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- CROMTAG version 1.00
-
- ****IMPORTANT****
-
- If you're upgrading from a version prior to 1.00, re-run the
- CROMCFG.EXE utility.
-
-
- CROMTAG - A tagline util for timEd (v1.10 and above) by Dana Booth at
- 1:138/179 or crom@eskimo.com
-
-
- -----------------------------
-
- FILELIST:
-
- cromcfg.exe - The setup util
- cromtag.exe - The tagline insertion program
- cromline.exe - The custom origin line utility
- cromline.add - Sample address file for cromline.exe
- cromline.lin - Sample origin line file for cromline.exe
- csteal.com - The tagline 'stealing' utility
- mood.com - Mood kludge utility (see seperate docs)
- tag.bat - Batch file to get you started (explained below)
- tag.lin - Ascii text file of taglines (of course you can edit
- this, I just borrowed some from some other guy's
- tagline util *G*)
- timkeys.sam - Sample TIMKEYS.CFG file for using csteal.exe
-
-
- -----------------------------
-
- OVERVIEW:
-
- This is a simple little tagline insertion utility that'll work just
- fine with timEd's internal editor, and will also work just as well
- using an external editor.
-
-
- -----------------------------
-
- HISTORY:
-
- One day, in the ARTWARE echo, a fellow asked about using taglines with
- the internal editor. Several folks answered back, in the days that
- followed, and told him that it couldn't be done. I thought, hey,
- timEd writes a file to disk whenever it does its PGP and Spellchecker
- routines, so why couldn't you insert a tagline instead? So I made a
- small qbasic routine, and a few people started using it. (a very few
- *G*) One fellow said that he used my little qbasic utility, and asked
- that if I ever re-write it, could I make it do random taglines? Thus
- was born the version that you have now... I sat down, and actually
- re-wrote it in earnest, made it faster, compiled it, etc., etc.
- Anyway, now you know. *G*
-
- Keep in mind that I'm by no means any sort of programmer. This is a
- very simple routine that anyone could have made. :)
-
-
- -----------------------------
-
- INSTALLATION:
-
- In timEd, version 1.10 and above, you have the opportunity to choose
- to do a spellcheck, a PGP message encryption, or a PGP message
- signing. In order to accomplish this, you have to define, in
- timed.cfg, the action to execute when you choose either of these
- options. The defining keywords are EXESPELL, EXECRYPT, and EXESIGN. If
- you don't use one of those keywords in timed.cfg, then you can define
- it to run the tagline utility, here's how: (using the EXECRYPT keyword
- for the purpose of this example)
-
- 1 - Copy all the files in this archive to your timEd directory.
-
- 2 - Using any text editor, open timed.cfg
-
- 3 - insert the EXECRYPT keyword, followed by 'tag.bat', i.e.:
-
- EXECRYPT tag.bat
-
- 4 - If you use an external editor, and call it from a batch file, be
- sure to have the batch file change back to the timEd directory
- before returning control back to timEd.
-
- 5 - Run the setup utility, 'cromcfg.exe'. You can run this at any
- time, so don't worry that your answers are written in stone. *G*
-
- 6 - If you plan to use the tagline stealing utility, 'csteal.exe',
- then modify your 'timkeys.cfg' file, inserting the line in the
- sample file, 'timkeys.sam', in this archive.
-
- You're ready to go!
-
- If you have the PGP and Spellcheck options already in use, then modify
- the 'tag.bat' file, inserting the dos 'choice' command, so you can use
- either the tagline utility or the PGP/Spellchecker option. Example:
-
- @echo off
- cls
- choice /c12 (1)for taglines (2)for encryption
- if errorlevel 2 goto encrypt
- if errorlevel 1 goto taglines
- :taglines
- cromtag
- goto end
- :encrypt
- cd\pgp
- pgp -sea c:\timed\timed.msg -o c:\timed\timed.asc
- cd\timed
- rem>timed.msg
- del timed.msg
- copy timed.asc timed.msg
- del timed.asc
- :end
-
-
- -----------------------------
-
- OPERATION:
-
- If you use the external editor, then you must choose the PGP or
- Spellchecker option that you installed it under when you edit the
- header of your message, by hitting [alt]+s. If you're using the
- internal editor, you can do the same, and you also have the
- opportunity to bring up the 'save message' menu, which contains the
- PGP/Spellcheck options, by hitting 'F10' before saving your post.
-
- *note* you may also define another keyword in timed.cfg to tell timEd
- to always use the spellcheck option. 'spellcheck_default yes' The PGP
- options do not have a similar keyword.
-
- When you save your post, the taglines will appear (if you did not
- choose to have CromTag insert random taglines), and the chosen tagline
- will be inserted, it's pretty easy.
-
-
- Cromtag will default to using TAG.LIN as it's tagline file, but you
- can also specify and alternate file on the command line. To use the
- file 'tagline.txt' as an alternate file:
-
- cromtag tagline.txt
-
-
-
- -----------------------------
-
- TAGLINE STEALING:
-
- If you use the sample, 'timkeys.sam', and insert that into your
- timkeys.cfg file, you can steal taglines by hitting the 'F4' key while
- in the reader. The stolen taglines are written to CromTag's tagline
- text file, 'tag.lin'. However, csteal.exe will accept a
- [[drive:\]path]filename as a command line parameter, if you choose to
- write the taglines to a different file. It will steal tags from
- 'normal' tagline generators (...), Terminate (.!.), all versions of
- OLX, the Wildcat! editor (WCE), the MR/2 offline reader, QMPro, RM
- (whatever that one is *G*), OFFLINE (above version 1.52), KWQ, and
- KWQ/2.
-
- I add more as I see them in the echos. *G*
-
-
- -----------------------------
-
- CUSTOM ORIGIN LINES:
-
- Included in this archive is the custom origin line utility. It was
- made as an afterthought actually, using basically the same program as
- cromtag.exe, and changing a few lines. To run 'cromline.exe', you set
- it up basically the same way you would set up cromtag, but, you can
- only use this utility from the 'spellcheck' option. The 'cromline.add'
- file is the file that cromline.exe reads to get the address from you
- that it'll need to put on the origin line, and the 'cromline.lin' file
- is the file that cromline.exe reads to get the custom origin line from
- you. You have to modify these files to suit you.
-
- As of version 0.45, you may now specify an alternate origin line file
- on the command line. Refer to operation of Cromtag for the syntax,
- it's the same thing.
-
-
- -----------------------------
-
- OTHER STUFF:
-
- I hope you enjoy these little programs. If you do, would you write me a
- letter at 1:138/179 or crom@eskimo.com?
-
- Thanks - Dana Booth (the guy who made the stuff)
-
-
-