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Note Pad 1.0 A Companion Program for The RaLin Reader Page 1
The RaLin Note Pad
(C)Copyright 1993 Rand Nowell
- RaLin Enterprises -
D O C U M E N T A T I O N
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The Note Pad is included as a companion program to The RaLin Reader. As
such, it is a part of The RaLin Reader, and falls under all the same
copyright and distribution guidelines.
The Shareware DEMO version may be distributed with the reader package.
The Registered working version of the Note Pad may not be distributed.
The Note Pad is covered under all the same warranty statements contained
in RR.DOC, statements pertaining to future versions also apply to this
program.
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│▒▒▒ The Note Pad ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│
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The RaLin Note Pad is a limited version of The RaLin Editor, which is
undergoing further development. THere is no projected release date on the
editor at this time. But the Note Pad will give you =some= indication of
what is to come. Many features have not been included in the NP that exist
in the editor.
The Note Pad can be called from The RaLin Reader, or from the DOS prompt.
It looks for a file called RNOTE.PAD, if found it will be loaded. If NOT
found, it will, by default start a NEW file of that name.
When loading from the command line, a file name may be listed and the Note
Pad will load that file, or create a new file with that name.
The underlying screen is preserved by the notepad, and restored upon exit.
This makes it a handy tool to call from another program, if that program
allows execution of another.
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│▒▒▒ Limitations ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│
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There are a few limitations in the Note Pad. A maximum of 1024 lines may
be loaded or created.
The editor window is NOT re-sizable. This function is available, but has
been disabled for this version.
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NOTE ON EVALUATION COPY!
The EVALUATION copy accompanying the RaLin Reader evaluation package will
not allow the creation or editing of a file. It will only allow you to
Forget the PostIts! Note Pad it!
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view and print. You can call the Help file, but ALL editing commands are
de-activated. This DEMO version has been provided to give you a peek at
what you get when registering. A FULL WORKING COPY will come with your
Registered version of The RaLin Reader.
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The Note Pad supports a mouse, if the mouse driver is loaded.
You can use the mouse to scroll the text, using the scroll bars to the
right and at the bottom of the screen.
The mouse can also be used to select the Help Topic when Help is called.
Pressing the Right Mouse Button is the same as pressing Escape.
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Help is available in the Note Pad by pressing F1. This will present a
picklist of topics. Select the one you wish and the screen will be
displayed.
In order to have Help, the file RNOTE.HLP must be in the current directory
or in a directory that is in your DOS PATH statement.
The Help file is a simple text file. You may modify it if you wish, but if
it is not in the proper format, it may become somewhat worthless.
The commands basically follow that of the standard Wordstar commands. Some
are also assigned to Function Keys. I will not cover the editing commands
here in the manual, as it's much easier for you, the user, to call up the
Help while you are in the Note Pad, then refer to this paper. All the
available commands are listed there.
With the REGISTERED version, you will receive more documentation. There are
things that are NOT explained in Help, such as how to call a picklist when
you want to load a new file. But.....I will tell you how to do that,
pressing F3 calls a dialog box asking for a new file name. If you want to
choose from a picklist, enter *.* - all files in the current directory will
be displayed.
For Picklist and Dialog Box commands, refer to RR.DOC and its section on
the same. All commands, key use, apply the same to both programs.
When you receive your Registered copy with that of The RaLin Reader, all
commands shown in Help, will be active, and there may be a few more too.
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I do, and I don't (??) apologise for making this a very limited, actually
I guess you could call it a 'Crippled' copy, but after all, its only a
Forget the PostIts! Note Pad it!
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preview of what you will receive. Just wanted to show you that its
available, and that it will indeed be called from the reader.
There was no way I could allow limited editing, say to a few lines, it's
either all or nothing..... and I chose nothing. <grin>
But you will find the Registered copy a very handy tool indeed!
As the Note Pad was added just before release of this version, full
complete documentation was not ready. But the working copy will be
accompanied by a more informative manual.
Thank's .......
Forget the PostIts! Note Pad it!