===========================================                                                   ===========---- Professional ----========== THE DEMONSTRATION VERSION DOCS MARTIN REDDY, 1993 BACKGROUND ~~~~~~~~~~ EdWord was originally released as a shareware product early in 1992 as V2.2 It has since been totally rewritten and substantially improved. The result is EdWord Professional V4.1 - the fruits of practically four long years of sleepless nights and guru-infested frustrations softened only by the lure of Salami, Chicken & Sweetcorn pizzas complemented with intravenous Irn Bru and the uplifting dream that one day I will actually finish the damn thing! Well, as is often the case, the light at the end of the tunnel seemed to be an oncoming train and I never really managed to finish my tinkerings with EdWord - it would call to me in the night and I would have to obey and add something extra to it or pep up an old and slow routine. Okay I'll admit it I was an addict, but it wasn't my fault. It all started so innocently, just a casual bet from a friend that I couldn't do it. Then it started. At first it was just the odd procedure each couple of days, but very soon I couldn't make it through the day without at least an hour of programming and then my passion consumed me and I couldn't stay away from it. If I was ever parted from my keyboard for more than a day I would break down into a pitiful, shivering wreck, yearning to get my fix. But fear not because there is a happy ending to this rather sad story of teenage addiction gone crazy because I've almost kicked the habit and gone cold turkey. This is it, the final version of EdWord! It's over. Finished. Completed. (Or is it???) SO WHAT DOES IT DO? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It's called EdWord so what do you think it does?? Yeah, it edits words. Or put in plainer terms, it's a text editor. I'll not bore you with all the details of what it can do here because you can get that from the other doc files which come with this demo version. WHAT'S THIS DOC FILE FOR THEN??? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well, you may have noticed the word "Demonstration" somewhere in the above text. That's because the copy of EdWord which you have is a demo of the full version. It will work perfectly well and, as in the shareware release, there are no constraints on the program's operation (you can load, save, print etc. to your heart's content). However, when you first load EdWord up, you will be presented with a little message reminding you that it is a demonstration version and this will continue to pop up at intervals of 3 minutes. The idea being that you can see how the program works but the messages are just a little bit too irritable if you really intend to use it; so then you will want to register for the full version. So, while we're on the subject, the following is a list of what you get if you do actually register the program for the modest fee of £10 :- · An updated version of the editor with no annoying messages · A large hypertext help facility which documents "Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About EdWord But Were Too Scared To Register For" (This is currently around 160K of pure text in AmigaGuide format with the AmigaGuide program. The other doc files with this demo are extracts from this help library) · Complete documentation on the ARexx commands which EdWord supports and a number of example ARexx scripts for use within the editor · The complete set of Keyword Definition Files for use with the Text Casing facility. A couple have been supplied with this demo version (the #?.key files) but there is a set of 15 of them. · The UpdateConfig program which will update any EdWord.config files produced by earlier versions of EdWord into the format for V4.1 · A HardDrive installation utility using the standard Commodore installer program. · The satisfaction of knowing that you have acted kindly & generously and help to save a poor, young child on the brink of starvation and to help him pay for his dear mother's heart bypass operation without which she would die and leave him alone and dejected in a world that just doesn't care. Well, that sounds like seven damn good reasons for registering to me - I'll have half a dozen! (<- subliminal message). All I ask in return is £10.00. So what's the catch you're asking yourself. Well, in the words of Sigmund Freud, "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar". But there are some of you who may think that £10.00 is still too much; but I would like to see you get a better (or even an equal) package for a cheaper price. After all, I have spent the last four years of my life on the thing and although the concept of free software is a very nice and admirable principal, it's not a very profitable one! As Ashleigh Brilliant once said: "I either want less corruption, or more chance to participate in it". Okay, so I'll shut up now but you will be wondering where to send your crisp, fluffy, juicy, shiny little tenner to won't you??? Well, wonder no longer... ____________________________ | | | Martin Reddy, | | Lossiemouth House, | | 33 Clifton Road, | | LOSSIEMOUTH, | | Moray, | | Scotland, | | IV31 6DP. | | | | e-mail: mxr@dcs.ed.ac.uk | |____________________________|  STUDENTS' REDUCTION PLEASE? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Although I have said that I am asking for £10.00, there are a couple of exceptions for those who have already registered with me for the shareware release of EdWord .... 1) For those who sent £5.00 for the shareware registered version, If you send another £5.00, then I will register you for EdWord Pro. (If you sent £6 or £7 etc., then simply make up the remaining sum to £10) 2) For those who have already paid £10 or more to me, if you send me a S.A.E. and blank disk, then I will give you a copy of EdWord Pro free of charge. THE LEGAL JARGONY STUFF! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The complete and unmodified demo version of EdWord Pro V4.1 is placed in to the Public Domain and may be freely redistributed via any means. However, Martin Reddy retains full copyright on the program and it may not be sold for profit without his expressed permission. Although EdWord Pro has undergone extensive testing and remains a robust and reliable program, Martin Reddy cannot be held responsible for any loss of information caused by direct or indirect use of the program. So there! THE END ~~~~~~~ That's all folks! Just got time to say: "Two wrongs don't make a right. But two Wrights made an aeroplane."