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- This library contains TURBO Pascal routines which implement
- an ascii file display program. These instructions tell you
- how to get the files out.
-
- Use your favorite version of LU to extract all of
- the files. You do this by saying:
-
- LU A PIBLIST.LBR
-
- assuming that your library program is called LU.
-
- All of the Pascal source files are squeezed (*.PQS), as is the documentation
- file PIBLIST.DQC. The file README.DOC is NOT squeezed.
- Unsqueeze all the .PQS files and the .DQC file using your favorite unsqueezer.
- Note that the PibList files were squeezed WITHOUT the
- date and time stamp. I suggest you use ALUSQ.COM if you
- have it, since it is fast, reliable, and will unsqueeze
- all the files using a wildcard request:
-
- ALUSQ *.PQS
- ALUSQ PIBLIST.DQC
-
- If you don't have this unsqueezer, and the one you do have
- doesn't support wildcards, then you will have to enter a
- separate unsqueeze request for each .PQS file.
-
- To compile PibList, enter Turbo and tell it to write a .COM file
- using OPTIONS. Set the Main program to be the file PIBLIST.PAS.
- Type C to start the compile. PibList REQUIRES TURBO v 3.0 FOR THE
- IBM PC AND WILL NOT COMPILE WITH OTHER VERSIONS.
-
- To run PibList, type:
-
- PIBLIST fname
-
- in response to the MS-DOS prompt, where 'fname' is the file to be
- displayed.
-
- To leave PibList, type:
-
- EXIT
-
- in response to the PibList prompt.
-
- The file PIBLIST.DOC contains detailed instructions on the
- use of PibList.
-
- PibList will list an ascii file on the PC's screen.
- It combines most of the features found in other "browse" programs:
-
- -- Absolute and relative line numbers, screens, and pages.
-
- -- Very large file capability (any size file can be listed).
-
- -- A string search facility.
-
- -- Pages can be defined by a FF (Ascii 12) character,
- or by FORTRAN line-printer carriage control '1' in column 1.
-
- -- Support for color graphics screen if available.
-
- -- Horizontal tab expansion.
-
- -- High-order bit stripping.
-
- Please upload any nifty features you add or (shudder) notices of
- bugs you find. You may leave me messages on the following
- BBSs:
-
- Gene Plantz's BBS (312) 882 4227
- Ron Fox's BBS (312) 940 6496
-
- Thanks,
- Phil Burns
-