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- This simple program will compile all *.HLP files into TERMINAT.DOC.
- While doing this, it will remove all color codes, insert a table of
- contents at the top and formfeeds.
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- │ ░░░░ Translation information ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
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- When modifying the help menu files, you must note that Terminate will use
- some search strings that are found in the default help files. You should
- not remove those entries or put similar strings in other places in the
- help file. You risk that a subject will then be located in the wrong place
- when displaying the help files. If you don't understand the rest of this
- document, you should not try to modify the helpfiles.
-
- Maximum help file size is 1000 lines of 255 characters.
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- │ ░░░░ Formfeeds are important ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
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- You can insert an ascii #12 () anywhere to force a new page on the
- printer, the #12 will be ignored when showing the help online. This should
- only be done as a very last resort. What you do is to go through the
- compiled TERMINAT.DOC and find the menues that are broken. Place a #12
- just before the menu and compile again. Remember the last line location
- and jump in your editor (Ctrl-J in Qedit). Use STRIPFF.EXE ro remove old
- #12 first. The mainreason for doing this is to avoid broken boxes on two
- printed pages.
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- │ ░░░░ Installing local language files ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
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- When Terminate is first installed it will look for a file called
- T-LOCAL.EXE (or T_LOCAL.EXE) in the same path as the installation files
- and unpack this file to a directory named LANGUAGE\.
-
- When running Terminate for the first time, Terminate will look for a file
- called LANGUAGE\LANGUAGE.TXT and read the first line. This line should
- contain the language name, like 'Dansk' for Danish or 'German' for
- Germany. If the file does not exist, Terminate will say local language
- files.
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- │ ░░░░ Colour codes ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
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- code Description Default colour
- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- ^n Normal text colour Gray
- ^h Highlighted text colour Cyan
- ^b Bold text colour Yellow
- ^r Menu bar colour Blue on grey background
- ^m Menu colour Bright cyan
- ^t Menu head colour Yellow on blue background
- ^f Toggle flash/blink No flash, always after a color command
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- │ ░░░░ Keywords ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
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- Terminate has a lot of keywords inside the TERMINAT.EXE file. These
- words are used for placing the cursor bar in the helpfiles, so you will
- get faster access to help for the current item. Generally do not change the
- text inside headlines or highlighted text like: ^hConfiguration^n
- Note that the search word will have a ^ appended so it won't stop in the
- menu. Example:
-
- Menu:
-
- ^m┌────────────────────┐
- │ Configuration ^m│
- │ Exit ^m│
- └────────────────────┘^n
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- Information:
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- ^hConfiguration^n
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- If the menubar is placed on configuration, then the actual search word
- will be: CONFIGURATION^ in uppercase and with a ^ appended. This will
- result in the menubar being placed at the information instead of at the
- menu. That is why you should not place the ^ right after a menu option. In
- general do not change color except right in front of where the colour
- change is needed.
-
- Terminate will show which keyword you are missing when calling the
- help menu. Then look at the keyword and change it back in the .HLP file.
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- │ ░░░░ MANUAL.EXE ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
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-
- This tool compiles all the .HLP files into a file called TERMINAT.TMP and
- simultaneously creates a table of contents in TERMINAT.IDX. Then the files
- will be copied together into one big TERMINAT.DOC:
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- FRONTPGE.HLP (The Terminate logo and copyright)
- TERMINAT.IDX (The table of contents with page numbers)
- TERMINAT.TMP (The actual text, now including line feeds and page numbers)
-
- Use MANUAL /850 to transform this manual into codepage 850
- (Use correct box-corners)
- Upon installation Terminate will try to detect the codepage and if codepage
- 850 is detected then MANUAL.EXE will be started with a /850.
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- ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ ░░░░ The archive ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │
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- With the manual files you must create a FILE_ID.DIZ which should look like
- the one that comes with the english manuals in MANUAL\FILE_ID.DIZ: Do
- NEVER use more than 39 chars and 10 lines. Use the same header and frame
- like the below example and never use any highbit characters #128-#255 -
- they may look nice, but many sysops complain and some systems will mess it
- up.
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- ----======< TERMINATE x.xx >======-----
- - The Final Terminal -
- - Documentation in Danish -
- - Translated by Carsten Milling -
- _______________________________________
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- Only *.HLP files, MANUAL.DOC and MANUAL.EXE should be placed in the archive.
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- For example to pack the Danish language archive (XX=version):
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- PKZIP T-DAN-XX *.HLP MANUAL.* FILE_ID.DIZ
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- Result:
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- T-DAN-XX.ZIP The finished archive. Good luck.
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- - Bo Bendtsen -
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