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WORDQUIZ.DOC (V 1.0, 12 JAN 90)
INTRODUCTION:
Hello, welcome to WordQuiz. This is a small program (or big one, depending
on whether you have the CanDo.library installed or not) that I wrote using
CanDo in order to drill myself on Russian vocabulary. For that reason, it
isn't exactly professional quality, but it is FREE! More on this later...
HOW TO USE WORDQUIZ:
When you first start it, you are presented with a MainMenu screen with four
choices: Quiz, Edit, Make, and Quit. Now to go through each button and
what its subsequent screens do...in reverse order...
QUIT:
Quit the program. Simple, eh?
MAKE:
This button brings up a small window, with an input field, and two buttons,
Make and Quit. This is how you make a word list for later use in the Editor
and Quiz screens. First, count the number of words in the list you want to
enter, put that number in the input field (it defaults to 20) and hit the
Make button. A requestor will come up, asking for a file name to create.
After you enter that, hit OK, and the program will create the empty list
with the name you specified. Quit should be self-explanitory. :)
EDIT:
This button bring up a good sized window, showing a cyrillic keyboard, two
input fields, a display box, and 5 buttons. Ready for a long explanation?
Good... Load loads up a list. This can be one that you just created with
Make window, or a old one. Save saves the list you are currently editing.
Quit quits. Now for the complicated part, which took the most time to get
"acting" correctly in this window. The UP and DOWN buttons simply move you
up and down through the list as you are editing it. They will not let you
go past the boundries of the list. The last items are the input fields.
The top field is for entering what I call "pseudo-russian" - CanDo doesn't
support the use of fonts in requestors yet. Just use the keyboard that is
above the field to see which keys you need to hit. After you press return,
the word will appear in the display window below the field. The bottom
field is to enter the word in english. Notice that when you hit return in
the p-russian field, it activates the english field. However, pressing
return in the english field doesn't activate anything. You can either move
up and down in the list, or edit either word at this point. (Or save, load,
quit.)
QUIZ:
Did you think the last paragraph was run on? So do I. But this one should
be even worse. Load does the same as it did in the Editor screen, as does
Quit. Say! isn't implemented yet, so it is ghosted. (That ought to be a
good summer project...getting the computer to speak Russian so it is
recognizable....is there a "russiantranslator.device" out yet? (grin).
Back to the window....Rus and Eng let you choose which language you want to
quiz yourself in. Pick Rus and you have to remember the Russian, and if
you pick Eng, English. Once you pick one of these, the fun starts. The
program simply goes through the list, and throws the words up at you about
10 seconds apart. If you get it right, nothing neat happens. If you answer
wrong, you get "boinged" and the correct word appears in the appropriate
spot. There is a short pause, then it continues. Once the entire list has
been given to you, it drops back to the MainMenu window. You can correct
your spelling, etc. as many times as you can during the 10 seconds. But if
you aren't done after 10 seconds, the program just takes what you've
entered as the answer. (I wanted to implement this differently, but due
some features (bugs?) in CanDo, I couldn't. Maybe the next release...)
SETUP:
This .zip or .zoo (depending on where I posted this originally...either
UseNet or a BBS) contains all the needed files to get up and running. You
should have (2) copies of WordQuiz, one for people that have CanDo installed
on their system (the small one) and one for people who don't (the big one.)
Also, you should find the (1) font I use, Moskva. It comes in 4 sizes - 11,
15, 22, 30. There are also (2) sample files, HOUSE.ROOMS and
BATHROOM.ITEMS, so you can test and see if the program works without making
your own lists right off the bat. Last, but not least, there is (1) sound
file, BOING.SND, which contains the sound that is played when you mess up,
and (1) Dpaint 3 brush, CYRILBOARD.BSH, which is the cyrillic keyboard that
is displayed. Oh yes...also this .doc file.
To install the program, put the moskva.font file in your fonts: directory,
and make a sub-directory in your fonts: dir called "Moskva" and put the four
font sizes in there. Next, put all the rest of the files in one directory
or sub-directory and assign the volume name WQ: to it.
(ex:"assign WQ: SYS:a/buried/subdirectory/that/has/WordQuiz")
CREDITS:
I'd like to thank a few people for some parts of this program, even though
they don't know it exists...yet.
Robin LaPasha - For his Moskva font
Classic Concepts - For letting me help test Cyrillic Alphabets, their
Russian and Slavic fonts package. These will probably
be implemented as an option in the next release of
WordQuiz.
INOVAtronics - For a great piece of authoring software...I'll try and
forget some of the long hours trying to figure out just why
they implemented some things the way they did and devising
work-arounds. (grin)
REGISTRATION:
This is a FREE piece of software. It is PUBLIC DOMAIN. I don't care if you
take the floppy it is on and flush it. (I wouldn't try it with your hard
drive, if you have one.)
I will be upgrading it as I have time. Therefore, if you want to keep up
with my latest attempts at authoring software, all I ask is that you please
register. That's all..register. It is very easy....here's how:
If you have UseNet access: My address is "TCampbell@cup.portal.com".
Simply send me your address. I'll send you the revisions as
they are done. (please specify all revisions or just major ones)
They will be .zoo'ed and UUEncoded.
If you have Portal access: My user name is "Tcampbell". I will be posting
the major revisions (new features, major bug fixes) in .zip form.
If you call the SouthWest Lincoln BBS (402-421-1963): My user name is
"Thomas Campbell". I will be posting the major revisions in .zip form.
If you don't have access to any of the above: My USnail address is:
Tom Campbell, PO Box 63, Malcolm, NE 68402. Either send a
self-addressed, stamped postcard so I can notify you when a new
release is out, or send $3 to cover my costs, and I'll send you a
disk with the complete package on it.
CONCLUSION:
I think that's all I have to say.