  EDITPAD 16bit README
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Contents
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  1. What is EditPad 16bit?
  2. Do I need to pay for EditPad 16bit?
  3. Where can I find the latest information on EditPad 16bit?
     How can I contact the author?
  4. How do I install EditPad 16bit?
  5. How do I uninstall EditPad 16bit?
  6. Some applications still use NotePad instead of EditPad 16bit.
     Why? Can I change this?
  7. I sell freeware/shareware CD-ROMs.
     Can I put a copy of EditPad 16bit on them?



1. What is EditPad 16bit?
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EditPad 16bit is a replacement for the standard Windows NotePad.
This is a 16bit version, which means that it can be run under Windows 3.1
If you have Windows 95 or later, you should download the 32bit version,
which has more features.
No additional DLLs or whatever are required.

It has some very interesting features:
  * EditPad 16bit can open as many files at a time as you want.
  * File size is only limited by available computer memory.
  * You change between the open files by clicking on their tabs.
    No hassle with heaps of overlapping windows.
  * Word wrap and auto indent.
  * If you wish, the EditPad window stays on top of all other windows
  * Block functions:
    Save parts of your text to disk
    Insert a file in the current text
  * Specify many print settings: font, margins, headers/footers,
    line spacing, etc.
  * Reopen menu that lists the last 16 files opened.
  * Configure the open and save dialog file filters.
  * ANSI <=> OEM (DOS ASCII) conversion.
  * Small and fast!
  * It's almost free! (see below)
  * ...


2. Do I need to pay for EditPad 16bit?
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EditPad 16bit is copyright (C) 1996-1999, by Jan Goyvaerts.

The software (EditPad 16bit) is provided "as is". In no event shall I,
the author, be liable for any consequential, special, incidental or
indirect damages of any kind arising out of the delivery, performance
or use of this software. This software has been written with great
care but I do not warrant that the software is error free.
You may not attempt to reverse compile, modify, translate or
disassemble the software in whole or in part.

You may freely give copies of EditPad 16bit to others, as long as the
software is unmodified. You may not change a single bit,
you may not exclude any files or add any to the package and you may
not make EditPad 16bit part of another package.
You may not charge any money for the copying and/or distribution of
EditPad, also not for EditPad itself.

EditPad 16bit is postcardware. You are allowed to install EditPad and
to try it out for a short while (a week or two), but if you want to
continue using it you must "pay" by sending the author a nice
postcard to the address shown below.
A postcard is a piece of thick paper with a pretty picture on one
side (showing something about where you live, what you do, 
what you like, etc.) and some nice words written by the sender
on the other side.
I collect postcards. (Only real ones, not the electronic or virtual
version.)
Used phone cards are also welcome, as my sister collects them.

After your postcard has arrived, you are allowed to use EditPad 16bit
for as long and as much as you want, without any other cost.
You also have the right then to update your copy of EditPad 16bit when
new versions come out.
If you mention your email address very clearly on the postcard, 
I will send you a message when I receive your postcard.

Please note that this "payment" is strictly personal. Everyone who
uses EditPad 16bit has to register, even if someone else installed it
on your computer or if you found it on some CD-ROM you bought.
(You paid for the CD, not for EditPad.)
Even if you use EditPad 16bit (but you'd rather not) because your boss
wants you to, you have to send a postcard.

Even if EditPad 16bit seems to be a simple application, writing it
was not a very easy task. So if you like it, send me a nice postcard.
If everyone  would say "thank you" when someone else did or said
something nice, this world would be a much better place.

If you feel that EditPad 16bit is definitively worth some money,
feel free to put your postcard in an envelope and include a few dollars
(or your local currency).

Send your postcards and/or used phone cards to this address:

   Jan Goyvaerts
   Lerrekensstraat 5
   2220 Heist-op-den-Berg
      Belgium



3. Where can I find the latest information on EditPad 16bit?
   How can I contact the author?
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Feel free to visit my web site at http://www.jgsoft.com/
to gather the latest news on EditPad 16bit.

If you wish to receive an email message when a new version of
EditPad 16bit comes out, feel free to subscribe to my mailing list
by filling out the form on my home page.

You can contact me (the author) by sending email to editpad@jgsoft.com

I understand Dutch (Nederlands) and English, so write in one 
of these languages. I can also read German (Deutsch) and 
French (Franais), but the reply will be in English.



4. How do I install EditPad 16bit?
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Simply put a copy of EPad16bit.exe on your hard disk somewhere and run it.

That's all there is to it.

If you wish to replace the version of EditPad you have currently
installed with a newer one, simply replace the old EditPad.exe on your 
hard disk with the new one. No other actions are necessary.



5. How do I uninstall EditPad 16bit?
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There should never be any reason to do so. If you wish to update 
EditPad to the latest version, simply replace the old EPad16bit.exe on 
your hard disk with the new one.
However, uninstalling EditPad 16bit is an easy thing to do.

Just delete the files EPad16bit.exe and EPad16bit.ini
Both files can be found in the folder where you installed EditPad 16bit.

RIP.



6. Some applications still use NotePad instead of EditPad.
   Why? Can I change this?
==========================================================

These applications execute NotePad directly, instead of running the 
program associated to text files.

You can fix this by renaming EdtPad16.exe to NotePad.exe and putting
it in your Windows directory, OVERWRITING the old NotePad.exe

If you wish to keep a copy of the old NotePad, do NOT rename
NotePad.exe and then copy EdtPad16.exe to NotePad.exe as Windows 
will then update all the links pointing to the renamed NotePad, which
defeats the purpose of overwriting NotePad with EditPad 16bit.
Instead, make a copy of NotePad.exe to another folder and then
OVERWRITE NotePad.exe with the renamed EdtPad16.exe



7. I sell freeware/shareware CD-ROMs.
   Can I put a copy of EditPad 16bit on them?
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If you read this agreement carefully, you know you are not allowed to 
charge money for the distribution of EditPad 16bit. 
In other words: you can't put it on a CD that must be paid for.

However, if you contact me (editpad@jgsoft.com) before putting EditPad 
on a CD I can give you permission to do so. This way you can also be 
sure that you are including the latest version of EditPad 16bit.
You will also have to mention that the people who buy the CD, pay for
the CD and  not for EditPad 16bit. If they use it, they still have to
"pay" by sending me a nice postcard.

Though I cannot oblige you to do so, if you put EditPad on a CD-ROM, 
I would really like to receive a free copy of that CD.