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- ║ How to get started with JEPRS version 1.11 ║
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- I. What is JEPRS?
-
- JEPRS is a specialized database system used to store,
- retrieve, format, and search for references to the scientific
- literature. While it was designed by a graduate student in the
- biological sciences, there is no obvious reason JEPRS cannot be
- used by anyone needing easy access to references to any kind of
- books, journals, abstracts, magazines, and other literature.
-
- Note that the files marked below with an asterisk (*) have
- been updated for version 1.11! Also, please read the information
- at the very end of this file that describes the new features of
- version 1.11; NO CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE DOCUMENTATION
- FILES!
-
-
- II. What's on this disk.
-
- You should find a total of 17 files on this disk. Below is
- a list of those files and a short description of their use:
-
- *ReadMe.JPR : The file you are reading now; it contains the
- most basic information for starting JEPRS.
-
- *JEPRS.Exe : This is the JEPRS program itself; entering
- "JEPRS" at the DOS prompt ("C:>") starts the
- program. See new features for version 1.11
- listed at the end of this file.
-
- JPRTutor.JPR: A tutorial text file that you should read
- before doing any extensive work with JEPRS.
-
- JPRGuide.JPR: The user's guide to JEPRS. This contains the
- most extensive information on JEPRS. It is
- not meant to be read sequentially; you should
- refer to it whenever you have specific
- questions about a specific aspect of the
- program.
-
- *Help.JPR : Contains the text for JEPRS's context-
- sensitive help screens. If JEPRS can't find
- this file when it is running, you will not be
- able to get help by pressing the F1 key. New:
- When you press F1 at the Main Menu, the last
- Help screen is new. No other Help has changed.
-
- Ref1.JPR : A sample database file for JEPRS. It contains
- the actual text of the database.
-
- Ref1.JPK : The "key" file that goes along with the
- Ref1.JPR database file. YOU CANNOT USE A
- DATABASE FILE WITHOUT A KEY FILE!
-
- Format.JPR : A sample format file that contains the
- formatting instructions, printer control codes
- (in this case for an IBM Graphics printer and
- most Epson-compatible printers), and default
- directory and file name information.
-
- FormStar.JPR: Similar to Format.JPR, except this file has
- control codes for a Star SG-10 printer.
-
- FormPana.JPR: Similar to Format.JPR, except this file has
- control codes for a Panasonic KXP-1080i
- printer.
-
- FormLsr1.JPR: Similar to Format.JPR, except this file has
- control codes for a Hewlett-Packard LaserJet
- printer with a 10-point Times Roman regular,
- bold, and italic font loaded (note that JEPRS
- doesn't supply you with the actual fonts, but
- rather it assumes you have them and have
- already downloaded them to the printer or have
- them in a cartridge already plugged in).
-
- FormLsr2.JPR: Similar to Format.JPR, except this file has
- control codes for a Hewlett-Packard LaserJet
- printer using the condensed (16.5 characters
- per inch) font.
-
- FormLsr3.JPR: Similar to Format.JPR, except this file has
- control codes for a Hewlett-Packard LaserJet
- printer using the standard 10 characters per
- inch Courier font.
-
- *Text.JPR : Sample text file. Since you cannot directly
- access the database using the DOS Type
- command, JEPRS allows you to enter selected
- references into an ASCII/DOS text file. You
- can use DOS's Type and Print commands on these
- text files.
-
- Number.JPR : This is a sample "number" file. It is really
- a normal ASCII/DOS text file, but consists of
- nothing but numbers of references. JEPRS can
- create this file (for example, in a >Search)
- and then use its contents during formatting
- (on the >Format screen).
-
- Procomm.Log : A sample MEDLINE-formatted file. This can be
- used in the >Options>MedLine command to add a
- MEDLINE-formatted file to the database. (This
- is probably only of interest to biological/-
- medical researchers who use MedLine-formatted
- files.)
-
- *Order.JPR : This is an order form for registering your use
- of JEPRS. You should print this file on your
- printer and then fill out the information
- requested. New: clarification of free update
- offer.
-
- *--updated file for version 1.11!
-
- III. Starting JEPRS.
-
- Before starting JEPRS for the first time, MAKE A COPY OF THE
- FILES ON THIS DISK! NEVER use your original disk to run the
- program. This is especially true with a Shareware program like
- JEPRS, since in order for the documentation to be correct (and
- prevent major hassles for other users) you must distribute the
- software EXACTLY as you received it.
-
- Once you make a copy of this disk, insert the copied disk
- into one of your floppy drives. Then MAKE SURE that that drive
- is the default drive (i.e., if you placed the JEPRS disk in drive
- A:, make sure you enter "A: <return>" at the DOS prompt).
-
- In order to get the most out of your initial try-out of
- JEPRS (and to avoid getting any error messages), make sure the
- following files are on the disk in the default drive:
- JEPRS.Exe
- Ref1.JPR
- Ref1.JPK
- Format.JPR
- Help.JPR
- Then enter "JEPRS" at the DOS prompt and follow the
- instructions on the screen. Note that you can press the <F1>
- function key to get help whenever you see "<F1>=Help" on the
- bottom of the screen (almost all the time).
-
- IV. What do I do Next?
-
- After you get over your initial excitement over the
- wonderful features of JEPRS, you should go through the tutorial
- provided. This is a file called JPRTutor.JPR. Print it out on
- your printer by either of two methods:
-
- 1. Enter "Copy JPRTutor.JPR Lpt1:" at the DOS prompt
-
- ...or...
-
- 2. Enter "Print JPRTutor.JPR" at the DOS prompt
- and then press <enter> when asked "Name of print
- device?".
-
- After printing out and going through the tutorial, you may
- have more advanced questions. In that case print out the
- extensive documentation file called JPRGuide.JPR by either of the
- two methods described for the JPRTutor.JPR file (but of course
- replacing the JPRTutor.JPR filename with JPRGuide.JPR).
-
- V. New for version 1.11 of JEPRS.
-
- Two things have happened with the change from version 1.10
- to version 1.11: a small bug has been fixed, and several
- command-line options have been added. Also, pricing and update
- information has been clarified in the order form.
-
- Bug. While at the List Screen in version 1.10, if you
- entered any function key other than the ones listed on the
- screen, you got stuck and were unable to display other
- references. Let's say you entered "45" to look at reference #45:
- it would be displayed correctly. If you then pressed <F3> for
- example, you would no longer be able to continue to display other
- references. Of course <F3> is not a valid key at the List
- Screen, but it shouldn't have caused any problems. There were 2
- ways to clear the error in version 1.10: either return to the
- Main Menu and then come back to the List Screen, or press <PgUp>
- or <PgDn>. This bug has been zapped in version 1.11!
-
- Command-Line Options. In version 1.10, there was only one
- command-line option: the format file name. (For example, if you
- had a format file called "MyFormat.JPR", you could specify it on
- the command line by entering "JEPRS MyFormat.JPR".) Version 1.11
- has added four flags to that:
-
- /A : Amber monitor with color graphics video card
- /G : Green monitor with color graphics video card
- /B : turn Blinking OFF for search & formatted output
- sent to the screen
- /C : turn Colors OFF for search & formatted output sent
- to the screen
-
- "/A" and "/G" are actually the same command but were
- implemented for mnemonics. These are for people that have a CGA,
- EGA, or VGA video board but who are using a black and white
- (green or amber) monitor. Since JEPRS normally uses both amber
- (yellow) and green text, these would otherwise not appear on
- these monitors. What this command does is simply make all text
- either black, gray, or white. (Note: if you are using a
- monochrome "MDA" or Hercules compatible video card with a green
- or amber monitor, you do NOT need to enter this command!)
-
- "/B" and "/C" are for those people who are driven nuts by
- the large number of colors and blinking text on the search and
- format displays. My original intent was not to annoy people (!)
- but simply try to provide a WYSIWYG ("What-You-See-Is-What-You-
- Get") display: on color monitors, normal text was black on cyan,
- underline was blue on black, bold was white on black, bold +
- underline was bright blue on black, and italics was blinking; on
- monochrome monitors, normal text was black on gray, underlining
- was underlined, bold was white on black, bold + underline was
- white and underlined on black, and italic was blinking. I
- thought it was a great idea, but it apparently annoyed a lot of
- people! So "/B" will turn off blinking only, and "/C" will turn
- off BOTH blinking AND the variety of colors (everything will
- appear as black on cyan [color monitor] or black on gray
- [monochrome]).
-
- A shortened description has been provided on the Help Screen
- at the Main Menu. Press <F1> at the Main Menu, and then press
- the space bar twice to get to the third help screen; it contains
- an abbreviated description of what you see here.
-
- Examples. Let's say you hate blinking characters, and you
- are using an amber monitor with a CGA graphics card. Start JEPRS
- like this:
- C:> JEPRS /B/A
-
- Let's say you're using a color monitor and you're annoyed by
- all the colors in the formatted output on the screen:
- C:> JEPRS /C
-
- Let's say you don't like the colors and you use a format
- file called MyFile.JPR:
- C:> JEPRS /C MyFile.JPR
- ...or...
- C:> JEPRS MyFile.JPR /C
- ...or...
- C:> JEPRS MyFile.JPR /c
-
- (Note that the order of the options, as well as
- capitalization, make no difference.)
-
- Of course, if you like JEPRS just the way it is, you can
- still start it by just entering "JEPRS" at the DOS prompt.
-
-
- VI. Version 2.00 ???!!!
-
- My current plans call for version 2.00 to be released in
- October-November 1989. Registered users of version 1.10 and 1.11
- will automatically receive version 2.00 at no cost (printed
- documentation will be available at an additional charge).
-
- The main changes in version 2.00 will be in ease-of-use.
- All the menus will be like the current Search Menu, where options
- can be set once during execution of the program, and JEPRS will
- remember them until you exit. Also, Format files will be called
- Config files (for "configuration") and will allow up to 30 format
- definitions (instead of 10) and 5 printer definitions (instead of
- one). (A FREE conversion program will be sent to REGISTERED USERS
- ONLY, to convert Format files to Config files; the conversion
- program will not be distributed via shareware.) In addition, you
- will be able to edit the Config File while in JEPRS; you won't
- need an external word processor or editor to edit it. Many other
- small enhancements will be made, but I'll let you discover them
- yourself when version 2.00 is finally released!
-
-
- VII. Customer Support.
-
- As before, questions and comments can be sent directly to me
- at the address listed on JEPRS' opening screen. Also note a new
- addition on that screen: you can now contact me via CompuServe
- EasyPlex (electronic mail) at #73567,471. I usually check my
- electronic mail on Fridays and/or Sundays.
-
- Thanks,
- Lou Miranda, author.