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- VyperHelp: OS/2 IPF help outliner, editor and converter
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- Disclaimer
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- Use this software at your own risk!
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- It is a pre-release, and has not been fully tested. While we have made every
- attempt to ensure that the software is free from
- bugs, MekTek is not responsible for any loss of data due to use of this
- program. Read the complete license for details.
-
- Please save and backup your work often.
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- Introduction
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- VyperHelp is a visual outliner and editor for creating online help for
- OS/2-based systems. It generates IPF files, which can be compiled into
- OS/2-based HLP and INF files. VyperHelp has the following features:
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- WYSIWYG text editing with codes revealed
- Powerful outline tree controls
- Keyword/index support
- Full symbol support
- IPF export
- WinHelp (HPJ) import
- ASCII text import and export
- Command-line conversion program
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- See Usage Notes for tips, limitations, and a list of known bugs. Help can be
- viewed from the command line (in Warp 4) with:
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- view vyper.hlp
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- Conversion Program (VYX)
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- VyperHelp includes a conversion program (vyx.exe), which can be run from the
- command line to convert formats in a batch mode. The syntax for the program is
- as follows:
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- VYX infile outfile
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- where infile is the input file, and outfile is the output file. The file type
- is determined by the filename extension. Supported input file types are: TXT,
- HPJ, and VYD. Supported output file types are: TXT, IPF, VYD, and VYT. VYD is
- a VyperHelp document. VYT is VyperHelp diagnostic trace output. outfile may
- also include '=' to specify the same root filename as the input file (for
- example, "=.ipf").
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- When the output is an IPF file, BMP files will automatically be generated as
- necessary to support inline art. They will be named IPFnnnn.BMP, where nnnn is
- a number starting at 1000.
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- Requirements
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- VyperHelp has the following requirements:
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- OS/2 Warp version 3 or greater
- Pentium or faster
- 4M hard drive space
- 32M memory recommended
- IPF compiler (to create HLP or INF files)
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- Terms
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- This pre-release of VyperHelp is provided for free use and distribution until
- 10/31/98. It will not work after that date. Please read the complete license
- for details.
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- Installation
-
- There is currently no installation program. To install, simply unzip the
- contents into an empty directory; we recommend c:\vyper (we use that directory
- name in the remainder of this section). Then run VyperHelp (vyper.exe) or the
- conversion program (vyx.exe) from this directory.
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- You may want to set up a program object for VyperHelp. Set the program path to
- c:\vyper\vyper.exe, and set the working directory to the c:\vyper. Set the
- program name to
- VyperHelp. You may also want to set up a program association so that VyperHelp
- is automatically run when a *.VYD file is double-clicked.
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- If you want to run VyperHelp from a directory other than the directory where it
- was installed, you need to make the following changes to your CONFIG.SYS:
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- 1. Add c:\vyper to your LIBPATH.
- 2. Add a line with "SET TABPATH=c:\vyper". This gives the location of the
- parsing tables (*.llr and *.dfa).
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- Support
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- Support for this pre-release is handled only by email and
- fax. We would like to hear from you with any questions, comments, suggestions
- or bug reports for VyperHelp.
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- Please contact MekTek by one of the following means:
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- Email: mek@compuserve.com
- Fax: 1-651-649-0237
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- Thank you for trying VyperHelp!
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