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- README for ST-Guide v1.3e (English Release 5) 12th May 1995
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- Important!
- Previous versions were not given normal version nmbers but instead titled:
- Release 1, Release 2, Release 3 and Release 4.
- From this release normal version numbers have been adopted so this v1.3
- supercedes Release 4 (and is effectively Release 5).
-
- Read ST-GUIDE.CHG for details of the latest changes.
-
- ST-Guide consists of two archives:
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- STGUIxxE.LZH: Contains ST-Guide, HCP, HypFind, STool and RefLink
- STGUTxxE.LZH: Contains 1st-Conv, PC-Conv, MAN2STG with C source code
- along with HELP_RC, HELPDISK, HypTree and others!
-
- We've included the source code so other programmers can debug or extend
- the converters. Please let me know and send me a copy of any changes you
- make so I can make sure everbody has access to the latest and optimum
- versions at all times.
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- Installation guide
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-
- To minimise the risk of other software affecting the installation of
- ST-Guide perform the installation after a reboot on a 'clean' minimum
- system!
-
- Extracting the archives
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- Extract the contents of the archives OR copy the contents of the master
- disk onto the root directory of your boot partition/disk.
-
- Either method should preserve the directory structure and ensures ST-GUIDE
- can locate its files. Double check to ensure ST-GUIDE.ACC and ST-GUIDE.INF
- reside in the root directory of the boot partition or disk.
-
- Configuring ST-Guide
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- Using a text editor (eg Everest) load ST-GUIDE.INF and carefully read
- through the options. Each option is described in detail followed by the
- option line itself. Lines preceded with a '#' character are NOT currently
- active.
-
- It's important the path entries are correct otherwise ST-Guide won't be
- able to find its files:
-
- PATHS: The path where HYP files are located, more than one path can be
- entered, use the ';' character to seperate paths.
- HYPFOLD: The default path used by the file selector and HCP.
- HYPTOP: The default hypertext loaded when ST-GUIDE is called without
- parameters.
- REF: The path to the ALL.REF file, which may already be listed in the
- PATHS variable. It's not needed during installation and can be
- added later.
- HCP: The path to the compiler, HCP.TTP.
-
- ST-GUIDE should not be renamed as some applications which offer on-line
- help may not be able to find it.
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- Managing your hypertexts
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- Each hypertext consists of a HYP and a REF file. The HYP file contains the
- compiled hypertext and the REF file contains the references defined in the
- hypertext.
- Using REFLINK.TTP it's possible to combine the references contained in
- each REF file into a single ALL.REF file.
- There are several ways of adding the contents of an individual REF file to
- ALL.REF:
- a) Install REFLINK.TTP as an application for '*.REF' files using the
- desktop. After installation a double click on any REF file on the
- desktop will call REFLINK.TTP and add the contents of the REF file to
- an ALL.REF file located using the REF path in ST-GUIDE.INF.
- b) Drag a REF file/s onto REFLINK.TTP.
- c) Run REFLINK.TTP and manually enter the path to the desired REF file.
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- Catalogue your collection
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- Using STOOL.TOS it's possible to automatically catalogue all your
- hypertexts thematically. This does however depend on the author of the
- hypertext including the necessary infomation in the hypertext header.
-
- On starting STOOL.TOS each of the paths entered in the ST-GUIDE.INF PATH
- entry is searched for HYP format hypertexts and creates a hypertext
- called CATALOG.HYP. this can be loaded via the 'Open' option from the
- 'Extras' menu in ST-GUIDE.ACC or installed as the default hypertext in
- ST-GUIDE.INF.
-
- Finally
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- Reboot your computer and we wish you every success using ST-Guide.
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