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3 | .im src\common.ipf
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4 |
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5 | .*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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6 | .*fold00.*About the program
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7 |
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8 | :h1 id=about res=1000.About &progname.
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9 | :artwork name='src\data\gotcha.bmp' align=center.
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10 | :p.&progname. is a small (well, not :hp1.that:ehp1. small any more)
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11 | utility for OS/2 which allows to easily capture windows, window interiors,
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12 | parts of the screen or the whole desktop and save them to disk or
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13 | clipboard as a picture (in many image formats, depending on what MMOS/2
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14 | can do).
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15 |
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16 | .* FIXME
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17 | .* changed from:
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18 | .* (bitmap format)
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19 | .* changed to:
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20 | .* (in many image formats, depending on what MMOS/2 can do).
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21 |
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22 | :p.&progname. also has features for automatically making a capture every n
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23 | seconds or making a capture of the whole screen and then exit (for
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24 | commandline scripts e.g).
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25 |
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26 | :p.I wrote &progname. mainly because all other screen capture programs for
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27 | OS/2 that I found were either really old and/or part of some big other
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28 | program and/or buggy and/or not free.
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29 |
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30 | :p.:hp2.What's new?:ehp2.
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31 |
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32 | :p.You may want to check out the :link refid=history reftype=hd.version
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33 | history:elink. to see what features have been added in the various releases.
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34 |
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35 | :p.If there are more things that would fit into the program, send me your
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36 | comments about what you would like to have ... (though I do not promise
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37 | anything ;-).
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38 |
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39 | :p.:hp2."Registering":ehp2.
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40 |
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41 | :p.&progname. is now released under the GPL, but as I'd still like to
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42 | know that it is used, the :link
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43 | refid=register reftype=hd."The Top 10 reasons why not to register &progname."
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44 | :elink.;-) still apply.
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45 |
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46 | .*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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47 | .*fold00.*The windows
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48 |
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49 | :h1 id=windows res=2000.The windows
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50 | :p.This section informs you about the various windows of &progname., what
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51 | functions they offer and how to use them.
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52 |
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53 | .*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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54 | .*fold00.*The main window
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55 |
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56 | :h2 id=mainwin res=2.The main window
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57 | :p.Though I think &progname. is pretty simple to use, I'll write a short
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58 | description for every of the controls&colon.
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59 |
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60 | :dl break=all tsize=5.
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61 | :dt.:hp2.Save image to ...:ehp2.
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62 | :dd.Here you can select, where you want to store the captured image. To
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63 | copy the image to the clipboard for pasting into other apllications'
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64 | .* FIXME removed "BMP" from "...to a BMP file to..."
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65 | documents select "Clipboard". If you want to write the image to a file
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66 | to disk, select "File". Easy, isn't it? &colon.-)
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67 |
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68 | :p.If you selected "Prompt for filename" in the :link refid=settings1
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69 | reftype=hd.settings window:elink., a file dialog will appear after the
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70 | capture happened where you can select or enter the filename of the file
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71 | the image should be saved to. If you activated "Autosave to numbered
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72 | files ...", the filename will be determined automatically. If you selected
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73 | "Force saving to file ...", the image will be always written to exactly
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74 | the file you specified there (even if you selected "Clipboard" here).
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75 |
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76 | :dt.:hp2.Options:ehp2.
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77 | :dd.Check "Hide &progname." if you want the &progname. window to
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78 | mysteriously disappear from the screen (using an ancient tibetian
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79 | meditation technique) before the capturing starts. Useful if you want to
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80 | make a capture of a maximised window e.g. or if you just can't bear the
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81 | look.
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82 |
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83 | :p.Check "Delayed capt." (where "capt." is a neat and striking abreviation
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84 | for "capture" as you doubtlessly found out) if you want &progname. to wait
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85 | some seconds (configurable in the :link refid=settings3
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86 | reftype=hd.settings window:elink.) after you pushed the button/selected
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87 | the window/whatever, before the thing is captured. Useful, if you want to
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88 | open menus e.g. that should be captured too. If you also selected "Use
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89 | serial capture" in the :link refid=settings3 reftype=hd.settings
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90 | window:elink., the "serial delay" will be used instead.
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91 |
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92 | :dt.:hp2.Capture ...:ehp2.
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93 | :dd.Select one of the buttons (preferably the one that matches with your
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94 | intended capturing target). "Screen" will automatically capture the whole
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95 | desktop. "Screen region" allows you to select a part of the screen with the
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96 | mouse (or the cursor keys); move the lower left corner of the rectangle that
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97 | moves with the mousepointer to the lower left corner of the region you want
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98 | to capture, press the mousebutton or enter/return key. Size the rectangle by
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99 | moving the mouse or using the cursor keys. Press the mousebutton or enter
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100 | again to capture the selected region. "Window" will capture a whole window.
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101 | Select the window with the mouse. It will rise to the surface and be captured.
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102 | "Window interior" works similar, except that it captures only the inner region
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103 | of the window (not titlebar, etc.).
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104 |
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105 | :p.To cancel a capture (before it has started, e.g. during the "delayed
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106 | capture" delay), just press the escape key (the &progname. main window
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107 | must be the active one!) or click the :link refid=snapshot
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108 | reftype=hd.snapshot window:elink. with the mouse.
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109 |
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110 | :edl.
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111 | :p.By selecting "Product information" from the window's system menu (or
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112 | pressing "ALT+A") you get a nice about box where you can get
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113 | various info about the program.
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114 |
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115 | :p.By selecting "Settings..." from the window's system menu you will get
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116 | the ... yes, exactly, the :link refid=settings reftype=hd.settings
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117 | window:elink.! ;-)
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118 |
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119 | .*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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120 | .*The settings window
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121 |
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122 | :h2 id=settings res=4.The settings window
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123 | :p.The settings window allows you to modify and adjust various things
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124 | that modify the behavior of &progname..
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125 |
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126 | :p.Selecting the "Ok" pushbutton at the bottom of the window will close the
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127 | settings and activate them. Selecting "Undo" will revert all your changes for
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128 | the currently selected page of the notebook.
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129 |
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130 | :p.The settings notebook has the following pages&colon.
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131 | :ul compact.
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132 | :li.:link refid=settings1 reftype=hd.Saving:elink.
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133 | :li.:link refid=settings2 reftype=hd.Snapshot window:elink.
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134 | :li.:link refid=settings3 reftype=hd.Misc:elink.
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135 | :li.:link refid=language reftype=hd.Language:elink.
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136 | :eul.
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137 |
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138 | .*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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139 | .*fold00.*The Saving page
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140 | :h3 id=settings1 res=2210.The Saving page
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141 | :p.On this page you can select, how the filename for the file, the
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142 | captured image should be saved to, will be determined and in what file
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143 | format the image should be saved.
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144 |
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145 | :dl break=all tsize=5.
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146 |
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147 | :dt.:hp2.Save type:ehp2.
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148 | :dd.Here you may select how the filename for the file, the captured image
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149 | should be saved to will be chosen&colon.
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150 |
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151 | :ul.
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152 | :li."Prompt for filename" will pop up a file dialog after the capturing,
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153 | where you can select or enter the name of the file. Note&colon. Several of
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154 | the :link refid=cmdlineargs reftype=hd.command line arguments:elink. will
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155 | need to change this settings without further notice!
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156 |
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157 | :li."Autosave to numbered files in directory ..." will not prompt you for
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158 | a filename, but &progname. will create one automatically (of the form
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159 | "got?????.ext" where the "?????" will be replaced by a unique number, that
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160 | will increase with every saved file
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161 | .* FIXME added
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162 | and the "ext" by the appropriate extension for the selected image format
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163 | .* FIXME
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164 | ). You must give a valid directory in
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165 | the entryfield underneath to tell &progname. to what location the files
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166 | should be saved to.
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167 |
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168 | :li."Force saving to file ..." will :hp1.always:ehp1. write the image to
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169 | the file you give in the entry field underneath, even if you selected
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170 | "Clipboard" in the "Save image to ..." group in the :link refid=mainwin
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171 | reftype=hd.main window:elink.. If a file with that name already exists, it
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172 | will be overwritten without further warning!
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173 |
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174 | :eul.
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175 |
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176 | :dt.:hp2.File format:ehp2.
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177 | :dd.Here you may select what format the saved file should have.
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178 |
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179 | :edl.
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180 |
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181 | .*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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182 | .*fold00.*The Snapshot window page
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183 | :h3 id=settings2 res=3.The Snapshot window page
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184 | :p.On this page you can adjust various settings for the :link
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185 | refid=snapshot reftype=hd.snapshot window:elink..
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186 |
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187 | :dl break=all tsize=5.
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188 |
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189 | :dt.:hp2.Enable snapshot window:ehp2.
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190 | :dd.This button simply determines if you want to have the snapshot window
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191 | or not.
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192 |
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193 | :dt.:hp2.Capture type:ehp2.
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194 | :dd.Here you may select, what kind of capture should be done, when you
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195 | click the snapshot window. This types are the same as for the buttons in
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196 | the :link refid=mainwin reftype=hd.main window:elink..
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197 |
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198 | :dt.:hp2.Options:ehp2.
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199 | :dd.Some miscellanious options&colon.
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200 |
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201 | :ul.
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202 | :li."Always on top of all windows" - If you select this checkbox, the
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203 | snapshot window will never be hidden by other windows, but always float on
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204 | top of them.
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205 |
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206 | :li."Hide when doing a capture" - This is similar to the "Hide &progname."
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207 | checkbox in the :link refid=mainwin reftype=hd.main window:elink.. When
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208 | you select this checkbox, the snapshot window will be hidden before a
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209 | capture is taken and show up again afterwards.
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210 |
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211 | :eul.
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212 | :edl.
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213 |
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214 | .*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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215 | .*The Misc page
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216 | :h3 id=settings3 res=2230.The Misc page
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217 | :p.This page features miscellanious other options.
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218 |
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219 | :dl break=all tsize=5.
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220 |
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221 | :dt.:hp2.Delayed capture:ehp2.
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222 | :dd.When you select the "Countdown timer with beeps" checkbox,
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223 | &progname. will output a beep for every second of the :link refid=mainwin
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224 | reftype=hd.delayed capture:elink. delay time. With the spinbutton below
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225 | you can set, how many seconds &progname. should wait when you use
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226 | "Delayed capture", before actually taking the capture.
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227 |
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228 | :dt.:hp2.Serial capture:ehp2.
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229 | :dd.Using this option, you can &progname. have automatically take a
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230 | capture every n seconds/20. Just select the checkbox and when you take a
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231 | capture the next time, &progname. will not stop after the first capture is
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232 | done, but wait a number of seconds/20 (that you can adjust with the
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233 | spinbutton below) and then capture the screen/screen region/window again.
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234 | And again. And again. Until you press the escape key (The main window must
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235 | be the active one!) or click the :link refid=snapshot reftype=hd.snapshot
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236 | window:elink. (or, in case of a window capture, until the window to be
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237 | captured has been closed).
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238 | :p.:hp1.Note&colon.:ehp1. The amount of time it takes to make the
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239 | actual capture and to write the
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240 | .* FIXME bitmap -> image
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241 | image to disk is not included in this
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242 | delay, as it depends heavily on your system and personal configuration.
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243 | So if e.g. you want to make a capture every 10 seconds, but it takes 4
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244 | seconds to capture the screen and write the file, you must set the
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245 | delay to 120 seconds/20.
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246 | :p.The timer used is not really that accurate, especially on slow systems;
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247 | please test yourself what settings work best for you!
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248 |
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249 | :dt.:hp2.Use sound when capture finished:ehp2.
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250 | :dd.Selecting this checkbox will cause &progname. to beep a few times
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251 | when the capture is done.
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252 |
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253 | :dt.:hp2.Run &progname. at idle priority:ehp2.
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254 | :dd.Selecting this checkbox will cause &progname. to be run at idle process
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255 | priority, which basically means that it will run much slower ;-) But it will
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256 | only very little "disturb" other programs that need more CPU time.
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257 |
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258 | :edl.
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259 |
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260 | .*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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261 | .*fold00.*Language
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262 |
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263 | :h3 id=language res=2240.The Language page
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264 | :p.On this page you can select, what language &progname. shall use. You may
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265 | select any of the languages that are shown in the list.
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266 |
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267 | :p.:hp1.Note&colon.:ehp1. If you select another language here, it will not
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268 | change until you restart the program.
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269 |
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270 | :p.:hp1.Note&colon.:ehp1. If you want to translate &progname. to another
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271 | language, you are very welcome to do so! Please see :link refid=helpwanted
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272 | reftype=hd."Help wanted!":elink. for more info.
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273 |
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274 | .*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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275 | .*fold00.*The snapshot window
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276 |
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277 | :h2 id=snapshot res=2300.The Snapshot window
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278 | :p.This window provides a quick and easy way to take a capture, without
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279 | the need to have the :link refid=mainwin reftype=hd.main window:elink.
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280 | visible all of the time. Just click inside the snapshot window with the
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281 | mouse (button 1) and &progname. will take a capture of the type you can
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282 | select on the appropriate page in the :link refid=settings2
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283 | reftype=hd.settings window:elink. (or from the context menu that pops up
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284 | when you click this window with mousebutton 2).
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285 |
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286 | :p.You may size and position (click with mousebutton 2 and drag it
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287 | around) the window as you like, the size and position will be saved and
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288 | restored when you start &progname. again.
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289 |
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290 | :p.When using the :link refid=mainwin reftype=hd.delayed capture:elink. or
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291 | :link refid=settings3 reftype=hd.serial capture:elink. feature, this
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292 | window will also show the amount of seconds left until the (next) capture
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293 | will start. You may cancel the capture simply by clicking this window.
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294 |
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295 | .*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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296 | .*fold00.*Commandline arguments
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297 | :h1 id=cmdlineargs res=3000.Commandline arguments
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298 | :p.In the "Properties" notebook of &progname.'s WPS object or when
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299 | starting &progname. from the command line, you may give the following
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300 | parameters&colon.
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301 |
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302 | :dl break=all tsize=5.
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303 |
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304 | :dt.:hp2.-q:ehp2.
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305 | :dd.This will make &progname. come up in "quiet mode"&colon.
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306 |
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307 | :ul.
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308 | :li.The main window will remain hidden/minimized (unless you show/restore
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309 | it using the window list e.g.).
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310 |
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311 | :li.You may use the "PrintScreen" key to make a capture of a region of the
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312 | screen (For some reason this does not work when a VIO (textmode) window
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313 | has the focus).
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314 |
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315 | :li.:link refid=settings3 reftype=hd.Serial capture:elink. will be
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316 | disabled by default.
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317 |
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318 | :li.If "Prompt for filename" was selected on the :link refid=settings1
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319 | reftype=hd.Saving page:elink. in the settings window, it will be changed
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320 | to "Autosave to numbered files ...".
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321 |
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322 | :eul.
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323 | :p.You may give a valid path after this switch to tell &progname. to what
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324 | directory the captured image(s) should be written to. If you do not give a
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325 | path here, the one you entered on the Saving page in the settings window
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326 | will be used.
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327 |
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328 | :p.:hp1.Example:ehp1.&colon. If you type "gotcha -q c&colon.\bmps" on the
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329 | command line, &progname. will save all the files to the directory
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330 | "c&colon.\bmps".
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331 |
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332 | :dt.:hp2.-a:ehp2.
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333 | :dd.Kind of a "batch mode" switch.
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334 |
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335 | :ul.
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336 | :li.&progname. will not show any windows but just take a capture of
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337 | the whole screen, save it to disk and exit.
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338 |
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339 | :li.:link refid=settings3 reftype=hd.Serial capture:elink. and :link
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340 | refid=mainwin reftype=hd.delayed capture:elink. will be disabled by
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341 | default.
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342 |
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343 | :li.If "Prompt for filename" was selected on the :link refid=settings1
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344 | reftype=hd.Saving page:elink. in the settings window, it will be changed
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345 | to "Autosave to numbered files ...".
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346 |
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347 | :eul.
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348 | :p.You may give a valid path after this switch to tell &progname. to what
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349 | directory the captured image should be written to.
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350 |
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351 | :p.:hp1.Example:ehp1.&colon. If you type "gotcha -a c&colon.\" on the
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352 | command line, &progname. will save the captured image to the directory
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353 | "c&colon.\". If you do not give a path here, the one you entered on the
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354 | Saving page in the settings window will be used.
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355 |
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356 | :dt.:hp2.-f:ehp2.
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357 | :dd.With this switch you can set the :link refid=settings1
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358 | reftype=hd."Force saving to file ..." option:elink. from the command line.
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359 | You may give a valid filename after this switch to tell &progname. to what
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360 | file the captured image should be written to. If you do not give a
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361 | filename here, the one you entered on the Saving page in the settings
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362 | window will be used.
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363 |
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364 | :edl.
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365 |
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366 | .*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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367 | .*fold00.*Past, present + future
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368 | :h1 id=pastpresentfuture res=5000.Past, present &. future
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369 | :p.This section provides info about the history of &progname., some info
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370 | about (bugs in) the current release and things that may be added or changed
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371 | in the future.
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372 |
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373 | .*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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374 | .*Version history
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375 | :h2 id=history.Version history :p.Here you can see what was added or changed
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376 | in the different versions of the program.
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377 |
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378 | :dl break=all tsize=5.
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379 |
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380 | :dt.:hp2.Version 1.78:ehp2.
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381 | :dd.Serial capture delay is now in seconds/20 instead of seconds. Settings
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382 | will automatically adjusted at first start of new program version.
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383 |
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384 | :dt.:hp2.Version 1.77:ehp2.
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385 | :dd.A few changes to the Czech language resources and they are now also
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386 | under the GPL. Thanks again to Tomas Hajny.
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387 |
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388 | :dt.:hp2.Version 1.76:ehp2.
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389 | :dd.So I actually *did* produce a new version of Gotcha! - though it
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390 | is basically only a bugfix release.
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391 | :ul compact.
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392 | :li.Fixed one bug in savebmp.cpp, while building the file comment in
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393 | SetEAs() the value given to ctime was just a time_t, not a &.time_t as
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394 | required. Might this have been responsible for some of the SYS3175 errors
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395 | that occured?
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396 | :li.Added missing list end tag in portbras.ipf
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397 | :li.Got rid of two compiler warnings.
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398 | :eul.
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399 |
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400 | :dt.:hp2.Version 1.75:ehp2.
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401 | :dd.Just a little bugfix release (though I wasn't able to fix all
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402 | the bugs I wanted).
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403 | :ul compact.
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404 | :li.&progname. did not start, if OS/2 MMIO was not installed, because
|
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405 | the library was not loaded at runtime, but still statically at program
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406 | start. This is fixed now.
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407 | :eul.
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408 |
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409 | :dt.:hp2.Version 1.73:ehp2.
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410 | :dd.Actually I wanted the next version to be 2.0 but due to my lack of
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411 | time it just took too long, so I decided to do this "intermediate release"
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412 | to fix some bugs and implement one of the most requested features&colon.
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413 | :ul compact.
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414 | :li.&progname. is now free software under the GPL
|
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415 | :li.Czech language support (program only).
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416 | :li.Italian language support (program and part of the online help).
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417 | :li.&progname. can now save images to many more formats if OS/2 Multimedia is
|
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418 | installed.
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419 | :li.Fixed several small bugs
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420 | :eul.
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421 |
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422 | :dt.:hp2.Version 1.65:ehp2.
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423 | :dd.Wamm Bamm Thank you M'am! &progname. goes Brazil! Apart from that&colon.
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424 | :ul compact.
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425 | :li.German language support.
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426 | :li.Option to run &progname. at idle priority.
|
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427 | :li.Position of the main window will be saved automatically now.
|
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428 | :li.The snapshot window got a nice context menu.
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429 | :li.Fixed a bug that disabled capturing a screen region with the snapshot
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430 | window.
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431 | :eul.
|
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432 |
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433 | :dt.:hp2.Version 1.45:ehp2.
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434 | :dd.More users' suggestions and more ideas of my own - and I hope less
|
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435 | bugs &colon.-) This is what v1.45 offers&colon.
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436 | :ul compact.
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437 | :li.The length of the "delayed capture" delay is now configurable.
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438 | :li.When waiting for the capture when using "delayed capture", you may
|
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439 | have &progname. output a beep for every second. The countdown is also shown
|
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440 | in the :link refid=snapshot reftype=hd.snapshot window:elink..
|
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441 | :li."Serial capture" feature that allows you to automatically have &progname.
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442 | make a capture every n seconds.
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443 | :li.You may now select, if &progname. prompts you for a filename when saving
|
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444 | or automatically saves to numbered files or always saves to a file you specify.
|
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445 | :li.You may now tell &progname. to make a capture of the whole screen and then
|
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446 | exit from the :link refid=cmdlineargs reftype=hd.commandline:elink..
|
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447 | :li.You may now choose, in which of three available bitmap file formats the
|
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448 | images should be saved. The code for saving has totally been re-written and
|
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449 | the images should now load correctly everywhere.
|
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450 | :li.&progname. now sets the correct filetype extended attribute for all
|
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451 | saved bitmaps.
|
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452 | :li.You may now turn off the sound, that tells you that the capture is done.
|
---|
453 | :li.A nice :link refid=settings reftype=hd.settings window:elink. for all
|
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454 | these options.
|
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455 | :li.The :link refid=snapshot reftype=hd.snapshot window:elink. allows
|
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456 | quick and easy capturing without the need to have the main window visible
|
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457 | all of the time.
|
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458 | :eul.
|
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459 |
|
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460 | :dt.:hp2.Version 1.10:ehp2.
|
---|
461 | :dd.Since there were some small bugs in v1.00 and users (as users are ;-)
|
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462 | wanted several things added, v1.10 was released. Changes include&colon.
|
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463 | :ul compact.
|
---|
464 | :li.Added the "quiet mode" (See :link refid=cmdlineargs reftype=hd.command
|
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465 | line arguments:elink. section for more info about this).
|
---|
466 | :li.Fixed (hopefully ;-) the bug that caused &progname. to hang on some computers
|
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467 | when trying to capture window (interiors).
|
---|
468 | :li.Fixed (eventually ;-) the bug that prevented some programs (PMView e.g.) from
|
---|
469 | loading bitmaps saved by &progname. correctly.
|
---|
470 | :li.Fixed (presumably ;-) a bug that caused &progname. to save bitmaps with
|
---|
471 | 16 or 256 colors using only 2 colors (why do all the example programs that
|
---|
472 | I have assume that all bitmaps just use 2 colors??).
|
---|
473 | :li.Added an option to automatically add the "bmp" extension to the filename,
|
---|
474 | if the user does not (want to) supply it.
|
---|
475 | :li.Added an option to have &progname. confirm the overwriting of already
|
---|
476 | existing files.
|
---|
477 | :eul.
|
---|
478 |
|
---|
479 | :dt.:hp2.Version 1.00:ehp2.
|
---|
480 | :dd.This was the first public version of &progname..
|
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481 |
|
---|
482 | :edl.
|
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483 |
|
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484 | .*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
---|
485 | .*fold00.*Bugs
|
---|
486 |
|
---|
487 | :h2 id=bugs.Known bugs
|
---|
488 | :p.After the release of v1.00, my assumption about &progname. being my yukkiest
|
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489 | code for the past few years proved right, as even the bugs were buggy! ;-)
|
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490 |
|
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491 | :ul.
|
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492 |
|
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493 | :li.One user couldn't open the settings window on a Warp 3 system; &progname.
|
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494 | just exited. Problem is being investigated.
|
---|
495 |
|
---|
496 | :li.Another user has problems on his eCS system&colon. When saving GIFs,
|
---|
497 | the program just hangs using the CPU to 100%. Also when pressing
|
---|
498 | "Ok" in the settings window, &progname. just exits. After much debugging I
|
---|
499 | found out that these problems occur *inside* the mmioWrite() and
|
---|
500 | WinDestroyWindow() system functions! I have no idea what to do against
|
---|
501 | this.
|
---|
502 |
|
---|
503 | :li.I have not been able to get saving the capture as a Jpeg to work. On
|
---|
504 | some machines the OS/2 multimedia routine I use for opening the file returns
|
---|
505 | some meaningless error, on some other machines it even crashes. If anybody
|
---|
506 | has some more info about saving images using OS/2 multimedia, please contact
|
---|
507 | me. I have not been able to find any documentation about this subject (except
|
---|
508 | from the stuff shipped with VisualAge C++ 3.0 but that's not very good
|
---|
509 | either as it seems to be targeted at people who already know how the whole
|
---|
510 | thing works ... &colon.-(
|
---|
511 |
|
---|
512 | :li.The code for bringing the window to the top (when taking a capture of
|
---|
513 | a window or window interior) is not very good and may not work correct
|
---|
514 | from time to time.
|
---|
515 |
|
---|
516 | :p.I wanted to start the capture only when the window is fully painted
|
---|
517 | (i.e. all parts that were hidden by other windows are redrawn) but as
|
---|
518 | there is no way (at least I know of none) to check when the "bringing on
|
---|
519 | top" is finished other than checking repeatly if it is the topmost window
|
---|
520 | by now, this routine will not work if there is a floating window on the
|
---|
521 | screen, as the to be captured window will never be the topmost window
|
---|
522 | then.
|
---|
523 |
|
---|
524 | :p.The routine currently tries to wait for the window to come on top, but
|
---|
525 | if this has not happened for 1.5 seconds, the capture will start anyway.
|
---|
526 | Yukky, I know, but what can I do?
|
---|
527 |
|
---|
528 | :li.Not really a bug, but&colon. Doing a screencapture in quiet mode (using
|
---|
529 | the PrintScreen key) does not work, if a VIO (textmode) window has the focus.
|
---|
530 | The author is heavily trying to ignore this problem, but eventually it will
|
---|
531 | be fixed nevertheless someday ;-)
|
---|
532 |
|
---|
533 | :li.Not really a bug too, but still a little bit annoying&colon. One user
|
---|
534 | reported, that the background colors of the controls do not match with the
|
---|
535 | background color of the main window on his system. I tried to fix this by
|
---|
536 | checking what bg color the controls use and paint the window bg with exactly
|
---|
537 | that color, but it still seems not to work!?!? I've no idea what to do
|
---|
538 | about this ...
|
---|
539 |
|
---|
540 | :eul.
|
---|
541 |
|
---|
542 | .*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
---|
543 | .*fold00.*Future enhancements
|
---|
544 |
|
---|
545 | :h2 id=future.Future enhancements
|
---|
546 | :p.Well, there's still a few things that users requested and that will be
|
---|
547 | added a long time ago in a galaxy far away ... aarg, a future version I
|
---|
548 | mean ;-)
|
---|
549 |
|
---|
550 | :ul.
|
---|
551 | :li.Remote control feature, that allows you to control &progname.
|
---|
552 | from other processes using a named pipe.
|
---|
553 | :li.Allow to specify the window to capture by its name.
|
---|
554 | :eul.
|
---|
555 |
|
---|
556 | .*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
---|
557 | .*fold00.*Disclaimer & legal stuff
|
---|
558 |
|
---|
559 | :h1 id=disclaimer.Disclaimer &. legal stuff
|
---|
560 | :p.Following are the usual disclaimers. For those of you, who have read them
|
---|
561 | far too many times, here is just the short version&colon.
|
---|
562 |
|
---|
563 | :p."I didn't do it! I didn't do it! Butthead did it!" ;-)
|
---|
564 |
|
---|
565 | :p.Everyone else, please read this and keep in mind&colon.
|
---|
566 |
|
---|
567 | :p.Though this program has been tested quite a lot, there may still be lots
|
---|
568 | of bugs in it (even serious ones - though I do not think so). Do not blame
|
---|
569 | me, if this program screws up your files or whatever.
|
---|
570 |
|
---|
571 | :p.:hp2.YOU ARE USING THIS PROGRAM AT YOUR OWN RISK!:ehp2. I don't take any
|
---|
572 | responsibillity for damages, problems, custodies, marital disputes,
|
---|
573 | etc. resulting from use, inability to use, misuse, possession or
|
---|
574 | non-possession of this program directly or indirectly.
|
---|
575 | I also don't give any warranty for bug-free operation, fitness
|
---|
576 | for
|
---|
577 | a particular purpose or the appropriate behaviour of the program
|
---|
578 | concerning animals, programers and little children.
|
---|
579 |
|
---|
580 | :p.THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
|
---|
581 | IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
|
---|
582 | WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
|
---|
583 | PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE
|
---|
584 | PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU
|
---|
585 | ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
|
---|
586 |
|
---|
587 | :p.Or, in a few words&colon.
|
---|
588 | If its good, I am responsible.
|
---|
589 | If its bad, its all your fault. ;-)
|
---|
590 |
|
---|
591 | :p.Permission is granted to redistribute this program free of charge,
|
---|
592 | provided it is distributed in the full archive with unmodified
|
---|
593 | contents and no profit beyond the price of the media on which it
|
---|
594 | is distributed is made. Exception to the last rule&colon. It may be
|
---|
595 | included on freeware/shareware collections on CD-ROM, as well as
|
---|
596 | on magazine cover CD-ROMs.
|
---|
597 |
|
---|
598 | :p.All trademarks mentioned anywhere around her are property of their
|
---|
599 | owners and the like ...
|
---|
600 |
|
---|
601 | :p.(Strange, this sections is getting longer and longer with every
|
---|
602 | program ... &colon.-)
|
---|
603 |
|
---|
604 | .*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
---|
605 | .*fold00.*GNU Public License
|
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606 |
|
---|
607 | :h1 id=gpl.GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
|
---|
608 |
|
---|
609 | :lines.
|
---|
610 | GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
|
---|
611 | Version 2, June 1991
|
---|
612 |
|
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613 | Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
|
---|
614 | 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
|
---|
615 | Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
|
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616 | of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
|
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617 |
|
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618 | Preamble
|
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|
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620 | The licenses for most software are designed to take away your
|
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621 | freedom to share and change it. By contrast, the GNU General Public
|
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622 | License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change free
|
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|
---|
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|
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|
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626 | using it. (Some other Free Software Foundation software is covered by
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|
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|
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|
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630 | When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not
|
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804 | this License.
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806 | 7. If, as a consequence of a court judgment or allegation of patent
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845 |
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846 | 9. The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions
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848 | be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in detail to
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851 | Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If the Program
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857 | Foundation.
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859 | 10. If you wish to incorporate parts of the Program into other free
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864 | of preserving the free status of all derivatives of our free software and
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865 | of promoting the sharing and reuse of software generally.
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866 |
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867 | NO WARRANTY
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869 | 11. BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY
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876 | PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING,
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877 | REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
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878 |
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879 | 12. IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING
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880 | WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR
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887 | POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
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888 |
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889 | END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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890 |
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891 | How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
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892 |
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893 | If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
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894 | possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
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895 | free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
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896 |
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897 | To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest
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898 | to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
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899 | convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
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900 | the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
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901 |
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902 | <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
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915 | You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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918 |
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919 |
|
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920 | Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
|
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921 |
|
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922 | If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
|
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923 | when it starts in an interactive mode&colon.
|
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924 |
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925 | Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author
|
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926 | Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
|
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927 | This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
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928 | under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
|
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929 |
|
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930 | The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
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931 | parts of the General Public License. Of course, the commands you use may
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932 | be called something other than `show w' and `show c'; they could even be
|
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933 | mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your program.
|
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934 |
|
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935 | You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
|
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936 | school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if
|
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937 | necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names&colon.
|
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938 |
|
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939 | Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
|
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940 | `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.
|
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941 |
|
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942 | <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
|
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943 | Ty Coon, President of Vice
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944 |
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945 | This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into
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946 | proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you may
|
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947 | consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the
|
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948 | library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Library General
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949 | Public License instead of this License.
|
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950 |
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951 | :elines.
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952 |
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953 | .*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
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954 | .*fold00.*Author & Gotcha! homepage
|
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955 |
|
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956 | :h1 id=author.Author &. &progname. homepage
|
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957 | :p.:hp7.Author:ehp7.
|
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958 |
|
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959 | :dl break=all tsize=5 compact.
|
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960 |
|
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961 | :dt.:hp2.Snail mail:ehp2.
|
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962 | :dd.Thorsten Thielen c/o Sascha Weber, Postfach 3928, 54229 Trier, Germany
|
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963 |
|
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964 | :dt.:hp2.e-Mail:ehp2.
|
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965 | :dd.&email1.
|
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966 |
|
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967 | :dt.:hp2.WWW:ehp2.
|
---|
968 | :dd.&www.
|
---|
969 |
|
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970 | :edl.
|
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971 |
|
---|
972 | :artwork name='src\data\teamlogo.bmp' align=center.
|
---|
973 | :p.Proud member of Team OS/2 Region Trier (:hp1.www.teamos2.ipcon.de:ehp1.),
|
---|
974 | the makers of the "Team Trier Collection"-CDROM.
|
---|
975 |
|
---|
976 | :lm margin=1.
|
---|
977 | :p.
|
---|
978 | Suggestions and bug-reports are always welcome. Well ... bug-reports
|
---|
979 | are perhaps not :hp1.that:ehp1. welcome ... ;-)
|
---|
980 | :p.
|
---|
981 | .br
|
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982 | :hp7.&progname. homepage:ehp7.
|
---|
983 | :p.Visit the &progname. homepage for info and new versions&colon.
|
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984 | &www./gotcha
|
---|
985 |
|
---|
986 | .*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
---|
987 | .*fold00.*Help wanted!
|
---|
988 | :h1 id=helpwanted.Help wanted!
|
---|
989 | :p.Now that &progname. supports other languages, I of course want to include
|
---|
990 | as many as possible. The problem is that I only speak english and german well
|
---|
991 | enough to do a translation &colon.-) So if anybody out there wants to
|
---|
992 | translate &progname. to a new language you are gladly welcome to do so!
|
---|
993 |
|
---|
994 | :p.I have included the source for the helpfile and program ressources in a
|
---|
995 | seperate ZIP archive ('language.zip'). Just take the *.rc and *.hlp file of
|
---|
996 | your choice and go to work! &colon.-) If you have any questions, feel free to
|
---|
997 | :link refid=author reftype=hd.ask me:elink.!
|
---|
998 |
|
---|
999 | :p.If you haven't got the time to do (or just don't feel like doing ;-) a
|
---|
1000 | "full" translation (i.e. program and online help) you may only translate
|
---|
1001 | the program ressources (dialogs, menus, some messages) as well of course!
|
---|
1002 | That would be of much help already ...
|
---|
1003 |
|
---|
1004 | .*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
---|
1005 | .*fold00.*Credits
|
---|
1006 |
|
---|
1007 | :h1 id=credits.Credits
|
---|
1008 | :p.I wish to thank the following people, for their help and support with
|
---|
1009 | &progname.&colon.
|
---|
1010 |
|
---|
1011 | :ul.
|
---|
1012 | :li.The sources of PM/Capture OS/2 provided some very helpful examples of how
|
---|
1013 | to do certain things (capture screen to bitmap, saving a bitmap). Thanks to
|
---|
1014 | whoever wrote it (there's no name given ...)
|
---|
1015 | :li.As many of my programs, &progname. also uses a few lines of code (for
|
---|
1016 | inserting items in the system menu) from :hp1.Richard Papo's:ehp1. excellent
|
---|
1017 | "MemSize" systemressources monitor. (You can find out more about MemSize at
|
---|
1018 | http&colon.//www.msen.com/~rpapo).
|
---|
1019 | :li.Many thanks for the translation to (Brazilian) Portuguese go to
|
---|
1020 | &Ea.rico Mascarenhas Mendona.
|
---|
1021 | :li.Many thanks for the translation to Italian to Alberto Gabrielli.
|
---|
1022 | :li.Many thanks for the translation to Czech to Tomas Hajny.
|
---|
1023 | :li.Many thanks go to all users of &progname. for notifying me of bugs (and
|
---|
1024 | "bug bugs" ;-), suggesting interesting new features and testing!
|
---|
1025 | :eul.
|
---|
1026 |
|
---|
1027 | .*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
---|
1028 | .*fold00.*Registering
|
---|
1029 | :h1 id=register."Registering"
|
---|
1030 | .*:p. if you are satisfied with what &progname. 1.67 offers, you are free to keep
|
---|
1031 | .*using this version ... but please keep in mind that it lacks many useful
|
---|
1032 | .*functions that are present in newer versions and that it is not supported
|
---|
1033 | .*any longer!
|
---|
1034 | :p.&progname. is now released under the GPL, but as I'd still like to know
|
---|
1035 | who uses my programs, the following still applies &colon.-)
|
---|
1036 |
|
---|
1037 | :p.You can become a registered user for &progname. just by :link
|
---|
1038 | refid=author reftype=hd.sending an e-mail (or postcard or whatever) to
|
---|
1039 | me:elink.. Actually this is required, if you use &progname. (more than once a
|
---|
1040 | year or so ;-). Just write something like "Hi, I use your program &progname.!"
|
---|
1041 | and I'm satisfied. If you do :hp1.not:ehp1. want to be included in the mailing
|
---|
1042 | list for news and infos about &progname. do not forget to tell me!
|
---|
1043 |
|
---|
1044 | But I think there are some people out there who have seen &progname.,
|
---|
1045 | worked with it for a while but just don't want to register by writing me a
|
---|
1046 | mail. Well, for you I've assembled this list of ...
|
---|
1047 | :p.:hp2.The Top 10 reasons why not to register &progname.:ehp2.
|
---|
1048 |
|
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1049 | :ul compact.
|
---|
1050 |
|
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1051 | :li.In my opinion, &progname. is a pretty bad program. I don't like the buttons,
|
---|
1052 | the window or the other stuff it offers. I even heard, that there once really
|
---|
1053 | was found a bug! Not to mention the crappy support; writing an e-mail to get
|
---|
1054 | help is far to complicated.
|
---|
1055 |
|
---|
1056 | :li.I'm totally satisfied with anything that &progname. 1.45 offers. I'll
|
---|
1057 | find my own workarounds for this bugs that might be discovered! I'm never
|
---|
1058 | going to use whatever features might be added! So spare me by your updates ...
|
---|
1059 |
|
---|
1060 | :li.Who cares for info on new releases? Why should I get on yet another of
|
---|
1061 | these mailing-lists? My mailbox is overflowing on a regular base and I'm
|
---|
1062 | daily checking the "incoming" directory of Hobbes anyway!
|
---|
1063 |
|
---|
1064 | :li.I just can't spare the time to write a mail to you! See, I've got a job,
|
---|
1065 | a wife, 10 kids or so, a girlfriend, a car, a house, a swimming pool and
|
---|
1066 | 1000 desktops that I still haven't captured, so I'm really busy night
|
---|
1067 | and day! I really don't want to think of what I would miss in this lost five
|
---|
1068 | minutes ...
|
---|
1069 |
|
---|
1070 | .*:li.$10 is far too much money for this program! For this big amount I could,
|
---|
1071 | .*well, buy half of an audio CD! I could go out to dinner with my friend (well,
|
---|
1072 | .*at least if we have already eaten before). I could think of thousand things
|
---|
1073 | .*more ...
|
---|
1074 |
|
---|
1075 | :li.Why should I make you feel that it's a good thing to develop software for
|
---|
1076 | OS/2? There are far to many programs for OS/2 already, we don't want to get
|
---|
1077 | the market oversupplied, do we?
|
---|
1078 |
|
---|
1079 | :li.There are lot's of other programs out there, that do the thing! Well ok,
|
---|
1080 | maybe they don't have that nice PM interface, might be that they are lacking
|
---|
1081 | a lot of the functionallity that &progname. offers and maybe actually there
|
---|
1082 | are only one or two of them, but at least I don't have to spend hours and
|
---|
1083 | hours writing longish mails to their authors!
|
---|
1084 |
|
---|
1085 | :li.I don't find supporting the mailware concept of any use. Developers
|
---|
1086 | giving away fully working programs and then hoping that someone actually will
|
---|
1087 | write a mail when using them, when (s)he can get away without, are an all too
|
---|
1088 | trustfull bunch of fools!
|
---|
1089 |
|
---|
1090 | :li.Why should I try to support OS/2 software? OS/2 is dead, believe me!
|
---|
1091 | "I'm Bill Gates of MicroBorg. This OS will be assimilated. Development is
|
---|
1092 | futile."
|
---|
1093 |
|
---|
1094 | :li.The idea of kidnapping innocent pixels from the screen and imprisoning
|
---|
1095 | them in stupid, useless, conformistic bitmaps violates my religious and
|
---|
1096 | moral beliefs! People providing the means to allow such terrible crimes are a
|
---|
1097 | shame to the whole society of computer users! This is most surely another proof
|
---|
1098 | of the depravity of the modern world. Things like that would never have been
|
---|
1099 | possible back in the good old days ... [Author's note&colon. You bet! Ever
|
---|
1100 | tried to make a "screen capture" of a dinosaur's front-panel diagnostic
|
---|
1101 | lights? ;-]
|
---|
1102 |
|
---|
1103 | :li.I can't write! I don't know how to send e-mail!! I don't even have an
|
---|
1104 | account!!! And I'm using Windows!!!!
|
---|
1105 |
|
---|
1106 | :eul.
|
---|
1107 |
|
---|
1108 | .*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
---|
1109 | .*fold00.*Dedication
|
---|
1110 |
|
---|
1111 | :h1 id=dedication.Dedication
|
---|
1112 | :p.:artwork name='src\data\rosaleen.bmp' align=center.
|
---|
1113 | :hp2.
|
---|
1114 | .ce Gotcha! is dedicated to Rosaleen.
|
---|
1115 | :ehp2.
|
---|
1116 |
|
---|
1117 | .*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
---|
1118 |
|
---|
1119 | :euserdoc.
|
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