™ / .• • • ∫"• • ≠ÿ Contents µ h E 6 M h•Ñ • • ≠• • • • ≠• ≠• âflüú• ≈• • • ≠≠≠ÿ Warning: Do not use this program. I have made a diligent effort to ensure that this program will not damage your data or hardware, but I am a simple-minded imbecile , and it's entirely possible that I've inadvertently created a monster. So, I urge you to immediately destroy your copy of this program and never never never use it. If you choose to ignore my warning and this program destroys your computer, makes your cat pregnant, causes you to grow hair where you don't want it, or does anything else that you or anyone else do not like...tough noogies. It's not my problem. You have been warned. & ™ \ # • • • ≠ÿ ) 6 ∑ & • • "O • ≠ÿ ñ ® \ v C T•] • • • • ≠≠∞• ≠• ≠• • • ≠≠•
≠ÿ Digest Reader v1.88 , copyright David L. Bergart, 1995. bodafu@infobahnos.com This program is FREE SOFTWARE . Distribution in unmodified form is unrestricted. ) ∑ ƒ & • • "O •
≠ÿ ª k v I ? L•◊ • • • • ≠≠≠≠• • ãG≤ ƒ≈≠≠≠≠≠≠ÿ This program requires MS Windows version 3.1 . It will not work under earlier versions of Windows. It will not work under Windows NT. Digest Reader reads digests that conform to RFC 1153 . It can also be used to read other digest formats and a variety of other file types, such as mailboxes and some data files. The program window has three parts: fl ” ƒ G L f•e • Pô≠H• ∞• • • • ≠∞• • • • ≠∞• • ∞≠ÿ · at the top left is a display of Subject lines · at the top right is a display of From lines · at the bottom is the text of the currently-selected article * I q ' • • PÈ:≠H• ≠ÿ
Ó G ~ : B•§ • • ãw%TÙ≈ãaS˜z≈≠≠• • ≠≠≠ÿ The displayed article can be edited and then saved to an archive digest or quoted and copied to the clipboard. Changes made to the displayed text do not change the contents of the digest being read. [ 4 q Ù ' •h • PÈ:≠H• ≠ÿ Here is a short list of the important menu items: 5 ~ & • • • ≠∞∞≠ÿ File Menu D Ù R - *•. • È• ∞∞ãw%TÙ≈≠≠ÿ Save article... ∫ T Ø 2 4•¨ • • ∞• ≠• ∞ãaS˜z≈≠ÿ Edit Menu Quote to clipboard O R ' 6 <•2 • È• ∞∞ã™K≈≠∞∞ã€≠|B≈≠≠ÿ Rot13 Find... O Ø v / .•@ • • ∞ãJ#~®≈≠≠∞∞∞≠ÿ Addresses Options Menu W â ' Í u ¸•Å • È• ∞∞ãÚb, ≈≠∞∞ãYiîr≈≠∞∞ãl€.ı≈≠∞∞ãgõÊ≈≠∞∞ã|>zÇ≈≠∞∞ã∂ª≈≠∞∞ã:¢ü÷≈≠∞∞ãØäö˙≈≠∞∞ãb±ç“≈≠ÿ Sort Subjects Use Kill file Use Alternate separator Incremental Searching Set Quote string... Edit Kill file... Edit Alternate separator... Set External viewer... Run External programs... ˚ j v g 0 0•Ô • Pô≠H• ≠∞• • ≠≠ÿ · Pressing the Right mouse button will pop up a menu containing a selection of useful functions. ' Í ⁄ $ • • È• ≠ÿ ] : g ë # •t • • ≠ÿ And here is some information for your reading pleasure: ) ⁄
T@ - (• • • ≠ãG≤ ƒ≈≠≠≠ÿ Save the text of the current article to a file of your choice. If the file doesn't exist, it will be created. The archive files created by Digest Reader are fully compliant RFC 1153 digests. When you save an article to a Digest Reader archive, it is inserted into the digest. If you save the article to a file that was not created by Digest Reader, the article is appended to the file with a blank line before it and a digest separator fo T@ ¢
llowing it. You cannot save an article to the digest you are reading. ! Ö uB K d•– • • ≠• • • • ≠≠• • • • • • • • ≠ÿ When saved, an End of Digest article is converted to a normal article. If there is no subject line, the End of Digest line is converted to a subject line, otherwise it is discarded. Digest Reader determines whether a file is a Digest Reader archive by checking the Subject line of the preamble (must be the second line of the file) and the End of Digest line and the line of asterisks that follow it. The Date and From lines in the preamble are ignored. & T@ ˝B # • • • ≠ÿ C uB fiB 1 Ù ã l≠ fiB C ≤C Quote to clipboard8 ˝B C # •* • • ≠ÿ Quote to clipboard ¨ ~ fiB ≤C * $•ü • • ≠ã|>zÇ≈≠ÿ Place a copy of the current article (or selected text) onto the clipboard, with each line preceeded by the quote string . 8 C öC 1 Ù™ !≥ öC #D F Find...- ≤C #D # • • • ≠ÿ Find... è « öC F = H•W • • ≠≠≠≠≠• • ≠≠• • ãgõÊ≈≠ÿ Do a case-insensitive search of the subject list, sender list, or the current article for the text you enter in the dialog box. The caption of the dialog box tells you whether the subject list, sender list, or the article will be searched. To change the search target, click with the mouse on the area you want to search. Hitting return is equivalent to clicking the Find Next button see also Incremental Searching F #D QF 1 ' l≠ J∫ QF ‘F ≠I Incremental Searching; F ‘F # •0 • • ≠ÿ Incremental Searching Q , QF †F % •X • • ≠≠≠ÿ Choose whether Digest Reader will use: C ‘F H C T• • Pô≠H• ∞• • • • • ≠∞• • • ≠ÿ · normal searching -- you enter the entire search text and then hit return or a Find button to begin the search · incremental searching -- as you type the search text, the program searches for the first match to what you have typed so far E †F eH % •@ • • ≠≠≠ÿ This menu item is a toggle: ÷  H \I 5 8•∑ • Pô≠H• • • ≠• • ≠ÿ · If it is on (there is a check mark beside it), then selecting it will turn it off. · If it is off (there is no check mark beside it), then selecting it will turn it on. & eH ≠I # • • • ≠ÿ >
\I ÀI 1 ' !≥ ¢Ω ÀI óI éK Sort Subjects3 ≠I óI # • • • ≠ÿ Sort Subjects « ~ ÀI ıJ - *•ü • • ≠• • ≠≠≠≠ÿ Choose whether Digest Reader will sort the Subject lines or display them in digest order. This menu item is a toggle: û Ä óI ˙K 7 <•≈ • Pô≠H• • • ≠• • ≠≠≠ÿ · If it is on (there is a check mark beside it), then selecting it will turn it off. · If it is off (there is no check mark beside it), then selecting it will turn it on. * ıJ ÃK ' • • PÈ:≠H• ≠ÿ & ˙K éK # • • • ≠ÿ D ÃK -L 1 ’ J∫ √ -L fL îL Set Quote string...9 éK fL # •, • • ≠ÿ Set Quote string... √ ] -L îL + &•º • • ≠ãaS˜z≈≠≠ÿ Specify the string that is inserted in front of each line when you quote to clipboard . >
fL ,M 1 ± ¢Ω fl ,M _M ë™ Use Kill file3 îL _M # • • • ≠ÿ Use Kill file û ‚ ,M f• i •% • • ≠• • • • ≠≠• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ≠ÿ Choose whether to skip articles with Subject and From lines that are matched by entries in the kill file. The kill file gives you the ability to ignore messages from certain senders, or with certain Subject lines. If Use Kill file is enabled, Digest Reader will do a substring search of each Subject line and each From line for the entries in the kill file. In other words, if you put the word 'digest' in the Subject -line kill list, any articles containing the word 'digest' in the Subject line will be skipped. It will also ignore articles with _M f• îL Subject lines containing words that contain the word 'digest' (such as undigested). E _M «• % •@ • • ≠≠≠ÿ This menu item is a toggle: ù à f• €™ 6 :•Ω • Pô≠H• • • ≠• • ≠≠ÿ · If it is on (there is a check mark beside it), then selecting it will turn it off. · If it is off (there is no check mark beside it), then selecting it will turn it on. G «• ë™ , (•6 • • • ã∂ª≈≠ÿ see Edit Kill file... B €™ -≠ 1 Ñ √ s -≠ d≠ ≥ Edit Kill file...7 ë™ d≠ # •( • • ≠ÿ Edit Kill file... a -≠ ≥ ? L•Ã • • ≠• • • • ≠≠• • ãYiîr≈≠ÿ This brings up a dialog in which you can make entries into the kill file, and modify or delete entries already in it. At the top of the dialog there are two list boxes. The one on the left holds entries to be matched against the Subject lines, and the one on the right contains those to be matched against the From lines. see Use Kill file H d≠ L≥ 1 ) fl ö L≥ ≈≥ ™Ω Use Alternate separator= ≥ ≈≥ # •4 • • ≠ÿ Use Alternate separator Ù £ L≥ b∫ 6 :•G • • ≠ãG≤ ƒ≈≠≠ã:¢ü÷≈≠≠≠≠ÿ Digest Reader is primarily designed to read RFC 1153 -format digests, but by defining different article-separator lines, you can read a variety of file types, such as other digest formats and mailboxes. This menu item lets you choose whether to treat a file as an RFC 1153 digest, or to parse it using the article-separator line you defined in the Edit Alternate separator dialog. This menu item is a toggle: ÷  ≈≥ YΩ 5 8•∑ • Pô≠H• • • ≠• • ≠ÿ · If it is on (there is a check mark beside it), then selecting it will turn it off. · If it is off (there is no check mark beside it), then selecting it will turn it on. ( b∫ ™Ω $ • • • ≠≠ÿ L YΩ ÍΩ 1 ß s > ÍΩ √ ‰ Edit Alternate separator...A ™Ω √ # •< • • ≠ÿ Edit Alternate separator... P ÍΩ ^… 6 :•5 • • ≠ãG≤ ƒ≈≠≠≠≠≠• • ≠ÿ Digest Reader is primarily designed to read RFC 1153 -format digests, but by defining different article-separator lines, you can read a variety of other digest formats and data-files. This menu item brings up a dialog box in which you can specify the line which Digest Reader will search for and treat as an article separator. Caveat: This is a simple modification of the basic digest reader that lets it do a reasonable job of reading a wide range of file types. It is not perfect and will not always do what you want it to. X √ ¶‘ : B•= • • ≠≠• • • • • • ≠≠≠ÿ Because you might want to look at a file that doesn't have Subject lines, you can choose to use the separator line as the Subject line. In an RFC 1153 digest, the separator line follows the article, but when you choose to use an alternate separator as the Subject line, it will be treated as though it precedes the article. Trust me, it makes sense in practice. In an RFC 1153 digest, separator lines are preceeded and followed by blank lines. When Digest Reader is using an alternate separator, it does not look for blank lines. ^ 8 ^… Ÿ & •p • • ≠≠≠≠ÿ You can choose from among three kinds of matching. “ ∫ ¶‘ ÇŸ - (•
• ≠H• • • ≠≠ÿ Exact match: This tells Digest Reader to do a case-insensitive search for lines that consist of the exact text you have entered. û ‹ Ÿ Â⁄ + $•¡ • 0ÈÈ≠H• • ≠ÿ example: If you enter "----------" (not including the quotes), Digest Reader will treat any line that consists of exactly ten hyphens as an article separator, and will treat anything else as article text. + ÇŸ í⁄ ' • • È≠H• ≠≠ÿ Ï Â⁄ À 1 0•ƒ • • • • • • ≠≠ÿ Line begins with it: This tells Digest Reader to do a case-insensitive search for lines that begin with the text you have entered. The line may have anything or nothing following your specified text. í⁄ À ™Ω l A í⁄ xÁ + $•∞ • 0ÈÈ≠H• • ≠ÿ example: If you enter "----------" (not including the quotes), Digest Reader will treat any line that begins with ten hyphens as an article separator, and will treat anything else as article text. Thus, "---------- hello world" will be treated as an article separator, but "----- hello world" will be treated as text. ) À ¡Á & • • È≠H• ≠ÿ Å xÁ §Ã A P•— • • ≠• ≠• ≠≠• • • ≠• ≠• ∞∞≠ÿ Pattern match: This tells Digest Reader to do a case-insensitive, simple regular-expression search for lines that match the pattern you have entered. The following description of the pattern matching syntax is taken verbatim from the Microsoft Visual Basic Help file with the exception of the reference to escape sequences, which are not recognized by the native VB pattern matching routine. Character(s) Matches in pattern expression _ ¡Á É ^ …• • • ≠∞∞∞≠∞∞∞≠∞∞∞≠∞∞∞≠∞∞∞≠• • ∞∞• ≠• • • ∞∞• ≠• ≠• • ≠ÿ ? Any single character * Zero or more characters # Any single digit (0-9) \t A tab character (ASCII 9) \\ A single slash character [ charlist ] Any single character in charlist [! charlist ] Any single character not in charlist A group of one or more characters ( charlist ) enclosed in brackets ([ ]) can be used to match any single character in expression and can include almost any characters in the ANSI character set, including digits. In fact, the special characters left bracket ([ ), question mark (?), number sign (#), and asterisk (*) can be used to match themselves directly only by enclosing them in brackets. The right bracket ( ]) cannot be used within a group to match itself, but it can be used outside a group as an individual character. In addition to a simple list of characters enclosed in brackets, charlist can specify a range of characters by using a hyphen (-) to separate the upper and lower bounds of the range. For example, [A-Z] in pattern results in a match if the corresponding character position in expression contains any of the uppercase letters in the range A through Z. Multiple ranges are included within the brackets without any delimiting. For example, [a-zA-Z0-9] matches any alphanumeric character. ; §Ã AË ; D• • • ≠≠≠• • • • ≠≠• • ≠ÿ Other important rules for pattern matching include the following: An exclamation point (!) at the beginning of charlist means that a match is made if any character except the ones in charlist are found in expression. When used outside brackets, the exclamation point matches itself. The hyphen (-) can appear either at the beginning (after an exclamation mark if one is used) or at the end of charlist to match itself. In any other location, the hyphen is used to identify a range of ANSI characters. & ü É gÍ * "•ù • • ≠≠≠≠≠≠≠ÿ When a range of characters is specified, they must appear in ascending sort order (from lowest to highest). [A-Z] is a valid pattern, but [Z-A] is not. The character sequence [ ] is ignored; it is considered to be a zero-length string. The character sequence [! ] is enterpreted to mean any character except the space character. To represent a tab character (ASCII 9), you must use the character sequence \t. To include a literal slash character in your pattern, you must use the character sequence \\. / AË ¢ ' • • • ≠≠≠≠ÿ In some languages, there are special characters in the alphabet that actually represent two separate characters. For example, several languages use the character "æ" to represent the characters "a" and "e" when they appear together. The pattern matching routine recognizes that the single special character and the two individual characters are equivalent. When a language that uses one of these special characters is specified in the WIN.INI file (sLanguage), an occurrence of the special single character in either pattern or expression matches the equivalent 2-character sequence in the other string. Similarly, a speciagÍ ¢ ™Ω l single character in pattern enclosed in brackets (by itself, in a list, or in a range), matches the equivalent 2-character sequence in expression. ( gÍ Ê $ • • • ≠≠ÿ s 0 ¢ = C T•a • 0ÈÈ≠H• • • • • • • • • • ≠ÿ example: If you enter "[! \t]*" (not including the quotes), Digest reader will treat any line that does not begin with a space or a tab character as an article separator. If you enter "[rb]ed" (not including the quotes), Digest Reader will treat any line that consists only of the word red or the word bed as a separator, and will treat all other lines as article text. If you modify the previous example to "[rb]ed*" (not including the quotes), Digest reader will treat any line that begins with either the word red or the word bed as a separator. - Ê j ( • • È≠H• ≠≠≠ÿ * = ‰ % • • • ≠≠≠ÿ : j Î 1 ß ö Î ‡ « Addresses/ ‰ ‡ # • • • ≠ÿ Addresses ˜ b Î ‰ 5 8•Å • • ≠≠≠• • ≠≠• • ≠ÿ Maintain a list of email addresses and other information. When you select a list entry and click on 'Copy to clipboard' or double-click on a list entry, the text of the entry up to but not including the first space is copied to the clipboard. The entry may contain up to 2 kbytes of other text (names, addresses, telephone numbers, etc.) When you bring up the addresses dialog, the From line of the currently displayed article is copied into the edit field. You must edit this so the email address is the first text on the left and is separated from any other text on the line by at least one space. Ó ‡ « D V•§ • • ≠• • • • ≠≠∞≠≠≠≠∞≠≠≠• • ≠≠≠ÿ Example: If the From line is: "Kris Kringle" <santa.claus@north.pole.org> edit it so it is: santa.claus@north.pole.org Kris Kringle, fax number, phone number, etc ..... Remember, Digest Reader will copy everything from the beginning of the line up to but not including the first space to the clipboard. When you select a list entry, it is copied into the edit field, where you can scroll left and right to access any extra information you've stored. G ‰ ò 1 > [ ò . Set External viewer...< « . # •2 • • ≠ÿ Set External viewer... é à ò & •Ω • • ≠≠≠ÿ The article-viewer window in Digest Reader cannot hold more than 30,000 bytes of text. If an article exceeds this size, and you have specified an external viewer program, you will be given the choice of viewing the first 30,000 bytes of the article using Digest Reader, or viewing the entire article using the external viewer. If you have not specified an external viewer, or if it doesn't exist, Digest Reader will display the truncated article. I . ` 1 * <
