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- 05-07-92
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- "Convert" is a simple utility I used when I first converted my original ASCII
- data files into faster binary format. You can use this program to change the
- names of the elements and symbols, thereby using the proper names if you are
- in a different country (thanks to Andreas Mack from Germany for the
- suggestion on doing this - "Mercury" is "Quecksilber" in his country).
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- HOW TO USE CONVERT:
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- NOTE: You must do the conversion from the CLI.
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- The ASCII source files for each of the included language files are included
- in the Data directory. These files have a TXT extension, and contain a list
- of element numbers, names, symbols, and row/column information. I'm giving
- you permission to change ONLY the symbol and element names, as any other
- changes should break the program in all weird manners.
-
- Simply select a TXT file as a starting point for your language, make a
- copy of it, and modify it with a text editor, changing the names/symbols
- necessary. Please keep symbols three characters or less, and names 15
- characters or less. If you exceed these values, you will probably mess
- up something (I won't go into this). Save the file with a new name (a good
- idea would to be to call it the name of your language, as in Yiddish.TXT).
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- Run Convert:
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- Like this: "Convert <text_file.TXT> <binary_file.DAT> [RETURN]"
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- where <text_file.TXT> is the name of the modified copy of the ASCII
- English.TXT data file and <binary_file.DAT> is the name you want to
- call your converted binary file.
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- If anyone builds a new symbol/name file for his/her country that does not
- use all American names, please drop me a disk with your file, and I'll
- include it in my next release of Elements to PD. I'll be happy to reimburse
- you with the latest version of Elements (if there are any more enhancements...).
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- To use your language file, select it into the "NameFile" tooltype in the icon and
- run Elements III.
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