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- TextMaster -- Version 1.4
-
- By: Donald Burr
- INTERNET: dburr@ocf.berkeley.edu, 72540.3071@compuserve.COM
- Compu$erve: 72540,3071 America Online: DonaldBurr
-
- This is version 1.4 of TextMaster, a UNIX- and Macintosh-end program to
- convert text file formats between UNIX, Macintosh, and IBM.
-
- This release fixes a MAJOR bug in the Macintosh end. The Mac end will now
- correctly convert files from Mac -> UNIX.
-
- TextMaster will convert between UNIX newlines and Macintosh end-of-line
- characters. The direction of conversion can be specified at the command
- line, and thus files can be converted in any direction.
-
- This is useful if your UNIX -> Mac downloads, or uploads, of text files
- are failing miserably. White Knight has a tendency to do this, and other
- comm programs may as well.
-
- Please send all comments, bug reports, feature requests, etc. to the
- Internet address listed above.
-
- This software is being donated to the public domain. Permission is hereby
- granted to freely copy and distribute this source code, as long as no fees
- are charged for such duplication. Permission is also granted to modify
- this source code at will, providing that you insert a notice in the dist-
- ribution that this source is NOT the original TextMaster source, and that you
- not remove my name from the program and accompanying documentation.
-
- WHAT IS TEXTMASTER?
-
- It is a utility I hacked together to convert between Macintosh end-
- of line characters, and UNIX newlines. I downloaded a mess of text files
- one day to my Mac, and found they all came out on one line, with weird char-
- acters (represented by "boxes") between where "line breaks" should have
- been. Since I really couldn't download those files again, I decided to write a
- utility to help me convert and salvage them. Thus was born TextMaster,
- which was released (up to version 1.3) as "Macify". Since then, I have found
- out that there already is a product called Macify, so in this release, I change
- the name to TextMaster. Nuff said.
-
- HOW TO USE IT
-
- Simply launch the TextMaster application from the Finder. There are only
- two menu choices: "Macintosh -> UNIX" and "UNIX -> Macintosh". Choose
- whichever one represents the direction you want to convert things in.
- When you make a choice, a file dialog will appear; select the textfile you
- wish to convert, and click "Open". The conversion will take place, saving
- the output to "filename.out" (i.e. if you opened a file called "Foo", the
- resultant file will be called "Foo.out").
-
- To find out how to use the program, as well as on how to detect what
- type of textfile you have, choose the "help..." menu item.
-
- LAST WORDS
-
- Certainly hope you enjoy this program. It took a bit of work, es-
- pecially the Mac portion of it, but I find it useful.
-
- I am charging no shareware fee or anything for this. It's free.
- Take it, use it in good health. Modify it at will. However, when modify-
- ing the program, leave the version number intact; just tack on your own
- version number after mine. Example, if the version # of TextMaster is 1.4,
- and your name is Bill Smith, and this is the second revision to my code
- you have done, change the version number to something like "1.4/BS-2",
- the "BS" symbolizing this is Bill Smith's version, and the '2' signifying
- this is Bill Smith's 2nd version. Now you can redistribute the program;
- this way, we can keep track of which is the "genuine" version, and so
- forth.
-
- Two things I ask if you redistribute this work are, (a) my credit
- (name, copyright, etc.) MUST remain in all documentation and program
- displays, and (b) You not charge for distribution or shareware fees.
-
- Please email me with all bug reports, suggestions for changes, and
- so on. Better yet, if you have a suggestion for a change or a bug fix or
- whatnot, and you can program in C, make the patch yourself, and mail me a
- copy of the resultant source code. If it's good, and I like it, I'll be
- sure to include it in my next version, with your name in the credits! My
- email addresses can be found at the beginning of this document.
-