PPMore 1.1 User Manual

                                Aug 14, 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 (if
you live in Europe), $20 (if you live elsewhere) in cash or by sending me the
money by international money order (Please don't send checks).


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 two different ways of using PPMore via the workbench: you can
set the default tool of the (crunched) text file to 'PPMore' or you can
single click the PPMore icon and then double click the text file icon.
     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)

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PPMore 1.1 written by Nico François (Yes, Nico is my first name :-)

(c) 1989 Nico François / Power Peak

                                   //
                       Thanks to \X/ Amiga for being the best computer ever !