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C/!Acronyms/Docs/History
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History of !Acronyms by Gareth Duncan ------------------------------------- Version 1.0 ----------- This was the first incarnation of !Acronyms and was written in BASIC. It provides you with a small but perfectly formed window with two writable icons postioned one above the other. All you need to do is write your unknown abbreviation into the top icon and the full meaning is provided in the icon below it. Two versions are avaliable, the first installs itself onto the icon bar and the second is a VIX version for voyager. Version 2.0 ----------- This version of !Acronyms was written in C and so is much faster. The acronyms are kept in a text file and so can be added to and edited easily. The program allows a maximum of 20,000 acronyms to be added to the text file before it runs out of space. Version 2.5 ----------- You can now enter the text in lower case and it will be converted to upper case. Smileys are now supported and the list has got non-internet abbreviations now. Version 2.75 ------------ Icon on the Icon bar added and also an info window. I have also made it so that when the computer is shutdown !Acronyms quits. Version 3.0 ----------- Re-wrote the whole program to improve various things and to alter some of the error messages. The number of Acronyms that can be added to CaseInSens and CaseSens has been reduced to 750 each and the wimp slot of the program has also been reduced from 500K to 60K. Version 3.5 ----------- Added the Click Here To Open CaseSens file and Click Here To Open CaseInSens File icons and also the Scan Files entry to the menu to make adding new abbreviations easier. I also added the help entry to the menu to make getting at the help file easier. Also fixed the info window that said July when it was actually August (oh well, who cares what month it is). Version 3.75 ------------ Used the template file provided by Clifford Downs which is better than my one. The window now also gains the input focus when you open it. I also changed the menu structure adding the submenus Help and Options so that all the old functions e.g. opening the CaseSens file are accesable from the menu structure. Fixed the bug that when F12 was pressed it didn't work. Possible improvements in the future ----------------------------------- 1) Automatic translation of any acronyms in any text file that is dragged to the program. 2) Help when using the !Help program, supplied with all acorn computers. Bugs ---- 1) Using adjust does not keep the menu open. 2) Every time you use the scanfiles option more memory is used.
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