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- * The TEXTRA package is Copyright ©1994 Mike Haas, All Rights Reserved. *
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-
- -- Welcome --
-
- Textra 1.15 is the User-Friendly Text Editor for the Amiga. Easy-to-
- use and full of features... background printing and ARexx script
- operation, UNDO, multiple windows in different fonts, convienient
- 'mouse-drag-select' paradigm, Marks, user-definable keyboard, and the
- list goes on.
-
- Great emphasis has been placed on the user-interface to make Textra easy
- to get used to, learn and become proficient with. There is even a
- Tutorial ARexx script to help beginners get started (see below for
- kwik-start instructions for it).
-
- Textra is versatile enough to excel as a programmer's text editor as
- well as crank out the occasional book report or letter. This is because
- it includes some useful page/paragraph-formatting tools among it's ARexx
- scripts.
-
- Textra is very useful in the programmers arena. This version includes
- scripts that allow Textra to act as an integrated text editor for JForth
- Professional 3.x, SAS/C and HSPascal. This Textra will display
- balancing parenthesis, bracket or double-quotes for any ( ) [ ] { } < >
- or leading " character you double-click. (If you are using Textra 1.14
- or later to read this, try double-clicking on one of the parenthesis
- around this sentence.)
-
- Hard disk users...
-
- Launch the "Install_Textra" and it will prompt you through
- the installation of Textra and its support files.
-
- Floppy users...
-
- If you are short on disk space, or don't want hassle with
- finding room for everything right now, then temporarily
- assign rexx: to the scripts drawer of this package.
-
- If running 2.0 or later (and who isn't?), you can add
- the scripts drawer to your: assign path for rexx:.
- Assuming this package is at the root of df0:...
-
- assign rexx: df0:scripts add
-
- Either way, an interactive tutorial is provided to start having some fun
- with Textra and ARexx as well as introduce you this friendly but
- powerful editor.
-
- Launch the Tutorial ARexx script as follows...
-
- 1. Start Textra by double-clicking on its icon. (If you
- already have it up, proceed to step 3)
-
- 2. In the file-requester that appears, press CANCEL
-
- 3. Pull down the "Utilities, ARexx..." menu item.
-
- 4. In the ARexx requester that appears, enter:
-
- Tutorial
-
- into one of the string gadgets (if not already in one)
- followed by RETURN. The tutorial will soon greet you.
- (It will take 15 sec. or so on unaccelerated Amigas).
-
- Please refer to the 'docs' directory for full program documentation.
-
- Please refer to the accompanying 'Docs/WhatsNew.doc' file for detailed,
- categorized, new feature/bug fix information.
-
- Updates provided to all previously-registered Textra users upon
- request for $5.
-
- Enjoy!
-
- Mike Haas
- 3867 La Colina Rd.
- El Sobrante, CA. 94803
-
- (Standard disclaimer stuff applies... Use at your own risk...
- No warrenty is expressed or implied... You are free to distribute
- this package in it's UNMODIFIED ENTIRITY ONLY... Thanks.)
-