SpellAid   Version 1.0

      by Timothy Lipetz
      lipetz@netset.com
      SpellAid copyright 2000


SpellAid is a Waba applet for displaying a sorted list of the words in
Palm OS memos. It also gives a frequency of occurrence count for each word.

A word is defined as any adjacent set of A-Z, a-z or apostrophes.
Yes, I know this is English-centric. If anyone wants to internationalize it,
let me know.

Why do I call it SpellAid? For those who remember back to earlier days
of computing before spell checkers, a fast and easy way to spell check
an entire document was to print out a sorted list of all unique words in
it and then visually scan the list for non-words. It actually worked well.

I wrote SpellAid mostly as an exercise in using Waba. Since I had written
an earlier version in PocketC, this allow me to compare the languages.

Installation:
    -- Waba --
        If you do not already have Waba on your
        Palm, unzip the file, WABAVM-PALM_10B.ZIP,
        and load both waba.prc and waba.pdb.
    -- SpellAid --
        Load both SpellAid.prc and SpellAid.pdb
        in the usual way.
      
Usage:
    -- Memos Tab --
        Lists all your memos in your
        current sort order.  You can select
        a memo and it shows the memo
        length in characters.  Press the
        Scan Memo button to scan the
        memo for words.  The check box
        allows the inclusion of the title
        in the memo scan.  When scanning
        is done, the scan time is shown.
 
    -- Words Tab --
        Lists all unique words found in all
        scanned memos.  A word is any
        adjacent combination of A-Z, a-z, or
        apostrophes.  Total is a count of
        all words, while Unique only counts
        each word once.  The Show #'s check
        box gives you the option of seeing
        how many times each word occurred.
        The Reset button clears the
        word list.

    -- Some Limitations --
        1) The Waba VM will run out of
        memory after about 500+ unique
        words.  When this happens,
        you will get an error message
        and need to restart SpellAid.
        This is a limitation of the
        Palm OS and Waba.
        2) SpellAid uses a special algorithm
        to speed up scanning performance.
        However, the algorithm will run
        slowly on already sorted memos.
        3) If you are using overclocking
        software, the scan times may be
        incorrect.      

    -- A Note on the Source Code--
        SpellAid is included with this package.
        All code is still under my
        copyright, but may be distributed
        intact.  Of course, feel free to
        get ideas from it.

    -- Legal Stuff --
        SpellAid is Freeware. This means
        I retain the copyright, but allow
        copies of the program to be freely
        distributed provided they are
        unmodified and are not used for
        commercial purposes. I reserve all
        rights to SpellAid and allow its
        distribution and use only under
        the above conditions. I make no
        warrantees about suitability of
        the program for any use, nor do I
        assume any responsibility for
        any consequences of its use.