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ST-Guide v1.5e February 1997
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*** ST-Guide can now display 16 colour images! ***
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Some new variables have been added. Please refer to the Update History
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node (in the ST-Guide hypertext) and read through the ST-GUIDE.INF file
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for more details.
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Installation guide
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------------------
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To minimise the risk of other software affecting the installation of
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ST-Guide perform the installation after a reboot on a 'clean' minimum
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system!
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Extracting the archives
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Extract the contents of the archives OR copy the contents of the master
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disk onto the root directory of your boot partition/disk.
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Either method should preserve the directory structure and ensures ST-GUIDE
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can locate its files. Double check to ensure ST-GUIDE.ACC and ST-GUIDE.INF
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reside in the root directory of the boot partition or disk.
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Configuring ST-Guide
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Using a text editor (eg Everest) load ST-GUIDE.INF and carefully read
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through the options. Each option is described in detail followed by the
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option line itself. Lines preceded with a '#' character are NOT currently
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active.
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It's important the path entries are correct otherwise ST-Guide won't be
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able to find its files:
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PATHS: The path where HYP files are located, more than one path can be
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entered, use the ';' character to separate paths.
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HYPFOLD: The default path used by the file selector and HCP.
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HYPTOP: The default hypertext loaded when ST-GUIDE is called without
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parameters.
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REF: The path to the ALL.REF file, which may already be listed in the
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PATHS variable. It's not needed during installation and can be
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added later.
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HCP: The path to the compiler, HCP.TTP.
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ST-GUIDE should not be renamed as some applications which offer on-line
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help may not be able to find it.
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Managing your hypertexts
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------------------------
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Each hypertext consists of a HYP and a REF file. The HYP file contains the
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compiled hypertext and the REF file contains the references defined in the
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hypertext.
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Using REFLINK.TTP it's possible to combine the references contained in
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each REF file into a single ALL.REF file.
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There are several ways of adding the contents of an individual REF file to
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ALL.REF:
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a) Install REFLINK.TTP as an application for '*.REF' files using the
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desktop. After installation a double click on any REF file on the
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desktop will call REFLINK.TTP and add the contents of the REF file to
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an ALL.REF file located using the REF path in ST-GUIDE.INF.
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b) Drag a REF file/s onto REFLINK.TTP.
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c) Run REFLINK.TTP and manually enter the path to the desired REF file.
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Catalogue your collection
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-------------------------
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Using STOOL.TOS it's possible to automatically catalogue all your
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hypertexts thematically. This does however depend on the author of the
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hypertext including the necessary infomation in the hypertext header.
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On starting STOOL.TOS each of the paths entered in the ST-GUIDE.INF PATH
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entry is searched for HYP format hypertexts and creates a hypertext
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called CATALOG.HYP. this can be loaded via the 'Open' option from the
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'Extras' menu in ST-GUIDE.ACC or installed as the default hypertext in
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ST-GUIDE.INF.
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Finally
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-------
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Reboot your computer and we wish you every success using ST-Guide.
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Registration
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The registered English Master disk includes the following programs
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designed for use with ST-Guide:
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ST-Guide Lite:
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Cut down distribution which may be included by authors with any programs
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which use ST-Guide format hypertexts.
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HypTree v3 Beta:
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Status: Freeware
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Programmed by: Martin Osieka
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Displays the tree structure of ST-Guide hypertexts
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Katalog-Maker:
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Status: Freeware
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Programmed by: Christoph Spengler
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Katalog-Maker makes a simple catalogue of hypertext files. It may be used
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instead of the ST-Guide bundled STOOL which is more comprehensive but
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harder to use.
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RefCheck v1.3:
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Status: Freeware
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Programmed by: Frank R<>ger
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Checks the consistency of the $REF (ALL.REF) file
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Remarker v0.4:
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Status: Shareware
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Programmed by: Christoph Spengler
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Remarker is a utility which allows comments to hypertext pages to be saved
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in a separate file for each text.
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ST-Guide Creator 4:
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Status: Freeware
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Programmed by: Gregor Duchalski
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Includes 5 Tools for ST-Guide:
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TXT2STG -Generates an ST-Guide STG format text from an ASCII file.
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Text attributes, title generation and heirarchical chapter
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referencing can be automatically added.
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STGALIAS -Generates alias names for pages.
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APPEND -Appends one file to another.
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UFP2STG -Changes the PC UFP format Star Trek data to ST-Guide format.
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TELE2STG -Converts the Tele Office handbook into STG format. [German]
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EOF
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