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PGG-Viewer.
Version 1.1.
"for your convenience...".
Copyright 1994 by Rickard Andersson.
All Rights Reserved.
This product is freeware.
Feel free to use and distribute this product, as long as no fees are involved.
WHY USE IT:
This is a article viewer for the Project Galactic guide.
So, if you want to read the PGG articles in an easy way,
this application is what you need.
WHAT DOES IT REQUIRE:
% You must have all/some of the article-files downloaded to your Macintosh.
% The PGG-Viewer has a size of 850K.
% With all article-files installed the PGG-Viewer will have a size of 2.5M.
WHAT CAN IT DO:
Well, when you have installed all the articles, you have a lot of ways to
browse through the articles.
% You can use the arrows to go to the first, previous, next and last article.
% You can use the buttons namned Title,Summary,Author,Date,ArtNo,Text,Index
to search for a word in the corresponding text-field.
% You can choose one of the cross-references by using the Xref button.
% You can choose one off the 16 latest read articles by using the History button.
To top it all off, you can choose to make a papercopy of the current article
by using the Print button.
HOW TO INSTALL/REMOVE ARTICLES:
% Installing articles.
First an advice to make installing easy.
Put all the article-files in one folder. (This means all the *.NEWS files.)
Then follow these steps:
1. Start the PGG-viewer and press the "Settings" button.
2. Press the "Install articles from file..." button.
3. Select one of the article-files.
4. Wait for the articles to be installed. (This may take some time :-)
5. If you want to install more article-files, redo step 2, 3 and 4.
6. Press the "Articles" button.
7. Now you can browse through all the installed articles.
% Removing articles.
If you want to update an article-file, just remove it by follow these step
and make a new installing of the article-file.
1. Start the PGG-viewer and press the "Settings" button.
2. Press the "Remove articles from file..." button.
3. Select one of the article-files.
4. Wait for the articles to be removed. (This may take some time :-)
5. If you want to remove more article-files, redo step 2, 3 and 4.
% Removing all articles.
If you want to reomve all articles to be able to make a clean installing of
article-files. Then follow these step.
1. Start the PGG-viewer and press the "Settings" button.
2. Press the "Remove all articles..." button.
3. Press the "Reomve" button to remove all articles, or press "cancel" to quit.
4. Wait for all the articles to be removed. (This may take some time :-)
FEATURES IN THE FUTURE:
% This is up to you as users, hust tell me what's missing or not working.
FREEWARE TERMS:
This is a freeware product.
You are free to use and distribute this product to anyone, as long as the README
document is included and neither the program or the README document is changed.
Bacuse this is a freeware program you don't have to send in any fee. If you want
to make me happy, sends me a postcard from your home town.
If you have any suggestions, questions or bug reports, please feel free to contact
me in the following ways.
% Mail:
Rickard Andersson
Arrendegatan 59
S-583 31 LINKPING
SWEDEN
% Phone:
+46-13-213877
% E-Mail:
rickard@softlab.se
VERSION HISTORY:
1.0 - 05 September 1994 - final-release.
% Xref and index are included for easy access.
% History list of the 16 latest read articles.
1.0 - 02 September 1994 - final-release.
% Everything works for now. (Hopefully no bugs will come crawling...)
WITH A LITTLE HELP OF MY FRIENDS:
Thanks to the following persons for beta-testing of the program, ideas of
improvements & discussions about computer related questions (and life in general).
It's much more fun to develop something with a little response...
% All the PGG field researchers.
% The people in the alt.galactic.guide newsgroup.
% Steve on the Mothership.
DISTRIBUTION:
This software is NOT in the public domain; rather it is Copyright )1994 by Rickard
Andersson. You may freely copy and distribute this software, provided that you do not
sell it for profit. This software MAY be included in any disk or CD-ROM library of
public domain and shareware software sold by a NON-PROFIT organisation provided
that the author is receiving a copy of the non-profit product. This software MAY be
included in any commercial software collection sold for profit, provided that the
author is receiving a copy of the commercial product. This software MAY be bundled
with any commercial software, hardware, books or other media, provided that the
author is receiving a copy of the commercial product. Whenever distributed, the
"PGG-viewer" application must be accompanied by this documentation file IN FULL.
DISCLAIMER:
The author, Rickard Andersson, makes no warranties, either express or implied,
regarding the fitness of the "PGG-viewer" application for any particular purpose.
Use the "PGG-viewer" application at your own risk. The author claims no liability
for data loss or other problems caused directly or indirectly by the "PGG-viewer"
application.
THE END