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NpN v1.4.2
(c) 1996-1997 Ville Luolajan-Mikkola a.k.a. eagle42
August 5th 1997 Helsinki, Finland
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
GENERAL:
NpN is a small, handy, versatile and FREE program for showing
the name days. The copyright holder of this software is the
author, Ville Luolajan-Mikkola. You may evaluate this program
freely for a period of 30 days, as long as the conditions pro-
vided later are met. After this period You must register. If
You will not register, You must discontinue the use of this
software or any part of it.
The name-lists are copyrighted to Helsinki University and are
used under a general license. All the lists, except for the cat
list (1994), are for year 1997.
CONDITIONS:
You may not change any other part of the program except the
configuration files (NpN.CFG and NpN.LST). You may copy this
software to anybody, as long as all files belonging to NpN are
included (the files NpN.EXE, NpN.PIF, NpN.ICO, NpN.SIG NpN.DAT,
NpN.CFG, NpN.LST, FILE_ID.DIZ, NpN_FIN.ASC, NpN_ENG.ASC,
NpN_FIN.FRM, NpN_ENG.FRM and REVISION.ASC). The registration-
key may not be given forward in any form.
You may not charge for this program more than the material
costs and the cost of delivery without a written agreement
between You and the copyright holder. You may evaluate the NpN
for a period of 30 days, after which You must register it or
discontinue the use of it. After that period the use of the NpN
without registering is illegal!
The author is not responsible for any damage of any kind caused
by this software, directly or indirectly. In no case the author
will be responsible for any compensation greater than the
amount paid for this software. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
REGISTRATION:
The registration of the NpN does not cost anything. All You
need to do is fill out the registration form and send it to my
e-mail address or go to my home page and register on-line. You
will get a registration key in a few days.
My Internet e-mail address is:
eagle42@earthling.net
My Internet home page is at:
http://www.dlc.fi/~eagle42/
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
REQUIREMENTS:
The NpN should function on any IBM compatible PC with at least
160 kB of free conventional memory and a screen mode with at
least a capacity of 50 characters/line and a total of 16
different colors at the same time on the screen (e.g. EGA/VGA).
The NpN requires about 200 kB of disk space. If these
requirements are not met, the computer may crash and need a
reboot if trying to run the program!
The programs functions best when run from DOS, but will work
also in a Windows' DOS-box, best if it is maximized.
INSTALLATION:
Copy all files to a directory (e.g. C:\NpN\). The program will
be started by typing
NpN <ENTER>
in that specific directory. Note that You must have at least
160 kB of conventional memory free. You may check this by
typing at the DOS prompt
MEM <ENTER>
You may set an environment variable for the program and add the
directory to Your PATH, which makes it possible to run NpN from
any directory. You will do this by adding the following line to
the file AUTOEXEC.BAT, where <DRIVE:\PATH> is where the NpN is
located:
SET NpNPATH=<DRIVE:\PATH>
PATH=<DRIVE:\PATH>
There is probably a PATH setting already in that file, so You
may add the path to NpN by writing it to the end of that line
and separating the different paths by semicolons. Consult Your
DOS-manual for more informatio. After editing AUTOEXEC.BAT save
it and reboot Your computer to let the changes take effect.
SETUP:
The setup of NpN can be done by using command line parameters,
and can be saved with the parameter /W to the configuration
file NpN.CFG in the directory specified in the environmental
variable, unless otherwise instructed. Or, You can use the
on-line setup-program with the parameter 'SETUP'. NpN will
first read the old configuration, if applicable, then it will
read the parameters. The configuration will be saved after
these events.
NOTE! This software uses partly ASCII-characters that have a
value greater than 127. Since there is no single ASCII-standard
for those characters, it may be possible that they do not work
as desired. The character set that the NpN uses is IBM 8-bit.
THE SETUP:
The configuration program is very simple to use. There is
always on item highlighted per window, and You can move the
with the UP/DOWN-keys. ENTER selects the highlighted option,
whether it's a new window or a choice for an option. ESC will
move back one step. In all of the options the choice is
selected with the UP/DOWN-keys. When You are ready altering the
options, You can quit by pressing either ESC or ALT-X.
THE PARAMETERS:
The command line parameters are placed on the command line
after the NpN command, separated by spaces (NpN [<parameter>
<parameter> ...). It does not matter in which order they are,
but it will read the parameters in an order of left to right.
The part inside the brackets is optional. Without it the
program will use the default configuration in that function.
/L[n]
Choose the language in which the program will be operated,
where n means. (n = 0 .. 3)
0 = English (default)
1 = Finnish
2 = Swedish
3 = German
/C[n]
Defines whether the screen is cleared before the start of the
program or not, and which textmode to use. (n = 0 .. 3)
0 = Don't clear (default)
1 = Clear screen, use current textmode
2 = Clear screen, switch to 80x25 textmode
3 = Clear screen, switch to 43/50-line mode
/A[c]
Defines the horizontal alignment of the NpN.
L = Left
C = Center (default)
R = Right
/S[+/-]
Will the names of the next day be shown as well as the names
of that day.
+ = Show next day
- = Don't show (default)
/CT[n]
The colour of the text in NpN, where n is as follows.
(n = 0..F)
0 = black
1 = blu
2 = green
3 = cyan
4 = red
5 = magenta
6 = brown
7 = light gray
8 = dark gray
9 = light blue (default)
A = light green
B = light cyan
C = light red
D = light magenta
E = yellow
F = white
/CN[n]
The colour of the name in NpN, where n is as follows.
(n = 0..F)
0 = black
1 = blu
2 = green
3 = cyan
4 = red
5 = magenta
6 = brown
7 = light gray
8 = dark gray
9 = light blue
A = light green
B = light cyan
C = light red
D = light magenta
E = yellow
F = white (default)
/CB[n]
Background colour in NpN, where n is one of the following.
(n = 0..7)
0 = black
1 = blue (default)
2 = green
3 = cyan
4 = red
5 = magenta
6 = brown
7 = light grey
/R[n]
Specifies the type of frames that NpN will use. The colour of
the frames is the darker version of the text colour. n is the
frame type. (n = 0 .. 6)
0 = no frames
1 = +---+
| |
+---+
2 = ┌───┐ (default)
│ │
└───┘
3 = ╔═══╗
║ ║
╚═══╝
4 = ╒═══╕
│ │
╘═══╛
5 = ╓───╖
║ ║
╙───╜
6 = █████
█ █
█████
/I[+/-]
Will extra information be shown?
+ = Yes (default)
- = No
/SD[+/-]
Whether the date is shown or not.
+ = Yes (default)
- = No
/ST[+/-]
Whether the time is shown or not.
+ = Yes (default)
- = No
/SW[+/-]
Whether the week number is shown or not.
+ = Yes (default)
- = No
/SN[+/-]
Whether the total number of the day is shown or not.
+ = Yes (default)
- = No
/DT[abc]
The type of the date, where the value a..c is either D, M or Y
(day, month, year). With this parameter You can define the
order these will be shown in the date. (default is 'DMY')
/TT[n]
The format of time, in 24-hour or in 12-hour format.
(n = 0 / 1)
0 = Use 24-hour format (default)
1 = Use 12-hour format
/O[+/-]
Will names that are on the own-name-list be notified of when
they occur?
+ = Yes (default)
- = No
/N[abcd]
Defines the type of notation, where every value is either 0 or
1. 0 is equal to "no" and 1 means "yes". The zeros in the end
can be left out.
a = The extra character will be shown. (default)
b = The extra character will blink. (default)
c = The name will blink.
d = NpN will to beep.
/NC[c]
Defines the extra character of notation. (default is '!')
/NC[nn]
The same as /NC[c], but here the character is defined by
entering the ASCII-value of the character, in hexadecimal
format, between 00 and FF.
ONe
Start ONe, the editor for the own-name-list.
/T[nn/K]
The delay in seconds after the execution of NpN. (default 0)
You may also use 'K' as the delay, which tells the NpN to wait
for a key to be pressed after the execution of the program.
/W
Writes all current configurations to the configuration file,
which is by default NpN.CFG in the directory where the
environmental variable points.
/?
Shows a short help, where all parameters are described
briefly.
@<directory\filename>
Uses another configuration file instead of the default one.
Note that the full path must be specified.
!<filename>
Uses another file for the own names. No path may be specified,
it will always be the one in the environmental variable
*[nam]
Chooses the list of the names, which will be used. Currently
the following lists are available:
FIN = Finnish names (default)
SWE = Swedish names
ORT = Orthodox names in Finland
CAT = Cat names in Finland
*<date>
Use another date, which the NpN will then use to show the names
of. The order is defined with parameter '/DT'. To define the
date, You must enter right after the '*' and there must be a
separator between the objects, which can be one of the
following: '.,/\-'.
THE OWN NAMES:
ONe v1.4.2
NpN can search for names, that You wish to be notified of,
from a separate file, which is by default named NpN.LST. You
may edit this file with the internal editor of NpN by adding
the parameter ONe. In the editor You may press Alt-Z for help
on the functions of the editor.
The changing of a name in ONe will be done by pressing <enter>.
The program gives an opportunity to change the old name. When
the name is highlighted, any keypress except for the cursorkeys
will clear the old name. After pressing either the left or
right cursor key, You may edit the name with the backspace,
delete and letters. You can choose between overwrite and insert
mode by pressing, the selected mode can be seen from the 'OVR'
or 'INS' at the bottom of the window. The list will be chosen
by typing the name of it, in the same way as for the name. You
may cancel all changes by pressing escape.
FIN = Finnish names
SWE = Swedish names
ORT = Orthodox names in Finland
CAT = Cat names in Finland
ALL = Use all the lists
There are a total of five pages in the editor. You can flip
the page by pressing the PgUp/PgDn keys or the function keys
F1 - F5 or the number keys 1 - 5.
You can quit the editor by pressing ESC, when the names will
be saved, or if You don't want them to be saved, by pressing
ALT-X. The names will be saved in the directory to which the
environmental variable points, to file NpN.LST by default. The
names will be sorted in alphabetical order automatically when
they are saved.
Should You encounter problems, contact me!
PLEASE REGISTER THE NpN!
Please, inform me of any bugs found in the NpN, so that I can
fix them!
My Internet e-mail address is:
eagle42@earthling.net
You can get the newest version of the NpN from my home page:
http://www.mbnet.fi/~eagle42/
Thanks to:
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Mikko Nurmi Alpha- and Beta-testing, ideas and BeerWorm!!!
Hannu Kauppinen Beta-testing.
Helsinki University The name-lists.
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