WSformat 0.81                                   Sept-28-2002


WSformat Alpha version, distributed only via Wordstar Mailinglist

WSformat is a Shareware formatting and printing program for
Wordstar (DOS) and WSedit files.

Author: Martin Vieregg
Martin@vr-transport.de

www.hypermake.com

Available archive files:
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wsf-win.zip  WSformat for Windows (requires Win98, NT4 or higher)
wsf-os2.zip  WSformat for OS/2 (requires OS/2 Warp 3 or higher)


Installation:
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Unpack this archive file to a new directory.
There's no installation program yet. Simply start WSformat.exe.


Alpha / Beta version
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The 0.8X version number signifies that WSformat functionality is not
completely finished yet. If it is finished, but buggy, I will skip
to 0.9X.

Missing functionality:

- Yet, the documentation is not completely finished (index function-
  ality, dot command summary, FAQ) and only the first 60% is
  proofreaded by a native speaker.
- The index functionality is not finished and not described yet
- There are a lot of error messages which are not viewed because
  the needed window is not programmed yet.

Bugs:

Then there are some bugs which do not occur regulary:
- Sometimes graphics or lines of a preview page are not shown;
  Redrawing (e.g. by changing the window height) will show all again
- Sometimes the last preview page is shown first instead of the
  first page

I fear that there are some others.

You are strongly encouraged to send any comments and bug reports!
I really need your help. If you send a bug report, also send a
WS demonstration file where I can reproduce the bug. Thank you.



List of files:
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WSformat.exe Executable file
Headings.ws  Heading template file (Wordstar/WSedit format)
WSfdocu.hlp  Online Help, created from wsfdocu.ws by Hypermake
WSfdocu.cnt  Online Help Contents file (Windows only)
wsfdocu\     directory containing the documentation source files
wsfdocu\wsfdocu.ws
             documentation in WS format:
             source file which can be formatted and printed by WSformat
             or compiled to Winhelp, HTML, RTF or IBM Help by Hypermake
wsfdocu\title.ws
             WS file containing the first page of the printed docu,
             executed from wsfdocu.ws by ".FI title.ws"
wsfdocu\wsformat.bmp
             WSformat bitmap logo, used for printing the docu
wsfdocu\wsfdocu.ini
             (for Hypermake users only) Hypermake ini file, contains
             the settings for interpreting WS files, used for generating 
             Winhelp


Files which are created by WSformat (deleting forces recreation):

fonts.ini    text file containing font definitions
wsformat.dta binary file containing the settings of the settings notebook
printername1.dta
printername2.dta
printername3.dta
             binary files containing printer font information

             
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