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TYPESMART FOR WINDOWS
User's Guide
Copyright 1992 by Tim W. Lian.
All rights reserved.
4317 Caminito del Diamante
San Diego, CA 92121-1966
Contents
Legal notices
Chapter 1: What is TypeSmart?
Chapter 2: Installation
Chapter 3: Starting TypeSmart
Chapter 4: TypeSmart Dictionary
Chapter 5: Menu Commands
Legal notices
TypeSmart for Windows Version 2.2
TypeSmart Copyright 1992 by
Tim W. Lian
4317 Caminito del Diamante
San Diego, CA 92121-1966
All rights reserved.
LICENSE AGREEMENT - SHAREWARE COPIES
Use of this product constitutes your acceptance of the following
terms and conditions and your agreement to abide by them.
Tim W. Lian (Author) grants you a nonexclusive license to use
this Software for the period of May 1, 1993 to October 1, 1993 in
order to evaluate its suitability to your needs. After the
evaluation period you must either register with the Author or
cease using the Software. You are may to distribute the Software,
unmodified, in its entirety, to others who are interested in
evaluating the Software. You are encouraged to upload this
Software to BBS's. You may not modify, alter, translate,
disassemble, decompile, or lease the Software or the Reference
Manual.
Any specific hardware/software names used in this manual are the
(registered) trademarks of specific companies.
You may not modify the program in any way that changes the
program's actual computer instructions without written approval
from the author. Write to the above address for permission.
We strive to produce accurate documentation but we are only
human. This manual may contain any number of typographical,
graphical, printing, or interpretation errors.
Chapter 1
WHAT IS TypeSmart for Windows?
When you type text, TypeSmart sits in the background, watches
what you type, and anticipates the words for you while you are
using your own text editor or wordprocessor. It lets you reduce
the number of keystrokes for typing long words. It is good for
your fingers.
Suppose, you have to type the following text:
Sun SPARCstation IPC
The exhilaration of using a SPARCstation
from Sun Microsystems has always been one
of life's seductive pleasures. But at
$5995, it is also one of life's
obtainable pleasures, too.
Indeed, a SPARCstation system not only
runs your CAD software better and faster,
it can run every application you use all
at the same time.
In fact, the only compromise you may have
to make is which of the two most popular
fully-configured Sun models to choose:
The Sun SPARCstation IPC at $5995, or the
SPARCstation IPX at $9995.
But then, life has always been a bit
unfair.
Sun Microsystems
There is nothing exciting about using your editor/wordprocessor
to type the text above -- you just punch the keys one after
another. But if you have TypeSmart activated while you are still
using your own editor/wordprocessor, wonderful things happen: You
can reduce the number of key-pressings by 54.
TypeSmart lets you repeat a long word which has been typed in
your current edit session, or in a previous edit sessions. When
you type the first characters of a word, TypeSmart interactively
searches words that match the characters you have typed. If such
words are found, they are shown in a corner of the screen. If you
see the word you need, you can press a keystroke to let TypeSmart
automatically complete your word.
TypeSmart assists you from the background. You can ignore
TypeSmart without any effort, in other words, you can still
type anything while TypeSmart displays its anticipated words.
Chapter 2
INSTALLATION
2.1 Requirements
TypeSmart will run on an IBM PC or compatible computer, under
MicroSoft Windows 3.x. It also runs under OS/2 as a Windows
application. (Note: we have a version of TypeSmart running
under MS-DOS. The DOS version is integrated with our text
editor. Please contact the author for more information)
The following tables describe the files:
Table 2.1:
-------------------------------------------
TSW.EXE The program file
TYPESMAR.HAP TypeSmart configuration data
TYPESMAR.OPT TypeSmart options data
TYPESMAR.DPT
WINDOWSH.TSD TypeSmart dictionary file,
for programming Windows
README.TXT The file you are reading
REGISTER.ME Why and how to register
LICENSE.DOC
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2.2 Setting up
STEP 1. Just copy all the files to a special directory on your
hard disk.
For instance,
MD C:\TSMART <Enter>
COPY A:\*.* C:\TSMART <Enter>
STEP 2. You can run the TypeSmart executable file 'TSW.EXE' from
the Program Manager. We recommend you to install 'TSW.EXE' in
the Program Manager's Startup folder, so TypeSmart is run every
time you start Windows. If you do not know how to do this, please
see your Microsoft Windows 3.x documentation.
Chapter 3
STARTING TYPESMART
If you have setup TypeSmart in Program Manager Startup folder,
TypeSmart is activated each time you start Windows. If TypeSmart
is not in the Startup folder, then you either have to
double-click its icon, or open it by command-line.
Then, activate your editor/wordprocessor, open a file/document,
and press
Control+Alt+F7
(Note: press these keystrokes only when you are inside a
file/document in your editor.) This sets up TypeSmart for
working with your editor. Such a setup is valid only for the
current edit session. Next time you use your editor, you will
have to repeat the setup again.
However, TypeSmart allows you to save the setup to harddisk, so
you would not need to type Control+Alt+F7 each time. This is done
using the Option, Setup application... item on the menu. For more
information, please refer to the chapter Menu Commands.
Now, you are ready to use TypeSmart. You type text using your
editor, like you always have done. You can try some words,
for instance, California. Once you have typed this word, next
time when you type Ca, the whole word California will popup
in an upper corner. To let TypeSmart complete your word, press
Control + Letter, where Letter is the letter right in front of
the word. You can also use the mouse to select the word. You
might also ignore the popup words and just continue typing.
Whenever TypeSmart displays words, the keystrokes Control +
Letter are assigned to TypeSmart. If you want to call editor
commands associated with Control keys, you should let the
TypeSmart display disappear first. This is done by pressing
ESC, or pressing the arrow keys, or clicking the mouse outside
the displayed words. Once TypeSmart's display has disappeared,
the Control key commands can be used.
Chapter 4
TYPESMART DICTIONARY
A TypeSmart Dictionary is simply a collection of the words and
phrases which TypeSmart can recognize and popup. TypeSmart lets
you make and edit dictionary files.
It lets you build different dictionaries for different purposes.
Why do we need separate dictionaries? When you write a personnel
letter, the words you use are very likely to be different than
those when writing a software program. Building separate
dictionaries for different activities, and selectively loading
the right dictionary, will increase the chance that TypeSmart
pops up the correct words.
How to build a dictionary? You point at the files which can be of
any format(Word, WP, ASCII, EXE etc), then the program will
automatically sort and filter the words, giving you a dictionary.
You can view and edit the words. Please see the chapter MENU
COMMANDS for more information.
The dictionary files have the extension of .TSD
Chapter 5
MENU COMMANDS
TypeSmart Off
Turns off TypeSmart. To turn it on,
press Control+Alt+F7.
Load...
When TypeSmart starts, it automatically
loads the dictionary file you used lastly.
The Load... command lets you select and load
a TypeSmart dictionary file into TypeSmart.
Save
Saves the current dictionary file.
Save As...
Saves the current dictionary file with a
new name.
Add...
Adds the words of a file to the current
dictionary. Duplicate words are not added. It
prompts you to select a file. This file can
have any format, MS-Word, WordPerfect,
executable file, or another TypeSmart
dictionary file, etc. TypeSmart will
automatically filter, sort and add the words.
Subtract...
Lets you select a file, and remove every
word that occur in the file, from the current
dictionary.
Add Phrase...
Lets you input a phrase into TypeSmart.
The phrase can contain multiple words up to
60 characters long.
Edit...
Lets you view and edit the current
dictionary. To insert a new line, press
Ctrl-Enter.
Exit
Closes TypeSmart.
Set...
Lets you change the options of
TypeSmart.
Popup Locations -- Defines where
TypeSmart will display the words that are
found. In case of Automatic, TypeSmart
displays on upper-right or upper-left,
depending on the caret position. It will
display at the location away from the
caret as far as possible. With editors as
MicroSoft Word and Write, you might
choose to fix the location at Upper-Right.
Auto Save -- At exit, saves the
the current dictionary file. If this
option is off, there will be no save.
Auto Reload -- At startup, loads the
dictionary file last used.
Programming Windows -- This is used
by programmers only. Loads WINDOWSH.TSD,
which contains SDK function names such as
GetClipboardFormatName, etc.
Popup Item Limit -- The limit of the
number of words TypeSmart can display.
Min. Word Length -- The minimum
number of characters a word must contain,
in order to let TypeSmart repeat the
word.
Popup Threshold -- The minimum
number of characters that must match,
before TypeSmart will popup found words.
Menu Title -- When TypeSmart
displays words, the first row consists of
the message Control+Letter. This is for
reminding new users how to select a word.
Once you are familiar with TypeSmart, you
can remove this.
Letter++ -- If this is on, pressing
Control + Letter, where Letter is any
alphabetic letter that comes later than
the last letter in the TypeSmart display,
has the same effect as pressing Control +
last letter. For example, If only one
word is popup, then, you normally press
Control+a to select the word; but with
Letter++ option turned on, you can press
Control+b, or +c, or +s etc. to select
the word. This releases you from the
activity of aiming your finger to the
specific key; instead you can just press
any letter. It is strongly recommended by
the author for ergonomic reasons.
Ignore Lead Ch. Case -- If this is on,
the case of the first character in a word is
ignored.
Save
Save the options to disk.
Setup Application...
You can setup TypeSmart for your
editor by pressing Control+Alt+F7 inside
your editor. Such a setup is temporary,
thus is valid only for current edit
session.
You can also setup permanently. To
do it, first setup temporary. When it
works, click Option menu of TypeSmart,
click Setup Application... Now you are
inside a dialog box. The box shows the
application name, and behind the name
usually a filename. You have to remove
every character that does not belong to
the application name, including ending
spaces.
As an example, following shows how
to setup for WordPerfect.
1. Activate WordPerfect.
2. Control + Alt + F7
3. Click on TypeSmart, Option, Setup
Application...
4. Press right arrow once;
5. Press backspace until only the name of
the editor left, in this case
WordPerfect
6. Click OK
Un-Setup Application
Remove an application that has been
setup.