TheGun.Exe version 2.5
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21st Century Missile Ware.

TheGun(Grown Up Notepad) is written in 32 bit Microsoft Assembler (MASM)
and currently has a finished size of 6144 bytes. It is fully drag & drop
enabled,it has the full operating system search capacity, it supports word
wrap, will open and save very large files and can open and display binary
files in ascii format. TheGun has been optimised for both size and speed.

TheGun.Exe does not read or write to the registry and does not use an INI
file as it is not within the original design criteria. To address this
problem, a specialised utility has been written to change settings in
TheGun. The utility is SETGUN.EXE. It allows the user to change settings
to individually configure TheGun to their own requirements.

The utility SETGUN.EXE writes directly to TheGun.Exe binary so TheGun.Exe
must not be running otherwise the utility cannot write to the disk file.
When TheGun has been configured by this utility, it can be put anywhere on
the machine without needing the configuration utility available.

The printing capacity is handled through the operating system which is in
turn farmed out to Wordpad.Exe. TheGun will print with the margin settings
in Wordpad.Exe.

The new code design does not place an effective limit on file size and it
will currently load files in excess of 10 meg depending on available
memory.

This version has better command line parsing across different versions of
Windows. Special thanks for helping to track down command line parsing
problems in different windows installations is extended to,

Neale Hind
Gonalo Farias
Davide Rocco

and many other people who have been kind enough to report problems with
TheGun.

TheGun uses post processed UPX technology from an earlier non-decompressing
version.

Please note that TheGun uses SHLWAPI.DLL which is not supplied in original
installations of NT4.

Rights extended to the user under copyright
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This program are available to any person, organisation, institution or
otherwise to use as they see fit with no charge whatsoever. There are no
nag screens, time limits or any other form of coercion to gain payment.

This README.TXT file functions as the written extension of rights to the
user from the owner and copyright holder of the programs.

In any jurisdiction that recognises copyright law, the user has this
written right to have this software installed on their computer to use as
they see fit. No jurisdiction or authority is afforded the right to remove
this software from a user's computer unless the user has authorised them to
do so. 

Failure to protect the rights of the user by any jurisdiction or authority
is violation of the rights extended to the user under copyright. No
jurisdiction or authority is granted exemption from the rights extended to
the user under copyright.

Two (2) practical restrictions apply,

1. This software is not for sale and MUST not be sold. It may not be
   included in any commercial software package that is sold. Distribution
   costs are exempt from this restriction, as long as it is understood
   that the software is not for sale.

2. Any person who for any reason, may wish to enter into any form of legal
   action whatsoever arising from the use of this software is licenced to
   delete the software from their computer and nothing else. No exemption is
   granted to the restriction and the retention of this software by any
   person undertaking any form of legal action is a violation under
   copyright law.

If you have any doubt as to the inclusion of any of this program in non
commercial software packages, email me at the address below. The
restriction is aimed at preventing commercial exploitation by persons who
should write their own software, it is not aimed at users who wish to
package information for the convenience of others.

Please note that this program retains the status of being private property,
it are not and will not be placed in the public domain.

Copyright  S.L.Hutchesson August 2000.

Steve Hutchesson < hutch@pbq.com.au >
Sydney
Australia

Check for the latest version and other toys at,

www.pbq.com.au/home/hutch/
