*****************************************************************************

                             TEXTSURFER 2.0
                   ( a text viewer to use with FARGO )

                  NEW VERSION !!!! NEW VERSION !!!!!
			-> with text compression

*****************************************************************************


BREST, FRANCE
August, the 8th 1997

The author:
   Vincent Le Prince  (PRINCE)
   le-p2538@eurobretagne.fr (subject: Vincent or Vince...)

Thanks to Jimmy Mardell, for his great hufflib. <mja@algonet.se>

Many thanks to Thomas Morin (T2M) for his help...
(technical advises and active debuging)
        visit him at http://www.infini.fr/~/tmorin/index.htm
        (some old (but good) games in TI-basic to be found there.)
        


BEFORE :  Sorry i didn't improve my English ( Puh ! )
-------

FILES :
------
                HUFTEXT.EXE     text compression
                HUFFMAN.EXE     by Jimmy Mardell, used by HUFTEXT.EXE
                TXTSURF2.TXT    this file.
                TXTSURF2.92P    the prog
                TXTSURF2.ASM    the sources
                UNDO.BAT        little tool... to recover files
                HUUFLIB.92P     the extractor

BEWARE !!
---------        
        I am not responsible for my program's behaviour ! Hit it, not me !

WHAT FOR ?
----------
        This program is a text viewer  but  not  an  editor. It is  made for 
viewing texts as fast as possible. Therefore i worked hard on making a fast 
selection menu. In the new version i added the possibility to view compressed 
texts and to extract them, if you want to edit them.
        If you don't want to use compressed files you can use the previous 
version (txtsurf.zip) which is smaller and don't need hufflib.92p


HOW :
----
-> requirements : hufflib.92p ( by Jimmy Mardell )

-> view a text :
        It's really easy to use in fact, you select a folder first and a text
in next. Press enter  and you're  in. Use the pad to move in the text (change 
line or change page). Esc to exit. Hou-la-la !!
        If you're in a hurry you can use the F1 key to view the last text, but
this  won't  work  if you make  major changes  in the memory. ( like  erasing 
the text for example... - no ! did you really do that ? )  
        As in some other viewers you can include '#' in your texts in order
to highlight one word or more. It is only available on the current line : if 
you want to highlight the whole section you'll have to put a '#' before each
line.
        It makes no difference if the text is compressed, but  you  need  to 
have some memory left otherwise txtsurfer2 won't be able to extract it.

-> extract a text :
        Highlight the text, but instead of striking Enter ( for viewing it ),
strike F2. If the message "Done" is displayed the text as been extracted and 
you can edit it. 

-> compress your texts :
        You have to do it on your pc with HUFTEXT.EXE. It uses Jimmy Mardell's
HUFFMAN.EXE to compress the file and converts it back to a sendable file. The
old text is stored as .bak. The compress ratios are displayed by HUFFMAN.EXE
The ratio is quitte good for big files but isn't  for  small ones  :  don't 
use HUFTEXT with files that are less than 150 bytes.

ex: huftext text1.92t text2.92t   compress text1 and text2
    huftext text1 text2           the same
    huftext *.92t                 compress all the texts of the directory
    huftext text1 /b              compress without creating backfile
    huftext                       displays help

    undo text1                    erase text1.92t and rename text1.bak
    (undo is only a small batch file )

ABOUT :
------
        One of the interesting features of txtsurf is that it uses  the  flib
"idle_loop" that allows APD (auto shutdown). You can also change the contrast
while the program is running, see the 'BATT' warning etc...

AFTER:
-----
        Any bug : mail me ! 
        I joined sources if you like to improve it or if you're a beginner.

                                                BYE.
