Copyright 1996, Hyperion Softword

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                    *  Orpheus 2, beta release 2.00.30  *
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                Comments and queries to:  Hyperion Softword,
                535 Duvernay, Sherbrooke, QC J1L 1Y8, Canada
                    tel/fax - 819-566-6296 (Rod Willmot)
                       email - willmot@interlinx.qc.ca


Contents of this file:  Purpose
                        Usage
                        Requirements
                        Licence
                        User Interface
                        Supported Features
                        Missing Features

Last revised:  February 18, 1996


PURPOSE:
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    For reading compiled/assembled hypertext documents created with Orpheus 2.
    These consist of one .HTX file, optionally accompanied by one or more
    numbered subfiles (filename.001, filename.002).


USAGE:
======

        OHREAD [filename][.HTX]

    The filename can be given with or without the ".HTX" extension.  If
    no filename is given, looks for any HTX file in the current directory.

    Command-line switches:

       /g      - force grey-scale color values instead of color.  Use this
                 if you have a CGA monitor that displays 16 shades of one
                 color (grey, green, amber).
       /c      - force color instead of grey-scale, in case a CFG file
                 somewhere says you don't have a color monitor and you do.
       /ns     - force no saves of Reader CFG files or other files
       /nm     - force no mouse, in case standard mouse-initialization
                 causes trouble on your machine (or you don't like mice)
       /v      - get the version number

    Switches can be given before or after the filename, separated by a space,
    and you can use "-" instead of "/": -b -ns.


REQUIREMENTS:
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    Requires DOS 3.1 or higher.  Runs fine under Windows 3.1 and OS/2.
    Desqview users:  define as a full-screen application that writes
    directly to the screen.  RAM requirements depend on the size of the
    HTX, but a 1-megabyte HTX should be handled fine in under 350K free RAM.
    AUTHORS:  If you need a text-only version that runs in under 140K
    free RAM (similar to OHHELP.EXE), give me a call.


LICENCE:
========

    Registered users of Orpheus 2 are licensed to distribute the Orpheus
    Reader (this program) together with their finished works.  Unregistered
    users must NOT distribute finished works with this program.
    When the Reader detects an HTX created with an unregistered copy of
    Orpheus, it displays a warning message.


USER INTERFACE:
===============

    Orpheus 2 is designed to give power and flexibility to hypertext
    authors.  The user-interface that appears with any given HTX depends
    entirely on that work's author; this includes keyboard behavior.  If
    the author of an HTX has disabled the standard Exit key (Alt-X in the
    English version), he must provide you with an Exit command of his own,
    either through an onscreen button or a scripted menu.  If you have to
    hit Ctl-Alt-Del to get out of this program, complain to the author!


SUPPORTED FEATURES:
===================

    Supports all features documented in the same release of OH.EXE's
    online Help, including PCX/GIF/FLI/FLC display, printing, and running
    external programs via script commands.  Features you actually see depend
    on what the author of a given HTX has provided.


MISSING FEATURES:
=================

    Some features that you may have used in previous versions of Orpheus,
    such as Bookmarks and the self-running Tour, have not yet been added
    to the OH2 Reader.  Some or all of these will be added in future releases,
    but will only be visible/accessible in a given HTX if the author of that
    work has enabled them.