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- README.DOC File
- CADET - the CAD Text Editor v4.03
- Copyright 1990, 1991, 1992 Steve Waskow
- Wasco Technical Software
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- INCLUDED CADET FILES
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- The CADET shareware is made up of the following files:
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- CADET.EXE CADET attribute and text editor.
- CADET.OVR Overlay file used by CADET.EXE.
- CADET.PIF Windows PIF file for CADET.
- CADETIN.EXE CADET installation/configuration program.
- CADETCFG.EXE CADET color configuration program.
- CADET.LSP Primary CADET AutoCAD interface, AutoLISP.
- CADET40X.LSP CADET lisp file for ACAD 386 or Extended AutoLISP.
- WTSC40.LSP CADET overlay lisp file for regular AutoLISP.
- WTSE40.LSP CADET overlay lisp file for regular AutoLISP.
- WTSJ40.LSP CADET overlay lisp file for regular AutoLISP.
- WTSM40.LSP CADET overlay lisp file for regular AutoLISP.
- WTSP40.LSP CADET overlay lisp file for regular AutoLISP.
- WTSR40.LSP CADET overlay lisp file for regular AutoLISP.
- CADET.DIC CADET's 112,000+ word spell checking dictionary.
- WHATSNEW.DOC CADET's revision history.
- CADETDOC.EXE Self-extracting file for CADET.DOC User's Manual.
- REGISTER.DOC CADET registration and order form.
- README.DOC This file - File list and quick start guide.
- SHARWARE.DOC Shareware description and support policy.
- VENDOR.DOC Shareware distribution policy for disk vendors.
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- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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- CADET's requirements are basically the same as DOS versions of
- AutoCAD. CADET requires an IBM AT, PS/2 or true 286 compatible
- with 640K RAM, hard disk, monochrome or color display, and MS/DOS
- 3.1 or higher. CADET requires any DOS or Windows version of
- AutoCAD Release 9 or higher, and a shell space of 300000 bytes.
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- QUICK INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
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- 1. Change to the drive containing Disk #1 of the CADET software.
- 2. From the DOS prompt, type "CADETIN" and press [Enter]. Follow
- the on-screen instructions to run CADETIN in Installation mode
- to copy all files and initially set various options.
- 3. Change to the directory in which you have installed CADET.
- 4. From the DOS prompt, type "CADETDOC" and press [Enter]. This
- extracts the CADET User's Manual CADET.DOC.
- 5. Type "PRINT *.DOC" to print the documentation. (You can type
- "COPY *.DOC PRN" instead if you prefer not to use DOS PRINT.)
- 6. Review the documentation, and if desired, run CADETIN again in
- Configuration mode to change defaults and/or run CADETCFG to
- change screen colors.
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- USING CADET WITH WINDOWS AND AUTOCAD FOR WINDOWS
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- CADET v4.03 is a DOS application, not a Windows application, but
- works well with Windows 3.1 in 386 Enhanced mode and with
- AutoCAD's Extension for Windows. There are two alternate methods
- of installation for use with AutoCAD for Windows. Both methods
- require that you follow the standard CADET installation
- procedures by running CADETIN from the DOS command prompt.
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- First, if you only wish to use CADET from AutoCAD and DOS, it
- isn't necessary to install CADET into the Windows environment
- itself. Simply edit the CADET command lines in the ACAD.PGP file
- used by AutoCAD for Windows, preceding the CADET command with
- your system's command interpreter. On most DOS systems, assuming
- the interpreter is in the root directory of drive C, this will be
- "c:\command.com /c " as shown in the examples below. The /c
- parameter is required to tell this secondary copy of command.com
- to stop after executing the CADET program.
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- CADET!,c:\command.com /c C:\CADET\CADET /A,300000,,0
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- CADETX,c:\command.com /c C:\CADET\CADET /X,300000,,4
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- Alternatively, and if you wish to run CADET from Windows, you
- must copy the sample Windows 3.1 CADET.PIF file from your CADET
- v4.03 diskette into your Windows directory. Run Windows, and use
- the Windows PIF Editor to edit the CADET.PIF pathname from the
- default C:\CADET\CADET.EXE if necessary. Next, activate the
- Applications window and use the Program Manager to add CADET:
- pick File, pick New, select Program Item, then pick OK to get the
- Program Item Properties window. Move the Cursor to the Command
- Line field and enter CADET.PIF, then pick OK to close the Program
- Item Properties window. That's it, if everything was entered
- correctly, CADET will appear in your Applications window with a
- MS-DOS icon. With CADET added to the Windows environment, you do
- not need to do the special editing of your AutoCAD for Windows'
- ACAD.PGP file required by the first method.
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- Here are some general tips for using CADET with AutoCAD for
- Windows. When in the CADET editor, you can press [Alt-Enter] to
- switch between a full screen and a window on top of AutoCAD. If
- you window CADET and are using a mouse, you must use the mouse
- driver supplied with Windows or a third-party Windows mouse
- driver in order for the window's arrow cursor to function
- properly with the mouse. If not, stick with Cadet's full screen.
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- If you use the above method to window CADET on AutoCAD, it is not
- advisable to minimize the Cadet window - this may give rise to
- panic since you will neither see CADET, a CADET icon, nor have
- any apparent control of AutoCAD. Should this happen, regain
- control by pressing [Ctrl-Esc] to bring up Windows' Task List to
- reactivate CADET, or press [Alt-Esc] to cycle through the open
- tasks back to CADET. Always exit CADET by its own exit commands.
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- SWITCHING VIDEO MODES
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- Please note that CADET's start-up video modes are only available
- for changes to the current video adapter. If you are running a
- dual screen set-up, CADET alone cannot switch from one adapter to
- the other. Modes not valid for the current adapter are ignored.
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- If you want to switch from monochrome to color in a dual monitor
- AutoCAD system, you can attempt the following procedure. This
- procedure has worked successfully on some dual screen systems and
- failed on others - its success depends on the video adapter and
- driver in use. First, run the CADETIN configuration program and
- set CADET to start up in the current (default) video mode, and to
- start up from the CADET4.BAT batch file. Next, edit CADET4.BAT
- to add the appropriate DOS MODE commands before and after the
- call to CADET. If you have a hardware specific mode switching
- program provided with your video adapter or display driver, you
- might try it instead of the DOS MODE command.
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- A sample CADET4.BAT for dual screen systems is shown below:
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- @ECHO OFF
- MODE CO80
- C:\CADET\CADET %1
- MODE MONO
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- Minor problems can occur with changing modes on P386 display list
- drivers, as explained in the section below.
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- VIDEO PROBLEMS
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- With some AutoCAD 386 systems with protected mode display list
- drivers (ADI P386 drivers), a problem occurs with garbage being
- displayed on the screen upon returning to AutoCAD from CADET.
- The screen garbage is usually in the form of short vertical bars,
- which can be cleaned off the drawing area - but not the side menu
- area - with a REDRAW. As of this writing, the only known way to
- avoid the screen garbage in such cases is to prevent video mode
- changes from occurring while in the CADET shell.
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- You can prevent CADET from switching video modes by configuring
- it to start in the current (default) video mode (run the CADETIN
- installation/configuration program to set the start-up mode).
- You will also need to eliminate any DOS MODE commands you may
- have added to the CADET4.BAT batch file.
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- The inability to handle video mode changes is apparently a
- limitation of either the display list driver, the P386 interface,
- or a combination of both and other factors. We hope a more
- attractive solution than avoidance will present itself sometime
- in the near future.
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- Wasco Technical Software
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