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Pluma Word Processor for OS/2 Presentation Manager

  This program provides a What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) word
processor for the OS/2 Presentation Manager interface.  It does not
attempt to go head-to-head with the large professional word processors
available for OS/2 PM or Windows, but rather tries to provide a more
modest set of functions.  Normal text formatting is provided for, plus
the program has the ability to handle imbedded graphics.  All installed
ATM fonts are supported, in all the native formats and in a wide range
of sizes.  Printer support is strictly through the OS/2 PM interface,
providing output on any printer supported by that interface.  In fact,
I have heard of one user outputting direct to a FAX from this program.

  This program is shareware.  Feel free to distribute unmodified copies
of the program to anyone interested.  If you find the program useful,
and decide to keep the program for use, then you must pay for it.
To register this product, send a check or money order payable for
$30 U.S. dollars to Rick Papo, plus your name, your mailing address,
the revision number and date of your current copy of Pluma,
and, if possible, your electronic mail address, to:

        Pluma Registrations
        c/o Rick Papo
        38290 Avondale
        Westland, MI 48185-3830
        USA

  If you reside in any of the republics which were formerly of the
Soviet Union or of the Warsaw Pact, you may register for $5.

  Upon receiving your registration, you will be sent the latest revision
of the word processor on diskette.  If you already have the latest revision,
you will be sent a confirmation of your registration and you will receive
the next revision, when it becomes available.  Printed documentation
is not yet available, but once it is, all registered users of the
word processor will receive a copy.  If you would like later upgrades
on diskette, they will cost $10 U.S. dollars ($5 for the ex-USSR).


Installation:

  To install Pluma, you must execute the command-file 'ENGLISH'.
You will be asked in what directory you wish to install the program.
Please enter the full path of that directory, including the drive
specifier.  If the directory does not exist, it will be created.
Once you have entered the directory name, the installation will complete.
The program's EXE, DLL and HLP files will be copied to the target
directory and a program object will be created and placed on your
Desktop.  Once installation is complete, feel free to move the program
object to whichever folder you wish it to reside in.

  If by chance you delete the program object, simply repeat the
installation procedure.  The program settings will not be lost.


Translations:

  Pluma is built to be translatable into other languages easily.
The Spanish, French and Dutch versions have already been translated.
Translations to Catalán, German, Danish, Italian and Portugese are
expected shortly.  If you wish to translate the program to your native
language, send me a note to my Internet ID ([e-mail]) or to my
CompuServe ID (72607,3111), or to my mailing address.  I will send you
the texts that need to be translated (the help file, the documentation file,
the installation script and the text resource definitions).  Once I
have the translated material back, I will add the new language to the
next release of the word processor.  Keep in mind, however, that I will
always be asking you for updates as the program gets revised and enhanced.
In return for your help, your registration is free and you will get free
upgrades as long as you continue to translate them.


Acknowledgements:

  Thanks to the following individuals for their help in testing, for
their suggestions during development, and for their support:

        Wayne Blankenbeckler    (Sam's Books,Indiana,USA)
        Harry Bush              (Riga,Latvia)
        Xavier Caballe          (Barcelona,Spain)
        Bjorn Fahller           (Sweden)
        Per Gjerlov             (Denmark)
        Dr. Herbert Klaeren     (Tuebingen,Germany)
        Frank Mersmann          (Bremen,Germany)
        Joe Negron              (Brooklyn,New York,USA)
        Marvin Nipper           (Golden,Colorado,USA)
        Walt Rutka              (Great Lakes Data Systems,Southfield,Michigan,USA)
        Erwin Vackier           (Netherlands)
        Raphaël Vanney          (France)
        Bryan Walker            (Tennessee,USA)


History:

18 March 1994 - Revision 1.00
  First public release, after development since September 1992.

21 March 1994 - Revision 1.01
  Fixed bug where the File Open dialog could have multiple copies active at the same time.
  Fixed bug which crashed the program during startup if no printers were defined.

01 April 1994 - Revision 1.02
  Added FILE_ID.DIZ identification file.
  Defined <F2> for Save, <F4> for Save&Close, and <Ctrl><O> for Open.
  Now uses white, not the system background color, for the document window background.
  Altered pageup/pagedown logic to conform more closely to established custom.
  Fixed bug with line-drawing characters.
  Fixed bug with horizontal alignment of monospaced fonts (Courier).
  Fixed bug with spool job submission.
  Fixed bug with cursor positioning on lines without any visible text (just functions).
  Fixed bug with setting initial document default values.
  Altered rulers so that margins can be set as wide as possible.
  Fixed bug in tracking margin settings.
  Added Line Spacing option to Document Defaults and to the Layout Menu.

25 April 1994 - Revision 1.03
  Fixed bug in highlighting initial entry of Defaults' Color and Justification combo-boxes.
  Added APPLY button to the Document Defaults dialog.
  Fixed bug in cursor positioning on lines without any visible text (just graphics).
  Document preface needed margin settings and tab spacing values saved to it and loaded from it.
  Fixed bug where program could loop when top margin was set to top of page.
  Fixed bug in building titles for iconized document windows.
  Added command-line option TRAP.
  Replaced form selection with printer job settings dialog.
  Added Global Save check-box to the Document Defaults dialog.
  Added Ctrl+N, Ctrl+B, Ctrl+I, Ctrl+U key assignments for Normal, Bold, Italic and Underscore.
  Moved Printing status window to document window title-bar.
  Added Merging/Saving status window to document window title-bar.
  Now saves on a separate thread, and shows status in document window title-bar.
  Fixed bug where text strings too long to fit on a line could cause a loop during formatting.
  Added context menu for selected text.
  Reactivated the multi-threaded startup (it had been disabled!).

9 May 1994 - Revision 1.04
  Translation to Spanish by Xavier Caballé.
  Fixed a bug in merging and loading empty Pluma documents.
  Fixed a bug in merging and loading invalid documents.
  Fixed bug in initialization when no printers are defined (new bug to 1.03).
  Now aborts the program rather than allowing all virtual memory to be used up.
  Disabled forms requirement to queue processor, for now.
  Altered method of identifying registered copies.
  Fixed a number of help definition problems.
  Added help buttons to all message boxes.

9 May 1994 - Revision 1.04a
  Fixed bug in document loading.
  Fixed positioning and clipping of Open and Save Confirm dialogs.

11 May 1994 - Revision 1.05 (repost of 1.04a)
  Renamed because of problems with BBSes which do not accept duplicate uploads.

12 May 1994 - Revision 1.06
  Removed help button from exception message.
  Restored load/save/print priorities to normal.
  Fixed bug with deletion when deletion causes a line or page to be emptied.
  Altered page formatting logic to force long words to be formatted one the
    current line if there is space on the page, rather than starting the long
    line on a new page.
  Modified workspace to interact with the Color Palette.

20 May 1994 - Revision 1.07
  Now updates printer job settings to default when a new printer is selected.
  Fixed bug in getting page clipping limits in the general case.
  Reworked logic for splitting the font/size/color menus as they get too large.
  Expanded the size menu.

27 May 1994 - Revision 1.08
  Modified rulers and document workspace to interact with the Color Palette.
  Modified Defaults dialog to require a currently existing printer object
    to be selected, unless there are none.
  Print requests are now denied if no printer object exists.
  Fixed bug in default page clipping limits (when no printer available).
  Fixed bug that appeared when user changed printer object's driver since
    the last setting of document defaults.

17 June 1994 - Revision 1.09
  Added Initial Zoom to the General Preferences dialog.
  Altered Fonts menu to scroll if not possible to show all fonts on the screen at once.
  First revision in French.

08 July 1994 - Revision 1.10
  Fixed bug in page-break insertion.
  Fixed bug in Defaults dialog when very large numbers of fonts are installed.
  Added Expand options to the Attributes Menu.
  First revision in Dutch.