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Copyright 1996, Hyperion Softword
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* Orpheus 2, version 2.11 *
*************************************
Comments and queries to: Hyperion Softword,
535 Irene-Couture, Sherbrooke, QC J1L 1Y8, Canada
tel/fax - 819-566-6296 (Rod Willmot)
email - willmot@interlinx.qc.ca
Contents of this file: Purpose
Usage
Requirements
Licence
User Interface
Supported Features
Missing Features
Last revised: February 18, 1996
PURPOSE:
========
For reading compiled/assembled hypertext documents created with Orpheus 2.
These consist of one .HTX file, optionally accompanied by one or more
numbered subfiles (filename.001, filename.002).
USAGE:
======
OHREAD [filename][.HTX]
The filename can be given with or without the ".HTX" extension. If
no filename is given, looks for any HTX file in the current directory.
Command-line switches:
/g - force grey-scale color values instead of color. Use this
if you have a CGA monitor that displays 16 shades of one
color (grey, green, amber).
/c - force color instead of grey-scale, in case a CFG file
somewhere says you don't have a color monitor and you do.
/ns - force no saves of Reader CFG files or other files
/nm - force no mouse, in case standard mouse-initialization
causes trouble on your machine (or you don't like mice)
/v - get the version number
Switches can be given before or after the filename, separated by a space,
and you can use "-" instead of "/": -b -ns.
REQUIREMENTS:
=============
Requires DOS 3.1 or higher. Runs fine under Windows 3.1 and OS/2.
Desqview users: define as a full-screen application that writes
directly to the screen. RAM requirements depend on the size of the
HTX, but a 1-megabyte HTX should be handled fine in under 350K free RAM.
AUTHORS: If you need a text-only version that runs in under 140K
free RAM (similar to OHHELP.EXE), give me a call.
LICENCE:
========
Registered users of Orpheus 2 are licensed to distribute the Orpheus
Reader (this program) together with their finished works. Unregistered
users must NOT distribute finished works with this program.
When the Reader detects an HTX created with an unregistered copy of
Orpheus, it displays a warning message.
USER INTERFACE:
===============
Orpheus 2 is designed to give power and flexibility to hypertext
authors. The user-interface that appears with any given HTX depends
entirely on that work's author; this includes keyboard behavior. If
the author of an HTX has disabled the standard Exit key (Alt-X in the
English version), he must provide you with an Exit command of his own,
either through an onscreen button or a scripted menu. If you have to
hit Ctl-Alt-Del to get out of this program, complain to the author!
SUPPORTED FEATURES:
===================
Supports all features documented in the same release of OH.EXE's
online Help, including PCX/GIF/FLI/FLC display, printing, and running
external programs via script commands. Features you actually see depend
on what the author of a given HTX has provided.
MISSING FEATURES:
=================
Some features that you may have used in previous versions of Orpheus,
such as Bookmarks and the self-running Tour, have not yet been added
to the OH2 Reader. Some or all of these will be added in future releases,
but will only be visible/accessible in a given HTX if the author of that
work has enabled them.