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- “READ ME” for TextMerge, version 1.0
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- Copyright © 1992 Robert Gibson. All rights reserved.
- January 3, 1992
- Font: Geneva 12
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- This document must go wherever TextMerge goes. Please do not distribute
- TextMerge without this documentation. Please do not modify this document.
-
- INTRODUCTION
- =============
- This document contains information about TextMerge, a Drop Box by Robert
- Gibson. Information specific to TextMerge itself is given in “Using
- TextMerge”. Characteristics of Drop Boxes in general are discussed in the
- “Using Drop Boxes” section. Finally, information about the author is
- provided in the last section, “About the Author”.
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- USING TEXTMERGE
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- These sections are fairly detailed descriptions of how and why you may
- use TextMerge. There are many ways to use, and purposes for, this program,
- that I don’t discuss.
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- Who Will Use TextMerge
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- • TextMerge is an application written mainly for users who regularly
- call on-line services and capture various text to a file. Users can then
- pass the files through TextMerge and merge the files into one big one.
-
- • If you use TextMerge, please please please send me a note. I love to
- hear from users of my software. My addresses (post and e-mail) are
- given below in “About the Author”.
-
- Using TextMerge
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- • Drag sets of files, folders, or disks into the application, “Drop Box-
- style”. TextMerge will scan folders and disks provided, and will
- modify ALL text files in ALL of the directories provided, no matter
- what their depth. Drop Boxes require Apple Events, and thus System
- 7.0 or higher.
-
- • The order in which files are moved depends on the order in which they
- were selected in the Finder. The first one you select is the first one
- in the merged file.
-
- • To cancel processing, just type a command-period. Cancelling in the
- middle of a file might not prevent part of the current file from being
- copied into the merged file. If deletion is on, aborting will not cause
- the current file to be deleted. I suggest that you be ABSOLUTELY
- SURE that you can lose the data if you turn delete on.
-
- • Double-click on the application to change the preferences and see the
- About... box.
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- Preferences
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- • The first time you try to modify a file using the program, the
- preferences dialog will come up, just to make sure the correct
- parameters have been set up. You can modify these if you wish. If
- you don't want to see that window again, just say OK. You will have to
- explicitly ask for for the Preferences window the next time you wish
- to change anything.
-
- • To show the Preferences dialog in Drop Box mode, hold down the option
- key while the program is launching.
-
- • The preferences are fairly self-explanatory. Set the number of carriage
- returns inserted to separate each file (enter 0 for no returns), what
- creator the resulting file will have, and whether or not the processed
- file should be deleted after processing.
-
- • The file creator is the owner of the text file. For example, the initial
- value is ‘ttxt’, so the owner is a TeachText document. It determines
- what icon the file will have in the Finder, and what application will
- be opened when you double-click on it. Choose the Same as... button to
- select a text file of the desired type, if you aren’t sure what exact
- file type it is that you want.
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- USING DROP BOXES
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- Drop Boxes are applications which can take advantage of System 7’s Apple
- Events. To use them, just drag a file over the application icon just as you
- would drag a file over a folder to move it into that directory. The Drop
- Box is then opened and processing is done. The program then quits. You can
- also throw in whole directories and disks. You don’t have to throw in just
- one, either. Select a whole bunch of files, directories, or disks, or any
- combination of the three, and dump them in. The Drop Box will scan for
- files of the required type and modify them accordingly. All files in all
- directories within those dropped in will be modified.
-
- At least, that is how Rob•Drop Boxes work.
-
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- ==================
- If you use this program, have any comments or suggestions, or ideas for
- other programs, please write me a note, e-mail or post.
-
- Robert Gibson E-Mail:
- RR#1 Carrying Place CIS: 71261,2236
- Ontario, CANADA Internet: 71261.2236@compuserve.com
- KØK 1LØ
-
- This program is not to be included in any software collections other than
- BBSs and on-line services (eg. CD ROMs, PD Disks, etc.) without prior
- written consent from the author. Any distribution MUST MUST MUST
- include this document, unmodified.
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- TextMerge copyright © 1992 Robert Gibson. All rights reserved.