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- Pluma Word Processor for OS/2 Presentation Manager
-
- This program provides a What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) word
- processor for the OS/2 Presentation Manager interface. It does not
- attempt to go head-to-head with the large professional word processors
- available for OS/2 PM or Windows, but rather tries to provide a more
- modest set of functions. Normal text formatting is provided for, plus
- the program has the ability to handle imbedded graphics. All installed
- ATM fonts are supported, in all the native formats and in a wide range
- of sizes. Printer support is strictly through the OS/2 PM interface,
- providing output on any printer supported by that interface. In fact,
- I have heard of one user outputting direct to a FAX from this program.
-
- This program is shareware. Feel free to distribute unmodified copies
- of the program to anyone interested. If you find the program useful,
- and decide to keep the program for use, then you must pay for it.
- To register this product, send a check or money order payable for
- $30 U.S. dollars to Rick Papo, plus your name, your mailing address,
- the revision number and date of your current copy of Pluma,
- and, if possible, your electronic mail address, to:
-
- Pluma Registrations
- c/o Rick Papo
- 38290 Avondale
- Westland, MI 48185-3830
- USA
-
- If you reside in any of the republics which were formerly of the
- Soviet Union or of the Warsaw Pact, you may register for $5.
-
- Upon receiving your registration, you will be sent the latest revision
- of the word processor on diskette. If you already have the latest revision,
- you will be sent a confirmation of your registration and you will receive
- the next revision, when it becomes available. Printed documentation
- is not yet available, but once it is, all registered users of the
- word processor will receive a copy. If you would like later upgrades
- on diskette, they will cost $10 U.S. dollars ($5 for the ex-USSR).
-
-
- Installation:
-
- To install Pluma, you must execute the command-file 'ENGLISH'.
- You will be asked in what directory you wish to install the program.
- Please enter the full path of that directory, including the drive
- specifier. If the directory does not exist, it will be created.
- Once you have entered the directory name, the installation will complete.
- The program's EXE, DLL and HLP files will be copied to the target
- directory and a program object will be created and placed on your
- Desktop. Once installation is complete, feel free to move the program
- object to whichever folder you wish it to reside in.
-
- If by chance you delete the program object, simply repeat the
- installation procedure. The program settings will not be lost.
-
-
- Translations:
-
- Pluma is built to be translatable into other languages easily.
- The Spanish version has already been translated. Translations to Catal†n,
- French, German, Danish, Dutch and Italian are expected shortly. If you
- wish to translate the program to your native language, send me a note
- to my Internet ID (rpapo@garnet.msen.com) or to my CompuServe ID
- (72607,3111), or to my mailing address. I will send you the texts
- that need to be translated (the help file, the documentation file,
- the installation script and the text resource definitions). Once I
- have the translated material back, I will add the new language to the
- next release of the word processor. Keep in mind, however, that I will
- always be asking you for updates as the program gets revised and enhanced.
- In return for your help, your registration is free and you will get free
- upgrades as long as you continue to translate them.
-
-
- Acknowledgements:
-
- Thanks to the following individuals for their help in testing, for
- their suggestions during development, and for their support:
-
- Wayne Blankenbeckler (Sam's Books,Indiana,USA)
- Harry Bush (Riga,Latvia)
- Xavier Caballe (Barcelona,Spain)
- Bjorn Fahller (Sweden)
- Per Gjerlov (Denmark)
- Dr. Herbert Klaeren (Tuebingen,Germany)
- Frank Mersmann (Bremen,Germany)
- Joe Negron (Brooklyn,New York,USA)
- Marvin Nipper (Golden,Colorado,USA)
- Walt Rutka (Great Lakes Data Systems,Southfield,Michigan,USA)
- Bryan Walker (Tennessee,USA)
-
-
- History:
-
- 18 March 1994 - Revision 1.00
- First public release, after development since September 1992.
-
- 21 March 1994 - Revision 1.01
- Fixed bug where the File Open dialog could have multiple copies active at the same time.
- Fixed bug which crashed the program during startup if no printers were defined.
-
- 01 April 1994 - Revision 1.02
- Added FILE_ID.DIZ identification file.
- Defined <F2> for Save, <F4> for Save&Close, and <Ctrl><O> for Open.
- Now uses white, not the system background color, for the document window background.
- Altered pageup/pagedown logic to conform more closely to established custom.
- Fixed bug with line-drawing characters.
- Fixed bug with horizontal alignment of monospaced fonts (Courier).
- Fixed bug with spool job submission.
- Fixed bug with cursor positioning on lines without any visible text (just functions).
- Fixed bug with setting initial document default values.
- Altered rulers so that margins can be set as wide as possible.
- Fixed bug in tracking margin settings.
- Added Line Spacing option to Document Defaults and to the Layout Menu.
-
- 25 April 1994 - Revision 1.03
- Fixed bug in highlighting initial entry of Defaults' Color and Justification combo-boxes.
- Added APPLY button to the Document Defaults dialog.
- Fixed bug in cursor positioning on lines without any visible text (just graphics).
- Document preface needed margin settings and tab spacing values saved to it and loaded from it.
- Fixed bug where program could loop when top margin was set to top of page.
- Fixed bug in building titles for iconized document windows.
- Added command-line option TRAP.
- Replaced form selection with printer job settings dialog.
- Added Global Save check-box to the Document Defaults dialog.
- Added Ctrl+N, Ctrl+B, Ctrl+I, Ctrl+U key assignments for Normal, Bold, Italic and Underscore.
- Moved Printing status window to document window title-bar.
- Added Merging/Saving status window to document window title-bar.
- Now saves on a separate thread, and shows status in document window title-bar.
- Fixed bug where text strings too long to fit on a line could cause a loop during formatting.
- Added context menu for selected text.
- Reactivated the multi-threaded startup (it had been disabled!).
-
- 9 May 1994 - Revision 1.04
- Translation to Spanish by Xavier CaballÇ.
- Fixed a bug in merging and loading empty Pluma documents.
- Fixed a bug in merging and loading invalid documents.
- Fixed bug in initialization when no printers are defined (new bug to 1.03).
- Now aborts the program rather than allowing all virtual memory to be used up.
- Disabled forms requirement to queue processor, for now.
- Altered method of identifying registered copies.
- Fixed a number of help definition problems.
- Added help buttons to all message boxes.
-
- 9 May 1994 - Revision 1.04a
- Fixed bug in document loading.
- Fixed positioning and clipping of Open and Save Confirm dialogs.
-
- 11 May 1994 - Revision 1.05 (repost of 1.04a)
- Renamed because of problems with BBSes which do not accept duplicate uploads.
-
- 12 May 1994 - Revision 1.06
- Removed help button from exception message.
- Restored load/save/print priorities to normal.
- Fixed bug with deletion when deletion causes a line or page to be emptied.
- Altered page formatting logic to force long words to be formatted one the
- current line if there is space on the page, rather than starting the long
- line on a new page.
- Modified workspace to interact with the Color Palette.
-
- 20 May 1994 - Revision 1.07
- Now updates printer job settings to default when a new printer is selected.
- Fixed bug in getting page clipping limits in the general case.
- Reworked logic for splitting the font/size/color menus as they get too large.
- Expanded the size menu.
-