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3. Usage

First off, you should be aware this is unfinished, and
there's no guaranty that Gutenbrowser is particularly useful for any particular use.

To start it-
You should be connected to the internet by now.
at command prompt type- gutenbrowser or click on the icon in the menu.
It'll first ask you to set up a few things.
You need to select a gutenberg ftp site, and then download the gutenberg library index.

To download the newest gutenberg library index, or the newest ftp list, click on the 'Download' button, or Alt-D
To select a gutenberg etext to download- select 'Library' button, or Alt- L
To open local etexts- select 'Open' button, or Alt- O.
To move forward in the etext- 'Forward' button, or Alt- F, and Backwards- Alt-B
To save the current position and etext, 'setMark' button, or Alt-R.
To return to the bookmark- 'goto BookMark', or Alt-M
To change font- 'Font', or Alt- T.

The 'Print' button currently does not work.

3.1 General Usage

The general idea of gutenbrowser is this:
The library at the gutenberg sites are known as the remote library. The repository on your hard drive is the local library. First you need to download a gutenberg ftp site list, and then you can download the library index. From that you can choose any of the books, or etexts from your library index. They will be downloaded and stored in your harddrive library.

Key Press events:

Keypress

Key_M: "m"
Go to last set Bookmark;

Keypress

Key_D: "d"
Download library index file, and/or ftp site list;

Keypress

Key_L: "l"
Choose etext to download;

Keypress

Key_O: "o"
Open local etext library();

Keypress

Key_F: "f"
Moves a page forward through etext;

Keypress

Key_B: "b"
Moves a page backwards through etext;

Keypress

Key_P: "p"
Prints the current etext - I have yet to test this function;

Keypress

Key_S: "s"
SearchBtn();

Keypress

Key_E: "e"
ByeBye(); E

Keypress

Key_R: "r"
Set the current location in the etext as a bookmark.

Keypress

Key_T: "t"
ChangeFont();

Keypress

Key_C: "c"
Clear's the etext.

Keypress

Key_H: "h"
HelpBtn();

Keypress

Key_K: "k"
Looks up the currently highlighted word in the wwwebster database,
using a web browser.

And


Keypress

Key_Next:( page down)
Forward through the etext.

Keypress

Key_Prior:( page up)
BackBtn();

Keypress

Key_Space:
ForwardBtn();


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