ClickRead 2.1  by Ray Anderson                                      3-1-88

ClickRead was designed as a text file reader for the ".doc' files that 
often accompany programs.  It was written small enough to fit comfortably 
in your c: directory but still has enough features to make it real easy
to use.  It has a slide gadget (at the bottom of the screen where it belongs)
for positioning in the text and for paging one screen at a time. It has
buttons for smooth scrolling up or down, has a simple and intuitive search
mode, displays the current line number, and as a neat little feature, it can
"park" itself to uncover the Workbench when you want it to.  This "park" 
feature lets you keep the docs for a program close at hand while you work 
with it, but out of the way until you need them with only a click of 
the mouse.


Version 2.1 Differences:


This version will try to avoid reading non-ascii files.  Version 2.0 would 
make no distinction and display garbage if the selected file was not text.

ClickRead now scans the file in memory and removes most unprintable 
characters.  These include the escape sequences found in "notepad" type 
files and other common control codes.  

Files that contain no linefeeds will now display correctly. The "alt" key
screen shift from the old version has been removed.

String searches will operate in less than half the time as the old version
due to some fine tuning of the code.

"Parking" many ClickRead windows on the workbench screen works better now.
Before, unparking one tiny window would sometimes unpark them all.  In this
version,  sliding the windows away so that they do not overlap will prevent
this.



Here is how to use ClickRead:


LOADING A FILE:


  From the CLI:   Cr [textfilename] [-p] 
(or batch file)   The -p option will load the textfile and park immediately.

From Workbench:   Select the file to read by clicking once on it's icon,
                  and then, while holding down the shift key, click twice
                  on the CR icon.

    or            Double-click the CR icon, and when it opens, it will allow
                  you to type in a filename directly.
                  
    or            You may enter CR as the Default Tool in the icon.info
                  file of a text file you use a lot.  This way, CR will be
                  called just by double-clicking on the text file icon.
                  You can also rename CR as anythying you want, More or Less,
                  to match the Default Tool of many existing text files.
                  

MOVING THROUGH TEXT:


You may scroll up or down in the text by clicking on the " U P " or " D N "
gadgets in the lower right corner of the screen.  Moving the slide bar will 
position you at different places in the text quickly, while clicking at 
either end of the gadget frame ( not on the slide bar ) will move up or
down exactly one screen page.

The "Line" number displayed in the upper right corner corresponds to the 
topmost displayed text line on the screen.  


SEARCHING:


Clicking the " S " button at the lower left of the window will allow you to
enter a word or phrase to search for.  Any spaces before or after the word
will be a part of the search string, but no distinction is made for capital
letters.  Cr will immediately search downward in the text beginning with the 
line at the top of the screen.  If a match is found, the line containing the
search string is placed at the top of the screen.  To keep searching, hold
down the shift key and click either the " UP " or " DN " buttons to signal
a direction to search relative to the top line displayed.  If no match is
found the screen will "BEEP" you by flashing yellow.  The "UP/DN" buttons
can be locked into the search mode by releasing the shift key while the 
select-button is still being held down.  Every click on the buttons will 
then search in that direction regardless of the shift key.  Press the shift 
key to unlock the buttons and they will function normally. 


PARKING THE WINDOW:


Clicking near the top of the window in the titlebar will cause the window to
shrink tiny and park at the top of the WorkBench screen or the last place 
you moved it to.  If there is a file loaded, it's name will be displayed.  
To unpark, click in the lower part of the tiny window.  



PROGRAM EXIT:

Clicking the "close box" in the upper left corner while a text file is loaded
will clear the file out of memory.  It will also display the CR title screen
and allow you to type in another filename.  Notice that the directory path
you typed in previously is retained.  Click once again to exit.



NOTES:


CR opens its main window 1 pixel smaller than the WorkBench screen so that 
you may still slide down the WorkBench screen if you are careful.


There are no text "speed up" routines included in the program.  You may use
one of the popular resident type programs such as "BlitzFonts" or "FastFonts"
with excellent results.



POLICY:


This program is shareware and not public domain.  I am asking only five dollars
for it since it is really a short program.  To make things easy on you I am
including in this arc file a short program that will print out the envelope
and fill in a check for you.  The program is called PayRay5 and has it's own
docs.  Try using Cr to read them.

You may leave comments and bug reports (if any) on Compuserve (76046,2634) or
Genie (XTH63916).                               


Ray Anderson
2380 Ventura
Walled Lake  MI  48088