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V E R S I O N 3 . 2
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Written 1989-92 by
Christoph Bartholme,
Ettlinger Str. 37
W-7500 Karlsruhe 1
Germany
Developed using
ST Pascal Plus (CCD) and assembler (Devpac)
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THERE ARE GERMAN AND ENGLISH VERSIONS OF THIS PROGRAM AVALIABLE
Copyright
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IdeaList is S h a r e w a r e and may be copied and tested by everyone.
The condition is to copy the COMPLETE and UNCHANGED contents of the folder
IDEALIST.3_2 (For a list of contents please read CONTENTS.TXT). The
author is not responsible for any damage caused by using this program!
If you use the program frequently, you have to pay a fee of DM 20 or any
adequate sum. For that you'll get the latest version and informations, when
a new update is available.
What is Idealist For?
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IdeaList is a simple yet versatile tool used to print out ASCII files and
files in WORDPLUS FORMAT. This when used can save up to 80% of paper
consumption. Also when you use this program because it has a PRINTER driver
exclusive to your own printer you can control all of your printer fuctions
and you can also print the files in better quality. In other words it takes
all the hard work out of printing files.
Features
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- There are four different kinds of font size selectable.
- Text can be printed in up to 9 columns (IdeaList will automatically sort
out the text)
- Lines that are too long will be corrected automatically.
- Separated output of front and back pages.
- Editable headline (You can edit this so it will show the name of the file
or date and show the present date of time and also the page number or you
can select that no header is printed.
- All margins are adjustable.
- Line numbering option (Each line can be numbered so you can keep track of
split up lines.).
- Simple adaption to every printer by an editable ASCII file (If your
printer is one of the printers not included then it is just a matter of
modifying the file and there are not a lot that are not included.).
- Download fonts can be used by Laserjet and dot matrix compatibles (More
details about this below.).
- Separate management of continuous and single feed paper (Both types of
paper are catered for.).
- Chain mode (This saves paper by not feeding to the end of the page at the
end of every file printed. This will save space on small files printed.
- Skip page mode (Using this you can decide at the start of the page if
you want to print it or not).
- Selecting the amount of pages and stop at every time.
Features of comfort
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- All commands can be activated by mouse of keyboard (For the keyboard there
are shortcuts)
- Page preview with your chosen layout (You can preview what the page will
look like on the screen before you print it and also the mouse will turn
into a magnifying glass and you can zoom in on any line of the text and it
will be displayed in the menu bar)
- Saving and loading of your own personal setup (Like save desktop on the
GEM desktop you can position the dialog boxes etc.. and then save it so
it is like that when you load the program next time)
- Loading a new adaption file (you can switch between adaption files very
easy).
- Show file (Similar to double clicking on the desktop, you can show a file
to the screen just as you would on the desktop.
- Direct link to your favourite editor program (If you have a text editor
then you can call it directly from IdeaList when you want to type and then
when you have finished exit directly back to IdeaList)
- Shell fuction to call further programs
- Statistics of the text file in memory (Size, Number of Pages etc..)
- Install application (IdeaList can be installed from the desktop to run
when a text file is double clicked.)
- Clipboard Function (The texfile in memory can be saved to the GEM
clipboard.)
- JOKER button (This button is reserved so you can add your own printer
function (Bold, Italic etc.)
Accessory Version
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There is also a desktop accessory version of IdeaList called ILIST.ACC,
which has virtully the same amount of features as the program version except
for the following.
- Keyboard Usage (All fuctions are controlled by the mouse)
- Disk Output (Files cannot be saved to disk)
- Clipboard Interface (Text cannot be saved to the GEM Clipboard)
- Calling other programs (You cannot call other programs allthough you can
be inside a GEM program when you use the ACC version.
- Editor Link (There is no link to a text editor because as above you can
call it inside a text editor)
- Line magnification (Text cannot be previewed with the mouse)
This does not run in resolutions of 640 * 200 pixels or less . It can only
run in ST High resultion (or better) allthough it can run in all TT
resolutions no less that the size above.
However there are some features that are only available with the ACC
version, they are as follows.
- It can be called in every GEM application with the menu bar present.
- Printing in the background: All text when printing is spooled while
working with another program (You can get on with whatever you are doing
while the computer is printing.).
- Interface to some other programs (Gemini, CLIPBOARD.ACC, 1st View/Guide)
Constraints
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IdeaList runs with every TOS and ST MEDIUM and HIGH resolution and every
resolution mode of the TT with a minimum of 640 * 200 Pixels. IdeaList will
work with Overscan and the SM194 big screen monitor etc.. IdeaList uses
above 200 K Bytes of RAM not including text. It works with parallel and
serial interface printers.
Starting up for the first time
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When starting up the resource files must be in the same directory as the
program you will need IDEALISC.RSC if you are using IdeaList in colour or
IDEALISM.RSC if you are going to use mono. When you start up the file
IDEALIST.INF must NOT Exist!! This file is created by clicking save
parameters or when exiting IdeaList. If it does contain one then it will be
totally wrong and will probably install the wrong printer. If the standard
IDEALIST.INF file does not exist then IdeaList will look for the DEFAULT
IDEALIST.IDA which contains the general settings.
Other Functions
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The boxes of the desktop can be moved by clicking and holding the left mouse
button at the 'fly' buttons.
All Dialog boxes are moveable by dragging the "move" button at the upper
right corner of the box. If you also press a shift, <ALT> or <CONTROL> key,
the b