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       English-Vietnamese Dictionary Limited Edition 1.0b
		 VIET-STD VISCII/VIQR COMPLIANT
	      (C) Copyright Bold Technology, 1994

	 You may freely distribute this software without
	 disassembling or modifying its content in anyway.


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readme.txt - 28APR94


Welcome to the first English-Vietnamese Dictionary software
available today that runs on a PC-Windows based machine!

1. What is in this version?
2. Installing the dictionary
3. Features of the dictionary
4. Future database dictionaries 
5. Where to contact Bold Technology


1. WHAT IS IN THIS VERSION?

This version is a limited 1.0b beta release of the Dictionary.
The functionality of the software is fully featured with exception to the 
"Add" feature and the on-line help.  Also, the vocabularies contains only a 
limited version of the dictionary (only letters from a through e).


2. INSTALLING THE DICTIONARY

Unzip the file diction.zip by running 

pkunzip -d diction.zip

The following file and directories are generated:

readme.txt
disk1
disk2

copy all the files from disk1 directory into a floppy disk and label it disk1
copy all the files from disk2 directory into a floppy disk and label it disk2

Run windows and run setup.exe from disk 1.
Answer questions from the installation program which will guide 
you through the installation procedure.

You may required by the installation program that you must add the line
SHARE.EXE /L:500 
to your AUTOEXEC.BAT and restart your computer before running the Dictionary

The installation also added the line
Sans Serif VISCII 1.1 (VGA, C.T.Nguyen)=TCVSS11.FON
to your win.ini file under the [font] section
if your system does not have it yet.

Depending on your machine configuration, you should have 
at least 4 megs of hard disk space.

Due to the requirements of the SimTel archive, the file VBRUN300.DLL has
been left out of this package.  Please check your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory 
to see if you already have this file.  You need it to run this dictionary.
If you don't already have it, you can obtain it from many software archives, 
probably including where you got this program.  In the SimTel archive and 
its mirrors, this file can be found as vbrun300.zip in the windows3 directory.

3. FEATURES OF THE DICTIONARY

o Full word to definition lookup with examples.

o Can run in the background and use it within any application.
  Just iconize the dictionary, then within your application, say 
  MS Words, just double-clicked on the word and the dictionary will 
  pop up with the Vietnamese definition.

o User may delete and modify the vocabularies to dictionary database.  
  (The release version will allow user to add new vocabularies to the dictionary database)

o User may create and open other dictionaries either from user created 
  dictionary or dictionaries provided by Bold Technology.  
  (Please see the later portion of this readme file for future dictionaries release)

o Hypertext lookup.
  While reading the definition, user may double-clicked on another English
  word and the dictionary will automatically lookup that word while 
  saving the present word you were reading in a list for later reference. 

o Wild card lookup - Pattern Matching and Regular Expressions
  The special characters and the way they are used is described below. 

*       Character wildcard.  Matches zero or more characters.  Must 
	be enclosed in [ ] to match itself.  For example, a*a 
	matches aa, a3a, aBa, and aBBBa.

?       Character wildcard.  Matches any one character. Must be 
	enclosed in [ ] to match itself.  For example, a?a matches 
	aaa, a3a, and aBA, but not aBBBa.

#       Numeric wildcard.  Matches any one character from 0 through 9.
	Must be enclosed in [] to match itself.  For example, a#a matches 
	a0a, a1a, a2a, but not aaa or a10a.

[class ]Character class.  Matches any one character in the class.
	You can specify ranges by separating starting and ending 
	characters with a hyphen.  For example, [a-z,0-9] matches 
	any alphanumeric character.  Because the pattern matching is not 
	case-sensitive, a-z works for both lowercase and uppercase letters.

	A class can contain multiple clauses, each separated by a comma.  
	Each clause can consist of a single character or a range of 
	characters.  For example, [D-Z,0-9] matches any letters and 
	numbers but A, B, and C.

[!class]Not character class.  Matches any character not specified in the 
	class.  For example, [!a-z] matches anything but letters; [!0-9] 
	matches anything but numbers.  You can use the exclamation point (!) 
	only in the first character position of a class specification.  
	Other rules are the same as those in the character class.

o Definition lookup
  It is possible to lookup words by providing the definition.
  For example: you may provide the word "xe" and the dictionary will 
  return "car" - thus, in essence you have a Vietnamese-English dictionary, 
  but the procedure is slow ... Ofcourse you may combine wild-card lookup in 
  this mode as well.  Note: If you have VNKey from Trichlor, it is 
  possible to type Vietnamese characters.  VNKey and VietVu are among the best 
  Vietnamese keyboard input in the market today, and they are free! 
  There are other excellent commercial Vietnamese keyboard available as 
  well, but be aware that it must conform to VIET-STD VISCII/VIQR COMPLIANT 
  in order to work with the Dictionary software.
  Please contact Trichlor for the latest version.  Bold Technology will provide 
  VNKey software free of charge with the release version.

o On-line help is not available with this limited edition.


4. FUTURE DATABASE DICTIONARIES 

o  Bold Technology will provide the following dictionaries in the near future.

   - Vietnamese-English
   - Vietnamese-Vietnamese
   - Medical
   - Computer
   - Electronic
   - Physics
   - Chemistry
   - Mechanical

   more to come as we expand our databases.

o  Note a unique feature of the dictionary is to allow user to add new 
   vocabularies to the database.  (This feature is available in the release 
   version).  Utilizing this feature, user may contribute his vocabularies 
   to Bold Technology and receive discounts to future dictionaries!

o  Future version of the software will provide the following features:
   
   - Speech capability both in English and Vietnamese
   - Quick reference to the names of the countries
   - Automatic spelling check as you type from within your applications.
   - Document translations. (You provide the document in one language, 
     Dictionary will translate your entire document into another language.  


5. HOW TO CONTACT BOLD TECHNOLOGY

o  Bold Technology can be contacted in several ways:

   - e-mail via Internet    : chi@rcp6.elan.af.mil
   - Postal mailing address : Bold Technology
			      45137 Loma Vista Drive
			      Lancaster, CA 93535
   - Phone                  : (805) 277 - 6743

o  The release version will costs about $40 US Dollar
   The Limited Beta Edition is free.
   Additional Dictionary database mentioned above will costs about $20
   Pricing may change without notice.
   The release version will be available in summer of 1994 with full 
   feature and manual.



This software is not possible without my fiancee, NgocLan.  
Thank you darling for giving me the encouragement... 
(now you can stop turning those pages in the dictionary!)

Many thanks to others who provide countless tips and opinions.
Special thanks to the Trichlor group which provide the VNKey for the 
development of the dictionary database.


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