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TEX - Text File Utility
Copyright (c) 1987 by Floyd Zink, Jr.
All Rights Reserved.
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About TEX
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This program is FREEWARE. You can distribute TEX freely, just don't
sell it. I do ask that you make sure that this doc file is made
available with the program. You are under no obligation to pay
anything for TEX.
However, if you like this program and want to show your appreciation
I do accept gratuities. If you send me $10.00 I will send you the
latest versions of both TEX and BLU - Binary II Library Utility and
any other FREEWARE programs that I might write. The $10.00 will also
entitle you to 1 additional free update that will be AUTOMATICALLY
mailed to you when I update the programs again. This way I make
a little money and you do not have to spend the money downloading
the updates. After the first mailing and the free update I will
continue to mail out updates, but I will include a bill for $3.00
to cover disk and shipping costs. This way you will always have
the most current versions. I will do all mail outs before I upload
them to any source. You will find that in the long run this method
will be cheaper for you than the connect charges would be for
downloading this program. My address is:
Floyd Zink, Jr.
P.O. Box 060069
Palm Bay, FL 32906
I repeat YOU ARE UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO PAY ANYTHING FOR TEX.
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Features
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1) Catalogs disks
2) Types files
3) Appends files together
4) Deletes files
5) Renames files
6) Strips linefeeds and ^Z's from files
7) Removes carriage returns from files
Program Selectors
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TEX supports a start-up pathname. If you enter a start-up pathname
from a program selector like PROSEL or ECP8 the program will use
that pathname and strip the linefeeds from it and then exit by the
quit code. If there is no start-up pathname then TEX will display
the menu and you can go on from there.
The Menu
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You can select a menu item by either the first letter in the item or
by using the arrow keys to move the inverse bar to your selection and
then pressing return. You will be returned to the menu after all
processing is done.
Selecting Files To Be Processed
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After making your menu selection you will be prompted for a source
directory name and where necessary a destination pathname or target
directory. You can use the TAB key to skip to the next '/' in the
pathname shown or OA-TAB to back up to the previous '/'. The DELETE
key will delete characters and the <-- --> keys will backspace and
move the cursor forward. When prompted for a destination pathname
be sure and enter a pathname for a file not a directory.
After the directory(s) are selected a catalog of the source directory
will be displayed. Using the up and down arrows will move the bar
accordingly. The left arrow will unselect an item if it was selected
otherwise it will move the bar up. The right arrow will select an
item if not already selected otherwise it will move the bar down.
Pressing the space bar will toggle a selection also. In addition a
OA-space or a control-a (^A) will toggle all the items. Pressing
return will implement the selected task using the just picked
filenames.
Filename Queue
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The files selected are put into a linked list. This means you can
select the files in the order you want them processed. This is
particularly handy for the APPEND function.
Type Files
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When typing files pressing any key will pause the display. Pressing
any key again will start the typing again. Pressing ESC will jump to
the end of the current file and pressing ESC again will exit back to
the main menu. Pressing a 'p' or 'P' will toggle the paging option.
When paging is on the file will be displayed a screen full at a time
and will wait for a keypress between each page.
Append Files
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This feature merges text files that you have selected into one file.
After the merge you will be asked if you want to delete the original
separate files.
Strip Linefeeds
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The linefeed stripper creates a temp file with an '.S' extension.
When it is done processing it renames the original file with an '.ORG'
extension and renames the temp file to the original file name.
At the five bytes located at $204E-2052 are the additional characters
that TEX will strip out of a file. They are currently set to $1A for
control-z and $7F for delete. You can use a block editor to change
these defaults.
Carriage Return Remover
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The carriage return remover creates a temp file with an '.R' extension.
When it is done processing it renames the original file with an '.ORG'
extension and renames the temp file to the original file name.
Before processing the files you will be prompted for some settings as
follows:
1) From the 'Minimum line length' prompt you can use the up and down
arrow keys to change the default length. The purpose of the minimum
line length is to try to maintain formatting in short lines. If you
use the default of '60' TEX will not remove the carriage returns in
lines of less than 60 characters.
DEFAULT = 60
2) Removing a space immediately before a CR. If 'Yes' then TEX
assumes this space is extraneous and removes it. If 'No' then TEX
leave this space in.
DEFAULT - Yes
3) Removing CR when followed by only ONE space. If 'Yes then TEX
assumes this space is not for formatting and removes the CR. If 'No'
then TEX assumes it is for formatting and leaves the CR in.
DEFAULT - Yes
4) If prompting for settings is answered 'Yes' then you will be
prompted for all the settings between every file. If 'No' then you
are only prompted the one time.
DEFAULT - No
When you press return to select the files to be processed if you
hold down the open-apple key then the above defaults will be used
and you will not be prompted for any of them.
Deleting Files
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TEX will not delete files that are locked. I have to draw the line
somewhere, TEX can't do everything <grin>!
Renaming Files
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When you choose the rename feature you will be prompted for the files
as usual and then the files will be displayed one at a time with the
cursor over them to allow you to rename them. Pressing escape will
skip that file and go to the next one.
Using The Mouse
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If you have a mouse TEX will find it and allow you to use it instead
of using the arrow keys and you can use the mouse button to select
files though you still have to press return to start the process after
the files are selected.
The sensitivity of the mouse is at location $204B when the program
is in memory. This is the $4B byte after the beginning of the program.
It is currently set at $08. This means the mouse must move 8 increments
to move inverse bar. If you want to change this use a block editor or
from the basic prompt enter:
CALL-151 ;enter monitor
BLOAD BLU,TSYS,A$2000 ;load file
204B:XX ;XX being the new value. Higher value=lesser sensitivity.
BSAVE BLU,TSYS,A$2000 ;save file
^C ;back to basic
Final Words
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If you encounter any bugs or come up with any suggestions for
improving the program please let me know. I will consider all
reasonable suggestions for improvements
[ Floyd Zink, Jr. ]
Compuserve - 73147,2717
Genie - F.ZINK