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- ABOUT TextChanger
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-
- TextChanger is an application which will scan your disk drives for
- text files, and allow you to selectively change their creators or
- delete the contents of their resource forks. This idea is not new;
- for years, there has been an application called ╥TEXT Ranger╙,
- written by Darin Adler of Apple Computer, which does the same thing.
- However, TextChanger adds some unique capabilities:
-
- - TextChanger will identify the application which created the
- document, if that application is present on any mounted disk.
-
- - Whenever a new type of text file is encountered, you can
- instruct TextChanger to show you the file; TextChanger will
- then open the window in the Finder which contains the file,
- and select the file. (This is so that you can establish the
- context in which the file exists, or even open it up to view
- its contents. Having this context often helps in deciding
- what to do with the file.)
-
- - TextChanger can operate in the background.
-
- To scan a disk, simply double-click on TextChanger. When TextChanger
- comes up, click to dismiss the splash screen. A dialog will be presented
- so that you can select a disk to scan. Click the ╥Drive╙ button until
- the name of your desired disk is shown in the dialog, and then click
- the ╥Scan╙ button. (Under System 7, it will be the ╥Open╙ button.
- The Standard File package is a little too smart for its own good.)
-
- You can also scan a disk or a folder by dropping its icon onto
- TextChanger, if you╒re running System 7.
-
- TextChanger will then start scanning the drive (or folder). As it does
- so, it will display the name of the folder being scanned, and the name
- of the file currently being examined. (This last will change rather
- quickly.) To cancel a scan in progress, click the ╥Cancel╙ button in
- the progress dialog.
-
- Whenever TextChanger encounters a file of a type it hasn╒t seen, it
- will put up another dialog asking you what to do. There are a number
- of actions you can take:
-
- - Enter a application signature code in the text field, and turn
- on the ╥Change Creator to╙ checkbox. If you don╒t know the
- signature code for your desired application, you can click
- the ╥Choose╙ button; if you then select an application program
- and click ╥Open╙, that application╒s signature will be entered
- in the text field for you.
-
- - Turn on the ╥Zap Resource Fork╙ option to delete any resource
- information that may exist in the file. (Text editors often
- store information in the resource fork such as the font and
- size used to display this file╒s contents, the last window
- position and size of the file, and so on. MPW also stores
- information related to its Projector source-control system
- in the resource fork of the file.)
-
- - Don╒t turn on any options, and click ╥OK╙. When you do this,
- files of the same type as the indicated file will not be
- affected at all.
-
- - Click the ╥Show╙ button. The indicated file will be displayed
- in the Finder. With this information, you can determine what,
- if anything, you should do. To resume the scan, bring TextChanger
- to the front again.
-
- - Click the ╥Cancel╙ button to cancel the scan.
-
- After selection the appropriate options, click ╥OK╙ to continue the scan.
- When TextChanger is finished, the disk-selection dialog will reappear.
- You can then choose another disk, or click ╥Quit╙ to quit TextChanger.
-
- CREDITS
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-
- The idea of an application to ╥search and destroy╙ rogue creators and
- resource forks isn╒t new; the ╥TEXT Ranger╙ program by Darin Adler
- goes back to 1989 (and probably before).
-
- Robert Munafo suggested that it would be nice to actually be able to
- examine the document before deciding what to do with it.
-
- TextChanger uses file-search libraries which are part of the Programmer╒s
- Editor Package. For more information, write the the address at the end of
- this text file.
-
- UPDATE NOTES
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-
- Version 1.0.1 (1/10/93)
-
- This maintenance release to TextChanger fixes a crash which would occur
- when repeatedly clicking on the ╥Drive╙ button. Also, the desired actions
- for each file type persist for the duration of that invocation of
- TextChanger, so if you can multiple volumes, you won╒t have to
- re-enter your desired actions for each volume.
-
- Some Minor Legal Stuff
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- TextChanger is a freely distributable, copyrighted program, otherwise
- known as ╥freeware╙.
-
- Although TextChanger is free, it is not ╥public domain╙. It is
- copyrighted, and Bare Bones Software, Inc. reserves all rights;
- therefore:
-
- Ñ TextChanger cannot be sold, either by itself or in combination with
- any other product, without express written permission of Bare Bones
- Software, Inc.
-
- Ñ If you╒re a user group which is publishing a CD-ROM or floppy
- collection, you may include TextChanger and all of its included files
- without restriction, save that the original package is included. Contact
- Bare Bones Software for up-to-date versions and information.
-
- Ñ If you╒re a hard disk company which distributes PD, shareware, and
- freeware on your disk drives, you╒re welcome to distribute TextChanger.
- Contact Bare Bones Software for up-to-date versions and information.
-
- Ñ Commercial publishers and distributors of CD-ROM software collections
- may not distribute TextChanger on CD-ROM without the express written
- permission of Bare Bones Software, Inc.
-
- Ñ TextChanger may be posted on an information service which charges its
- users for general connection time and downloading, but it may NOT be
- posted to an information service which will charge for the specific
- right to download TextChanger, without the express written permission
- of Bare Bones Software, Inc.
-
- Ñ TextChanger may be given away as a support utility for a package which
- is itself to be given away. People who need to distribute TextChanger
- as a support utility should contact Bare Bones Software for up-to-date
- versions and information.
-
- TextChanger is copyright ⌐1992-1994 by Bare Bones Software, Inc.. All
- rights reserved. Address correspondence to:
-
- Bare Bones Software, Inc.
- 1 Larkspur Way #4
- Natick, MA 01760
- Internet/Usenet: bbedit@world.std.com
- CompuServe: 73051,3255
- AppleLink: BARE.BONES
-
- Phone: (508) 651-3561
- Fax: (508) 651-7584
-
- Limited warranty and limitation of remedies
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- The program and any support from Bare Bones Software, Inc., are provided
- ╥as is╙ and without warranty, express and implied, including but not
- limited to any implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a
- particular purpose. In no event will Bare Bones Software, Inc. be
- liable for any damages, including lost profits, lost savings, or other
- incidental or consequential damages, even if Bare Bones Software, Inc.
- is advised of the possibility of such damages, or for any claim by you
- or any third party.
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