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- Submission Information for Shareware Solutions
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- Program Title: farVIEW/S
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- Submission's Version Number: 1.9
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- This program is a new submission not currently in the library of
- Shareware Solutions.
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- Author Information:
- Paul J Medlock
- President
- farSight Technologies, Inc
- 3831 Echodale Ave
- Baltimore, MD 21206
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- Daytime phone: 301 485-9529
- Evening phone: 301 485-1564
- CIS 71121,1745
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- Statement:
- I am the author of farVIEW/S and hereby authorize Shareware Solutions
- to distribute this program.
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- Program Description:
- farVIEW/S is a hypertext engine. It provides hypertext browsing and
- editing with almost 100 interactive commands.
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- Intended users:
- Persons who have free-form information to maintain or to distribute
- as hypertext.
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- Unique features of the program:
- ■ Uses a mouse for simple point-and-click navigation.
- ■ The editor includes wordwrap, key macros, cut & paste.
- ■ Uses pop-up menus for mouse or keyboard selection.
- ■ Provides a "button border" for the most frequent hypertext operations.
- ■ Supports three hypertext linking methods: buttons, references, and
- hiliters.
- ■ Permits frames much larger than the screen. Provides a scroll bar to
- ease browsing.
- ■ Frames can link to external ASCII files transparently to the browser.
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- farVIEW/S's capacity or limitations:
- ■ Up to 16 textbases open at once.
- ■ Maximum textbase size is 2**30-1 bytes.
- ■ Up to 325,870 frames per textbase.
- ■ Frame size limited by available memory.
- ■ Up to 651,740 links per textbase.
- ■ Maximum link key size is 39 characters.
- ■ Maximum text line size is 240 characters.
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- Special requirements:
- ■ farVIEW/S needs at least 512K memory.
- ■ Mouse not required but farVIEW/S would be more difficult to learn
- without one.
- ■ Software and textbases need at least 750K disk storage, so a hard
- drive is probably required.
- ■ Shareware version does not use EMS.
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- To install farVIEW/S:
- ■ Insert diskette in drive A: (or B:).
- ■ Type
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- A: (or B:)
- INSTALL C: (or other hard drive)
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- There are several ways to begin a farVIEW/S session:
- ■ To enter an existing textbase:
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- FARVIEW textbasename [-E]
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- -E causes farVIEW/S to initialize the EGA/VGA to "high-resolution"
- text display mode. This defaults to 43/50 lines but can be user
- controlled for some SVGAs.
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- ■ To enter an existing textbase at a specified frame:
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- FARVIEW textbasename framename
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- The specified frame becomes the "home" frame for the session.
- In other words, if you use the Homeward command enough times,
- you will always return to this frame.
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- ■ To make a new textbase:
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- FARVIEW textbasename -C n
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- -C causes farVIEW/S to create a textbase using the name given.
- The number n should be a guess of the number of keys that the
- textbase will require. Compute this by guessing at the total
- number of frames, then multiplying by two or three. Don't worry
- about it; farVIEW/S uses hashing for speed, but can expand the
- dictionary if it threatens to overflow.
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- As farVIEW/S creates the textbase, it also makes the "home" frame for
- the textbase. You will have to name the home frame when the frame
- description record is displayed. After you enter the frame name, you
- can specify a file name to store the frame. To terminate the edit,
- press any function key, or press a mouse button.
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- For more information, see READ.ME file.
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- Registration fee:
- $45
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- Registration materials:
- A printed manual.
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- Program Files:
- ■ pkunzip.exe standard unzip for install.
- ■ colon.exe used by install.bat to validate user's install
- command.
- ■ farview.exe the object of this submission.
- ■ install.bat installs farVIEW/S and several additional files
- into \farview on the drive specified by the install
- parameter.
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- Data Files:
- ■ read.me install and run instructions.
- ■ license.doc license and warranty statement.
- ■ keyboard.doc farVIEW/S keyboard reference file for printing.
- ■ homebase.* homebase textbase.
- ■ help.* online help manual textbase.
- ■ farview.zip contains farview.exe, homebase.*, help.*, read.me,
- license.doc, and keyboard.doc.
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