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G.L.O.S.A v1.4 - Documentation
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	1. Introduction
	2. Features
	3. Limitations
	4. Legal stuff
	5. Contact me

	 



1. Introduction

G.L.O.S.A is basically a program that helps you to learn words. I got
the first idea to G.L.O.S.A when I was studying for a big English test. 
I sat at my desk at home and wrote all those word on paper and checked 
my self if I'd learned them by putting the sheet of paper over the
correct answer and writing it. This, I thought, was a very
uncomfortable way to learn those words, I wasted lots of paper and my
hand got tired of writing. So I figured it would be nice with a program 
that let you enter the words, look at them and then get tested of them 
without having to put a sheet of paper over the word (and eventually 
peeking at the word :) ). It was first when I got hold of a friends 
(Karl-Johan Lind) G.L.O.S.A I actually started to think of coding 
G.L.O.S.A.
  
I looked at Karl-Johan's program (which, by the way, was/is coded in 
Q-basic) and developed G.L.O.S.A with the same principles as 
Karl-Johan's program. Up to this point our programs are basically the 
same except some minor functions, some layout and the fact that his is 
coded in Q-basic and my G.L.O.S.A is coded in C. I've planned to 
continue to develop G.L.O.S.A as long as I can find the effort of doing 
so :)

Please do contribute with suggestions on functions to add and if you 
find a bug send me a mail telling me how it occurred and what  
happened, thanks :)


2. Features

This far it's possible to:
-->  Enter words (max 99 characters per word and max 99 words, DO NOT 
     EXCEED this limit) in a list.

-->  Save the list to a file.

-->  Open a saved list.

-->  Add words to the current opened list (though exceeding the 99 
     character and 99 words limit is NOT recommended).

-->  View the words in the current opened list.

-->  Get tested on the words in the current opened list, from the 
     foreign word to the known word.

-->  Get tested on the words in the current opened list, from the known 
     word to the foreign word.
  
It will be possible to:
-->  View the filename of the current opened list.

-->  Cancel a word test.

-->  Specify the save location directory.

... miss any thing? tell me! :) ...

3. Limitations

-->  G.L.O.S.A can "only" handle lists with a max of 99 characters per 
     word and a max of 99 words. I strongly urge you to NOT EXCEED this 
     limit.

-->  You can't enter a "q"/"Q" or a "b"/"B" as foreign word as "q" is 
     will tell the program that you are finished with entering words 
     and the "b" will instruct the program to "jump" back one word.

-->  You can't cancel a word test in progress (you'll have to go 
     through the whole list) which can be somewhat 
     irritating if you have a list of 99 words :) This will be fixed to 
     the next version.
	 
4. Legal stuff

-->  G.L.O.S.A v1.4 is a FREEWARE and may be freely distributed IF the 
     original package is intact.

-->  G.L.O.S.A v1.4 is provided on an AS IS BASIS. In no event shall 
     the author, David W. B., be liable for any damages whatsoever 
     caused by G.L.O.S.A v1.4 or its related files.


5. Contact me

If you have any questions/suggestions/comments about G.L.O.S.A please
send a mail to "david.bjoerklund@swipnet.se"

Visit "http://home.swipnet.se/sargon/glosa" for the latest updates of 
G.L.O.S.A

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