                      HomePage-Penguin v1.63
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                     Written by Matthias Jaap
                          - English doc -

If you have ST-Guide installed you should read the HPPING_E Hypertext.
It is more detailed than this Readme.

1. Status
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HP-Penguin 1.63 is SHAREWARE. The work on this program is enormous and
I think	that a shareware fee of	 20	DM is something	that everybody can
afford.	So please support the work that	has	gone into this program and
I promise that there'll be many more updates...

Please transfer the money to:
Account nr: 5866 31-209
Account holder: Christine Jaap
Bank: Postbank Hamburg
Bank sort code: 200 100 20

Please write that you registered for HP-Penguin on the transfer paper.

Please make sure that you have everything correct before transfering.
If you are unsure, contact me before transfering.
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Changes to the the text, resources or the program are forbidden!

Distribution by	PD libraries and  BBSs	is allowed.	Penguin	may	not	be
included  on  cover	 disks	or	 CD	 collections  without  my  written
permission.

2. Improvements
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Version 1.3  - 1.451: HP-Penguin runs also as an Accessory and
even under MultiTOS. This has been achieved by using the
GFA-Flydial-Library 4.9 by Gregor Duchalski.
Version 1.45 - 1.451: Complete translation of the comments!
                      The headings can now be set seperately
                      few bugs fixed in the German RSC-file
               1.452: Bug fixes! English RSC should now work.
                      Image name converted to lower case letters.
                      Image size automatically recognized (GIF only)
               1.5:   'Set Layout' dialog. 'Extended' and 'Freestyle'
                      are planned for version 1.7 .
                      'Professional' modus: In this modus you can
                      change the size of the headings, use up to 10
                      links and set the colour for activated links.
                      The HTML file can be put onto the clipboard.
                      Problems with Atari fileselector fixed.
               1.63:  French RSC file.
                      Colour for the headings can be defined seperately
                       from the text.
                      Support for Geneva 3D look.
               
3. System requirements: 
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Computer        : Atari ST/TT/Falcon
Operating system: TOS 1.4 - 4.4, MultiTOS, MagiC(PC/Mac), Geneva
Resolution      : 640 * 200 or higher
Memory          : HP-Penguin will take about 100KB of memory.
Application type: ACC or PRG. Pure GEM.

With the HP-Penguin	you	can	create	your own HTML-page without knowing
any	HTML-commands. You create it by	answering a	few	questions. You can
choose a background, make a	two-column-text, insert	a picture and many
more.
Please note	that HP-Penguin	has	NOT	 an	integrated editor. You have	to
use	an editor to write the text	for	your web page (it must not contain
html commands).	The	reason why	HP-Penguin	has	 not an	own	editor is,
that it	would increase the program	length dramatically. And there are
already	some great	editors	 around.  By  the  way,	 the  Penguin will
recognize the paragraphs  correctly	 (okay,	 it's  just	 a very	stupid
little routine that	sets a	paragraph  if  the	length	of the line	is
lower than a user definged length).

The program explains itself so it would be the best if you
start it right now!

This program has been written with GFA-Basic 3.5E on an
Atari Falcon. It is inspirated by a similar program for
Windows (Home Page Wizard).

4. The language
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As said before, HP-Penguin is bi-lingual German/English.
A French version will follow soon.

 4.1 Falcon owners
     You are lucky when you have a Falcon because HP-Penguin
     will look at the _AKP-cookie and will load the correct
     RSC-file. If the desktop language is set to other values
     than German or English, HP-Penguin will automatically
     choose the English resource file.
 4.2 ST/TT owners, MagicPC/mac
     If you are owner of an Atari ST/TT you have to choose
     the language differently. There are two methods:
     I) Rename one of the two resource files will cause
        HP-Penguin to load the other.
        Example: Rename HPPING.RSC to HPPING.RSX
                 HP-Penguin will load HPPING_E.RSC.
        This will also work on a Falcon.
     II) Start the program without renaming one of the RSC-
         files.
         A box will appear with the question which language
         you want to have.
 4.3 Emulator users and ST compatibles
     As I have no experience with Atari emulators or the new
     clone machines, I can not say if you need to rename
     the files or not.

5. Known bugs/limitations
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1. Please close the HP-Penguin window if you are using the
   Penguin as an ACC under Single-TOS and are starting a
   program!
2. Webspace 1.45 doesn't view HP-Penguin pages correctly. This is not
   an error of the Penguin! Wait until a better version of this very young
   program or use CAB to view the pages.

6. Future enhancements
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* You can see one in the start dialogue: Load HTML file.
* Perhaps I will use FaceValue for the next versions of HP-Penguin.
  This would allow new features.
* Support for tables and the 'Extended' & 'Freestyle' option in
  the layout dialog.
         
7. I would like to thank...
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Sven Betz and Joachim Lhr of Betz Computer for their betatesting
 and GFA-Basic tips.
Gregor Duchalski for his fantastic GFA-Library.
Noah Silva and Mille Babic for putting this and the other programs
 on their download bays


8. Contact:
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If you have any new ideas or you want to translate HP-Penguin to
another language, please e-mail me:

E-Mail: sa6z220@public.uni-hamburg.de

9. Other Internet utilities
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 9.1 HTML-Help
 Conversion of special characters between HTML, Windows, Atari and
DOS (important for non-English texts). A conversion of paths is
also possible.

Other features:

 * HTML commands can be removed to get the pure ASCII text
 * The Information option shows you the specs of your page
 * Hotlist
 * Runs also as an Accessory and fine with editors like Edith
 * Filenames in a HTML file can be converted to upper/lowercase
   letters or shortened to the 8+3 TOS format.

 9.2 Tabi!
 Tabi converts ASCII tables which can be produced e.g. by Atari Works
 via 'Import file...' to HTML 3 tables. You can set different font
 styls, colours etc. for every cell. The file created by this program
 can be insert in a HTML page and you have a table without typing a
 single HTML command!

10 Compatibility

HP-Penguin should run on all Atari computers. It has been successfully 
tested by various people on the following computers:

* Atari Falcon, TOS 4.04, TOS 4.92, Multi-TOS
* Atari Falcon, Geneva
* Atari TT
* MegaSTE
* 1040STF, TOS 1.4
* Hades
* Macintosh, MagiC-Mac
* Windows 95 PC, MagiC-PC

