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Anagrams 1.2
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© Andrew Trevorrow and Nick Spencer 1995. All rights reserved.
This program makes it fun and easy to find interesting anagrams.
If you've tried Ars Magna or Karma Manager then we think you'll find our
program a pleasant alternative. It's faster, has a lot more features, and
has a much nicer user interface. See "About Anagrams" for the details.
Shareware fee
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Anagrams is shareware, so if you like it and decide to keep it, please
pay the shareware fee:
Australia Rest of the world
AUS$15 US$15 (or equivalent amount in your currency)
This is a one-time-only fee that covers you for all future versions.
(There is a $5 discount for registered OzTeX users.)
Send your payment by cash, cheque or money order to:
Andrew Trevorrow
19 Abbott Lane
North Adelaide 5006
Australia
NOTE: The Register program provides an alternative way to pay.
In particular, it allows for payment by credit card; this should be
cheaper and easier for most people outside Australia.
If you want to, include the following information with your payment.
We will provide e-mail support to all registered users.
Name: __________________________________________
E-mail: __________________________________________
Type of Mac: __________________________________________
Comments: __________________________________________
Our e-mail addresses are:
akt@kagi.com
nspencer@cssip.edu.au
Changes in version 1.2
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- Anagrams is now a "fat" application that runs in native mode on
both 680x0 and PowerPC Macs. Finding anagrams on a Power Mac
is about 6 times faster.
- The new Tree menu provides a mechanism for building a tree of
selected usable words. All paths in the tree are valid prefixes for
potential anagrams. This makes it easier to systematically explore a
set of interesting sub-phrases for lengthy texts. See "The Tree Menu"
topic in About Anagrams for more details.
- All user preferences are now saved in a file called "Anagrams Prefs"
rather than in the application. This means you won't have to restore
your settings (like the hot text list) when a new version is released.
Anagrams creates the preferences file in the Preferences sub-folder
in System 7 and later, or in the System folder under earlier Systems.
If you like, you can move the preferences file to the same folder as
the application. This can make it easier to do backups.
- The Save Settings item has been removed. All user preferences are
automatically saved when you quit the program.
- The sub-menus in the File menu have been replaced by toggle items.
A new toggle item allows usable words to be sorted alphabetically.
This makes it easier to locate known words.
- After you select Enter Hot Text the program automatically finds a
new set of usable words.
- Fixed a bug in the progress bar.
- Added support for required Apple events under System 7 and later.
- If a lengthy task finishes in the background then the small Anagrams
icon will flash in the menu bar and a diamond mark will appear next
to Anagrams in the Application menu.
Changes in version 1.1
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- If more than one usable word is selected, "Find Anagrams" will only
generate anagrams containing ALL the selected words. This makes
it much easier to find interesting anagrams for lengthy phrases.
The program will beep if you attempt to find anagrams with an
impossible combination of words.
- Stack space is at least 16K to avoid a crash on an SE/30.
- Fixed an incompatibility problem with After Dark 3.0.
- Fixed a bug in the Edit dictionary dialog that allowed "words" with
characters other than A to Z to be stored in the dictionary.
- Better recovery if you run out of memory while finding anagrams.