jspell 2.02c (Release date: Jan.12, 1994) --- Shareware version --- Copyright 1993-1994 by Joohee Jeong Nemosoft Technologies P.O.Box 1619 El Cerrito, CA 94530-9998, U.S.A. Email: 73072.3651@compuserve.com Phone/Fax: (510) 528-8753 This file contains some essential information on the shareware distribution of "jspell", a state of the art ASCII file spell checker for IBM-PC's. jspell is especially suitable for TeX/LaTeX documents. All product names referenced herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Contents. o System requirements o Features o Installation and configuration o Licensing, distribution and registration information o About the author o Disclaimer ------------------------------------------------------------------- System Requirements DOS 3.3 or later. VGA,EGA,CGA or Hercules. Hard disk strongly recommended. Mouse recommended. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Features o Ease of use: Mouse support and on-line help. o Speed: Fast in loading dictionary, spotting misspelled words, and finding suggestions for nearly misspelled words. o Dictionary: Multiple user dictionaries, file specific dictionary, and an accompanying dictionary manager. o TeX support: Versatile and user configurable. o Foreign character support: extended ASCII character or TeX commands (e.g., G\"odel, Erd\H{o}s) o Undo: Up to 400 steps. o Network support: Each user can have his/her own configuration and personal dictionary while sharing the executables and the base dictionary with other users. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Installation and configuration: Prepare a "jspell directory", say C:\JSPELL, by the DOS command mkdir C:\JSPELL and copy all jspell files into this directory. Then C:\JSPELL should contain the following 12 files ------------------------------------------------------------------ filename size (bytes) description ------------------------------------------------------------------ 00readme 8,550 this file 01readme **** last minute change base.dic 172,285 English word list dictman.exe 44,009 the dictionary manager executable file_id.diz 394 FILE_ID.DIZ jspell.cfg 886 configuration jspell.exe 41,812 the spell checker executable jspell.hlp 10,611 help messages jsptex.cfg 202 TeX configuration manual.doc 94,814 manual register.doc 12,373 registration information sample.txt 1,130 sample text for a test drive ------------------------------------------------------------------ If you find any file other than the 12 listed above, any file missing or having different size, then you know this is not the official shareware distribution by Nemosoft Technologies. In order to be able to run jspell (and dictman) in any directory, either add C:\JSPELL to your PATH or put two batch files jspell.bat and dictman.bat into one of your directories in PATH. The content of the batch files jspell.bat and dictman.bat should look like @echo off C:\JSPELL\jspell.exe %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9 %10 %11 %12 %13 and @echo off C:\JSPELL\dictman.exe %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 respectively. The default configuration of jspell is set to VGA and AT-keyboard. Also we assume that you work under the plain-vanilla DOS environment. If your computer's configuration and/or environment is different from this, then you will need to read (Section I.4) of the documentation file manual.doc. If you are going to run jspell under a networked environment, then please read (Appendix A.) of manual.doc to complete the installation. In order to print out the documentation file manual.doc, your printer must be able to handle the IBM graphic characters correctly. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Licensing, distribution and registration information This version of jspell is not public domain or free software, but is being distributed as a shareware (i.e., try-before-you-buy- software) for evaluation purposes only. If you decide to continue using this after the 31 day evaluation period, then please register at $27 + shipping($4) regular version, or $12.5 + shipping($1) lite version You may freely distribute this shareware version of jspell, unmodified in its entirety (i.e., the 12 files described in the Installation and configuration section), to others who are interested in evaluating the software. You may use any file compressor/archiver (e.g, zip, arc, zoo etc.) in distributing this software under the provision that the first 5 letters of the filename are JSPEL. However, you may not modify, alter, reverse engineer this software in any ways. Registered copies of jspell are not to be copied or distributed except as provided for in the next paragraph. Sysops of BBS, computer-related user groups, managers of public FTP sites, and disk vendors are permitted and encouraged to distribute this software without any specific permission from the author provided that the conditions above are met. The latest version of jspell is available at CompuServe, IBMAPP Forum Library 1 (Text Editors) as filename JSPEL2.ZIP. Purchasing a license (i.e., registering) for jspell entitles you to use the program on any and all computers available to you, provided that you do not operate jspell on more than one computer or terminal at the same time and you do not operate jspell on a network or a multi-user system. Copying/duplication this software is permitted only for the purpose of backup and/or archiving. For users who do not need TeX-ability, lite version is available at lower price. Lite version does not include the printed manual. If you would like a network or multiple-use (site) license, please read the file register.doc for details. We offer discounts to students and volume purchases. Registration benefits: o Master diskette. Professionally printed and bound manual. Typeset by LaTeX. Fully indexed. 70 pages. (Lite version does not include the printed manual.) o Free technical support by Email 73072.3651@compuserve.com and/or Phone/Fax (510) 528-8753 o Low-cost update of future versions of jspell. Refer to manual.doc, Appendix B. for the improvement plan. o Bonus program: A free copy of PASCII v2.x, a simple ASCII file formatter featuring header/footer, pagination, file-name, time/date of printing, time/date of file, one/two-sided printing, line numbering, left margin (even/ odd side), top margin, bottom margin, line-breaking, DOS wildcard filenames, FormFeed character (ASCII code 12). (Originally priced at $9.00. A free version PASCII 1.x, without the line breaking and DOS wildcard filenames feature, is available at CompuServe, IBMAPP forum Lib1 as PASCII.ZIP.) Refer to register.doc for detailed registration information and order forms. ------------------------------------------------------------------- About the author: Joohee Jeong holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley. Before starting the career as a shareware author in 1993, he was Research Assistant Professor and International NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Waterloo. DISCLAIMER: This software comes with absolutely no warranty. In no event the author shall be liable for direct, indirect or con- sequential damages, loses, costs, fees or expenses of any nature or kind.