Giraffe+ 0.7 readme
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This is the readme of Giraffe+ a scriptable keyword launcher for Windows.
Refer to [doc\manual_en.html](giraffe/doc/manual_en.html) to see how to use.

Platform
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This runs on Windows XP/7, not on Windows 9x/2k.

Installation and Uninstallation
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No installation work is required to use this software.
This software doesn't use the Windows Registry, the Application Data folder or so.
To update from an old version, overwrite all files.

Script Language
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Continuing improvement without losing compatibility made this language complicated.
In Script\samples, there are some scripts you can find informative.
Scripts used practically by the default Giraffe+ have old parts and new parts mixedly. It isn't recommended to refer to them as language samples.

You can find the latest source code in the SourceForge CVS: <http://giraffe-script.cvs.sourceforge.net/giraffe-script/>

Versions
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The minor version number is incremented when updating has a compatibility issue.
The major version number isn't used to represent anything. Even 0 doesn't imply the beta.

- 0.7 Windows 7 support, No support of old DLLs and Win2k, Compiler change from VC71 to VC11, Including run-time libraries, New hotkey implementation
- 0.6 The language specifications change
- 0.5 The language specifications change, Unicode, No support of Win9x
- 0.4 Settings Dialog
- 0.3 The language specifications change
- 0.2 ITEMIDLIST support
- 0.1 The language specifications change
- 0.0 Release

Contact
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- Website: <http://giraffe-script.sourceforge.net/index_en.shtml>
- Mail: <yamasaki.shuji@gmail.com>