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The WriteMe System, a shareware program. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- RESTRICTIONS and REGISTRATION --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The WriteMe System which you now have in your possession is an unregistered copy of the program. You must abide by the following rules in order to avoid infringing upon the copyright of Sitting Duck Software. 1. You MAY NOT distribute README.COM files which are generated by WRITEME.EXE without first registering your copy of the program. 2. You MAY NOT distribute any README.CMP files which are generated by WRITEME.EXE without first registering your copy of the program. 3. You MAY distribute README.EXE, WRITEME.EXE and the MASTER.RMC files if you also distribute WMMANUAL.DOC on the same diskette. 4. You MAY distribute any ASCII text file which you generate with the program. The unregistered, shareware version of The WriteMe System is distinguished by the following: 1. When using the WRITEME.EXE text editor, the bottom line contains a blinking red dot and the menu bar which is displayed when using the FILES feature will contain the words "Unregistered Version". 2. README.COM files generated by The WriteMe System will contain a blinking red dot on the bottom line. 3. README.CMP file contain a special code within the file. If Sitting Duck Software discovers any README.COM files in circulation which contain a blinking red dot or any README.CMP files in circulation that contain the special code, we will make every effort to uncover the source of the illegal files and prosecute the originator to the full extent allowed by law. Site and distribution licenses for The WriteMe System are available for a small fee to those engaged in BUSINESS or COMMERCIAL activities. WARRANTY INFORMATION --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The shareware version of The WriteMe System is provided without specific or implied warranties and is supplied "as is". Under no circumstances shall Sitting Duck Software or the authors of this product be liable for any incidental or consequential damages arising from the use of this product. Please report any problems immediately! REGISTRATION --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The WriteMe System may be registered for $45. Add $6 for overseas air shipment. Sorry, we cannot take credit cards. For UPS COD shipments within the continental United States, add $10. Funds must be in US Dollars and negotiable at a US bank. Here, cash is an acceptable form of payment; we have no errant employees who might intercept and steal your funds! We cannot, however, guarantee that the postal service will make delivery of your order. REGISTRATION FORM FOR "The WriteMe System" Please use this form to register rather than the order blanks at the end of this document. Mail to: SITTING DUCK SOFTWARE, POBOX 130, Veneta, OR 97487. Our telephone is (503) 935-3982 Media desired _____5 1/4 _____3 1/2 Date________________________ Telephone ( )____________________________ Name_________________________________________________ Apt__________________ Company_____________________________________________________ MS____________ Address____________________________________________________________________ City_________________________________________State_______ Zip or PC________ Province_____________________________________ Country______________________ Shipping Address if different from above: ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ Comments/Suggestions: THE FILES ON YOUR DISKETTE --------------------------------------------------------------------------- WRITEME.EXE The document editor for your use. README.EXE A document reader for .CMP files. README.CMP A compressed document; this plus MASTER.RMC makes a README.COM file. WRITEME.EXE will initially load this document for you to read. MASTER.RMC A program file which is used when WriteMe makes a README.COM file. README.COM May contain last minute information about The WriteMe System. Read this first by typing in README and pressing <ENTER>. After you have read this file, an printed it if desired, delete it. WMMANUAL.DOC This file. NOTE: When DOS has a choice of running a .COM file and an .EXE file of the same name, DOS will run the .COM file. Since README is the sensible name of choice to display the documents you will be creating, some confusion is likely to develop. If you are not currently creating a README.COM file, make sure that one does not exist. You can do this by either deleting any existing README.COM file or, if you wish to save it, by renaming it to, perhaps, README.XXX. MACHINE REQUIREMENTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Any PC compatible running MSDOS, 640K RAM, any drive combination, DOS 3.xx A COLOR monitor is required to use WRITEME.EXE. Do NOT run WRITEME on a monochrome monitor; it will not work! WRITEME.EXE initially assumes that the file you will be writing is called README.CMP and will load that file IF it exists in the current directory. The WriteMe System was designed to eliminate those drab README.DOC files that seem to appear on almost every diskette that changes hands. We can all now have readme files, instructions, short documentation, letters, etc. presented to us in COLOR rather than monochrome. The WriteMe System has two parts; the WRITEME.EXE program which allows you to design your documents in color and save them to compressed files which will subsequently be read by your audience via the README.EXE program which un-compresses the files and allows the reader to scroll and page thru the document. Rather than have only white space, positioning and characters such as the * and - to highlight portions of the document, you can now add color, boxes, lines and blinking characters.......easily. The WriteMeSystem was NOT designed to produce "manuals on disc". Extensive manuals gain their value only after having been sent to the printer. For those short little files that DEMAND the users first attention, however, The WriteMe System will allow the recipents of your discs to immediately zero in on the points which you would like make foremost. For all practical purposes, WRITEME is an easy to use text editor. The only real difference is that editing can be done in color. With some exceptions, most keys on your keyboard will perform as expected and outline below: Insert Engages Insert mode if you are currently in Overstrike. Engages Overstrike mode if you are currently in Insert. Unlike other text editors, characters pushed off the page when in Insert mode are lost. Delete Deletes the character under the cursor and moves the following text, on the current line, one position to the left. Home Moves the cursor to the first column. End Moves the cursor to the end of the line of text. Ctrl + Home Moves the cursor to the beginning of the document. PageUp Displays the previous 24 lines of the document. PageDown Displays the next 24 lines of the document. Back Space When not at column 1, Deletes the character preceding the cursor, moves one position to the left and moves the following text one position to the left. When in Column 1 and the previous line is EMPTY; moves the current line up one line. When in Column 1 and the previous line is NOT EMPTY; appends the current line to the tail of the previous line. If there is no room on the previous line for the first word of the current line, no action will take place. Back spacing will process characters following the cursor until a colon, period, exclamation point or question mark is encountered. ENTER Inserts a blank line below the current line and moves the text under and following the cursor down to the newly created line. The last line of the document is lost when pressing ENTER. Keep several empty lines at the end of the document to prevent text loss. TAB In Insert mode, pushes text under and following the cursor 5 space to the right. Any characters which fall off the page are lost. The cursor moves 5 spaces to the right. In the Overstrike mode, moves the cursor 5 spaces to the write. Cursor keys Moves the cursor within the document, scrolling vertically when appropriate. There are a number of special keystrokes unique to the WRITEME program. Press <F1> while in the program to review the keystrokes. The following information pertains to the special keystrokes recognized by WRITEME. Where a + appears in the keystroke, it means you press the key for the character following the + while holding down the key preceeding the +. Alt + C Color select. Presents a moving arrow which you move with the cursor keys and point to the color you wish to be the Current Color. Press enter to establish the current color. All characters typed will be displayed in the current color. Some color selections are not allowed. A panel at the screen bottom displays a variety of characters so you can see what they will look like in the various colors. <F3> Each time you select a new color, it is added to a list of colors previously selected during the editing session. You may scroll through this list, stoping on the color you wish to become the current color. Shift + CursorRight or Cursor Left Paints the character under the cursor the current color. This key is useful when you wish to recolor a few words of text. Alt + E Paints the entire current line with the current color. Alt + B Changes to a blinking foreground mode. All characters typed will be in the current color, but blinking. Blinking text will blink when read by README. <F5> Causes the current color to automatically assume the color under the cursor regardless of what color that may be. Alt + A Displays a chart of the extended ASCII characters which you may use in your document. The chart is reproduced in the rear of the manual. To enter an extended ASCII character, such as ½, hold down the Alt key and enter the number of the character desired on the NUMERIC KEYPAD on the right side of your keyboard. For example, to enter ½, hold down Alt and press 1 then 7 then 1 and release the Alt key. You may not use this process to enter a character below 32 except for the Form Feed character 12. Alt + T Takes the text on the current line and centers it. Alt + R Removes all leading spaces from a line and shift text to the left. Alt + K Blacks out the screen. Any keypress restores it to normal. Alt + P Engages and disengages the box protect mode which disallows certain keystrokes when the cursor is on a box character or within a box. When Box Protection is engaged, a small box appears to the left of the <F1> Help prompt in the lower right of the screen. Shift + Delete Clears the screen from the cursor to the end of the line in the current color. Control + R Repeats the last character typed in. Continue holding R if you wish many repeated characters. This is handy for drawing horizontal lines. You must be in Overstrike mode. Alt + L Activates the box drawing and painting features. You are presented with a small default box. The following key- strokes now apply: K Cycles through the box border types. Alt + C Selects box border color. P Paints area defined by box sides to that color selected for the border. B Re-establishes the box mode. F Fills area defined by box sides with spaces. S Adds a shadow. ENTER Accepts the layout and makes it permanent. <ESC> Exits drawing/painting procedure and returns to main editor. Alt + M Activates the block marking procedure. During the block marking procedure, blinking characters will temporarily change color as a consequence of the colors chosen to mark blocks. Blinking colors will be properly restored upon exiting the procedure. The following keys apply to the block marking procedure: S Marks the beginning of the block that is to be deleted, copied or moved. E Marks the end of the block that is to be deleted, copied or moved. C Captures but does not delete block. Shift + C Captures and deletes the block. D Deletes but do not capture the block. P Places captured block with the upper left corner at the current cursor position. <ESC> Exits block procedure. Box drawing, painting and block procedures are limited to the displayed portion of the document. <F10> Activate the file menu. You may perform the following by highlighting the procedure and pressing enter. 1> Removes the current file from memory and begin writing a new file. Save your current file first. 2> Loads a previously written and compressed file. Only files with a .CMP extension will be presented for menu selection. 3> Loads an ASCII text file for conversion to a README file. Only files with a .DOC extension will be presented for menu selection. An ASCII text file is characterized by a CR LF at the end of each line. Lines may not contain more than 80 characters. The loadable file size is limited to 190 lines. All characters above ASCII 223 will be replaced with a "▀". 4> Saves the currently loaded file as a compressed README file. Reading README.CMP files requires the README.EXE program. If you wish to distribute your document as a .COM file, select menu choice 6. 5> Saves the currently loaded file as an ASCII text file. If you want the file viewable by the DOS Type command, do not put characters in the 80th column. 6> Makes a README.COM file by appending the compressed document to a copy of the MASTER.RMC file. This will probably be the method preferred by most as the README.EXE file need not be on the distribution disc. 7> Sends the currently loaded file to printer port 1. 8> Shells to DOS 9> Exits WRITEME. EXAMPLES ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Creating a Box Box drawing is confined to the area of your document which is currently on the screen. 1. Scroll the document so that the area you wish to enbox is approximately in the center of the screen. 2. Press Alt + L to establish the box/painting mode. 3. Use the Cursor and Shift + Cursor keys until the box is the desired size and shape and at the desired location. 4. Press Alt + C to select the color of the box. 5. Press K until you get the box style you wish. 6. If you wish to paint the box contents, press P to establish the painting mode, press <ENTER> to capture the paint job and press B to re-establish the box mode. If you wanted to paint ONLY, you would now press <ESC> to return to the main editor. 7. If you wish to have a shadow, press S 8. Press <ENTER> to capture the box. 9. Press <ESC> to return to the main editor. You can make boxes larger than that which will fit on one screen by making two boxes, one below the other, changing the characters at the joints to ASCII 179 and then removing the horizontal lines that divide the box. Block Operations Block Capturing and Deleting is confined to the area of your document which is currently on the screen. You may, however, Put a captured block anywhere in your document. 1. Scroll the document so that the block to be defined is approximately in the center of the screen. 2. Press Alt + M to establish block operations. 3. Move the cursor to the upper left corner of the block you wish to define, press S to mark the beginning, move the cursor to the lower right corner of the block and press E. The entire block will be highlit. 4. To capture but not delete the block, press C. 5. To capture & delete the block, press Shift + C. 6. To delete but not capture the block press D. 7. To put the captured block on the same screen, move the cursor to the upper left corner of where you would like the block and press P. If the block will not fit, nothing will happen. 8. To put the captured block in a different area of your document, press <ESC>, scroll to new area, press Alt + M, locate the cursor and press P. 9. Press <ESC> to return to the main editor. README.EXE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- README.EXE only processes files named README. When you are through composing your file in WRITEME, rename the README.CMP file to README. If you wish to re-edit the file it must be renamed README.CMP. README can determine what kind of video card is in use but it cannot see through the card and determine what kind of monitor is attached to it. For this reason it is necessary for the program to ask about the monitor. This procedure is necessary because monochrome monitors are often attached to color cards. README will translate the colors you have assigned to the document to colors which are visible on monochrome monitors if the person reading the document tells the program that they have a monochrome monitor. README.EXE recognizes the following keys: CursorUp/CursorDown Scrolls forward and backward through the document. PageUp/PageDown Pages forward and backward through the document. <F5> Sends the file to printer port #1. <ESC> Exits the program. Of course, README.EXE may be placed in a batch file. COMPRESSED DOCUMENTS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Compressed README files are often shorter than an equivalent monochrome ASCII text only file. A color document and the README.EXE file may take up only slightly more disc space than just plain text files. Due to the nature of the compression algorithm used you cannot have more than 230 consecutive characters which are the same or more than 230 consecutive spaces in your document. If you require 3 or 4 blank lines in your document, you should break up the space with a - or other character which seems suitable. README.COM files ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- In most cases, the preferred choice will be to save your document as a .COM file. README.COM files have the document reader and the compressed document combined into a single file. If you know the document recipient already has README.EXE and you are down to the last byte of floppy disc space, send the compressed document only; otherwise send a README.COM file. You cannot rename README.COM to anything else. ASCII chart ============================================================================ 12 FormFeed 32 33 ! 34 " 35 # 36 $ 37 % 38 & 39 ' 40 ( 41 ) 42 * 43 + 44 , 45 - 46 . 47 / 48 0 49 1 50 2 51 3 52 4 53 5 54 6 55 7 56 8 57 9 58 : 59 ; 60 < 61 = 62 > 63 ? 64 @ 65 A 66 B 67 C 68 D 69 E 70 F 71 G 72 H 73 I 74 J 75 K 76 L 77 M 78 N 79 O 80 P 81 Q 82 R 83 S 84 T 85 U 86 V 87 W 88 X 89 Y 90 Z 91 [ 92 \ 93 ] 94 ^ 95 _ 96 ` 97 a 98 b 99 c 100 d 101 e 102 f 103 g 104 h 105 i 106 j 107 k 108 l 109 m 110 n 111 o 112 p 113 q 114 r 115 s 116 t 117 u 118 v 119 w 120 x 121 y 122 z 123 { 124 | 125 } 126 ~ 127 Character representations for the following ASCII values will not print correctly on your printer unless it is set for the IBM mode. 128 Ç 129 ü 130 é 131 â 132 ä 133 à 134 å 135 ç 136 ê 137 ë 138 è 139 ï 140 î 141 ì 142 Ä 143 Å 144 É 145 æ 146 Æ 147 ô 148 ö 149 ò 150 û 151 ù 152 ÿ 153 Ö 154 Ü 155 ¢ 156 £ 157 ¥ 158 ₧ 159 ƒ 160 á 161 í 162 ó 163 ú 164 ñ 165 Ñ 166 ª 167 º 168 ¿ 169 ⌐ 170 ¬ 171 ½ 172 ¼ 173 ¡ 174 « 175 » 176 ░ 177 ▒ 178 ▓ 179 | 180 + 181 ╡ 182 ╢ 183 ╖ 184 ╕ 185 ╣ 186 ║ 187 ╗ 188 ╝ 189 ╜ 190 ╛ 191 ┐ 192 └ 193 ┴ 194 ┬ 195 ├ 196 ─ 197 ┼ 198 ╞ 199 ╟ 200 ╚ 201 ╔ 202 ╩ 203 ╦ 204 ╠ 205 ═ 206 ╬ 207 ╧ 208 ╨ 209 ╤ 210 ╥ 211 ╙ 212 ╘ 213 ╒ 214 ╓ 215 ╫ 216 ╪ 217 + 218 + 219 █ 220 ▄ 221 ▌ 222 ▐ 223 ▀ Characters above 223 are not available for use with The WriteMe System. +-------------------------------------------+ | THE SITTING DUCK GALLERY OF FINE SOFTWARE | +-------------------------------------------+ YOUR PERSONAL NUTRITIONIST $39.00 Fine tune your diet for health and longevity. Create and store recipes. Analyze recipes, meals, food items and daily regimens for all nutrients, including the Essential Amino Acids. MicroMacroBat $35.00 A batch file enhancement program which provides for many functions not available from DOS; scrolling, box drawing, screen coloring, vertical printing, sound, highlighted bar menuing and much more. Includes a small text editor for writing batch files. THE LISTENING ROOM $34.95 Helps to locate your loudspeakers and listening position to avoid standing waves and prevent severe dips caused by nearby room boundaries. Not for full range electrostatics. WS-OFFSET $34.95 Regardless of what the manufacturer of you sub-woofer/ satellite loudspeaker system states, the sub-woofer cannot be placed anywhere within the room without the potential of severe response penalties. WS-OFFSET displays the resulting response/phase curves which result when the woofers and satellites are at different distances from the listener. WISP (Whole Instruction Serial Processor) $45.00 A new language interpreter and programming environment developed for creating disc based catalogs, tutorials, testing, etc. G'DAY MATE $35.00 Daily diary, record keeping and a whole lot more. Text files can do math for home inventory, checkbook balancing, etc. LMP (Loudspeaker Modeling Program) $49.50 Includes a passive filter design program. LMP predicts the frequency and phase response of your loudspeaker design after you input information about the drivers and network in use. QuickBox (Loudspeaker Enclosure Design) $34.95 An easy to use program for determining the proper enclosure volume and tuning for vented, sealed and forth order band- pass loudspeaker enclosures. Supplied with an expandable library of popular driver. A-FILTER $30.00 A companion to the ACTIVE FILTER COOKBOOK by Don Lancaster. Designs op-amp based active filter networks to the 8th order. Batch Effects $25.00 A control file for use with MicroMacroBat. Contains 31 routines for BLOADing saved screens using special effects such as fades, pushes, overlays, curtains, etc. We are looking for program ideas. If you have need for software to do a particular job and cannot find it, let us know. If your idea has possibilities we will consider writing it. +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REMIT TO: Sitting Duck Software PO Box 130 Veneta, OR 97487 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ORDERED BY: SHIP TO: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Your PO Number: Date of order: | +---+-------------------------------------------+------+-------+---------+ | # | PROGRAM TITLE | QUAN | PRICE | TOTAL | +---+-------------------------------------------+------+-------+---------+ | 1 | The Listening Room | | 34.95| | | | | | | | | 2 | Loudspeaker Modeling Program | | 49.50| | | | | | | | | 3 | MicroMacroBat | | 35.00| | | | | | | | | 4 | Your Personal Nutritionist | | 39.00| | | | | | | | | 5 | WISP (Whole Instruction Serial Proc) | | 45.00| | | | | | | | | 6 | The WriteMe System | | 45.00| | | | | | | | | 7 | G'Day Mate | | 35.00| | | | | | | | | 8 | A-Filter | | 30.00| | | | | | | | | 9 | P-Filter | | 25.00| | | | | | | | |10 | Woofer/Satellite Offset | | 34.95| | | | | | | | |11 | Batch Effects | | 25.00| | | | | | | | |12 | QuickBox | | 34.95| | | | | | | | |13 | | | | | +---+-------------------------------------------+------+-------+---------+ | Media size desired: [ ] 5¼ [ ] 3½ | +-----------------------------------------------+--------------+---------+ | Subtotal | | ■ Add $6 for OVERSEAS AIR shipment. ---+ +--------------+---------+ ■ Add $3 for UPS GROUND shipment. +-----} |Extra shipping| | ■ Add $6 for UPS AIR shipment. ---+ +--------------+---------+ | Total | | Tendered: [ ] Cash [ ] Check [ ] M.O. +--------------+---------+ Sorry, we cannot accept credit card orders or checks drawn on other than U.S. banks. If this form is in a spiral bound manual, you may gently tear it out. +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REMIT TO: Sitting Duck Software PO Box 130 Veneta, OR 97487 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ORDERED BY: SHIP TO: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Your PO Number: Date of order: | +---+-------------------------------------------+------+-------+---------+ | # | PROGRAM TITLE | QUAN | PRICE | TOTAL | +---+-------------------------------------------+------+-------+---------+ | 1 | The Listening Room | | 34.95| | | | | | | | | 2 | Loudspeaker Modeling Program | | 49.50| | | | | | | | | 3 | MicroMacroBat | | 35.00| | | | | | | | | 4 | Your Personal Nutritionist | | 39.00| | | | | | | | | 5 | WISP (Whole Instruction Serial Proc) | | 45.00| | | | | | | | | 6 | The WriteMe System | | 45.00| | | | | | | | | 7 | G'Day Mate | | 35.00| | | | | | | | | 8 | A-Filter | | 30.00| | | | | | | | | 9 | P-Filter | | 25.00| | | | | | | | |10 | Woofer/Satellite Offset | | 34.95| | | | | | | | |11 | Batch Effects | | 25.00| | | | | | | | |12 | QuickBox | | 34.95| | | | | | | | |13 | | | | | +---+-------------------------------------------+------+-------+---------+ | Media size desired: [ ] 5¼ [ ] 3½ | +-----------------------------------------------+--------------+---------+ | Subtotal | | ■ Add $6 for OVERSEAS AIR shipment. ---+ +--------------+---------+ ■ Add $3 for UPS GROUND shipment. +-----> |Extra shipping| | ■ Add $6 for UPS AIR shipment. ---+ +--------------+---------+ | Total | | Tendered: [ ] Cash [ ] Check [ ] M.O. +--------------+---------+ Sorry, we cannot accept credit card orders or checks drawn on other than U.S. banks. If this form is in a spiral bound manual, you may gently tear it out.