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╒═══════════════════════╕ │ Tag Line Xpress v2.00 │ ╘═══════════════════════╛ release date 01/15/93 The following is specific documentation for installing Tag Line Xpress v2.0 into the following mail readers: Silly Little Mail Reader (SLMR) v2.0 v2.1 v2.1a Off Line Xpress (OLX) v2.1 v2.2 v3.0 v3.01 Deluxe² v1.25 Jabber v1.2 SpeedRead (Speed) v1.2 MegaReader v2.1 Silly Little Mail Reader ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tag Line Xpress installs automatically into version 2 of Silly Little Mail Reader (SLMR). This includes versions 2.0, 2.1 and 2.1a. Other versions have not been tested with TLX and are not guaranteed to work. If you experience double taglines with SLMR, you can use the UNTAG.EXE utility provided with this archive. From within SLMR, modify the Configuration option PACKERS and add NEWZIP before the compress command, e.g. Old Option> PKZIP -A ! New Option> \path\NEWZIP PKZIP -A ! TLX will create a batch file called NEWZIP.BAT in the mail reader directory, you should edit it and ensure that the file reads: \path\UNTAG %4 %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9 If you have changed your compress commands, change the UNTAG % number to the parameter for the replies message file that is compressed by the packer. Advanced Information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This information is provided only to satisfy curiosity, and explain the process by which TLX works. The following options are automatically modified by TLX within the SLMR configuration: ENABLETAGS - taglines will be disabled within SLMR - 01 REPLYHEADER - header on replies for the Quote Enhancer - Y QSTYLE - quoting style for reply file generated (none) - 01 QSTRING - quote characters to use for reply file (none) -blank- EDITOR - Editor name, TLX batch filename - TLX_RUN.BAT SWAP - swapping enabled - Y SWAPXMSEMS - EMS/XMS swapping enabled - Y QUOTEDFILE - file that SLMR creates - REPLY.MSG REPLYFILE - file that SLMR reads with changes - REPLY.MSG The batch file TLX_RUN.BAT contains the following: \path\TLX Q \path\ %1 editor %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 \path\TLX T \path\ %1 where \path\TLX is the full path and filename of TLX; Q is the command to Quote the message; \path\ is the path to TLX's config and database; %1 is the parameter that is replaced with the message file; editor is the name of the editor with parameters %1-%5; \path\TLX is the full path and filename of TLX; T is the command to add a tagline; \path\ is the path to TLX's config and database; and %1 is the parameter that is replaced with the message file. Off Line Xpress ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tag Line Xpress installs automatically into Off Line Xpress versions 2.1, 2.2, 3.0 and 3.01. Other versions have not been tested with TLX and are not guaranteed to work. In OLX v3.x - using the internal editor causes TLX to behave differently. You have to press the F7 key to quote your reply, and the F8 key to attach a tagline. Advanced Information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This information is provided only to satisfy curiosity, and explain the process by which TLX works. OLX v2.x - The following options are automatically modified by TLX within the OLX v2.x configuration: ENABLETAGS - taglines will be disabled within OLX - 01 REPLYHEADER - header on replies for the Quote Enhancer - Y QSTYLE - quoting style for reply file generated (none) - 01 QSTRING - quote characters to use for reply file (none) -blank- EDITOR - Editor name, TLX batch filename - TLX_RUN.BAT SWAP - swapping enabled - Y SWAPXMSEMS - EMS/XMS swapping enabled - Y QUOTEDFILE - file that OLX creates - REPLY.MSG REPLYFILE - file that OLX reads with changes - REPLY.MSG The batch file TLX_RUN.BAT contains the following: \path\TLX Q \path\ %1 editor %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 \path\TLX T \path\ %1 where \path\TLX is the full path and filename of TLX; Q is the command to Quote the message; \path\ is the path to TLX's config and database; %1 is the parameter that is replaced with the message file; editor is the name of the editor with parameters %1-%5; \path\TLX is the full path and filename of TLX; T is the command to add a tagline; \path\ is the path to TLX's config and database; and %1 is the parameter that is replaced with the message file. OLX v3.0 - The following options are automatically modified by TLX within the OLX v2.x configuration: Hardware - EMS/XMS/DISK swapping enabled Editor - TLX_RUN.BAT is inserted (external editor only) Replies - Taglines OFF; Quoting NONE; Quote Prefix BLANK; Header ENABLED Function Keys - F7 and F8 keys assigned to TLX (internal editor) Deluxe² ~~~~~~~ Tag Line Xpress installs automatically into version 1.25 of Deluxe². Other versions have not been tested with TLX and are not guaranteed to work. There are two options you MUST change manually within Deluxe's configuration; FLAGS "Show message header in your editor" to NO; and SuperShell to YES. You should delete all the taglines stored by Deluxe² and enter them into TLX instead. If you experience double taglines with Deluxe², you can use the UNTAG.EXE utility provided with this archive. Within the Deluxe² Configuration file add NEWZIP.BAT before the compress command, e.g. Old Option> PKZIP -A New Option> \path\NEWZIP.BAT PKZIP -A TLX will create a batch file called NEWZIP.BAT in the mail reader directory, you should edit it and ensure that the file reads: \path\UNTAG %4 %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9 If you have changed your compress commands, change the UNTAG % number to the parameter for the replies message file that is compressed by the packer. Advanced Information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This information is provided only to satisfy curiosity, and explain the process by which TLX works. The following options are automatically modified by TLX within the Deluxe² configuration: Editors - C:\path\TLX_RUN.BAT %O Show message header - NO (manually) SuperShell - YES (manually) The batch file TLX_RUN.BAT contains the following: \path\TLX Q \path\ %1 editor %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 \path\TLX T \path\ %1 where \path\TLX is the full path and filename of TLX; Q is the command to Quote the message; \path\ is the path to TLX's config and database; %1 is the parameter that is replaced with the message file; editor is the name of the editor with parameters %1-%5; \path\TLX is the full path and filename of TLX; T is the command to add a tagline; \path\ is the path to TLX's config and database; and %1 is the parameter that is replaced with the message file. Jabber ~~~~~~ Tag Line Xpress installs automatically into version 1.2 of Jabber. Other versions have not been tested with TLX and are not guaranteed to work. If you experience double taglines with Jabber, you can use the UNTAG.EXE utility provided with this archive. Within the Jabber Configuration file add NEWZIP.BAT before the compress command, e.g. Old Option> {ZIP=PKZIP !} New Option> {ZIP=\path\NEWZIP.BAT PKZIP !} TLX will create a batch file called NEWZIP.BAT in the mail reader directory, you should edit it and ensure that the file reads: \path\UNTAG %2 %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9 If you have changed your compress commands, change the UNTAG % number to the parameter for the replies message file that is compressed by the packer. Advanced Information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This information is provided only to satisfy curiosity, and explain the process by which TLX works. The following options are automatically modified by TLX within the Jabber configuration file: SWAP=Yes SWAPEMS=Yes QUOTE_QUOTE=No QUOTE_REPLY=No REPLYHEADER=Yes PREPROCESS=C:\path\TLX q C:\path\ @QUOTE@ POSTPROCESS=C:\path\TLX t C:\path\ @QUOTE@ TAG_QUERY=Never The batch file TLX_RUN.BAT contains the following: \path\TLX Q \path\ %1 editor %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 \path\TLX T \path\ %1 where \path\TLX is the full path and filename of TLX; Q is the command to Quote the message; \path\ is the path to TLX's config and database; %1 is the parameter that is replaced with the message file; editor is the name of the editor with parameters %1-%5; \path\TLX is the full path and filename of TLX; T is the command to add a tagline; \path\ is the path to TLX's config and database; and %1 is the parameter that is replaced with the message file. TLX simply ties into the PRE and POST PROCESS options in Jabber. However, there is apparently a small bug within v1.1 that does not add the required message header to the reply file before TLX can quote it - hence the quote enhancer does NOT work! When this problem is fixed by the author, TLX will quote your messages. In the meanwhile - if you use an external editor you can add the TLX command line to a batch file to execute before calling your editor; or assign an F key if you use the internal editor. Speed Read ~~~~~~~~~~ Tag Line Xpress installs automatically into version 1.2 of Speed Read (Speed). Other versions have not been tested with TLX and are not guaranteed to work. A small bug exists within Speed Read v1.2 - if you re-edit a reply, Speed adds a second message header and TLX promptly quotes the message, resulting in double quoted replies. The author of Speed Read has been notified, and will fix the problem in a future release. If you experience double taglines with Speed, you can use the UNTAG.EXE utility provided with this archive. From within Speed, modify the Configuration option Compression Prgs. and add NEWZIP before the compress command, e.g. Old Option> PKZIP -m -u %s New Option> COMMAND.COM /c \path\NEWZIP.BAT PKZIP -m -u %s TLX will create a batch file called NEWZIP.BAT in the mail reader directory, you should edit it and ensure that the file reads: \path\UNTAG %5 %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9 If you have changed your compress commands, change the UNTAG % number to the parameter for the replies message file that is compressed by the packer. Advanced Information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This information is provided only to satisfy curiosity, and explain the process by which TLX works. The following options are automatically modified by TLX within the SpeedRead configuration: General Setup - Quoting - Initials NONE Quote String BLANK External Programs - Editor - COMMAND.COM /c C:\path\TLX_RUN.BAT %s Toggles/Options - Swapping ON Taglines OFF (5) Reply Header ON The batch file TLX_RUN.BAT contains the following: \path\TLX Q \path\ %1 editor %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 \path\TLX T \path\ %1 where \path\TLX is the full path and filename of TLX; Q is the command to Quote the message; \path\ is the path to TLX's config and database; %1 is the parameter that is replaced with the message file; editor is the name of the editor with parameters %1-%5; \path\TLX is the full path and filename of TLX; T is the command to add a tagline; \path\ is the path to TLX's config and database; and %1 is the parameter that is replaced with the message file. Optionally, you can install TLX as an External Tagline Manager if you do not wish to use the Quote enhancer and signature features of TLX. You have to modify the following manually within the SpeedRead configuration (do NOT install TLX automatically): General Setup - Tagline Mgr - COMMAND.COM /c \path\TLX g \path\ %s Tag Ret. File TLX.TAG where \path\ is the path to TLX's config and database. You can only call TLX AFTER you edit your message since TLX needs to read your message to make tagline suggestions. MegaReader ~~~~~~~~~~ TLX installs automatically into MegaReader v2.10. Other versions have not been tested with TLX and are not guaranteed to work. Note that since MegaReader uses a non-standard message header format, the TLX quote enhancer will not work. However the tagline management capabilities of TLX are not affected. You have to be using the internal editor with the default configuration. When you are done editing, press ALT-S (for Spell Check) and MegaReader will execute TLX instead which adds the tagline for you. If you are using a spell checker, you will have to edit the batch file TLX_RUN.BAT and add it manually before the TLX command line, and both the spell checker and TLX will work. If you are using an EXTERNAL editor, MegaReader does NOT access the Spell Checker batch file! You will have to edit the external editor batch file to include the TLX command line after the editor is called. You should leave the Spell Checker swap option as YES, giving TLX more memory to operate in. MegaReader does not allow it's tagline to be disabled if it is unregistered. And it is not possible to use the UNTAG utility with MegaReader due to the method in which it calls PKZIP. If you are experiencing double taglines in your replies, you will have to manually fix them by the following process: 1> UnZIP the reply packet PKUNZIP packet.REP; 2> Type UNTAG packet.MSG; 3> ZIP the reply packet PKZIP packet.REP packet.MSG This can be achieved automatically with a simple batch file: @ECHO OFF PKUNZIP %1.REP UNTAG %1 PKZIP %1.REP %1.MSG and execute this batch file with the packet name (NO extension) on the command line, it extracts the reply file, corrects the double tagline problem, and then compresses it again. Advanced Information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This information is provided only to satisfy curiosity, and explain the process by which TLX works. The following options are automatically modified by TLX within the MegaReader configuration: Spell Checker - \path\TLX_RUN.BAT where \path\ is the path to TLX's config and database. The batch file TLX_RUN.BAT contains the following: \path\TLX T \path\ MESSAGE.TXT where \path\TLX is the full path and filename of TLX; T is the command to add a tagline; \path\ is the path to TLX's config and database; and MESSAGE.TXT is the message filename.