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- Slurpee.1st
- 4/30/95
- S. Weyer
-
- Slurpee 1.5
- transfers paragraphs or tab-delimited text
- between a text file and Newton soup entries
- via a terminal emulator and serial connection;
- type via keyboard to Newton fields, and
- print values and errors to terminal
-
- Keywords: data and text transfer, soup utility, keyboard, Inspector,
- terminal emulator, Newt
-
- Copyright 1994, 1995, S. Weyer, All Rights Reserved Worldwide.
-
- Slurpee is shareware ($10). Registered users receive notice of new versions,
- help in testing custom soup and entry spec definitions, and priority for new
- features and info. (Slurpee and source are free to registered users of Newt,
- the application development environment (newt-devenv-30))
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- Contents [slurpee-15.sit/.zip/.hqx] [CIS: slrp15.sit/.zip]:
- - Slurpe15.pkg -- Slurpee application
- - Slurpee.1st -- this file
- - Slurpee.txt -- a longer readme file introducing Slurpee
- - SlurpOld.txt -- readme file for original "Slurp" (DTS example)
- (terminal setup, general frame specification)
- - CasioNam.tab -- example data file (from Slurp) for transfer to Names
- - CasioNam.dmp -- example of dumping data from Names
- - Business.txt -- example of text file to transfer to a Notepad folder
- - Business.dmp -- example of dumping text from a Notepad folder
- - Outbox1.dmp -- example of dumping text from Outbox, e.g., mail msgs
- - Outbox2.dmp -- example of dumping text & other fields from Outbox,
- then erasing them
- - ToDo1.txt -- example adding a ToDo item
- - ToDo2.txt -- another ToDo example
- (Mac format text files in .sit/.hqx archives; DOS text in .zip archive)
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-
- Changes in version 1.5:
- - fixes "intern" for symbol values ("true", "nil", and "" (nil) work properly)
- - uses "power off handlers" instead of changing Sleep Preference
- - filters linefeeds from PC keyboard input in kbd mode
- - allows faster entry via typing and pastes
- - fixes timing problem (hopefully) related to archiving Slurpee after quit
- - redefines Write function (in addition to Print and Notify)
- if Newt is installed
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- Author:
- Stephen Weyer
- 17 Timber Knoll Drive
- Washington Crossing, PA 18977-1052
- Internet: weyer@netaxs.com
- http://www.netaxs.com/~weyer
- America Online/eWorld/NewtonMail: SteveWeyer
- Compuserve: 74603,2051
- AppleLink: WEYER.S
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