it? The program is very easy to use, so the simples way
- to find out how it works is to try it out. If you
- should want to use some of the more advanced
- features, you should turn to this documentation for
- an explanation. The program will run both from the
- Workbench and from the CLI. From the CLI you can
- specify a filename after SpellCheck (ie SpellCheck
- <filename>) and SPELLCHECK will load that file.
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- Requirements: SPELLCHECK will refuse to run, if not arp.library
- and diskfont.library are present in libs: It is also
- a must to have RUN in C: and SETMAP in Sys:System to
- make full use of the program. If a font named
- "SpellCheck" lies in fonts: SPELLCHECK will load
- and use it. Make sure that it is an 8*8 pixels font.
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- Questions? If you have any questions on the use of this program,
- comments, bugreports, or suggestions on how to
- improve it, please write to: PANTHEON SOFTWORKS,
- Po. Box 2049-Høllen, 4641 SØGNE, NORWAY.
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- The functions available from SPELLCHECK are listed here, as they appear in
- the menus in the program
-
- THE "PROJECT" MENU:
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- * CLEAR ALL will clear all the words you have typed in or loaded
- into the program. You will get a requester, and have to click 'YES'
- or type 'Y' on the keyboard to clear all the words.
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- * LOAD (you can also click on the gadget, or press F1) will prompt
- you with a requester, and you can select a file to load. The file
- should be a file saved from SPELLCHECK previously.
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- * SAVE (also a gadget for this one, or F2). You will also get a
- requester here, you can type in a filename or select one.
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- * APPEND (shortcut: Amiga+A). This function will add a SPELLCHECK
- file to the words that are in memory at the time. The new words will
- be put at the end of the other words. You will get a requester to
- select the file.
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- * LIST (also a gadget for this one, or F3) will open a new window,
- where you can scroll up and down, and look at all the words that
- are in memory. There are four gadgets on the bottom of the window:
- CLOSE, which brings you back to the normal window, SWAP, DELETE and
- SEARCH. When you click on a word with the mousepointer, there will
- come up a requester in which you can edit that word. (From here
- you have the following shortcuts: [M] for modify, [RERURN] or
- [ESC] to exit.) If the SWAP gadget is pressed down, and you click
- on a word, the two words (for instance English and German) will be
- swapped. If the DELETE gadget is pressed down, the word you click
- will be deleted. If you click SEARCH (or press 'S' on the keyboard),
- you will be prompted with a requester, where you can type in a word
- to search for. Shortcuts: [S] to search, [ESC] or [RETURN] to exit.
- You can use normal (ARP) wildcards here: (* and ?). Note that upper
- and lower case differs.
-
- * ABOUT
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- * QUIT
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- THE "SPECIAL" MENU:
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- * SELECT KEYMAP will enable you to select a new keymap, and load
- it (a filerequester will come up). To use this function, you need
- RUN in C: and SETMAP in Sys:System.
-
- * PREFERENCES enables you to select your favorite colours, and to
- make SPELLCHECK load a special keymap, whenever you start it. Your
- preferences can be saved. (To the file devs:SpellCheck.prefs).
-
- * SHORTCUTS brings up a list over the shortcuts available in the
- program from the normal window.
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- * LOW<>UPPERCASE. Normally SPELLCHECK will look at uppercase and
- lowercase letters as different, when it asks you in words. If you
- want uppercase and lowercase to be the same, select this menuitem,
- and it will change to LOW=UPPERCASE.
-
- * HELP OFF. If you select this menuitem, it will read HELP ON, and
- when you are being asked in words, you can get some help, by using
- the menu, or shortcut Amiga+H. First the program will display how
- many letters the word you are supposed to type in has, then is
- you press Amiga+H once more (or select Help in the menu) you will
- get the first letter, press once more, and you will get the next,
- and so on...
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- THE "WORDS" MENU:
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- * SWAP will swap all the words that lie in the memory. If you
- want to swap just one word, read about LIST in the "PROJECT" menu.
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- * UPPERCASE will turn all the letters in the words into uppercase.
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- * LOWERCASE will turn all the letters in the words into lowercase.
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- * SAVE ASCII will save the words in ASCII format (handy, if you
- want to print your words). (SPELLCHECK uses a simpler way for
- saving normally - so SPELLCHECK's files will be a good deal
- larger).
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- * IMPORT ASCII will load an ASCII file and add it to the words
- that are already in the memory (at the bottom). The ASCII file
- must be in this format: (For example)
- EnglishWord=GermanWord<RETURN>
- If the words does not follow this format, you will get a prompt.
-
- * PATTERN. Here you can type in a pattern which all the words you
- will be asked in must match. If, for instance you have loaded in
- a file containing lots of german words, but only want to be heard
- in the male words, type in "der*" in the stringgadget. (That is,
- when you are being heard in german words, ie. typing in the german
- word).
-
- THE "ASK MODE: MENU:
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- Here choose between two ways to be asked words in: (Select the
- current, and the other will appear).
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- * AUTOMATIC. (normal) You have only one chance to write the word
- correctly, and the program continues after a couple of seconds
- after you have pressed return.
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- * MANUAL. You get two chances to write the word correctly, and
- have to press <SPACE> after you have delivered the second answer,
- and want to proceed.
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- That was the menus, now the gadgets: (that have not already been explained):
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- * ASK will ask you in the words you select in the requester which
- pops up when you click this gadget (or press F4).
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- * INSERT will enable you to type in new words. The shortcut for this
- gadget is F5
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- THE SHORTCUTS AVAILABLE FROM SPELLCHECK:
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- F1 - LOAD Amiga+A - APPEND
- F2 - SAVE Amiga+Q - QUIT
- F3 - LIST HELP - SHORTCUTS
- F4 - ASK
- F5 - INSERT
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- IN THE LIST WINDOW:
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- ESC - BACK TO NORMAL WINDOW
- S - SEARCH FOR A WORD
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- Limitations: SPELLCHECK has a maximum capacity of 384 words.
- This should be sufficient in most cases. In
- SPELLCHECK the words can only be 40 characters.
- (or 80 for 'english' and 'foreign'-words).
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- In General: To get out of the list-window or most of the
- requesters, you can simply press <ESCAPE>. In
- some, you can also press <RETURN> to make them
- disappear. There are normally shortcuts to press
- in the requesters as well. The first letter in
- the gadget-text is usually a shortcut.
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- Technical Info: SPELLCHECK only takes up about 40kB of disk-space
- (uncrunched), it was written in assembly language,
- using DevPac2. It makes use of arp.library and
- diskfont.library. If you want the source-code for
- SPELLCHECK, or a laser-printed hard-copy of this
- manual, send £5 or NKR 50 to Pantheon Softworks.
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- Special thanks to: Christian Fiott
- Tor-Martin Tveit
- Preben Randhol
- Ole Ingart Karlsen
- Jan Reinert Karlsen
- Sigmund Vik
- Kjell Heimdal
- Jarl Nemeth
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- PANTHEON SOFTWORKS, PO BOX 2049-HØLLEN, 4641 SØGNE, NORWAY.
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