Pauk (V1.5B, 1997) *** READ-ME *** ____________________________________________________________ *** Installation *** a) copy Pauk.opa >>> m:\app\*.* b) mkdir m:\pau\ c) copy sys$help.opo >>> m:\opo\*.* (optional) d) copy Pauk.hlp >>> m:\pau\*.* (optional) e) copy example.pau >>> m:\pau\*.* (optional) f) install Pauk with -I g) start "example" and follow instructions Pauk.opa may be installed on any drive. Help files must be installed on the internal drive (if help desired). It is strongly recommended to keep all card files (*.pau) on the internal drive. Have fun ! ____________________________________________________________ It follows a copy of the online help text (available through the Psion help key). *** Introduction *** Pauk is a swotting utility. Or let's rather call it a flash card manager. You use it for any kind of data that you need to memorize, such as vocabulary, codes, acronyms, technical terms, etc. Whatever data can be considered as a question /answer, or a term/translation pair is suitable for Pauk. Such a pair (plus some additional information) is stored as a flash card (one Pauk record). And Pauk helps learning (see Learning guide) in an efficient way. Many bestselling books on human memory and learning have recommended flash cards again and again. And this is what Pauk is all about. *** Cards & Levels *** Each card has a left side (front), a right side (reverse) and a notes field. Left side, right side and notes may be swapped at your discretion, individually or on many cards simultaneously. Each field may contain any text up to 255 characters, in up to 3 lines. Attributes provide additional means to find or sort cards. Each card is assigned a level (1-4), a new card is always on level 1. , and mode are all level-sensitive. To select your browse level, go menu item . Individual card levels are changed when ing, but may be set manually in the dialog as well. Pauk keeps track of when a card has changed (expressed as 'days gone'), be it by editing or learning. This may be used to find cards unseen for a while, or sort accordingly. The 'days gone' may be reset individually, or all together. *** Learning *** mode just hides one side of a card. Reading the other side, you guess what is hidden. Any key unhides the missing text, and with the next key you assign a new level to the current card (before the next card is presented for learning): #024 to promote by one level (right guess), #025 to demote by one level (wrong guess), #024 to set highest level, #025 to reset lowest level, to ignore. Thus step by step you separate the easy cards from the more tricky ones. Next time you may select to learn on level 1 only, to review level 4 only, or to list them altogether. Learning can be from the left side, from the right side, or at random. *** Keyboard Guide *** In browse mode: <1-4> selects a level, <0> shows all cards, any character starts a quick search, opens the level summary, edits the current card (edit mode) edits its attributes, moves to the next card, #024 (#025) moves to first (last) card, #026 (#027) moves to next (previous) card, creates a new card (edit mode), deletes the current card. In list mode: any key shows the next screen, cancels list mode. In edit mode: selects the next field, or saves the (new) card, cancels edit mode. *** Files & Memory *** You may one card file only at a time. Most commands only work when a card file is open. Pauk creates a backup-file upon . overwrites the current file with its back-up. Files are saved automatically upon or . Upon Pauk saves the current file automatically. There is no limit to the number of cards Pauk can handle (but your Psion's memory). However, we recommend to split piles larger than 150 - 250 cards into separate files. This will considerably improve speed of sort and find. *** Printing & Exporting *** Pauk doesn't provide intrinsic print capabilities. Instead cards (or lists) are ed, than printed from within 'Word' or 'Sheet'. This provides access to the advanced formatting and previewing features of the Psion built-in applications and keeps Pauk's memory requirements low. *** Shareware License *** This demo release does never expire, nor will it fool with your data later to force registration. Yet you may use this program for 30 days only. After this period you must register or delete it from your psion. To the complete version and later updates of Pauk, please register by paying Dutch Guilders 25.- or equivalent. Ask for details by e-mail or fax specifying the country where you live (see "support" guide). Registered users see better performance, full features, and no nag-messages. Your contribution will also support future improvements. There is a 50% rebate on fee if you report an "unknown" bug during the trial period. There will be no upgrade fee for future releases on the same platform (3a/3c). *** Warranty & Liability *** No warranty is given on this program. No liability for any damage or loss of data will be assumed. All users operate this program at own risk. Reverse translation of Pauk is not permitted. Pauk may not be sold. Pauk may not be used commercially, or in any other way that involves financial gain. Pauk may be freely distributed provided that this read-me file and copyright notice always accompanies it unaltered. *** Support *** During the trial period support (always by e-mail) is available once per new user. Registered users however may receive support at any time. If you have any problems, suggestions, or questions about Pauk just contact: J. Stroede Van Iersellaan 28 2211HJ Noordwijkerhout The Netherlands fax: +31-71565-3325 e-mail: jstroede@estec.esa.nl *** Thanks to ... *** - Tom Dolbilin for his great help compiler (Hcp), - Andy Clarkson for his great OPL preprocessor (OPP), - the many of you who contributed to the various great WWW pages, without which Pauk wouldn't exist, - someone who (hopefully in the near future) will provide me with a fully developed window text editor. The one found in Pauk (versions 1.x) is written in OPL and suffers some obvious limitations. ____________________________________________________________