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SPELLCHECK V1.3 Written by Torgeir Dingsøyr 1991-1992. FREEWARE. Freely distributable, as long as this documentation is distributed along with the program. FILES: SpellCheck SpellCheck.info SpellCheck.doc SpellCheck.font REQUIRED FILES: LIBS:arp.library LIBS:diskfont.library LIBS:powerpacker.library (C:run) (SYS:SYSTEM/SetMap) CONTENTS OF THIS MANUAL: INTRODUCTION What is SPELLCHECK? How do I use it? Requirements Questions? 1.0 The "Project" Menu 1.1 Clear All 1.2 Load 1.3 Append 1.4 Save 1.5 Save As 1.6 List 1.7 Info 1.8 About 1.9 Quit 2.0 The "Special" Menu 2.1 Select Keymap 2.2 Preferences 2.3 Shortcuts 2.4 Low<>Uppercase 2.5 Help Off 3.0 The "Words" Menu 3.1 Save ASCII 3.2 Import ASCII 3.3 Pattern 3.4 Uppercase 3.5 Lowercase 3.6 Swap 4.0 The "Ask Mode" Menu 4.1 Automatic 4.2 Manual 5.0 The Gadgets 5.1 Load 5.2 Save 5.3 List 5.4 Ask 5.5 Insert APPENDIX A: Shortcuts APPENDIX B: Error Codes APPENDIX C: Printing SPELLCHECK files APPENDIX D: Additional information Limitations In General Technical Info How to load 1.2 files Wanted Special Thanks INTRODUCTION. What is SPELLCHECK? SPELLCHECK is a handy program, which enables you to use your computer to learn new words, whether it be German strong verbs, French words, or Spanish. You type in the words you want to be heard in, and the computer shows you the explanationand asks you to type in the german/french/ spanish. (You can of course use any languages). How do I use it? The program is very easy to use, so the simplest way to find out how it works is to try it out. If you should want to use some of the more advanced features, you should turn to this documentation for an explanation. The program will run both from the Workbench and from the CLI. From the CLI you may specify a filename after SpellCheck (ie SpellCheck <filename>) and SPELLCHECK will load that file. Requirements: SPELLCHECK will refuse to run, if not arp.library, diskfont.library and powerpacker.library are present in libs: It is also a must to have RUN in C: and SETMAP in Sys:System to make full use of the program. If a font named "SpellCheck" lies in fonts: SPELLCHECK will load and use it. Make sure that the size is 8*8. Questions? If you have any questions concerning the use of this program, comments, bugreports, or suggestions on how to improve it, please write to: PANTHEON SOFTWORKS, Po. Box 2049-Høllen, 4641 SØGNE, NORWAY. If you want an answer, we kindly ask you to enclose an international reply coupon. (Or stamps, if you live in Norway). The functions available from SPELLCHECK are listed here, as they appear in the menus in the program. 1.0: THE "PROJECT" MENU: 1.1: * CLEAR ALL will clear all the words you have typed in or loaded into the program. You will get a requester, and have to click 'YES' or type 'Y' on the keyboard to clear all the words. To clear just one word read about LIST (1.6). 1.2: * LOAD (you can also click on the gadget, or press F1) will prompt you with a requester, and you can select a file to load. The file should be a file saved from SPELLCHECK previously. SPELLCHECK will now load files crunched with PowerPacker. 1.3: * APPEND (shortcut: Amiga+A). This function will add a SPELLCHECK file to the words that are in memory at the time. The new words will be put at the end of the existing words. You will get a requester to select the file. 1.4: * SAVE (shortcut: Amiga+S) will save the file under the existing name. If no name is specified, the function will be the same as SAVE AS. 1.5: * SAVE AS (shortcut: F2, also a gadget) You will have to select a filename in a filerequester. The file will be saved in SPELLCHECK format. You may also save the file as ASCII, using the function "Save ASCII" in the "Words" menu. (see 3.1) 1.6: * LIST (also a gadget for this one, or F3) will open a new window, where you can scroll up and down, and look at all the words that are in memory. There are four gadgets at the bottom of the window: CLOSE, which brings you back to the normal window, SWAP, DELETE and SEARCH. When you click on a word with the mousepointer, there will pop up a requester in which you can edit that word. If the SWAP gadget is pressed down, and you click on a word, the two words (for instance English and German) will be swapped. If the DELETE gadget is pressed down, the word you click on will be deleted. If you click SEARCH (or press 'S' on the keyboard), you will be prompted with a requester, where you can type in a word to search after. You can use normal (ARP) wildcards here: (* and ?). For instance to search for all words that begin with "le", you type "le *" in the requester. 1.7: * INFO gives you some information. The size of the file in memory is shown. (Size in memory, not on disk). The number of words in the file, free memory, and the comment on the current file are also displayed. 1.8: * ABOUT 1.9: * QUIT 2.0: THE "SPECIAL" MENU: 2.1: * SELECT KEYMAP will enable you to select a new keymap, and load it (a filerequester will come up). To use this function, you need RUN in C: and SETMAP in Sys:System. 2.2: * PREFERENCES enables you to select your favorite colours, and to make SPELLCHECK load a special keymap, whenever you start it. Your preferences can be saved. (To the file devs:SpellCheck.prefs). 2.3: * SHORTCUTS brings up a list over the shortcuts available from program. 2.4: * LOW<>UPPERCASE. Normally SPELLCHECK will look at uppercase and lowercase letters as different, when it asks you in words. If you want uppercase and lowercase to be the same, select this menuitem, and it will change to LOW=UPPERCASE. 2.5: * HELP OFF. If you select this menuitem, it will read HELP ON, so when you are being questioned by SPELLCHECK, you can get some help, by using the menu, or shortcut Amiga+H. First the program will display how many letters the word you are supposed to type in contains. Then if you press Amiga+H once more (or select Help in the menu) you will get the first letter, press once more, and you will get the next, and so on... 3.0: THE "WORDS" MENU: 3.1: * SAVE ASCII will save the words in ASCII format (handy, if you want to print your words). (SPELLCHECK uses a simpler way for saving normally - so SPELLCHECK's files will be a good deal larger). 3.2: * IMPORT ASCII will load an ASCII file and add it to the words that are already in the memory (at the bottom). The ASCII file must be in this format: (For example) Explanation=Word<RETURN> If the words do not follow this format, you will get a prompt. 3.3: * PATTERN. Here you can type in a pattern which all the words you will be asked in must match. If, for instance, you have loaded a file containing lots of german words, but only want to be heard in the male nouns, type in "der *" in the stringgadget. 3.4: * UPPERCASE will turn all the letters in all the words into uppercase (ABCD). 3.5: * LOWERCASE will turn all the letters in the all words into lowercase (abcd). 3.6: * SWAP will swap all the words that lie in the memory. If you want to swap just one word, read about LIST in the "PROJECT" menu. 4.0: THE "ASK MODE: MENU: Here choose between two ways inwhich to be asked: (Select the current, and the other will appear). 4.1: * AUTOMATIC. (default) You have only one chance to write the word correctly, if the answer was not correct, the program will show the right answer for a couple of seconds. (Hold down right mouse button to "pause" the program). 4.2: * MANUAL. You get two chances to write the word correctly, and if you have answered incorrectly, you have to press <SPACE> to proceed. 5.0: GADGETS. That was the menus, now the gadgets: 5.1: * LOAD look under 1.2. 5.2: * SAVE look under 'Save As', 1.5. 5.3: * LIST look under 1.6. 5.4: * ASK will ask you in the words you select in the requester which pops up when you click this gadget (or press F4). If you have set a pattern (see 3.3), the words you will be questioned in must match that. Press 'A' for all or 'O' for OK. 5.5: * INSERT will enable you to type in new words. The shortcut for this gadget is F5. APPENDIX A: SHORTCUTS. F1 - LOAD Amiga+A - APPEND F2 - SAVE AS Amiga+S - SAVE F3 - LIST Amiga+Q - QUIT F4 - ASK I - IMPORT ASCII F5 - INSERT X - SAVE ASCII HELP - SHORTCUTS In the list-window: ESC - RETURN TO NORMAL WINDOW HOME - (7 on keypad) GOTO TOP OF LIST END - (1 on keypad) GOTO BOTTOM OF LIST ARROW UP - GO UP ONE WORD ARROW DOWN - GO DOWN ONE WORD S - SEARCH FOR WORD APPENDIX C: ERROR CODES. File Errors: FILE ERROR 1: Unable to open file. FILE ERROR 2: Unable to load file. FILE ERROR 3: The file is too big. FILE ERROR 4: Not SpellCheck V1.3+. FILE ERROR 5: Can not find Sys:System/SetMap. FILE ERROR 6: Unable to save file. FILE ERROR 7: Unable to save devs:SpellCheck.prefs. Other Errors: NOT ENOUGH MEMORY: Unable to get memory for the window. Try to close some other tasks to free memory. If you still can not open the window, you will have to save and restart. LIBRARY ERROR: SPELLCHECK was unable to open either arp.library, diskfont.library or powerpacker.library. Ensure that they are in LIBS: APPENDIX C: PRINTING SPELLCHECK FILES. To print your words, you must first save them as ASCII (see 3.1) and then type in the CLI: "type <filename> to PRT:". If you want to print the words in a more fashionable style, load the file into your favourite word- processor, and print them from there. APPENDIX D: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. Limitations: SPELLCHECK has a maximum capacity of 384 words. This should be sufficient for most users. Each word can only contain 40 characters (that is 40 characters for the 'explanation' and 40 for the 'word'). This will be changed in later versions of the program. In General: To get out of the list-window and most of the other requesters, you can simply press <ESCAPE>. In some, you can also press <RETURN> to make them disappear. There are usually shortcuts to press in the requesters as well. The first letter in the gadget-text is usually a shortcut. SPELLCHECK makes use of string-gadgets to get input from the user. To clear the contents of a string gadget, press RIGHT-AMIGA-X. To get back the text, press RIGHT-AMIGA-Q. Technical Info: SPELLCHECK only takes up about 40kB of disk-space (uncrunched), it was written in assembly language, using DevPac2 and DevPac 3. It makes use of arp.library, diskfont.library and powerpacker. library from disk. If you want the latest version and the source-code for SPELLCHECK, or a laser- printed hard-copy of this manual, send £5 or NKr 50, or equivalent in international reply coupons to Pantheon Softworks. A new version of SPELLCHECK specifically for V2.0 will appear shortly. How to load 1.2 files: If you have some old SPELLCHECK files that are saved with version 1.2 or lower, you cannot load them into directly SPELLCHECK v1.3. You will have to save them as ASCII and load them as ASCII again. A program which will convert old files is soon to be released. Wanted: Are you willing to translate this manual and the text in SPELLCHECK into another language? (German/French/Spanish in particular). If you are, please contact Pantheon Softworks. Special thanks to: Christian Fiott Tor-Martin Tveit Preben Randhol Ole Ingarth Karlsen Jan Reinert Karlsen Sigmund Vik Kjell Heimdal Jarl Nemeth PANTHEON SOFTWORKS, PO BOX 2049-HØLLEN, 4641 SØGNE, NORWAY.