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- This is Rahul Dhesi's flip program compiled for the NeXT. It's a simple
- little program that makes it easier to exchange DOS and Un*x text
- files. The flip program should be put in your local binaries
- directory (/usr/local/bin or something). The tar file includes the
- NeXT binary, the source, the man page in nroff & plain ASCII as well
- as instructions for how to compile it under different platforms (such
- as DOS). I don't have Turbo C, or I would have compiled it.
-
- I made a simple modification to it so that it runs as a filter when no
- file names are given.
-
- If you have to exchange DOS and NeXT text files frequently, it's handy
- to set up Terminal services to do the CLI legwork for you. The nice
- thing about terminal services is that they can be run from any
- application that supports services (such as Edit and Workspace).
-
- To set up a service which allows you to select text within the
- application and convert it from DOS (strip the carriage returns
- and the control-z), do the following:
-
- o Start Terminal, and select "Terminal Services" under the "Info" menu.
- o Press the "New" button, and enter something along the lines of
- "DOS text to NeXT" for the name.
- o In the "Command" field, enter "/usr/local/bin/flip -u" (your path
- may differ, of course)
- o In the "Accept" panel, check "Plain text" only.
- o In the "Use Selection" panel, push "As Input."
- o In the "Execution" panel, select "Run service in background",
- "Return Output", and "Fast C-shell."
- o Press "OK"
-
- To set up a service to convert NeXT text to DOS, just use a different
- name (like "NeXT text to DOS") and use "/usr/local/bin/flip -m" for
- the command.
-
- This program also runs nicely from the Workspace since it can take
- multiple files. To set up a service which allows you to select
- text files and convert them from DOS to NeXT format, do the following:
-
- o Start Terminal, and select "Terminal Services" under the "Info" menu.
- o Press the "New" button, and enter something along the lines of
- "DOS files to NeXT" for the name.
- o In the "Command" field, enter "/usr/local/bin/flip -u" (your path
- may differ, of course)
- o In the "Accept" panel, check "Files" only.
- o In the "Use Selection" panel, push "On Cmd Line."
- o In the "Execution" panel, select "Run service in background",
- "Discard Output", and "Fast C-shell."
- o Press "OK"
-
- To set up a service to convert NeXT text files to DOS files, just use
- a different name for the service (like "NeXT files to DOS") and use
- "/usr/local/bin/flip -m" for the command.
-
- I take *no* responsibility for the above. Flip seems to be pretty
- good about detecting binary files and refusing to brainwash them,
- but I wouldn't count on it. Make sure selected files are text files
- before converting them.
-
- Read the man page for more details.
-
- Craig Pratt
- pcnot4me@cs.montana.edu
-