*** ShowText v0.9 (August, 8th 1994) ***
*** by Jean-Yves Oberlé              ***


0.Summary

  1.Introduction

  2.Starting ShowText

    2.1.Starting from the Workbench

    2.2.Starting from the Shell

  3.Error messages

  4.History

  5.Copyright


1.Introduction

    ShowText is a little utility which makes it possible to display
  ASCII files.

    This program can only be run under Kickstart v2.04 or higher and
  uses the locale library if it exists. For the moment, only English and
  French are available.


2.Starting ShowText

    ShowText can either be started from the Workbench or from the Shell.


2.1.Starting from the Workbench

    Once ShowText has been started by clicking twice on its icon, it
  opens a file requester asking for a text to display. This text is dis-
  played on a screen opened by ShowText.

    The following commands can then be used :

      '2' or 'cursor down'         :  Move one line down
      '8' or 'cursor up'           :  Move one line up
      '3' or 'shift + cursor down' :  Move one page down
      '9' or 'shift + cursor up'   :  Move one page up
      '7'                          :  Goto top of text
      '1'                          :  Goto end of text
      'a'                          :  Print all file
      'p'                          :  Print page
      's'                          :  Stop printing
      'h' or 'Help'                :  Display help page
      'Esc' or 'q'                 :  Quit


2.2.Starting from the Shell

    The syntax is in this case :

      ShowText [<text>] [REQ], where :

        <text> is the name of the ASCII file,

        REQ tells ShowText to display a possible error message in a re-
            quester and not in the Shell window.


3.Error messages

    ShowText can display the following error messages :

      "Can't open intuition library v37" :

        The intuition library version 37 (or higher) is not available.
        You should use a more recent Kickstart version (at least 2.04).

      "Can't open dos library v37" :

        The dos library version 37 (or higher) is not available. You
        should use a more recent Kickstart version (at least 2.04).

      "Can't open asl library v37" :

        The asl library version 37 (or higher) is not available. You
        should use a more recent Workbench version (at least 2.04).

      "Can't open console device" :

        There isn't enough memory to open the console device. Try to
        free some by closing some applications or windows.

      "Can't open printer device" :

        The printer device cannot be opened because another application
        is printing now.

      "Can't open a screen" :

        There isn't enough chip memory to open a screen. Try to close
        some screens and windows and retry.

      "Can't open a window" :

        There isn't enough chip memory to open a window. Try to close
        some screens and windows and retry.

      "Out of memory" :

        ShowText needs more memory. Try to free some by closing some ap-
        plications or windows.

      "Can't read file" :

        The chosen file cannot be read. This might be caused by a non-
        existent file name, a disk removed too quickly from the drive, a
        lack of memory, ...

      "Error while printing" :

        An error occured while ShowText was printing the text (lack of
        memory, printer ran out of paper, ...).


4.History

    08.08.94 : first released version (0.9) of ShowText.


5.Copyright

    ShowText is a freeware. This means that it is copyright by Jean-Yves
  Oberlé but it may be freely distributed.

    No guarantee of any kind is given that the program is reliable. The
  author cannot be made responsible for any damage which is caused by
  the use of his program.

    For any suggestions, bug reports, ... you can write to the author :

                            Jean-Yves Oberlé
                            14, rue Christine de Saxe
                            67170 Brumath
                            France