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PPMore 1.2 User Manual
Sep 9, 1989
Preface
=======
This program is freeware, this means that you can copy it freely as long
as you don't ask any money for it. If you want to distribute this program
you should keep this document with it.
If you have suggestions or remarks about this program, or if you find
any bugs, please let me know.
Write to the following address:
Nico François
Corbielaan 13
3060 Bertem BELGIUM
Contents
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1. An introduction
2. Usage
3. Control
1. An introduction
==================
This program was written to complement one of my other utilities,
PowerPacker (a command and data cruncher). It is used to read normal ascii
text files or text files crunched with PowerPacker. The program itself is
about 6K long and when you know you save about 60% when you crunch a text
file, you can see that this could save a lot of space on your disks.
PPMore was written as a more replacement (as you could have guessed :-),
so I tried to keep the keyboard commands the same as well as adding some new.
There are two main differences between PPMore and More, PPMore uses gadgets
and it always loads the complete file in memory (More only loads part of the
file and will load the rest when needed). If you can live with these
differences, you can replace More with PPMore anywhere you want.
If you haven't got PowerPacker you are of course missing the main
feature of this program. You can try to find it in your favourite public
domain library or you can get it by writing to my address and adding $15 US
(if you live in Europe), $20 US (if you live elsewhere). Send money in
cash (bit risky though), by international money order or by EuroCheck (only
in Belgian Francs (BF) !!!!) (Please don't send other checks). PowerPacker
was also published in the July 89 issue of JumpDisk.
2. Usage
========
PPMore can be used in three different ways.
- First of all via the CLI:
If you enter PPMore without arguments you will get a usage template.
You use PPMore like this:
PPMore <filename>
The program will then load the ascii file and display it. If the file
was crunched using PowerPacker 1.1 or higher PPMore will first decrunch it
for you. If the file was encrypted you will be prompted for the password.
- Via the WorkBench:
There are three different ways of using PPMore via the workbench: you
can set the default tool of the (crunched) text file to 'PPMore', you can
single click the PPMore icon and then double click the text file icon or you
can double-click the PPMore icon and enter the filename in the string gadget
you will be presented with.
You set the default tool by single clicking the icon of the text file
and selecting 'Info' from the workbench menu. You will get a window with
several gadgets in it, click in the string gadget where it says 'Default
tool' and enter ':ppmore'. PPMore should be in the root directory of your
disk for this to work, if e.g. it's in the system directory you should enter
':system/ppmore'. Last of all select the 'Save' gadget.
NOTE: - PPMore will add '.pp' to the filename when the file wasn't found.
This is very useful in the WorkBench enviroment: you can make an
icon for 'text.doc' but name the file 'text.doc.pp'. Now the
WorkBench will show an icon with 'text.doc' as name, but if you
doubleclick it 'text.doc.pp' will be displayed. (As long as there
is no 'text.doc' file in the directory !)
3. Control
==========
PPMore can be controlled by keyboard or by intuition gadgets. To get a
summary of the keyboard commands press <HELP>, the function of the gadgets
shouldn't be hard to understand.
A few notes on printing:
- The printer.device has to be in the devs: directory for PPMore to be able
to print, you should also have a correct system-configuration for your
printer.
- You can continue to read the text when PPMore is printing (this IS a
multitasking computer ! :-), you can't quit when printing is still in
progress !
As always, I hope you find this program useful !
PROGRAM HISTORY:
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VERSION 1.0
First release.
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VERSION 1.1
'.pp' suffix added to filename when file not found, very useful in
WorkBench enviroment.
PPMore now also loads encrypted files. (PowerPacker 2.3a or higher)
*****************************************************************************
VERSION 1.2
Rewritten some routines in assembler, results in a slightly faster
and smaller PPMore.
Keyboard input improved. Autorepeat of keys is ignored so you can keep
on pressing <page down> without typing it 20 times ahead !
Gadget input also improved, now handles repeat.
PPMore now prompts for a filename when double-clicked from WorkBench.
*****************************************************************************
PPMore 1.2 written by Nico François (Yes, Nico is my first name :-)
(c) 1989 Nico François / Power Peak
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Thanks to \X/ Amiga for being the best computer ever !