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Thank you for trying out this freely distributable copy of version 1.0 of
Q-Blue. Q-Blue is an offline electronic mail reader which can handle mail
packets in QWK format or Blue Wave format. It is shareware. This version
may be freely distributed by any means, so long as nothing is changed or
removed. If you send $20 to the author, you get the registered version,
which has your name and serial number in it.
This version is lacking a couple of non-essential features that the
registered version has, to encourage you to register. It cannot send Blue
Wave "Netmail" messages, nor can it put more than four new messages into any
one upload packet. Also, the word search function is limited to searching
one message area at a time instead of handling all at once. See the file
named "How-to-order" for information on how to register. If you use the
program but do not pay for a registered copy, then in the long run I will not
be able to offer low cost software that you can try before buying, and we all
lose.
Q-Blue can be started from a CLI prompt or from the Workbench. Command line
and tool type options are described in the manual, "Q-Blue.doc". Normally,
none are needed. When started from a CLI, it automatically detaches itself
to run in the background, so you get your command prompt back right away.
The most complex part of using the program is setting it up for the first
time, but even that is, in many ways, easier to do than to describe. The
process is explained in complete detail in the user manual. If you do not
have suitable IBM fonts in your FONTS: drawer, you should open the Fonts
drawer on this disk and double-click the "Install_Fonts" icon. Once Q-Blue
is set up, most of its operation is intuitively obvious.
The manual is formatted for printing on US letter or European A4 size paper.
The margins are set up on the assumption that the print head starts out ready
to print about half an inch (12 mm) below the top edge of the paper, and some
distance inward from the left edge -- from one quarter inch (6 mm) to one
half inch (12mm) -- for best results. This may mean that you should adjust
the paper in your printer to go through a bit further to the left than usual.
Each page of the document contains 60 lines including headers and footers, so
if your printer has vertical margins or a perforation skip feature, the page
length should still fit. It is 96 pages long. It contains ANSI underlining
codes, so printing it through your regular Amiga printer driver will
underline various parts if your printer is capable of doing so, as most are.
The underlining will also show when it is viewed with text viewers such as
More.
A drawer called "Fonts" includes three fonts using the IBM character set,
which are useful for reading BBS mail, and a script icon called
"Install_Fonts" which will let you choose which ones to copy to your FONTS:
directory. If you have already installed similar fonts from Q-Blue 0.7, you
should re-install these, because they have been significantly modified.
Also, the modified "cleanibm" font is now called "newcleanibm" to distinguish
it from the unmodified version which has been widely distributed.
The following is a copy of the shareware distribution license from the title
page of the user manual in the file "Q-Blue.doc". Read it before using the
program.
The computer program "Q-Blue, release 1.0" is copyright (c) 1993
by Paul Kienitz, all rights reserved except as stated here.
Q-Blue 1.0 exists in two forms, an "evaluation" version and a
"registered" version. The former may be copied and distributed
freely; the latter may not be. Selecting the "About Q-Blue" pull-
down menu item when the program is running will display a
statement that declares whether the copy in use is registered or
not. The evaluation version may be used by any person for
occasional use or for as long as needed to decide whether to use
the program routinely. Permission is not granted to use that
version routinely for longer than thirty days. Routine use is
defined as two or more uses per week. The evaluation version may
be copied and distributed by any means, so long as the set of
files comprising the software package, including this manual and
the file called "How-to-order", is kept complete and unmodified.
The registered version may be purchased directly from the author,
Paul Kienitz. If you have purchased the registered version, you
are licensed to make unlimited use of the software, on one machine
at any one time, so long as you abide by the terms of this
license. A group of people who share one computer may use a
single copy, as may an individual who uses two or more computers,
so long as it is not running on two computers at the same time.
Copies of the registered version are not to be distributed to
other users by any means, except by the author. See the file
"How-to-order" for information on how to buy a registered copy.
Q-Blue, like most software, is provided "as is", with no warranty
of any kind. The author cannot assume liability for any damage
caused by the software. Anyone who willfully violates the terms
set forth in this license, such as by distributing copies of the
registered version to those who have not paid for it, will be
deemed to have forfeited all rights and permissions granted here,
including the right to make any use at all of Q-Blue. If you
cannot abide by the terms of this license, do not use the program.
Here is a list of the files included in the freely distributable version of
Q-Blue 1.0:
Q-Blue the program itself
README this file you're reading
Q-Blue.doc Q-Blue's user manual
How-to-order information on how to buy a registered copy
Fonts/Install_Fonts IconX script that installs the three fonts
Fonts/newcleanibm.font three fonts using the IBM character set
Fonts/newcleanibm/8
Fonts/tallibm.font
Fonts/tallibm/11
Fonts/tallibm/14
TagPaste_6/TagPaste PD program to add random taglines to messages
TagPaste_6/TagPaste.doc instructions on using TagPaste
TagPaste_6/Taglines sample text file of taglines for TagPaste
TagPaste_6/Signature PD program to add a signature to messages
TagPaste_6/Signature.doc instructions on using Signature
TagPaste_6/source/tagpaste.c source code for TagPaste and Signature
TagPaste_6/source/signature.c
TagPaste_6/source/purify.a
TagPaste_6/source/infrastructure.c
Q-Blue.info icons
README.info
Q-Blue.doc.info
How-to-order.info
Fonts.info drawer icons
TagPaste_6.info
Fonts/Install_Fonts.info icons inside drawers
TagPaste_6/TagPaste.doc.info
TagPaste_6/Signature.doc.info