INFOMANIA Text Librarian -- Documentation
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°main-help                 INFOMANIA HELP                      ∙MAIN-MENU
                           ══════════════               What is∙INFOMANIA

 To use this help browser, press TAB to move to the highlighted topic you
 desire, then press ENTER -- or, double-click the mouse on the same
 location.

 Press ∙F10  to return to your previous location.  SHIFT-F10 returns you to
 the program immediately.  For more information on using this hypertext
 system, press F1 now.

 Each section is enclosed between two solid bars (as you see on this screen).
 If you have an IBM-Proprinter II compatible printer, you can print out this
 entire file by pressing ALT-P while browsing.

 Other topics:  ∙CREATE a new database
                ∙TIPS                  ∙OPTIMIZATION        ∙EDITOR
                ∙POP-UP boxes          ∙FILE locations      ∙SUPPORT
                ∙SPECIFICATIONS        ∙DOS command line switches
                ∙DISCLAIMER            ∙ASP notice          ∙ADVERTISEMENT

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°infomania               What is INFOMANIA?
                         ──────────────────

 INFOMANIA is a text file librarian and indexer.  With it, you can store all
 your text files on floppy disks (instead of your hard drive) yet have quick
 access when you need information.  Or, just better manage the text files on
 your hard drive(s).

 Infomania scans each file as you build your library and remembers every word
 that contains three letters or more.  When you need information, simply type
 in a couple of words and the program will display every file you have that
 contain those words in a fraction of a second.  You may then select a file
 to view with the built-in file viewer.  If the proper floppy disk is not in
 the drive, you are given the name of the floppy to insert.

 The file is then displayed at the first position of the last search term
 you specified.  You are then able to read, print, copy excerpts from the
 file and then return to your previous list to review another.

 You can also browse through the names of all the disks, directories, and
 files in your library and easily select one to be displayed.

 The editor provided allows you to view, edit, print, or otherwise
 manipulate your gathered text if desired.

 Things I use it for:

        -- I collect news stories from various online sources.  I have at
        this time probably 1,000 articles on health research.  With INFOMANIA
        I can quickly locate a story on a particular topic.

        -- To store software documentation.  Sometimes one program interacts
        with another, and this helps me to stay informed when I add a new
        program or piece of hardware.  Also, if I need to refresh my memory
        about a particular function of a program, this makes it easy.

        -- Indexing information saved from public online bulletin boards
        for future reference.  It makes it much easier to find that obscure
        piece of information that you know you saved somewhere, but you just
        can't remember where you put it!

 I encourage you to tell me any new uses you find for it.

 I have taken great pains to minimize the amount of disk space used by the
 program and its data files.  At the time of this writing, when used with a
 lot of small files filled with technical jargon and big words (the most
 space-using scenario,) it uses about 9-10% of the total amount of disk space
 consumed by the text files to store its data.  However, as the program's
 dictionary grows and it encounters less and less new words, the disk usage
 approaches only 1.34 bytes for each unique word in a file being indexed on
 an uncompressed drive.

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°main-menu                   MAIN MENU
                             ─────────                   See also: ∙MAIN-HELP

 You can make a selection from the menu in any of the following ways:

    --  Use the arrow keys, then press ENTER.               Or,
    --  Press the first CAPITALIZED letter of a selection.  Or,
    --  Click the mouse on the desired function.

     The Main Menu Selections are:
  ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────┬─────────────────┬──────────────┐
  │ FILE         │ REVIEW              │ MAINTENANCE     │ HELP         │
  ├──────────────┼─────────────────────┼─────────────────┼──────────────┤
  │∙open_Editor  │∙Search_the_database │∙Index_files     │∙Help      F1 │
  │∙eXit_program │--- view files by -- │∙Preferences     │∙Registration │
  │              │∙First_indexing_date │∙Delete_all_data │              │
  │              │∙Name                │                 │              │
  │              │∙Disk/path           │                 │              │
  │              │------ other ------- │                 │              │
  │              │∙Word_list           │                 │              │
  │              │∙sTatistics          │                 │              │
  └──────────────┴─────────────────────┴─────────────────┴──────────────┘

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°pop-up                    POP-UP Boxes
                           ────────────

 Pop-up boxes are used to select files, words, and other actions.  One line
 is highlighted in the list.  To move the highlight bar, you can use the
 following keys:

               Up arrow () -- move up one item
             Down arrow () -- move down one item
                        TAB -- move down about 8 items without changing pages
                  SHIFT-TAB -- move up about 8 items without changing pages
                       HOME -- move to top of the selection box
                        END -- move to the bottom of the box
°ctrl-home        CTRL-HOME -- move to the first item on the first page
°ctrl-end          CTRL-END -- move to the last item on the last page
                       PGUP -- move up one page
                       PGDN -- move down one page

 In addition, ENTER will the select the highlighted item.
 The ESCape key will exit without making any selections.

 Mouse users:

 -- Click the mouse on the sidebar to move down the list proportionately to
 the position of the mouse pointer, form multiple pages.  For example, to
 move to the middle of a long list of words (normally the M's or N's) point
 the mouse to the middle of the sidebar and click.

 -- Move up and down a page at a time by clicking on the top or bottom
 borders of the box.

 -- Select an item by double-clicking on it.

 -- The right mouse key will exit, similar to the ESCape key.

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°open_editor               Open the∙Editor                          FILE Menu
                           ───────────────

 The Editor is provided to allow you to create and/or edit files using text
 from your archived files.  The F3, ALT-C, and ALT-A commands allow you to
 mark and copy text to a temporary file (TEMP.SEQ).  You may then use the
 ALT-V command to insert that text into your new file.

 The editor provided is the same used to browse your archived files as well
 as this help file.  However, in the latter two cases, it begins in BROWSE
 mode so many commands are initially inaccessible to prevent you from
 accidentally altering your files.

 The editor initially opens a file called UNTITLED.TXT.  You may either edit
 this file and write it as a new file when done, or open a new file before
 doing any editing.  If you only edit the UNTITLED.TXT file, any text will
 remain there for future sessions.

 If you have more than one file open and close out UNTITLED.TXT before
 another file, INFOMANIA will remember the last file you closed out when you
 return to the editor after doing something else (such as a search).  But
 when you exit INFOMANIA, the default edit file reverts back to UNTITLED.TXT
 for the next session.

 This is a simple (yet versatile) ASCII based sequential text file editor.

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°exit_program               Exit the Program                        FILE Menu
                            ────────────────

 This ends the program and returns you to the operating system.  All data is
 automatically saved at this time, though it normally is also saved each time
 you return to the main menu.

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°search_the_database         SEARCH FILES                         REVIEW Menu
                             ────────────                See also: ∙WILDCARDS

 From this selection you can perform a nearly instantaneous search of all
 your files.  The program displays all indexed files that contain ALL the
 terms you specify here (in the case of wildcard terms, only one of the
 possible matches needs to be present for each term.)

 The procedure, therefore, is to enter the words that you know must be used
 in any discussion of a subject for which you are seeking information.  The
 more words you specify, the narrower the search will be.  The words can
 appear anywhere in the file.  If you specify only one word, all files that
 contain that word will be displayed.

 To save disk space and run time, as well as to reduce the possibility
 of missing files that contain wanted information, positional information
 is not tracked.  Therefore, you may get a few false matches at times
 with certain search phrases.  For example, if your search term is "floppy
 disks", the following phrases will produce a match when found in a file:

      -- "In the case of floppy disks, the procedure is..."

      -- "If your disks are only of the floppy variety, you will need to..."

      -- "During the frisbee tournament, one of the flying disks happened
         to strike a floppy-eared rabbit from behind."

 As you can see, by not searching for an exact match for "floppy disks" we
 get the third match, which has nothing to do with floppy disks.  However, we
 also get the second match which would not have been found otherwise.

 When a search fails to find any files, the search terms you typed in change
 color to indicate one of the following:

      -- FOUND      The word is present in the master wordlist.
      -- IGNORED    You have specified that this word be permanently ignored;
                    the program assumes that it could be in any file.
      -- TOO SMALL  The word you specified is not indexed; it is assumed that
                    it could be in any file.
      -- NOT FOUND  You have not indexed a file containing this word.

 When a search is successful, a list of files will be displayed that contain
 the search term(s) you entered.  You may then view any of these files by
 pressing ENTER (or SHIFT-ENTER if you are using an alternative viewer; see
∙PREFERENCES for more information).  INFOMANIA will prompt for for a disk, if
 necessary, then display the file at the first occurrance of the LAST search
 term you entered.  If you want to see files from the beginning, enter a
 single character such as a period (.) at the end of your search terms.

                                                        See also: ∙VIEW_FILES

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°first_indexing_date         FILE LIST by DATE                    REVIEW Menu
                             ─────────────────

 The "First indexing date" choice will produce a list of all files that are
 indexed. This is somewhat faster than the alphabetical listing by∙NAME since
 the list does not need to be sorted.

 The files are listed in order of indexing, with the most recently indexed
 file appearing first.  Files that appear dimmed are not indexed.

                                                        See also:∙VIEW_FILES

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°name                      ALPHABETICAL File List                 REVIEW Menu
                           ──────────────────────

 This choice will display the files listed alphabetically by name instead of
 order indexed.  You can easily find a file by clicking the mouse on the
 sidebar in approximately the percentage distance down as the file would
 appear in an alphabetical list.  In other words, for a file beginning with
 the letter "N", click halfway down and the files in the middle of the list
 will be displayed.
                                                            See: ∙VIEW_FILES

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°word_list                  WORD LIST EDITING                     REVIEW Menu
                            ─────────────────

 You are able to edit the master word list, deleting and permanently ignoring
 whichever words you please.  The program displays the word along with the
 total number of files containing that word.  The following keys will be in
 effect:

        SPACEBAR    Mark the word to ignore∙PERMANENTLY

        DELETE     ∙DELETE the word (but don't ignore future occurrences)

        F6          Perform a∙WORD_SEARCH

        ALT-F6     ∙CONTINUE Searching

        ENTER       View file list for the highlighted word   See:∙VIEW_FILES

        SHIFT-ENTER Use the∙ALTERNATIVE file viewer/manipulator

        ESC         Exit and save any changes

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°disk/path                  DISK/PATH LIST                        REVIEW Menu
                            ──────────────

 This selection allows you to browse through your archived disk, path, and
 file lists.  The first thing you will see is a list of all disks you have
 indexed.  Select one by highlighting it and pressing enter.

 Next you will be shown a list of all paths on that disk.  Select one to see
 the files stored there.

 Then you can view any file by highlighting it and pressing ENTER.

 You can print a listing of all your disks and paths by pressing ALT-P.

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°statistics                   STATISTICS                          REVIEW Menu
                              ──────────

 Use this to see a number of statistics about the files you have indexed such
 as total number, disk space scanned, size and remaining space in the master
 wordlist, etc.

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°index_files                    Index Files                  MAINTENANCE Menu
                                ───────────

 This is where the main storage of information takes place.  INFOMANIA
 stores each word in a file into its index.  This index is what is used to
 perform a search without having to scan each and every file in your
 archives.

 Remember, your disk must have a∙LABEL to be indexed.

 You can process just one∙INDIVIDUAL file, or index a whole∙GROUP in one
 directory.

 When processing files, the program will go through a number of steps:

         ∙READING File
        ∙IGNORING Exceptions
            ∙EDIT File Word List
         ∙MERGING Words
          ∙SAVING Words

 You can∙CHANGE the processing status (i.e. terminate processing) by pressing
 any key during the READING or MERGING steps, or by pressing ESC while
 editing the file word list.
°update
 UPDATING files:

 If a file has been modified and you re-index it, it will be done in UPDATE
 mode.  This is quite a bit slower than the normal indexing of a new file,
 since INFOMANIA must check each word in the master word list to see if it
 was used in the earlier version, then delete it if necessary.

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°preferences                     PREFERENCES                 MAINTENANCE Menu
                                 ───────────

 Move the cursor and press the space bar to change an option.  You can set:

                ∙SOUND           on or off
                ∙EDIT_LIST       edit the file word list
                ∙DEFAULT_DRIVE   the default indexing drive
                ∙ALTERNATIVE     file viewer/manipulator

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°sound                            Sound                     see: ∙PREFERENCES
                                  ─────

 You can turn off the various beeps the programs uses to alert you by
 removing the check mark.

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°edit_list                    Edit File Word Lists          see: ∙PREFERENCES
                              ────────────────────

 Editing File Word Lists:

 This selection will allow you to specify whether or not you are prompted to
 review the word list of each file before it is MERGED with the main
 wordlist during indexing.        ( see ∙INDEX_FILES )

 There are some advantages and disadvantages to this.

 Advantages to Editing File Word Lists:
              You can use this opportunity to ignore frequently encountered,
              yet insignificant words like "the", "and", "though", etc.
              Once you permanently ignore a word here, it will no longer
              show up on the wordlist in future files.

              You can catch misspellings that you would never search for and
              that would only take up disk and memory space in your master
              wordlist.  These you would probably only∙DELETE but not
             ∙PERMANENTLY since you would not expect to encounter such
              words again.

 Disadvantages:
              You must stay with the computer while it is processing a group
              of files.

              You might decide to∙PERMANENTLY ignore words that you
              previously included in earlier files, thus not saving any
              space in the wordlist since those words are still there for
              the earlier files.

 Remember though, you can always edit the MASTER word list and∙DELETE or
∙PERMANENTLY ignore any words there.  Generally, most people would edit
 the wordlist for the first few files until a reasonable exception list is
 built up (EXCEPT.INF) and then turn off the editing and clean up any
 unwanted words later.

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°default_drive           Default Indexing Drive             see: ∙PREFERENCES
                         ──────────────────────

 This specifies the disk drive that INFOMANIA first goes to when indexing new
 files.  It is set to drive A when you first receive the program, but you can
 change it to any drive from A-Z.

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°alternative         Alternative File Viewer/Manipulator    see: ∙PREFERENCES
                     ───────────────────────────────────

 This function sets up the DOS call that is executed when you press
 SHIFT_ENTER while viewing a file list.  The default is LIST.COM with the
 term /F%1 in the parameter field.  The net result is that LIST.COM displays
 the highlighted file at the first occurrence of your search term, if any.
 LIST.COM will handle very large files, unlike the built-in editor/browser
 which is limited by memory.

 However, there is much flexibility possible here.  INFOMANIA passes the
 alternative command(s) to DOS, followed by the file name, followed by
 anything in your "optional parameters" list.

 The %1 option will pass the current search term to the program.

 For examples, suppose the file MYFILE.TXT is highlighted when you are
 viewing the resulting file list from a database search.  The following
 setups will produce the listed effects:

 DOS Command          Parameters    Results
 ───────────          ──────────    ───────
 TYPE                 >>COMPILE.TXT Appends a copy of the file to COMPILE.TXT
 COPY                 A:\           Puts a copy of MYFILE.TXT on drive a:
 PKZIP -A B:STUFF                   Adds MYFILE.TXT to STUFF.ZIP on drive B:
 C:\DOS\FIND /I "%1"  >>FOUND.TXT   Copies lines containing your search term
                                    to FOUND.TXT using DOS's FIND.COM; the
                                    quotes around %1 are required by FIND.COM

 Remember, INFOMANIA inserts the filename between the DOS command(s) and the
 optional parameters.  If you just want to execute a DOS command, you can use
 the editor.

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°delete_all_data          DELETE ALL DATA                    MAINTENANCE Menu
                          ───────────────

 This selection will delete all your data (in the current data directory.)
 Use this to start indexing over from scratch.

 This will not, however, remove your EXCEPT.INF file (which stores your
 permanently ignored words.)  You may either delete this file from DOS, if
 necessary, or edit it with the built-in editor.

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°help                          HELP                                 HELP Menu
                               ────

 The HELP selection takes you into this hypertext system.

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°registration               REGISTRATION                            HELP Menu
                            ────────────

 The REGISTRATION selection will display your installation date and, if
 registered, your name.

 If not registered, it will shown how long you have before the end of your
 evaluation period.  Then you will be given to opportunity to fill out a
 registration form.

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°multiple                     Multiple Databases
                              ──────────────────

 You can maintain more than one database using the same copy of INFO.EXE.
 The way to do this is to simply start INFO from a different directory.

 For example, suppose your main program is in the C:\INFO directory.  You
 decide to store your computer documentation in the sub-directory COMPUTER.
 Move to the empty COMPUTER subdirectory, then type: C:\INFO\INFO to run the
 program.  INFOMANIA will ask you if you want to∙CREATE a new database.

 You could do the same thing with another directory called LETTERS.

 It might be easier, when running from subdirectories, to create a batch
 file called INFO.BAT with this line:    @C:\INFO\INFO.EXE %1

 Or, put C:\INFO into your path statement.

 You can use the same EXCEPT.INF file (which stores the ignored words)
 which would reside in the C:\INFO directory, or you could use a special one
 by creating an empty EXCEPT.INF file in the desired directory by using
 the built-in Editor.  You can add words to ignore (one per line, but no
 specific order) if you like.

 See∙FILE locations for information on where your program and data files
 should be placed.

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°File                          File Locations
                               ──────────────

 INFOMANIA needs the following files in the same directory as the INFO.EXE
 program:

       CONFIG.INF        Main configuration file

         INFO.HLP        \
         F-PC.HLP         | The help files and index.
        HYPER.NDX        /

 The data files can be either in the same directory, their own, or both if
 you are using∙MULTIPLE databases:

         DATA.INF
        DISKS.INF
        PATHS.INF
        FILES.INF
      VECTORS.INF
        WORDS.INF
       EXCEPT.INF  If EXCEPT.INF is found in the data directory, it is used
                   for that database.  Otherwise, the  program uses the copy
                   found (or created) in the same directory as INFO.EXE.

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°wildcards                Wildcard Searches
                          ─────────────────

 A wildcard search term is one that contains an asterisk (*).  Valid
 positions are at the beginning of the word, the end, or both.  Thus:

        *word   will find WORD, SWORD, BUZZWORD, etc.
        word*   will find WORD, WORDS, WORDING, etc.
        *word*  will find all the above, plus SWORDS, SWORDFIGHT, etc.

 A list of all matching words from the master word list will be displayed.
 You may then select which words you are interested in finding.

 If you just want one of the words listed, you can simply highlight that word
 and press ENTER.  Alternatively, you can mark words using the SPACEBAR that
 you want included in the search.  If you have any marks present, it doesn't
 matter which word is highlighted when you press ENTER.

 When searching files, only one (but at least one) of the marked words of
 a particular wildcard need be present in a file to select that file
 (provided, of course, that the other terms you typed in are present)

 If, when reviewing wildcard matches, you decide that none of the words
 present will do (but you want to continue the search) press ESCAPE and that
 one wildcard will be cancelled, i.e. the search will proceed as though
 you never typed it in.

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°view_files                  VIEWING FILES
                             ─────────────

 When viewing a list of files, the following keys are active:

        SPACEBAR    Displays a little more information about the file, i.e.
                    the full PATH and its creation date or last update.

        ENTER       Will display the highlighted file.  If the proper disk
                    is not in the drive, you will be prompted to insert it.
                    If the file is too large for available memory, the viewer
                    will read in as much as will fit.

        DELETE      Delete all references to the highlighted file.  If a
                    word is only indexed to this file, it will remain in the
                    master wordlist, but the count will be zero.

°can't              A file NAME will only be deleted from the list if it is
                    the most recently indexed file, i.e. at the top of the
                    list.  Otherwise, the name will appear dimmed.  I am
                    working on improving this situation.

        ESCAPE      Exit without viewing any files.

 If a file has been deleted from the index or its indexing was terminated
 prematurely, its name will appear dimmed.

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°individual                Indexing an Individual File
                           ───────────────────────────

 Select∙INDEX_FILES from the MAINTENANCE menu.  The current directory will
 be displayed in alphabetical order.  You can use the up and down arrow keys
 to position the highlighting bar, or you can press the first letter of the
 file name you wish to index to move the bar closer to your file.  The
 PAGEDOWN and PAGEUP keys also will work here.

 Move to the previous or root directories by selecting the ".." or "."
 entries, respectively.  You can specify a different drive or path by
 pressing the backslash (\) key.  If you edit the path and just specify a
 directory, be sure to add a backslash (\) to the end so the program knows
 to insert the "*.*" filespec.  Otherwise, you'll probably get a "No files
 found." message.

 If the directory is very full, it may take a second or two while the files
 are sorted.

 When you've highlighted the desired file, press ENTER.

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°group                     Indexing a Group of Files
                           ─────────────────────────

 To process a group of files under the same directory, move to that
 directory as described above in the section on Indexing an∙INDIVIDUAL File.
 Then press the SPACEBAR.

 INFOMANIA will then scan all the files in the directory and display them
 along with the following marks:

         The file has been marked for indexing.  The program does this by
          default if the the file has not been indexed and does not end in
          an extension of .BAK, .EXE, .COM or .ZIP.  The file is also marked
          if it had been indexed but has changed since then.
       √  This means the file has been indexed and has not changed.
       !  The file was previously indexed, but has been modified.
       ?  This same file name exists on a different disk or directory.

 You may then modify the list using the following keys:

   SPACE  Mark/Unmark the highlighted file.
  DELETE  Unmark all files.  You can then mark just the ones you want.
   ENTER  Begin indexing all marked files.
  ESCAPE  Exit without processing any files.

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°reading                        Reading File
                                ────────────

 During this stage of processing, all the words (with more than two letters)
 are read into memory and alphabetized.  This step is normally fairly quick.

 There is a limitation on the amount of space available to hold the wordlist
 from each file (see∙SPECIFICATIONS for more information); however, this
 space is consumed by the first occurrance of each word only.  A large file
 with many different words may require more than one pass to process.

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°ignoring                     Ignoring Exceptions
                              ───────────────────

 This step takes the word list from the file just scanned and deletes all
 words that you have∙PERMANENTLY ignored.

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°edit                          Edit File Word List
                               ───────────────────

 This is where you can check words that were found in a file and decide if
 you want to add them to your index.  By default, all words are added.
 However, you may want to delete misspellings (or correct them in your
 file) or∙PERMANENTLY ignore words to save space in your master word list.
 These functions are similar to those used when editing the master word
 list.  See∙WORD_LIST

 You can choose to ignore this step by default by selecting∙PREFERENCES in
 the MAINTENANCE menu and removing the check mark, or by pressing a key
 during the∙READING File step for this session only.

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°merging                        Merging Words
                                ─────────────

 This is when the words in a file are indexed and any new words are added to
 the master list.  You can not exit this step once it has started.  Doing so
 by resetting the computer (or pressing CTRL-BREAK) will probably create
 some real problems in your data index.

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°saving                         Saving Words
                                ────────────

 After processing either a single file or a group of files, the master word
 list is saved to the disk.  This helps ensure data integrity.  If a file is
 indexed but the revised wordlist is not saved (for example, the power goes
 off before this step) any new words in the file will not be found on
 searches, and the program will think that different words added later are
 found in the files just processed, even though they don't exist there.

 The upshot of this is, make frequent backups of your *.INF files to prevent
 having to go through lengthy file UPDATES.

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°WORD_SEARCH               Search for Words
                           ────────────────         See also:∙Continue Search

 This function allows you to search for words (from the current position)
 with any of the following attributes:

        -- A matching word.  Enter a word (or the first few letters) and
           INFOMANIA will search the word list and display that word, if
           found, or the next word on the list.

        -- Words occurring less than N times.  Enter a numeric value here,
           and the program will find the next word in the list occurring
           fewer times than your specification.  To find a word, for example,
           that is not used in any of your stored files (this can happen if
           you delete a file from your file list) enter the value 1.
           Entering a 2 will help you find misspellings that you may wish to
           delete from the wordlist to save space.

        -- Words occurring greater than N times.  This will find words that
           are used excessively.  You may want to delete some of these, again
           to save space.  Words such as "THE", "SHE", "OFTEN", etc. usually
           show up here.  Use a number that is less than your total number of
           files stored, but greater than a reasonable percentage.  For
           example, if you have a 1000 files stored, you may want to consider
           deleting words used in more 200 files since you'll want to narrow
           any searches to less than that number anyway.

 To search for word occurrances from the beginning of the wordlist, press
∙CTRL-HOME first.

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°continue                    CONTINUE Searching
                             ──────────────────

 This will continue a∙WORD_SEARCH started with the F6 key from the current
 position without you having to re-enter the GREATER or LESS-than value.

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°delete                      DELETING WORDS
                             ──────────────

 There are two ways to delete words.  The first, normally done by pressing
 the DELETE key while editing a word list, will simply delete the word from
 the current list.  Any subsequent occurrances will cause the word to appear
 in the list again.
°permanently
 When you mark a word to IGNORE PERMANENTLY, it will be deleted from the list
 and also stored in a separate file, called EXCEPT.INF.  The word will then
 be ignored whenever it is encountered in the future.

 You can edit EXCEPT.INF if you like, removing or adding any words that you
 deem appropriate.  Be sure, however, to keep just one word to a line.

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°SPECIFICATIONS                 SPECIFICATIONS
                                ──────────────

 Written in F-PC (Forth by Zimmer/Smith)

 File Word Buffer:
        15,000 Bytes (Occupied by each unique word in a file plus
        two bytes per word.)  Will normally accomodate about a
        30-90K text file, depending on the content.  Any files using more
        space will automatically trigger the MULTIPLE PASS mode.

        Words scanned are ASCII characters from A-Z and a-z.  Control
        characters and other non-alphabetic bytes are ignored.  You can,
        therefore, scan .EXE files for text, though it will not be very
        pretty when viewing the file.  The result will be even less pretty
        if you modify it!

 Minimum Word Length:  3 bytes; shorter words are ignored.
 Maximum Word Length:  15 bytes; longer words are truncated.
 Maximum File Length:  Unlimited
 Maximum Line Length:  Unlimited

 Maximum Number of Files:  65,534
 Maximum Number of Disks:  32,766
 Maximum Number of Paths:  32,766 (plus root directories)

 Memory Available for Master Wordlist:
        Varies according to conventional DOS memory available, but normally
        between 220,000 and 320,000 bytes for 530K and 630K systems,
        respectively. If you use the long screen EGA or VGA mode (using DOS's
        MODE command,) you will have about 15K less memory available.

        Each word consumes its number of bytes+1 of memory.  You could
        reasonably expect to store from 22,000 to 37,000 unique words,
        depending on DOS memory available.

        This program uses no expanded or extended memory.

 Search Time:
        Varies according to computer, but usually a fraction of a second.

 Maximum Path Length:
        64 bytes, including drive specification and file name.

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°optimization               OPTIMIZATION
                            ────────────

 TIME:
 ────
 INFOMANIA was written to conduct searches as fast as possible.  You'll find
 the search time to be no problem.  The main time consumption will be while
 indexing files.  This can be speeded up quite a bit by using a disk cache
 such as SMARTDRIVE, but a RAMDISK WILL MAKE THINGS GO MUCH FASTER!

 An example of a batch file called PROCESS.BAT using a RAMDISK on drive E:
 (Data and program are in the directory C:\INFO):

        @echo off
        xcopy c:\info\*.inf e:\                 rem  Copy the data files
        e:                                      rem  Go to the RAMdisk
        attrib *.inf -a                         rem  Turn off Archive bit
        c:\info\info.exe                        rem  Run the program
        xcopy e:\*.inf c:\info /m               rem  Copy changed files back
        c:                                      rem  Return to drive C:

 This should only be necessary when indexing a large number of files at one
 time.  It is, however, the most SECURE way to index your data.  If the power
 should go off during processing, you won't need to worry about garbled data
 files; just begin where you started when you ran the batch program before.

 DISK SPACE:
 ──────────
 You will probably cut your disk usage by one half if you put the program
 and data files on a STACKER or DOUBLESPACE drive.

 MEMORY:
 ──────
 Delete any misspellings or other words you're not likely to look for from
 the master word list.  Don't get too carried away with this, though, or
 you'll decrease the usefulness of this program.

 AVOIDANCE OF FRUSTRATION:
 ────────────────────────
 Back up your *.INF files often after indexing new files.

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°tips                            TIPS
                                 ────

°label                        Disk Labels
                              ───────────
 All disks must have a unique LABEL.  You will not be permitted to index
 an unnamed disk.  You can create a disk label from the EDITOR or this HELP
 screen by pressing CTRL-ENTER to send a command to DOS.

 Example:    <CTRL>+<ENTER> then LABEL A:MYDISK1
 will create a disk label called "MYDISK1" on the floppy in drive A.

 When opening a file, INFOMANIA checks the drive on which that file was
 originally indexed for the correct disk. If it is not there, you are
 prompted to insert it. You can abort by pressing ESCAPE.

°shift-f9                     Editing Files
                              ─────────────
 The file browser will allow you to edit an indexed file (by pressing
 SHIFT-F9), but next time you view it you will get a warning that it has been
 updated.  You can re-index it, but be aware is takes quite a bit longer to
 update a file than it does to store a new one.  The program uses DOS's file
 date stamp to check for updates.

                           Editing File Word Lists
                           ───────────────────────
 Leave the "Edit file word lists" option on when first building your index.
 This will give you an opportunity to build a good∙PERMANENTLY ignored word
 list. But remember, it's much easier to leave a word in and remove it later
 than to remove a word and have to re-index a group of files when you later
 realize it would be useful.

                               Slow Indexing
                               ─────────────
 If the indexing seems painfully slow, check the∙OPTIMIZATION section.

                               Deleting Files
                               ──────────────
 The only time that you can delete a file from the file list is when it is
 the last file you processed.  You can delete the last few files (one at a
 time) starting with the most recently indexed.  This is one of the
 situations I hope to improve upon in the next release.  For the time being,
 though, try to just index the files you know you want, and delete unwanted
 files before doing any more.  You can, of course, delete all references to
 any file, but the file name will still appear on the file list (dimmed).

                             File Contents Hints
                             ───────────────────
 If you organize your text files into subdirectories by topic, it will be
 easier to get an idea of the content of a file when it is displayed
 after a search (by using the space bar), without having to actually open the
 file and read it.

                          Incompatible File Formats
                          ─────────────────────────
 Since may word processors use a format that make viewing nearly impossible
 with INFOMANIA's file editor/browser, it will be very helpful to save your
 archive files from these programs in a simple ASCII format.  For example,
 Word for Windows documents saved in the "DOS Text with Layout" format will
 look be very readable as well as save a bunch of disk space.

                              Spelling Errors
                              ───────────────
 Misspelled words will use up extra storage space in your master word list
 and may cause you to miss a file while searching.  It is recommended that
 you spell-check your files before processing.  If you later find a
 misspelling (while browsing through the wordlist, for example) you can
 edit that file after pressing∙SHIFT-F9 then∙DELETE the word from the word
 list, and then∙UPDATE the file.

                           Assembling Clippings
                           ────────────────────
 You can clip portions of many files and assemble them into a file for
 further manipulation by using the∙*COPY* function of the browser, then
 opening a new file and pasting the text.  You can then copy from another
 file and insert into your new file at whichever location you prefer.

 After the data is assembled, you can use ALT-P to print it, if desired.

                           Printing One Clipping
                           ─────────────────────
 To print just one portion of one file, use the∙*COPY* function to mark and
 copy the desired contiguous text, then open the TEMP.SEQ file and press
 ALT-P to print it.

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°create                  CREATING A NEW DATABASE
                         ───────────────────────

 To create a new database, exit to DOS, move to an empty directory and
 execute INFO.EXE (from whichever directory it resides.)  INFOMANIA will
 ask you if you wish to create a new database.  Press "Y".

 If you wish to use a separate∙PERMANENTLY ignored list, before you begin
 indexing files create a new file (from the editor) called EXCEPT.INF.  It
 doesn't need to contain anything, but you can add a few words if you like --
 one word per line, in any order.
                                                     See also:∙FILE locations

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°change                  CHANGE PROCESSING STATUS
                         ────────────────────────

 This screen is displayed when you press a key during the∙READING or∙MERGING
 steps while processing a file.

 There are four choices available:

                 CONTINUE  -- Proceed as though you never pressed a key.

 (DON'T) REVIEW WORD LIST  -- Toggle the∙EDIT_LIST mode

           SKIP THIS FILE  -- Don't index this file.  Applies only if you
                              pressed a key during the∙READING step.

        TERMINATE INDEXING -- Don't process any more files.

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°DOS                     DOS COMMAND LINE SWITCHES
                         ─────────────────────────

 The following switches can be used from the DOS command line.  Each will
 execute the specified function, then exit the program.

       ADD {d:}{path}FILENAME       -- Index one file.  No wildcards allowed.
       FIND {word1 word2 ... wordn} -- Search the database for word(s).
       STATS                        -- Display program storage statistics.
       HELP                         -- Enter hypertext help system.
       /?                           -- Show these option.

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°disclaimer                 LIMIT OF LIABILITY
                            ──────────────────

        INFO.EXE is distributed as is.  The author disclaims all
        warranties, expressed or implied.  The author will assume no
        liability for damages either from the direct use of this product
        or as a consequence of the use of this product.
                                ---------
        This program may be freely distributed as long as every file is
        included intact, and no fee is charged except for a media fee not
        to exceed $10.

        The distribution files are:

        README.1ST      - Upgrade Notice
        FILE_ID.DIZ     - Zip description file
        INFO.EXE        - Main program
        INFO.HLP        - Main Help
        F-PC.HLP        - Editor help
        HYPER.NDX       - Help index pointers
        FIXINFO.EXE     - Updates earlier versions
        INFO.REG        - Registration form

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°support                     SUPPORT
                             ───────

 Let me know what you think of the program! You can reach me at:

             -   73160.676@compuserve.com
             -   BSuttonDC@aol.com
             -   b.sutton1@genie.geis.com

 Alternatively, you may write to:

                Dr. Brian Sutton
                8202 Cosme Road
                Odessa, Florida 33556

 Support is provided at no charge to unregistered users during the thirty day
 evaluation period and to registered users for an additional minimum of six
 months. I want to be sure this program works as well as possible for you.

 INFOMANIA is written in FORTH (F-PC).

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°advertisement       Also Available From This Author
                     ───────────────────────────────

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°asp                     ASP Ombudsman Statement
                         ───────────────────────

 This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware
 Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle
 works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem
 with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to
 help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an
 ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products.
 Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI
 49442-9427 USA, FAX 616-788-2765 or send a CompuServe message via CompuServe
 Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536.

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