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- Date: October 31, 1991
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- Program: LookBook(c) Version 2.5
- ASCII Electronic Book and Hypertext Reference System
-
- Author: Bill Kavanaugh
- Red Oak Data Systems, Inc.
- 23 W 014 Red Oak Drive
- Glen Ellyn, Il 60137
- 708-858-0030
-
- Language: Microsoft "C".
-
- Requires: IBM PC or compatible running DOS 2+. Start from any
- directory under DOS 3+. A Minimum 256K RAM required
- for reading. Note editing using LB_ED increases RAM
- requirements to 384K. Can operate with single floppy.
-
-
- Start: A:\Install[ENTER]
- (See Install topics for 360K target disk and other info.)
-
- Documentation:
- The install program exits to the LookBook user's
- manual (LBOOK.DOC). The manual can be printed
- using the marking facilities of LookBook.
-
- Shareware Registration:
- $15.00 personal use, $99 Distribution License
- Registrants receive compression utility, notice
- of updates, printed documentation, support.
-
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- README Contents
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- ■ LookBook History
- ■ LookBook Description
- ■ Using LookBook for Shareware Documentation
- ■ Install-hard and large floppy target drive.
- ■ Install-360K floppy target drive.
- ■ Using Examples
- ∙ LookBook Manual
- ∙ Touring the Example Document
- ∙ Sample Newsletter
- ∙ Ad Hoc ASCII data file
- ■ File List
- ■ LHA Archive Software
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- ■ LookBook History
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- LookBook Version 1.0 was published in September 1990 through
- Public Brand Software, Inc. Public Brand awarded LookBook its
- Trophy rating, which is their highest rating. Public Brand
- Software also chose LookBook to publish the disk version of their
- Fall 91 catalog. User input and extensive "hands on" testing has
- led to continual improvement over the original version. You
- should find Version 2.5 to be a solid program that is enjoyable
- and easy to use.
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- ■ LookBook Description
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- LookBook is an electronic book and reference system for
- publishing and using a variety disk based documents such as
- newsletters, program manuals, catalogs and depositions. It also
- works with ASCII data files like print report files. LookBook
- also includes a robust complement of options and a versatile TSR
- utility that enable documents to support other applications.
-
- Traditional Format
- ──────────────────
- Although the system makes quick work of informal ASCII text
- files, LookBook's forte is automating the "paged" text of books
- and manuals. It does this by creating a unique page location map
- that establishes "hypertext" links with a traditional table of
- contents and "back of the book" type index list.
-
- Easy to Understand
- ──────────────────
- A design goal of LookBook was to make document preparation
- more of a word processing task than a database task. The
- traditional format using ASCII text contributes to this goal.
- The traditional format enables Lookbook to present users with an
- intuitive interface while the ASCII text gives users a clear idea
- of the text's organization.
-
- Small and Fast
- ──────────────
- LookBook's performance characteristics work to increase the
- utility of its documents through effective floppy disk use. The
- small space requirements -- documents can be compressed to 60% of
- original size -- pack approximately 150 pages for each 360K of
- disk space. LookBook's capacity eliminates the need for hard
- disk installation except for very large and frequently used
- documents.
-
- Complete Reference System
- ─────────────────────────
- LookBook is a complete reference system that includes a note
- editor for taking page linked notes and for editing bookmarks
- that remain from session to session. LookBook also provides for
- point and shoot document selection with automatic detection of
- file type. For authors, LookBook provides "video aware" color
- enhancement through simple to use commands.
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- ■ Using LookBook for Shareware Documentation
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Authors
- ───────
- Shareware authors will find that LookBook provides an
- excellent documentation system for their programs. It requires a
- very small investment in time and surprisingly very little space
- on the distribution disk. A "pop-up" LookBook manual gives
- potential users a fast and effective means of evaluating a
- program.
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- LookBook uses your existing document files intact. The
- enabling product of the preparation process is a small binary
- file (<document>.DOI) that takes less than 1K of disk space per
- 100 pages. Although the user can access the document with
- LookBook it remains undisturbed for other use. You can ship
- LookBook with your program, or users can get it from their
- shareware distributor or BBS.
-
- The distribution license fee that applies to shareware
- products is currently $99. Shareware authors on tight budgets
- can obtain a special license to distribute a "LookBook ready"
- table of contents that uses percentage positions.
-
- Users of Shareware
- ──────────────────
- Users of shareware have two ways to automate disk documents.
- For evaluations you can create a "quick and dirty" table of
- contents as I have done for LHA (see LHA Archiving Software
- topic). For registered programs that warrant more effort, you
- can create a fully automated document. The registration fee of
- $15 will allow you to do this. However, if you distribute these
- documents you must obtain a distribution license. Also, make
- sure that you respect the rights of document's copyright holder.
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- ■ Install - Hard or large floppy (720K+) as target drive.
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- Command: A:\Install[ENTER]
-
- Note: For floppy other than A: substitute drive letter for "A".
-
- Hard Disk Source: Make the appropriate drive and directory
- current or precede the INSTALL command
- with the proper path information.
-
- C:[ENTER]
- CD\BBS_DOWN[ENTER]
- INSTALL[ENTER]
- --- or ---
- Example: C:\BBS_DOWN\INSTALL[ENTER]
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- ■ Install - 2 Floppy system
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- 1. Put a blank disk in the B: drive.
- 2. Issue the command--> A:DISK1 B:[ENTER]
- 3. Take the disk out of B: and label it "Program".
- 4. Put a blank disk in the B: drive.
- 5. Issue the command--> A:DISK2 B:[ENTER]
- 6. Take the disk out of B: and label it "Example"
- 7. Place the "Program" disk in A:.
- 8. Issue the command--> A:\LB A:LBOOK.DOC[ENTER]
- 9. Put the "Example" disk in drive B: to access the Example
- and Newsletter documents.
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- ■ Using Examples
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- Selecting Documents
- ───────────────────
- After installing LookBook you can open documents by
- specifying their names on the command line. Also you can use the
- file selection screen that appears upon starting LookBook.
-
- Example: C:\LB\LB LBOOK.DOC[ENTER]
- Example: C:\LB\LB A:\README[ENTER]
-
- Note: Users of DOS Versions under 3 must change to
- the LookBook program directory before starting.
-
-
- Sample Documents
- ────────────────
- 1. LookBook Users Manual ∙ LBOOK.DOC
- This LookBook users manual exemplifies program manuals.
-
- 2. Example Document ∙ EXAMPLE.DOC
- The example document provides a "hands on" tour of LookBook.
-
- 3. Sample Newsletter NEWSLETR.DOC
- Sample electronic copy of a print newsletter.
-
- 4. Ad Hoc ASCII data Files ∙ LHA211.DOC
- Example "hyper access" to ASCII data file.
- Note: This file is part of LH_SELFX.EXE.
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- ■ Files on Disk
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- 1. INSTALL.EXE - Install Program
-
- 2. INSTALL.CFG - Install config file.
-
- 3. README - This readme file.
-
- 4. Archive file DISK1.EXE................................318K
-
- Expands to: LB.EXE Program file. 176K
- LB.HLP Program help. 28K
- LBOOK.COP Copyright. 2K
- LBOOK.DOC User manual text. 67K
- LBOOK.CNT User manual contents. 5K
- LBOOK.IND User manual text index. 17K
- LBOOK.DOI User manual binary index. 1K
- LBPOP.EXE Pop-up utility program. 17K
- INVOICE.DOC Invoice order form. 2K
- README.DOC Last minute program notes. 3K
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- 5. Archive file DISK2.EXE ...............................154K
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- Expands to: LBED.EXE Note editor. 72K
- NEWSLETR.DOC Newsletter text. 32K
- NEWSLETR.CNT Newsletter contents. 4K
- NEWSLETR.IND Newsletter text index. 3K
- NEWSLETR.DOI Newsletter binary index. 1K
- NEWSLETR.COP Newsletter copyright file. 2K
- EXAMPLE.DOC Example text. 17K
- EXAMPLE.CNT Example contents. 3K
- EXAMPLE.IND Example text index. 10K
- EXAMPLE.DOI Example binary index. 1K
- EXAMPLE.NOT Example note file. 5K
- EXAMPLE.PIN Example bookmark file. 4K
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- 6. Archive file LH_SELFX - Self extracting archive of LHA 85K
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- ■ LHA Archiving Software
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Included on the distribution disk is a self extracting file,
- LH_SELFX.EXE, that contains the program and documentation files
- for LHA a copyright reserved, public domain archiving program.
- PC Magazine reviewed archiving software in the October 15, 1991
- issue (page 294) and awarded LHA their "Editors Choice".
-
- Included with the LHA files is a table of contents for
- LHA211.DOC. I prepared the table of contents quickly by using
- the bookmark feature to create a rough "position" file that I
- edited to arrive at the table of contents file. If you get a
- chance, read the LHA documentation using LookBook. I think you
- will agree that the contents file greatly increases the
- documentation's utility.
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- End of README
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