G.L.O.S.A v1.4 - Documentation

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
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