Kinibinki Works Presents The: __________ \________/ __ __ _ __ \######/ | \ | | \ \ / | | | | \####/ |__/ |__ | | \ /\ / | |\ | |__ \##/ | \ | | | \ / \ / | | \| | || | \ |__ |_/ \ / | | | |__ || _ _ _ _ _ _ || |_| |_ |_| | \ |_ |_| /__\ | \ |_ | | |_/ |_ | \ v. 1.0 QWK Packet Comatible Reader Copyright 1992 by Stephen Cole and Kinbinki Works DISCLAIMER: I, the author (Steve Cole) have done my best to ensure that Red Wine Reader is error-free, but I accept no responsibility for any loss resulting from the use of the Red Wine Reader. Outline O Contents I. Intro A. What is RWR? B. Requirements for running RWR C. RWR is Shareware D. Current List of Features E. Future Features II. The RWR Configuration Program A. The Directories 1. Work Directory 2. Reply Directory 3. Confrence Mail Directory B. The Archivers 1. Default Archiver 2. Another Archiver C. Show Welcome/Notice/GoodBye D. Save/Quit III. The Actual Program A. Before the Main Menu B. Main Menu 1. Read Messages 2. New Files 3. Enter a Message 4. Execute a Program 5. Show Text File 6. Quit C. Reading Messages D. New Files E. The Message Editor (Answering/Entering a Message) F. Show Text File G. The REP Packet IV. Anything Left Uncovered A. Talk to Me B. Thanks C. Other Programs of Interest D. Apologies I. Intro A. What is RWR? Some Bulletin Board Systems (BBS), allow you to revieve messages and mail, all together in one small file. One method of doing this is by using a QWK door that creates a QWK packet for you, with all the messages you want, and then it sends it to you. You then can use an offline QWK reader, for example The Red Wine Reader, to read the messages and answer them on you own time. Then the next time you call the BBS you can send them your replies (REP packet), and get another set of messages. B. Requirements for running RWR RWR runs in ST Medium Resolution, and ST High Resolution. It needs aproximately 100k to run, that's not including the Archive programs that RWR uses to uncompact the QWK files, and it's not including any other file or program you might run. I have personally ran it successfully on a 512k 520 Color ST, with a 62k Ramdisk installed. C. RWR is shareware The idea behind shareware is you allow anyone to try it out, and if they decide to use it they register the program. Of course many people decide not to register and still to use the program. This is a problem. Many shareware authors use what is called crippleware to make you to register. They disable features, and give you half a program, and if you register you get the other half. I have decided not to cripple RWR. It is the full version 1.0. The reasons be hind this are: I trust you, and I hate crippled programs. I find that it doesn't make me register, it makes me delete the program. When you register will not be entitled to upgrades. This program will grow, and get much better as more and more people start using it and makeing suggestions. The registered users will all be using the Incredible Red Wine Reader version 3.6, and you will be using RWR version 1.0. The registration fee is not huge, it is only $15.00. If you decide to use the Red Wine Reader, send your registration fee to: Steve Cole (Red Wine Reader) 999 No. Bonneville Dr. Salt Lake City, UT 84103 United States of America D. Current List of Features 1. Nice clean looking windows 2. Print and/or Save any Message 3. Free editor, move around anywhere you want 4. Grab from message if your replying 5. Ignore the <<< foreign messages >>> 6. Almost everything has a mouse/keyboard equivilant 7. Small, can be run on any ST 8. Run another program while running RWR (if you have the memory) 9. Show any Text file RWR style 10. Has a great Configuration Program 11. Search for To/From/Subject/Message Text E. Future Features 1. Better Grab routine 2. Ignore foreign messages added to the Configuration file 3. Load a text file into a reply/message 4. Better (cleaner and faster) scrolling 5. Better (cleaner and faster) Documentation 6. More options while viewing new files (Save/Print/Previous) 7. Options to dump some/all messages to the printer, or to a File 8. Macros/Taglines in Editor 9. Your suggestions go here! II. The Red Wine Reader Configuration Program Before you use RWR you need to make a configuration file (REDWINE.SET). The easiest way to do this is to run the configuration program (RWRSETUP.PRG). There are two configuration screens, you switch between them with the right mouse button. A. The Directories To select the direcories click on them with the left mouse button 1. The Work Directory This is the Directory that RWR will place all it's temporary files in. NOTE: RWR erases everything in this Directory when it runs, so do not put anything important in this Directory. 2. The Replies Directory This is where you want RWR to place you Reply packet (REP). You will need to send this to the BBS, so you may want to put it in the same folder as your terminal program. 3. The Conference Mail Directory This is where you want RWR to place any conference mail that might be in your QWK packet. Conference mail are files that are send out with messages in conferences. B. The Arhivers Archivers are program that compress and uncompress files. Your QWK file is a compressed file, so RWR will need to uncompress it. RWR will also need to compress the REP file. 1. Default Archiver Here you select the Compression program most likely to be used on your QWK packets. RWR will also use this Compression program to compress the REP file. Choose the Compression program by clicking on one of the 4 types (Other/Config is not completed, and therefore not selectable). Then show the RWR Configuration file where it is, by clicking on Default Archiver:. 2. Another Archiver Here you can select any other Compression program that might be used by the BBS to compress your QWK packet. These two Archivers are optional, and if you only use one compression program, you don't have to change these. C. Show Welcome/Notice/GoodBye? 3. There are three text files that the BBS will send in a QWK packet. They are Welcome, Notice (or Bulletin), and GoodBye. You can choose weither or not RWR should show these automatically when you run it. NOTE: You can use the Show Text File command from the main menu, and view these, they should be in the work directory. D. Save/Quit To save click on the Save Setup File box, then you will get a fileselector, enter the path and name to save the setup file as. To quit, simply click on the Quit box. III. The Actual Program A. Before the Main Menu When you first start up RWR it will display the title screen then it will search for a REDWINE.SET file. If it doesn't find one, it will open up a fileselector asking you to locate it. Then it will open up a fileselector asking which QWK packet to use. It will uncompress the QWK packet, and show you the main menu. B. The Main Menu The Main Menu Consists of 6 options (the key to press): 1. Read Messages (R/M/Return) 2. New Files (N/F) 3. Enter Message (E) 4. Execute Program (X) 5. Show Text File (S) 6. Quit (Q,Esc) C. Reading Messages There are several options availiable when reading messages: 1. Next Message (N,Right Arrow,Enter, Left Mouse Button) 2. Previous Message (P,Left Arrow, Right Mouse Button) 3. Scroll up one line (Up Arrow, Right Mouse Button) 4. Scroll down one line (Down Arrow, Left Mouse Button) 5. Next Conference (C) 6. Reply to message (R) 7. Dump Message to Printer (D) 8. Save Message (S) 9. Search for to (T) 10. Search for from (F) 12. Search for subject (J) 13. Search for message text (M) 14. Search for message number (3,#) 15. Toggle <<< foreign message >>> display (/) 16. Help (Help) D. New Files When you chose this, depending on the type of QWK file, you will either be in a window with all the files, or a window with one file at a time. If you are in a window with one file at a time, any key (or mouse button) will advance one file, except for "Q" and ESC. Otherwise it has the same keys as Show Text File (see F) E. The Message Editor The RWR Message Editor is a free editor. You can move around anywhere you like with in. It is limited at 94 lines, but rarely will you need that many. You can Grab part of the message you are replying to by choosing Grab from the bottem of the screen. F. Show Text File This option will show a text file. To scroll up you use the right mouse button or the up arrow, to scroll down you use the left mouse button or the down arrow. To quit use the right arrow, Return, Q, ESC, both mouse buttons, or hold down the left mouse button at the end of the file. G. The REP Packet When you quit RWR it will check to see if you have answered or entered any messages. If you have, it will create a REP file to send to the BBS that the messages came from. IV. Anything Left Uncovered A. Talk to me I need to know what I can do to improve the Red Wine Reader. I need to know of any bugs that exist. I will definitely include you suggestions in the next version, but realize unless you've registered you won't see the next version. How I can be contacted: GEnie - S.COLE4 Dark Star BBS (Red Wine Reader support board) FNET Node 633 - Steve Cole or Kinbinki Boy FNET Support Conference- Lead Node: 633 Conference Code: 30633 B. Thanks I would like to thank the following people: Lawrence Gold - For helping me with my code Randy Rodrock - For running the best BBS on earth, with so many messages I needed to create RWR Debbie Friess - For not going out with me, so I had my Friday nights free to program C. Other Programs of Interest Check out these other AWESOME programs 1. Kinbinki Degas to Instant Graphics! Conversion Program 2. Instant Graphics! Accessory and Emulator (by Larry Mears) D. Apologies Sorry about the instructions, I know they aren't the best, but I am a programmer not a writer. They will definitely be redone for the next version. Thanks for checking out the Red Wine Reader, Steve Cole (Kinbinki Boy)