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    of ChiWriter Scientific/Multifont
    Word Processor




         ͻ
  C H I V I E W  
         ͼ

    CHIVIEW - this is  a  viewer  for  looking  through  documents  
 written  in format of word  processor  ChiWriter.   

    The main purpose of  CHIVIEW  is  viewing  of  text  documents  
 written  in ChiWriter and to make it so much comfortably as it is   
 possible. 

     There are a wide variety of merits which You can  get  using   
 ChiView. Among  them : 

          - Full compatibility with Norton Commander 3.0 
            (installation utility is included); 

          - Support of LINEDRAW-like fonts; 

          - Supporting every user's text font; 

          - Facility for  quick  ASCII  text  export,  also  using 
            CHIVIEW You can quickly print it; 

          - Support of two russian coding types of   ChiWriter for
            QWERTY and phonetic keyboard; 

          - Mouse interface. 


    Discovered demerits :

          - Insufficiently quick loading large files;

          - Quick View Mode is not supported in Norton Commander.



         ͻ
 What Should User Know to Install CHIVIEW 
         ͼ

    While loading program requires to read file  with   definition  
 of user's  fonts.  It  names  CHIVIEW.FNT.  It  is  necessary  to  
 enumerate all available fonts with indication of their types  for 
 each font. It is necessary to by known, which method  of   coding 
 should be implemented in every case.  

    Now some rules of writing and using file CHIVIEW.FNT 

 - The following string should be included in AUTOEXEC.BAT :

      set chiview=drive:\directory\chiview.fnt

   It is necessary to indicate the full path to  file  CHIVIEW.FNT.  
   For example, all files connected with Norton  Commander     are 
   contained in  directory  C:\NORTON\NC.  Files  CHIVIEW.EXE  and    
   CHIVIEW.FNT should be  placed  there.  Therefore,  AUTOEXEC.BAT    
   should be changed to be looking like the following : 

   AUTOEXEC.BAT Ŀ
                                                           
     . . .                                                 
                                                           
     set chiview=c:\norton\nc\chiview.fnt                  
                                                           
     . . .                                                 
                                                           
  

    If all that haven't  done, then  file  CHIVIEW.FNT  should  be 
   in current directory or be available from PATH.    But it  will 
   increase time of loading. 

    - File CHIVIEW.FNT is a text  (ASCII)  file  and  may  contain    
   some comments - in the beginning of a line symbol ";"    should 
   be placed. For example : 

   CHIVIEW.FNT Ŀ
                                                           
      . . .                                                
                                                           
     ; This is a comment                                   
                                                           
      . . .                                                
                                                           
  

  - Each line consists of type descriptor and name  of  the  font,    
   for example : 

   CHIVIEW.FNT Ŀ
                                                           
                                                           
      lf  linedraw                                         
      sf  standard                                         
      rf  russian                                          
      mf  russital                                         
                                                           
                                                           
  
       
              name of the font
       type descriptor

 - Four descriptors are allowed :

    - SF - Standard english font (e.g. STANDARD)
    - LF - Pseudo graphic font (e.g. LINEDRAW)
    - RF - Standard russian font
      (for QWERTY-keyboard, e.g. #STNDRUS)
    - MF - Modified russian font
      (for phonetic keyboard, e.g. RUSSITAL)

    All mentioned fonts and  my  own  font  description  file  are 
    included as a demonstration. 

    That was everything related to font description file. 
    Now about procedure of installation.

    As   it   was   mentioned    before,   installation    utility 
 (INSTALL.EXE)  is included. This  utility  replaces  Reflex  View 
 with ChiView in  Norton Commander ver. 3.0 and make a backup copy 
 of file NCMAIN.EXE.  For successful installation files 
      CHIVIEW.EXE
      CHIVIEW.FNT
      INSTALL.EXE
 should be copied into directory of Norton Commander  and  execute  
 INSTALL.EXE. Then installation is complete ! 



         ͻ
 Usage of CHIVIEW 
         ͼ

    If  CHIVIEW  is  installed  in   Norton   Commander,    choose 
 ChiWriter's document with selection  bar  and  press  F3  -  text 
 should be displayed  at the screen. 
    But it is allowed to use CHIVIEW in  stand  alone  mode  i.e. 
 from command  line. Usage is very simple - type at the DOS prompt 
    CHIVIEW ChiFile[.Chi]

 and press ENTER.



         ͻ
 Which Possibilities Gives CHIVIEW to The User 
         ͼ

    The interface of CHIVIEW is just  the  same  as  interface  of  
 WPView (WPView - Word Perfect Viewer from Norton  Commander  3.0)  
 Cursor movement is quite simple : 
 
         Word left   -  ^S or arrow key
         Word right  -  ^D or arrow key
         Line up     -  ^E or arrow key
         Line down   -  ^X or arrow key
         Page up     -  ^R or PgUp
         Page down   -  ^C or PgDn
         Top of file -  ^W or Home
         End of file -  ^Z or End

 Also, to scroll the screen mouse can be used.

    These function keys are used in CHIVIEW :

         F1 - Get Help
         F3 - Export ASCII text to file *.ASC
   Shift-F3 - Export ASCII text to other file,
              also make a printed copy of ASCII text
         F6 - Get information on fonts usage
         F7 - Search for text
   Shift-F7 - Continue search
        F10 - Quit



         ͻ
 Making Printed Copy of ASCII Text 
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   There's nothing more simple !  First  of  all,  printer  should 
 be turned on and, if printer is not equipped  with  own  national 
 (russian) font, required driver should be  loaded.   Then,  after 
 running CHIVIEW and pressing F3, filename  must  be  changed   to 
 "PRN" or "LPT" - and You quickly and easy get a printed  copy  of  
 ASCII text. 


         ͻ
  CHIVIEW will make Your life easier ! 
         ͼ






  CHIVIEW  (c) Copyright 1991 by Stanislav A. Kurkovsky
                     Moscow Physical Engineering Institute

