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- EDITPAD CLASSIC README
- **************************
-
- Contents
- ========
-
- 1. What is EditPad Classic?
- 2. Do I need to pay for EditPad Classic?
- 3. Where can I find the latest information on EditPad Classic?
- How can I contact the author?
- 4. How do I install EditPad Classic?
- 5. How do I uninstall EditPad Classic?
- 6. Some applications still use NotePad instead of EditPad.
- Why? Can I change this?
- 7. I sell freeware/shareware CD-ROMs.
- Can I put a copy of EditPad on them?
-
-
-
- 1. What is EditPad Classic?
- ===========================
-
- EditPad Classic is a replacement for the standard Windows NotePad.
- EditPad Classic requires Windows 95 or later to run. No additional DLLs
- or whatever are required.
-
- Note that EditPad Classic is a finished project. No enchancements will
- ever be made to it. Only if any serious bugs would be found, it will
- be updated.
- EditPad Classic has been superceded by EditPad Lite and EditPad Pro.
- These versions are the result of redeveloping EditPad from scratch and
- have many interesting new features (certainly EditPad Pro), while still
- remaining as fast and compact as EditPad Classic.
- EditPad Lite and EditPad Pro are available at
- http://www.editpadlite.com and http://www.editpadpro.com respectively.
-
- EditPad Classic has some very interesting features:
- * EditPad can open as many files at a time as you want.
- * You change between the open files by clicking on their tabs.
- No hassle with heaps of overlapping windows.
- * If you run EditPad again when there is already an instance running,
- the file(s) you wish to edit will be opened by the existing EditPad
- window.
- This means there will be at most one EditPad window open,
- which will save you from a lot of task switching.
- * If you do need more instances, simply pick View|New editor
- from the menu.
- * If you wish, the EditPad window stays on top of all other windows
- * Block functions:
- Save parts of your text to disk
- Insert a file in the current text
- * Specify many print settings: font, margins, headers/footers,
- line spacing, etc.
- * Reopen menu that lists the last 16 files opened.
- * Configure the open and save dialog file filters.
- * ANSI <=> OEM (DOS ASCII) conversion.
- * MAPI support.
- * Easy and working installation and uninstallation (see below).
- * It's almost free! (see below)
- * ...
-
-
-
- 2. Do I need to pay for EditPad Classic?
- ========================================
-
- EditPad is copyright (C) 1996-2000, by Jan Goyvaerts.
-
- The software (EditPad Classic) is provided "as is". In no event shall
- I, the author, be liable for any consequential, special, incidental or
- indirect damages of any kind arising out of the delivery, performance
- or use of this software. This software has been written with great care
- but I do not warrant that the software is error free.
- You may not attempt to reverse compile, modify, translate or
- disassemble the software in whole or in part.
-
- You may freely give copies of EditPad Classic to others, as long as the
- software is unmodified. You may not change a single bit, you may not
- exclude any files or add any to the package and you may not make
- EditPad Classic part of another package.
- You may not charge any money for the copying and/or distribution of
- EditPad Classic, also not for EditPad itself.
-
- EditPad Classic is postcardware. You are allowed to install EditPad and
- to try it out for a short while (a week or two), but if you want to
- continue using it you are kindly requested to "pay" by sending the
- author a nice postcard to the address shown below.
- A postcard is a piece of thick paper with a pretty picture on one side
- (showing something about where you live, what you do, what you like,
- etc.) and some nice words written by the sender on the other side.
- I collect postcards. Only real ones, not the electronic/virtual
- version.
- Used phone cards are also welcome, as my sister collects them.
-
- After your postcard has arrived, you are allowed to use EditPad Classic
- for as long and as much as you want, without any other cost. You also
- have the right then to update your copy of EditPad Classicwhen new
- versions come out.
- If you mention your email address very clearly on the postcard, I will
- send you a message when I receive your postcard.
-
- Please note that this "payment" is strictly personal. Everyone who uses
- EditPad Classic has to register, even if someone else installed it on
- your computer or if you found it on some CD-ROM you bought. (You paid
- for the CD, not for EditPad Classic.)
-
- Even if EditPad Classic seems to be a simple application, writing it
- was not a very easy task. So if you like it, send me a nice postcard.
- If everyone would say "thank you" when someone else did or said
- something nice, this world would be a much better place.
-
- If you feel that EditPad Classic is definitively worth some money, feel
- free to put your postcard in an envelope and include a few dollars (or
- your local currency). This will surely encourage me to go on with the
- development of new EditPad versions.
- You may also consider buying a license to EditPad Pro at
- http://www.editpadpro.com
-
- Send your postcards to this address:
-
- Jan Goyvaerts
- Lerrekensstraat 5
- 2220 Heist-op-den-Berg
- Belgium
-
-
-
- 3. Where can I find the latest information on EditPad Classic?
- How can I contact the author?
- ==============================================================
-
- Feel free to visit my web sites at http://www.editpadclassic.com
- and http://www.jgsoft.com to gather the latest news on EditPad.
-
- If you wish to receive an email message when a new version of EditPad
- Classic comes out, feel free to subscribe to my mailing list by filling
- out the form on my web site.
-
- You can contact me (the author) by sending email to
- support@editpadclassic.com
-
- Please note that, even if EditPad Classic is available in many
- languages, I only understand Dutch (Nederlands) and English, so write
- in one of these languages. I can also read German (Deutsch) and French
- (FranĪais), but the reply will be in English.
-
-
-
- 4. How do I install EditPad Classic?
- ====================================
-
- Simply put a copy of EditPad.exe on your hard disk somewhere
- (e.g.: c:\Program Files) and run it.
-
- A dialog box displaying the license agreement will pop up. Read the
- entire text carefully.
- If you agree with it, check the little box below and click on the
- button below.
- If you do not agree with it, click on the button below to terminate
- EditPad.
-
- If you agreed, you will see the EditPad window with an empty text
- opened, named "Untitled".
- Don't bother about it, just pick Options|Configure from the menu.
-
- A small dialog box will pop up. Check the options you like
- and click on OK.
-
- Here's a little more information on the options:
- * Default program for text files:
- Launch EditPad whenever you double-click on a .txt file
- in the Windows Explorer.
- * Use EditPad icon:
- Display EditPad's icon next to .txt files in the Windows
- Explorer.
- * In Send To menu:
- Put a shortcut to EditPad in the Send To menu.
- Then you can right-click on any file in the Explorer and pick
- EditPad from the Send To menu to edit the file with EditPad.
- * Icon on Desktop:
- Put a shortcut to EditPad on your desktop.
- * Icon in Start Menu:
- Put a shortcut to EditPad in the Start Menu
- (menu that appears when you hit the Start button).
- * Icon in Programs menu:
- Put a shortcut to EditPad in the Programs menu of the Start Menu.
-
- That's all there is to it.
-
- If you change your mind later about which options you like, simply
- repeat the above procedure.
-
- If you wish to replace the version of EditPad Classic you have
- currently installed with a newer one, simply replace the old
- EditPad.exe on your hard disk with the new one. No other actions are
- necessary.
-
-
-
- 5. How do I uninstall EditPad Classic?
- ======================================
-
- There should never be any reason to do so (unless you have upgraded to
- EditPad Pro and don't need Classic any more). If you wish to update
- EditPad Classic to the latest version, simply replace the old
- EditPad.exe on your hard disk with the new one.
- However, uninstalling EditPad Classic is an easy thing to do.
-
- Run EditPad Classic and pick Options|Configure from the menu.
-
- Click on the Uninstall button in the dialog box that pops up. This will
- remove all shortcuts that EditPad Classic installed and will also clean
- any information stored in the registry by EditPad Classic.
-
- Close EditPad Classic and delete EditPad.exe from your hard disk.
-
- RIP.
-
-
-
- 6. Some applications still use NotePad instead of EditPad.
- Why? Can I change this?
- ==========================================================
-
- These applications execute NotePad directly, instead of running the
- program associated to text files.
-
- You can fix this by renaming EditPad.exe to NotePad.exe and putting it
- in your Windows directory, overwriting the old NotePad.exe
- Then run the new NotePad.exe (EditPad), pick Options|Configure from the
- menu and click on OK to update the EditPad links to the new exe.
-
- If you wish to keep a copy of the old NotePad, do NOT rename
- NotePad.exe and then copy EditPad.exe to NotePad.exe as Windows
- will then update all the links pointing to the renamed NotePad, which
- defeats the purpose of overwriting NotePad with EditPad.
- Instead, make a copy of NotePad.exe to another folder and then
- OVERWRITE NotePad.exe with the renamed EditPad.exe
-
- Note that this trick will not work with Windows 2000 and later, as they
- have a new feature that protects vital system files from being changed
- or deleted. Notepad.exe is considered a vital system file (go figure).
-
-
-
- 7. I sell freeware/shareware CD-ROMs.
- Can I put a copy of EditPad Classic on them?
- ===============================================
-
- If you read this agreement carefully, you know you are not allowed to
- charge money for the distribution of EditPad Classic. In other words:
- you can't put it on a CD that must be paid for.
-
- However, if you contact me at editpadclassic@jgsoft.com before putting
- EditPad Classic on a CD I can give you permission to do so.
- This way you can also be sure that you are including the latest version
- of EditPad Classic. You will also have to mention that the people who
- buy the CD, pay for the CD and not for EditPad. If they use it, they
- still have to "pay" by sending me a nice postcard.
-
- Though I will not oblige you to do so, if you put EditPad Classic on a
- CD-ROM, I would really like to receive a free copy of that CD.