Readme for "MegaClip" version .01

OBLIGATORY DISCLAIMER:
The author takes no responsibility for any loss of
data, hardware failure or other misfortune that
may befall the user as a direct or indirect result
of using this software.  Use of the software
constitutes acknowledgement of, and agreement to 
the above.

Hi.  This is the first release of MegaClip and it
is still basically a beta.  I'm looking for feedback
as to how useful the program is, which features need
work, and what new features or options would be 
useful.  Also, does the layout make sense?  How would
you improve it?  And of course... I love to hear about
whatever bugs, crashes, or whatever else you encounter.

Basically, if anyone who is currently using another
clipboard utility (ManyClip, other?) tries MegaClip
and does not switch to it full time, I want to know
WHY!!!

MegaClip is currently freeware and will remain so until
at least version 1.0.  In the future, I may create a
shareware or commercial version with _additional features_
if there seems to be enough interest/demand.

Finally, I did not include any sort of installation
utility with this release, but hey... if you found and 
downloaded this thing, I imagine you can create a 
program object for yourself.  I suggest placing it 
(or a shadow) into your startup folder.

Contents:
 - Introduction
 - Using MegaClip
 - Known bugs
 - Future plans
 - Contacting the author

Introduction:
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MegaClip is a utility to manage multiple OS/2 PM 
clipboards.  It is inspired in part by the IBM EWS
program "ManyClip", as well as by a Windows 3.1
program I used Looong ago (but have forgotten the
name of now).  MegaClip's key feature over ManyClip
is its ability to handle bitmaps and metafiles in
addition to text.  Other benefits include the ability
to view more than one clipboard at a time (multiple
windows), to view details about the clip (date, time,
size, etc), and to 'hold' one clip in the system 
clipboard -- even while copying other clips. Clips
may be stored within the main program window or placed
directly on the desktop and it is possible to turn
off 'Auto-Retrieve' so that only desired clips are
retained.  These features are briefly explained below.

*Note: MegaClip currently saves only the last 20 clips
when the program is closed.  More options are on the
way....

Using MegaClip:
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  - Show/Hide Container
      LOCATION: main window popup menu
      toggles visibility of information window

  - Free floating clips
      LOCATION: main window popup menu
      toggles clip location between desktop and
      MegaClip window -- which may then (optionally)
      be resized -smaller- until it acts like a
      toolbar.

  - Auto retrieve
      LOCATION: main window popup menu
      toggles automatic clipboard retrieval when a
      new item is placed in system clipboard.

  - Retrieve now
      LOCATION: main window popup menu
      Copies system clipboard to a new clip.

  - Place in clipboard
      LOCATION: clip's popup menu 
     *SHORTCUT: double click anywhere in the clip
      Copies selected clip to system clipboard.

  - Hold in clipboard
      LOCATION: clip's popup menu 
      holds the current clip in system clipboard,
      even after another item is copied by the user.

  - Save as...
      LOCATION: clip's popup menu 
      Allows clip to be saved in user specified 
      location.

  - Remove
      LOCATION: clip's popup menu 
      Removes/Destroys/Deletes the selected clip.
      (Gets rid of it!)

  - Find...
      LOCATION: _TEXT_ clip's popup menu 
      Find's text in the current clip ONLY. (so far)
      Selected text will automatically appear in the
      find dialog.
      *Note: 'Replace' is only enabled if clip is 
             currently being edited.

  - Edit text
      LOCATION: _TEXT_ clip's popup menu 
      allows text in the clip to be edited.  Clip
      background will turn yellow to indicate editing
      is in progress.  'Edit text' must be selected
      again for changes to take effect.

  - Wrap text
      LOCATION: _TEXT_ clip's popup menu 
      toggles text wrapping on/off

  - Keep proportional
      LOCATION: _BITMAP_ clip's popup menu 
      toggles proportional display of bitmap.
      (Default is scaled to window size)

  - View [Icon or Name or Text or Detail and Mini icons]
      LOCATION: Container (information) window popup menu
      selects desired display view

  - Hide
      LOCATION: Container (information) window popup menu
      Hides the container window

  - Cascade diagonally
      LOCATION: toolbar
      cascades the open clips diagonally

  - Cascade vertically
      LOCATION: toolbar
      cascades the open clips vertically at full horizontal
      width

  - Tile
      LOCATION: toolbar
      tiles open clips 

  - Minimize
      LOCATION: toolbar
      minimizes open clips

  - Up/Down arrows
      LOCATION: toolbar
      Moves up/down to next available clip and opens
      unopened clip windows.

  - Find active clip
      LOCATION: toolbar
      Locates (opens and/or brings to front) the clip
      that is currently active in the system clipboard.

  - Exit
      LOCATION: toolbar, menus
      Closes the program and saves current clips


Known bugs:
  - Metafiles display as black windows.
      *note: clipboard operations still work,
             it is just a display problem.
  - Minimized clips do not restore properly at startup
  - Container window sometimes does not arrange icons
    properly or corrupts the scrollbar when changing
    views

Future plans:
-------------

Planned Improvements (near term):
  - Search finds text in ALL clips
  - Settings notebook with default values for items
      (proportional, wrap text, etc)
  - Options for maximum memory usage by clip Type,
    and maximum disk usage by clip Type.
  - better threading (clipboard retrieval, file operations)
  - Printing
  - Keyboard accelerators
  - Clip's name user modifiable

Planned Improvements (eventually, maybe...)
  - 'Send to' option (e-mail)
  - drag/drop operations
  - multiple item selection in container



Contacting the author:
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Dan Libby
dandaman@aloha.com
http://cjb.ico.net/~dan
Last resort: 408-637-5210