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- CD COYOTE 2.1.1 README
-
- <There is a HTML version of this Readme at
- http://www.uta.fi/~eesau/macintosh.html>
-
- See 'Version history' at the end of this document to find out what's new
- in this version.
-
- CD Coyote is a program for CD-ROM drive users who listen to audio CD's and
- have written disc information to CD Remote DA or AppleCD Audio Player. With
- CD Coyote You can edit the information saved with the CD player. You can:
-
- - Edit all disc information without inserting the CD to the CD-ROM drive.
- - Save the disc informatin to a TEXT file with user defineable options.
- - Merge many 'CD Remote Programs' files to just one so You can share 'CD
- Remote Programs' files with Your friends.
- - Add discs to the 'CD Remote Programs' database. Audio CD must be inserted
- (if it is not there allready) to the CD-ROM drive to get the identification
- number from the disc.
- - Remove discs from the database.
- - Sort discs alhabetically in the database.
-
- Additional features:
-
- - Find and Find Again commands to search for a text string in the database.
- - Control the CD-ROM drive. Includes play, pause, continue, skip to previous
- or next track and stop playing of audio CD's. Eject any CD in the CD-ROM
- drive.
-
- And hey! CD Coyote is still FREE!
-
- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
-
- CD Coyote needs System 7 or later to run. When launched it checks if System
- 7 is present and if not it displays an error message and quits.
- You also need to have CD Remote or AppleCD Audio Player (or to be precise the
- 'CD Remote Programs' file) to get the information to edit.
- Some features require Apple compatible CD-ROM drive.
-
- HOW TO USE?
-
- CD Coyote has full Balloon Help. To learn how to use it just turn on Balloon
- Help and start using it. However here is a description of the program.
-
- When You launch CD Coyote it tries to find 'CD Remote Programs' file from
- the Preferences folder. If it finds it You are ready to use CD Coyote. If
- it doesn't find the 'CD Remote Programs' file You have to open one with the
- Open... command in the file menu. You may also drag-and-drop any 'CD Remote
- Programs' file to the CD Coyote icon and CD Coyote will use that file.
- Current 'CD Remote Programs' file is displayed in the top of window and if
- none is set it displays text 'File not found in the Preferences folder'.
-
- CD COYOTE WINDOW
-
- The window is divided into four areas:
-
- On the top of the window there is two rows of text. First says 'Current 'CD
- Remote Programs' file:' and the second is the path to that file. If no file
- is set or found the second line says 'File not found in the Preferences
- folder'.
-
- Next is the Disc list. Over the list is displayed the total number
- of discs in the database. If the database is empty but readable then text
- 'current 'CD Remote Programs' file is empty' is displayed. On the right of
- the list is scrollbar that You can scroll other discs to sight. Currently
- selected disc has its number boldfaced.
-
- Under the disc list is the track list. Over the list is displayed how many
- tracks is on the currently selected disc and also the total number of tracks
- on all discs. On the right there is again a scrollbar to scroll other tracks
- to sight.
-
- Between the two lists just above the track counts there is two horizontal
- lines. When the cursor is between these lines You will notice that the
- cursor changes to up and down pointing arrows. If You hold the mouse button
- down between these lines and drag up or down You can resize the two lists.
- Minimum size of a list is four items and CD Coyote woun't allow You to make a
- list smaller than that.
-
- In the bottom of window there is a row of text that gives You some CD-ROM
- drive status information.
-
- The window can be resized from the grow icon in the bottom right corner of
- the window. Clicking the zoom button in the window's titlebar will resize
- the window to fit on the monitor that has most of the window in it. You can
- move the window anywhere on screen from the titlebar. Also there is a
- closebox which when clicked quits CD Coyote.
-
- CD Coyote remembers the window position and size of the window when You quit
- and uses those next time You use CD Coyote.
-
- EDITING THE INFO IN THE DATABASE
-
- NOTE! Unlike in the previous version of CD Coyote it is now more safe to
- edit the disc info. That is because CD Coyote now creates a temporary copy
- of the file You opened and makes all changes to that file. Changes to the
- original file are saved only when You choose Save from the file menu (or if
- You answer OK when it is asked if You want to save changes).
-
- To edit disc or track name just click on it and a black frame is drawn around
- it and the text is selected and editable. When editing the normal text edit
- functions in the Edit menu are usable. If You press tab or return keys when
- disc is currently selected then the first track in the tracklist is selected.
- Always when a track is selected and tab or return is pressed the next track
- is selected. If the last track is selected and tab or return is pressed the
- disc title is selected. If You hold down the shift key when pressing tab or
- return then the previous track (or the disc name if the first track is the
- current edit field) will be selected.
-
- Holding option key down when pressing tab or return will select the next disc
- in the disc list. If You hold down the shift key when pressing option-tab or
- option-return then the previous disc is selected.
- NOTE! If You are using some extension that patches option-tab to some other
- action (like Option-Tab Program Switcher by Michael F. Kamprath) You have to
- use option-return to select the next disc.
-
- When editing the text in field You are able to type only 62 characters. This
- limitation is there because this is how AppleCD Audio Player works. I have
- no idea why. Also when Pasteing text to a field if it will be more than 62
- characters the text will not be pasted. If the text to be pasted includes
- returns they are converted to spaces.
-
- ADDING A DISC TO THE DATABASE
-
- To add an audio disc to the database choose Add Disc command from the Edit
- menu. If there is a disc allready in the CD-ROM drive CD Coyote tries to add
- that disc to the database. If there is no disc in the CD-ROM drive then CD
- Coyote asks You to insert one to the CD-ROM drive and waits for the disc.
- If the disc to be added is allready in the database or it has no audio tracks
- then an error message is displayed and the disc is not added.
-
- REMOVING A DISC FROM THE DATABASE
-
- To remove a disc from the database choose Remove Disc from the Edit menu.
- The disc to be removed is the current disc in the disc list (i.e. the one
- with the boldfaced number). CD Coyote asks if You really want to remove the
- disc and if You answer OK the disc will be removed.
-
- MENUS AND WHAT THEY DO
-
- Apple menu
- About CD Coyote... Displays an about dialog.
-
- File menu
- Open... Open another 'CD Remote Programs' file.
-
- Close Quits CD Coyote. Same as clicking the windows
- close box.
-
- Save Saves the changes made to the 'CD Remote Programs'
- file.
-
- Save As... Saves a copy of the 'CD Remote Programs' file.
-
- Save As TEXT... Saves disc info to the disk as a TEXT file. All
- options from 'Saving List...' dialog are used.
-
- Merge File... Merges another 'CD Remote Programs' file to
- currently open file. Options from 'Merging Files...'
- dialog are used.
-
- Quit Quits CD Coyote. Same as clicking the windows
- close box.
-
- Edit menu
- Undo Undoes the last action if it is undoable. Undoable
- actions are text editing within one field.
-
- Cut Normal text editing functions.
- Copy
- Paste
- Clear
-
- Select All Selects the text in the currently active text
- editing field.
-
- Add Disc Adds a disc to the currently open 'CD Remote
- Programs' file.
-
- Remove Disc Removes current disc from the currently open 'CD
- Remote Programs' file.
-
- Preferences Has submenu with two commands: Saving List... and
- Merging Files... which both open an preferences
- dialog. See descriptions of the dialogs below.
-
- Special menu
- Sort Discs Sorts the discs in the database alphabetically.
-
- Find... Brings up a dialog where You can type search
- string and set search options. See description
- below.
-
- Find Again Repeat the search with the previously entered
- search string.
-
- CD Control Has submenu that has CD controlling commands.
-
- CD Control submenu
- Play/Pause/Continue Plays (or continues if paused) playing of audio
- CD. Pauses if allready playing. The title of the
- command tells the actual action that takes place when
- selected.
-
- Previous Track Skips to the previous track.
-
- Next Track Skips to the next track.
-
- Stop Stops playing of audio CD.
-
- Eject Ejects a CD from the CD-ROM drive.
-
- SAVING LIST PREFERENCES DIALOG
-
- CD Coyote allows You to set various options that affect the information and
- layout of the output file when Save As TEXT is selected in the File menu.
- Options are set by clicking appropriate buttons. Options and their meanings
- are:
-
- Option Meaning
-
- Get CD Titles If this option is checked CD Coyote will get the CD
- titles. If not checked, the titles are omitted.
-
- Number Titles If this option is checked CD Coyote will number the CD
- titles. If not checked, the titles are not numbered. If
- You didn't check the Get CD Titles this has no effect.
-
- Get Track Names If this option is checked CD Coyote will get the track
- names. If not checked, the tracks are omitted.
-
- Number Titles If this option is checked CD Coyote will number the
- track names. If not checked, the tracks are not
- numbered. If You didn't check the Get Track Names this
- has no effect.
-
- Delimiter:
-
- Between Each Disc This option lets You choose whether to put a tab,
- return or some other mark between each discs' info.
- See more about this at chapter 'Special note about the
- Other Delimiter field'.
-
- Before Track List Same as Disc Delimiter only now between disc title and
- the tracks. See more about this at chapter 'Importing
- disc list to a database or a spreadsheet program'.
-
- Between Each Track Same as Disc Delimiter only now between tracks.
-
- Empty Line Between Discs If this option is checked CD Coyote will add
- an empty line after each disc.
-
- Empty Line After Disc Title If this option is checked CD Coyote will add
- an empty line after disc title. Note that if
- You are only saving the disc titles and have
- both Empty Line Between Discs and Empty Line
- After Disc Title checked You will get two
- empty lines between the titles.
-
- TEXT File Creator Allows You to specify creator for the output file.
- You can either select one from the popup menu or
- write one by yourself to the field. If You write
- one it will be added to the popup menu. Note that
- only the first four characters of the field are used
- as a creator. If You write less than four characters
- ?'s are added to the creator to get four characters.
- Predefined creators in the popup menu are:
- R*ch - BBEdit
- ttxt - TeachText
- WORD - MacWrite
- MWII - MacWrite II
- MSWD - MicroSoft Word
-
- SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT THE OTHER DELIMITER FIELD
-
- If Other is selected CD Coyote will parse the field as follows:
- If the first character in the field is ^ then any numbers after it are read
- as decimal numbers and used as a ASCII value. For example: ^65 means ASCII
- 65 which is A.
- If the first character in the field is $ then any hexadecimal numbers after
- it are read as hexadecimal numbers and used as a ASCII value. For example:
- $4A means ASCII 74 which is J.
-
- IMPORTING DISC LIST TO A DATABASE OR A SPREADSHEET PROGRAM
-
- If You are using CD Coyote to save list of the discs and want to import
- that list to a database or a sreadsheet program there are a couple of
- things You should know. Use return as delimiter between each disc and tab
- before track list and between aech track. Both empty line between discs and
- titles should be unchecked. When these options are in effect and You save
- the output file You can import it to most database or sreadsheet programs as
- tabulated text. When You import the file set the record delimiter to return
- and field delimiter to tab.
-
- FileMaker Pro users can use the Other field to make tracks an repeating
- field. Use return as delimiter between each disc and tab before track list.
- Between each track choose Other and write to the other field '^29' or '$1D'
- (without quotes). This is the value that FileMaker Pro uses as a delimiter
- between its repeating fields. When You import the saved list to FM Pro
- first make a repeating field and when importing put the tracks go to that
- field.
-
- MERGING FILES PREFERENCES DIALOG
-
- This dialog has only three radio buttons that affect the way CD Coyote
- behaves when a disc found in the file to be merged is allready in the
- database.
-
- If 'Never replace' is choosed CD Coyote ignores the disc in the new file
- and leaves the original in the database.
- If 'Confirm before replacing' is choosed CD Coyote asks if the disc should
- be replaced or not.
- If 'Replace without confirming' is choosed CD Coyote will replace the disc
- without asking if it shoud replace it.
-
- FIND DIALOG
-
- With this dialog You can set the search options and also start searching.
- The window has following options:
-
- Search for: Type here the string You want to search.
-
- Match Case If this option is checked the search is made case
- sensitive.
-
- Search Tracks If this option is checked the search will be done in the
- tracks and in the disc titles. The first disc title is
- searched first and after that the tracks are searched.
- After the tracks are searched the search continues to the
- next disc title and that disc's tracks and so on.
-
- Cancel Closes the dialog without starting the search. Leaves all
- the options in effect including the search string.
-
- Find Starts the search.
-
- WHY THE NAME CD COYOTE?
-
- Someone asks this anyway so here it is :-)
- I happen to be a great fan of Wile E. Coyote and this is a tribute to him.
-
- THANKS TO
-
- - Kätsä Lähteenaho for the Icons and the Wile picture in the About box.
- - Matthew Xavier Mora for the PathNameFromFSSpec function.
- - My kids Tytti and Aleksanteri who love to watch cartoons with me.
- - Wile E. Coyote - The Greatest Genius In History.
- - Heini for being there.
- - jong15@aol.com & Michael Whitney <michael_whitney@qm.claris.com> for
- telling me about FileMaker Pro's repeating fields.
- - Peter N Lewis <peter.lewis@info.curtin.edu.au> for his STR# editing
- routines and dialog routines.
- - All the people who sent me comments, suggestions and bug reports.
-
- DISCLAIMER
-
- Use at Your own risk. I don't take any responsibility of the damages
- CD Coyote may cause. It hasn't caused any as far as I know.
-
- REDISTRIBUTION
-
- CD Coyote copyright © 1993-1995 by Esa Ristilä.
- CD Coyote is distributed FREE of all charges. Distribute unmodified
- copies freely as long as this Readme file is included in the package and
- no money is charged.
- If You wish to include CD Coyote on a commercial CD-ROM, BBS or other package
- ask for a written permission. You are very likely to get it.
-
- CONTACTING THE AUTHOR
-
- Bugreports, donations and postcards most welcome :-)
-
- Postcards: Esa Ristilä
- Ratakatu 11 as. 11
- 33250 TAMPERE
- FINLAND
-
- Email: eesau@uta.fi
-
- WWW: http://www.uta.fi/~eesau/
-
- IRC: eesau
-
- VERSION HISTORY
-
- CD Coyote 2.1.1 - 6th of March 1995
-
- - Fixed a bug that caused track names to get messed up in some
- situations.
- - Command-D in the Save changes dialog is the same as clicking Don't save
- with the mouse.
- - Made forward delete to work.
- - Function keys F1-F4 operates as Undo, Cut, Copy, and Paste.
-
- CD Coyote 2.1 - 16th of Janyary 1995
-
- - Ability to add discs to the 'CD Remote Programs' database. Audio CD
- must be inserted (if it is not there allready) to the CD-ROM drive to
- get the identification number from the disc.
- - Ability to remove discs from the database.
- - Ability to sort discs alhabetically in the database.
- - Find and Find Again commands to search for a text string in the
- database.
- - More safe file handling. Doesn't edit original 'CD Remote Programs'
- file directly anymore.
- - Save and Save As commands to save current 'CD Remote Programs' file.
- - Ability to play, pause, continue and stop playing of audio CD's. Eject
- any CD in the CD-ROM drive.
- - Resizeable window and disc list and track lists.
- - Removed Set button from the window and replaced it with Open command
- in the File menu.
- - Truncation of the current file path is done in the middle of the
- string.
- - Option-Tab or Option-Return selects the next disc in the disc list.
- Option-Shift-Tab and Option-Shift-Return selects the previous disc in
- the disc list.
- - Removed the searching of the 'CD Remote Programs' file from the System
- folder. Why? Because the file should be in the Preferences folder in
- System 7 and later.
- - Some minor bug fixes.
-
- CD Coyote 2.0.1 - 21st of November 1994
-
- BugFix release, fixed bugs are:
-
- - If there was zero sized 'CD Remote Programs' file in the preferences
- folder CD Coyote crashed when trying to open it at launch. Now displays
- message that the file can't be used.
- - On b/w only machines CD Coyote tried to open color window and crashed.
- Now it checks if machine is b/w only.
- - On 9" screens windows titlebar was under the menubar.
- - Drag and dropping an empty 'CD Remote Programs' file doesn't leave
- first disc in the last file visible any more.
- - Drag and dropping now always selects first disc if file wasn't empty.
- - Other minor changes (did those error checkings finally). :-)
-
-
- CD Coyote 2.0 - 25th of October 1994
-
- - Ability to edit all disc titles and track names without inserting the
- CD to the CD-ROM drive.
- - Ability to merge many 'CD Remote Programs' files to one.
- - New user interface.
- - Saving list to a TEXT file has new option. It is now possible to use
- any character as delimiter between the fields.
-
- CD Coyote 1.0.1 - 12th of October 1993
-
- - Added to look for 'CD Remote Programs' file from System folder too.
- The assumption that the file is always in the Preferences folder
- occurred to be fairly stupid.
- - Removed the automatic save when 'CD Remote Programs' file was
- drag-and-dropped to CD Coyote.
-
- CD Coyote 1.0 - 7th of October 1993
-
- - First release
-