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╒═══════════════════════╕ │ Tag Line Xpress v2.00 │ ╘═══════════════════════╛ release date 01/15/93 Introduction ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tag Line Xpress (TLX) is an enhanced tagline manager for offline message mail readers. A tagline is a single line comment that is added to the end of each message by mail readers, and is often a funny or ridiculous statement. Most mail readers available today have limitations to the amount of taglines they can handle, and one has to physically select a tagline from what could well be a sizeable collection, or the mail reader will cycle through the available taglines sequentially or randomly. TLX makes the job of maintaining and selecting taglines infinitely easier. Tag Line Xpress (TLX) supports UNLIMITED taglines. TLX uses a database to store your tagline collection, and keeps a count of how many times each tagline has been used. TLX will read the message you are sending, and suggest taglines from the database depending on the subject and content of the message, giving priority to lesser used taglines. TLX can steal taglines from entire QWK mail packets. There is even a quote enhancement feature that places a quote box around the message that you are responding to. TLX offers a user signature option, adding a default text signature or file to the bottom of each message. TLX installs automatically when used with the Silly Little Mail Reader, Off Line Xpress, Deluxe², Jabber, SpeedRead and MegaReader. Any mail reader that supports a tagline manager can be set up to use TLX. Full mouse support is available. All features in TLX are fully configurable. TLX needs a minimum of 380K of system memory to work, any memory over that including Expanded Memory will be used for dynamic caching and buffers. Registration ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tag Line Xpress (TLX) is being distributed under the Shareware concept, you may freely copy and distribute TLX in it's original unmodified archive form. TLX is NOT crippled or restricted in any way, the shareware version is a fully functional program to allow you to evaluate it's performance - except for the random appearance of a nag screen reminding you to register. After a reasonable evaluation period you are expected to register TLX with the author and send in a registration fee of US $10.00 (ten US Dollars). Once you send in your registration fee, you will receive a valid registration number that will eliminate the nag screen, send $10 is cash, check or money order to the author: R.Janorkar 651 Richmond Road, Staten Island, NY 10304-2409. please include your full name, mailing address, version number of TLX you are using, and the mail reader program you are using. If you send a registration fee of US $25.00 (twenty five US Dollars) or more, you will also be mailed the next release of TLX when it is available. The author is available via the RIME/PCRelay TAGLINES conference and also via several other national echo networks for support, or directly at the author's Support BBS. If you find a bug or error while using TLX, please PRINT-SCREEN the error display and mail a printout along with a description to the author. User feedback has played a vital role in the development of TLX and is welcomed. This is a list of official distribution sites where new releases of Tag Line Xpress can be found: Photographers Network - (718) 876-0337 Support BBS @9600 v32 Lightning BBS - (201) 483-5141 @2400 The PosterBoard Network (212) 685-8309 @14.4 v32 Robin's Egg BBS - (214) 964-8726 @9600 Old Timers BBS - (301) 645-1409 @9600 The US Project BBS - (302) 529-1650 @14.4 HST The Looking Glass BBS - (305) 346-8524 @16.8 D/S The Great Escape BBS - (310) 676-3534 @14.4 D/S & (310) 676-4282 @14.4 D/S The Refiner's Fire BBS - (313) 664-0437 @2400 PUMA Wildcat! - (318) 443-1065 @14.4 Cyber Zone BBS - (401) 732-0258 @9600 v32 Bun's BBS - (415) 756-5098 @14.4 v32 & (415) 991-2995 @14.4 v32 TrekKy! BBS - (502) 762-6963 @2400 Blue Lake System - (503) 656-9790 @14.4 v32 & (503) 657-4719 @9600 HST Graphics Unlimited BBS - (714) 862-5319 @9600 D/S The Point BBS - (715) 345-1327 @14.4 Queens Software Exch. - (718) 628-6661 @2400 Utah Data Link BBS - (801) 943-4616 @2400(14.4 after 7pm) Sole Distribution Site for European users: Enterprise BBS - +31 5950 3933 (The Netherlands) @14.4 What's New ~~~~~~~~~~ This is a TOTAL rewrite of Tag Line Xpress! New menus have been introduced. Speed has been dramatically improved, especially when dealing with large tagline databases. Added a new config option to automatically skip/delete BBS advertisement taglines. Added a new feature to translate text when quoting, creating more personalized replies. Automatic installation and direct support with more readers including SLMR, OLX, Deluxe², Jabber, SpeedRead and MegaReader. TLX can now execute an external signature program and use the signature it provides. Added support for new Evironmental Variable TAGLINE to limit EMS usage and control cursor behaviour. Included a new utility called UNTAG that helps eliminate duplicate taglines from mail readers that will not disable them. Quick Start ~~~~~~~~~~~ This section contains the basic information required to install and use TLX. It is suggested that you also read the following sections on the various options in TLX, and the reader specific document that is included in this archive. Simply copy the contents of this archive into your mail reader directory, or into a separate directory. When TLX is started for the first time it will attempt to install itself automatically. It will first ask for confirmation and show the reader type and version that it has located. *** MAKE A BACKUP OF YOUR MAIL READER BEFORE INSTALLATION *** If the information that TLX displays is correct (mail reader name and version number) type Y and it will install itself automatically into the mail reader. If you are using any other version - INSTALLATION RESULTS ARE UNPREDICTABLE - since the mail reader formats could well have changed between versions!!! Please read the specific reader documentation included in this archive for more information. Once TLX is installed, you will offered the Configuration menu. After you finish configuration, TLX will look for a default tagline file. If it finds one it will ask for confirmation and import the taglines into it's database. If it cannot recognize any tagline files, it will prompt you to enter the filename, and then read in the taglines. After importing the taglines, TLX will ask if you want to rename the tagline file. You should normally answer Yes - so your mail reader will not attempt to attach a second tagline to your messages. TLX is now installed and ready for use! If your mail reader will not allow you to suppress it's internal reader signature, you have to use the UNTAG.EXE utility provided with this package. Within your mail reader, edit the PACKER option: Old Option> PKZIP -A New Option> NEWZIP PKZIP -A Each reader has a different syntax and different location for this option, please check the specific reader documentation file for more information. When you respond to a message (or initiate a new message) TLX will first enhance the quoted portion of your reply (a new message has no quote and will be unaffected) and call your editor. After you finish editing your reply, TLX will read the message and suggest taglines based on the subject and content. You can then select an appropriate tagline from the suggestions, or select one from the tagline database and TLX will add it to your message. Use of disk caching software will make TLX run much faster, along with every other program you use. It is suggested that a disk cache be used (especially on slower computers). Other Readers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TLX can be installed into other mail readers that are not currently supported automatically. There are two methods of installation, the first is a "Classic" TLX installation, and the second is a "Conventional" tagline manager installation. "Classic" TLX Installation - TLX intercepts the message before and after your editor gets it. The easiest way to do this is to use the batch file TLX_RUN.BAT that is automatically created by TLX when automatic installation fails. Modify your mail reader configuration to call TLX_RUN.BAT instead of your editor, with the reply file name (normally passed as ! or %O check your reader documentation for the exact format). Then edit the batch file TLX_RUN.BAT and enter your editor name in the indicated space. If your mail reader supports a "standard" message header you should enable it. The mail reader quote characters should be disabled, and the mail reader tagline support should also be totally disabled. When you reply to a message, TLX will quote the reply portion and pass it to your editor. After you edit your reply TLX will read it and suggest taglines, select one and TLX will add the tagline to the bottom of your message along with an optional signature. Some mail readers do NOT allow you to disable the reader signature! If your messages have double taglines, you have an additional step to perform. Edit the PACKER configuration in your mail reader, and insert NEWZIP.BAT before the Compress command: Old Option> PKZIP -A New Option> \path\NEWZIP PKZIP -A TLX will also have created a batch file called NEWZIP.BAT that is actually what does the tagline trimming. You will have to edit this batch file with the correct parameters - depending on the format your mail reader uses for compressing out going mail. \path\UNTAG %4 %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9 This is how the NEWZIP.BAT looks - you have to determine which parameter your mail reader is passing as the REPLIES file, and change the UNTAG % number to that. For example: Old Option> PKZIP -A New Option> \path\NEWZIP PKZIP -A will pass the following line to NEWZIP.BAT: PKZIP -A BBSNAME.REP BBSNAME.MSG so %1 = PKZIP %2 = -A %3 = BBSNAME.REP %4 = BBSNAME.MSG What we are interested is in is the MSG file, that is the actual replies file that will be compressed into the REP packet. In this case it is %4. Another example: Old Option> PKZIP -A -ES New Option> NEWZIP PKZIP -A -ES will pass the following line to NEWZIP.BAT: PKZIP -A -ES BBSNAME.REP BBSNAME.MSG so %1 = PKZIP %2 = -A %3 = -ES %4 = BBSNAME.REP %5 = BBSNAME.MSG In this case %5 is the parameter we want. While this is definitely not an easy way to eliminate the duplicate reader tagline, it is unfortunately the only way. Conventional Tag Line Manager Installation - TLX can mimic the popular John Hancock tagline manager and return the tagline in a text file. This method has certain drawbacks, it cannot quote your message, the reader signature cannot be changed, and the user signature option is not available. Simply set up your mail reader to call TLX with the following parameters: \path\TLX g \datapath\ \replypath\REPLY.FIL where \path\TLX is the full path and filename of TLX; g is the Generic command line switch; and \replypath\REPLY.FIL is the full path and filename of the message file that TLX will read to make suggestions. The tagline will be returned in a text file (called TLX.TAG by default) the name of the tagline return file can be changed from the TLX configuration menu. The mail reader must have the option to read such a tagline return file and use it. Detailed Information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following is specific information on the various options and behaviour of TLX. It is not required for using TLX, but is provided for those want to get the most out of the program. Expanded Memory ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TLX will normally grab all available Expanded Memory (EMS) and use it for dynamic caching and index buffers. However, if you are running concurrent programs or operating under a multi user environment, you can limit the amount of Expanded Memory that TLX will use by setting an Evironmental Variable: TAGLINE=Ex where E is the EMS switch and x denotes a numeric value for the explicit amount of Expanded Memory in Kilobytes - using E0 will tell TLX to not use ANY EMS memory. Additionally, with certain VGA video hardware or under DesqView multitasking software the cursor will appear deranged. If this is the case you can use the TAGLINE Environmental Variable to inform TLX that the cursor is misbehaving with the switch BADCURSOR e.g. TAGLINE=BADCURSOR You can use both these switches with the Environmental Variable by separating them with a semicolon e.g. TAGLINE=BADCURSOR;E1024 Note that there should be no spaces between the words. Please refer to your DOS manual for more information on Environmental Variables. @ Variables ~~~~~~~~~~~ TLX supports @ variables in the tagline, user signature, reader signature and quote enhancer. Note that not some options may not be available with all mail readers - only SLMR and OLX can offer support for all variables. All these variables must be in upper case (CAPITALS). These variables are replaced by TLX as follows : @FROM@ - Message authors full name @FROMFIRST@ - Message authors first name @FROMLAST@ - Message authors last name @TO@ - Full name of message recipient @TOFIRST@ - First name of message recipient @TOLAST@ - Last name of message recipient @SUBJECT@ - Subject of current message @CONFNAME@ - Name of current conference @TODAY@ - Current date in form MO/DA/YR @DAY@ - Current day of week e.g. Monday, Tuesday @DATE@ - Current date @MONTH@ - Current month @YEAR@ - Current year @TIME@ - Current time in form HOUR:MIN:SEC @HOUR@ - Current hour in 24 hour format @MINUTE@ - Current minute @SECOND@ - Current second @VER@ - Current TLX version Quote Enhancer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can configure the quote enhancer to your specific design. There are three sections in the quote enhancer - the Quote Comment, the Quote Top and the Quote Bottom. You can have upto 128 characters in each of these three options. To force a new line, use the ASCII 227 character (π) by holding down the ALT key and pressing the 2 2 and 7 keys on the numeric keypad. An ASCII chart can be summoned by pressing F1 in each configuration field. @ Variables can be used within each of these options. In addition there can be upto three Quote Character that border the text on the left margin. If none are explicitly specified, TLX generates a random set for every message. User Signature ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TLX can add a signature to the bottom of every message. You can have upto 128 characters in your signature, and can also include @ variables. To force a new line use the ASCII 227 character π by holding down the ALT key and pressing the 2 2 and 7 keys on the numeric keypad. An ASCII chart can be summoned by pressing F1. If you enter a filename in this field, TLX will read the entire specified file in as a signature. If the specified file is an executable program (or a batch file) it will be automatically executed and TLX expects a signature return file named TLX.SIG which will be added to the message as a signature. This allows using external signature programs directly from within TLX. Translation Feature ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can translate text within the Quote enhancer by creating a text file called TRANSLAT.TLX (or edit from the Configuration menu). Basically you specify the text string to find and the text string to replace with in the format: Old Text = New Text where Old Text is the string that will be replaced with the New String. Capitalization is critical, since only an EXACT match will be replaced. Typically this is used to personalize your messages by translating names to short nicknames, e.g. Joseph = Joe Douglas = Doug David = Dave Doctor = Whats up Doc For example, this quote addressed to DAVID: @TOFIRST@ babbled incoherently ... will be translated into: Dave babbled incoherently ... Note that the @ variables are translated first, then the text translations take place. Twit Taglines ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Since TLX has the capability of stealing virtually every tagline from within a QWK mail packet, occasionally you will want to prevent certain taglines from being stolen. The twit taglines are stored in a text file called TWITTAGS.TLX and are rejected by TLX when stealing and deleted when doing Maintenance. Only a partial match is required, so the string: WRITTEN will cause the following taglines to be rejected/deleted: Written by Joe Shmoe at 10:00am Written in New York by Joe Shmoe This tagline written on recycled newspapers. Single characters cannot be twitted and are ignored. You can only have a maximum of 100 twit taglines, if you try to use more TLX will inform you that there are too many twit taglines. Note that the number of twit taglines directly affects the speed of tagline theft and Maintenance. Additionally, there is an option within the Configuration menu for automatically rejecting BBS advertisement taglines. If this option is enabled, TLX will reject/delete any taglines that contain a standard format phone number e.g. (718)876-0337 718-876-0337 718.876.0337 718 876 0337 will all be rejected/deleted. Configuration ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TLX saves your settings in an ASCII text configuration file. You can modify the configuration from within TLX or with a text editor. If no configuration file is found, TLX will use default internal values. The configuration options are: Your full name - Your name as stated on your registration form (if applicable). Validation number - Your registration number as stated on your registration form (if applicable). Registration of TLX stops the random appearance of NAG screens that remind you to register. Mouse Support - TLX offers full mouse support for Microsoft compatible rodents. Options are Yes or No. Reader Signature - TLX allows you to modify the reader signature placed before the taglines in each message, you can use @ variables in this field and they will be replaced when the message is saved. Auto Select Taglines - You can instruct TLX to automatically use the most appropriate tagline - it will NOT prompt you to select taglines. Enable Quoter - When TLX is automatically installed into most supported readers, the quote enhancer is automatically installed. If you do not wish to use the quote enhancer, you can set this option to No and TLX will not quote your replies. Note that the message header will still be present in your reply, you will have to manually disable this from the reader configuration. Default Quote - This is the first line of the enhanced quote in your replies. You can use @ variables and the TRANSLATE features (explained elsewhere) in this field. You can enter upto 128 characters here. Press F1 to summon an ASCII chart, to force a new line use the ASCII 227 character by holding down the ALT key and pressing 2 2 7 on the numeric keypad. Top Quote Box - This is the top of the quote enhancer box. You can use @ variables and the TRANSLATE features in this field. You can enter upto 128 characters here. Press F1 to summon an ASCII chart, to force a new line use the ASCII 227 character by holding down the ALT key and pressing 2 2 7 on the numeric keypad. Bottom Quote Box - This is the bottom of the quote enhancer. You can use @ variables and the TRANSLATE features in this field. You can enter upto 128 characters here. Press F1 to summon an ASCII chart, to force a new line use the ASCII 227 character by holding down the ALT key and pressing 2 2 7 on the numeric keypad. Quote Characters - You can specify upto three quote characters that will border the text on the left side. If you do not specify any, a random set will be generated for every message. Kill ANSI Lines - You can instruct TLX to automatically delete lines containing ANSI codes when quoting a reply. It is considered "inappropriate" to quote back ANSI codes, as the result is quite hideous. Filename Tagline - This option is only valid when TLX is used it the Generic mode. Enter the name of the file that TLX should return the tagline in. You must configure your reader to use the same filename, if appropriate. User Signature - TLX can add a default signature at the bottom of every message. You can specify it directly in 128 characters, or specify the name of the signature file that TLX will read into the message. If you specify an executable program (or batch file) TLX will run the external signature program, and expects a signature return file called TLX.SIG which it will add to the bottom of the message. Press F1 to summon an ASCII chart, to force a new line use the ASCII 227 character by holding down the ALT key and pressing 2 2 7 on the numeric keypad. Note that you can override this option when TLX is suggesting taglines. Path to QWK packets - When you instruct TLX to steal taglines from QWK packets, it will default to this directory. When installed automatically, TLX will interrogate the mail reader configuration and read the correct directory from there. If no filenames are specified, TLX will add a wildcard automatically e.g. *.QWK Garbage Phone Filter - A lot of Sysops like to advertise their BBSes in their taglines. When this feature is enabled, TLX will ignore/delete any taglines that contain a phone number when Stealing or Maintenance is performed. Xlate Values Editor - This option calls up a simple editor for modifying the TRANSLAT.TLX file. Text should be entered here in the format: OldText = NewText where OldText will be replaced with NewText in the quote enhancer, capitalization is important. You can also edit this translate file with an external text editor. Color settings - This option allows you to modify the colors used by TLX. If you are running a monochrome monitor, TLX will detect it and start up with a different color set. VGA monochrome monitors may not be recognized, and you will have to select appropriate colors. Use the Left and Right arrow keys to cycle through the options, the Up and Down arrow keys change the colors. The box on the left side of the screen tells you which option is being modified, pressing ESCAPE or hitting the Right arrow key repeatedly will exit and save your changes. The sample display box on the right of the screen shows exactly how your screen will look with the colors you are selecting. Internal Defaults - This option restores all settings back to internal default values. Only the User name and Validation number are NOT modified. The color settings will also return to the internal default values. Save and Exit - This option saves the configuration file to disk. Any changes made to the configuration are NOT remembered unless they are Saved. Never mind, Abort - This option discards any changes you might have made to the configuration, and prompts you if you are sure. Answering No will cancel the command, Yes will lose all changes. Note that the TRANSLATE editor is NOT affected by this option, any changes made to the translate file will be saved regardless. Add Tagline File ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can import standard text tagline files into TLX. These files must contain one tagline per line, with a maximum length of 57 characters for the taglines. Longer lines will be truncated to 57 characters. TLX will try and find a tagline file, if one is found the file name will be displayed, you can hit ENTER to accept the default name or type in a new filename. If no tagline files are found, you will offered a blank field to enter the filename into. Press ESCAPE to abort. If you hit ENTER, TLX will import the taglines into the database and automatically perform Maintenance. If you have thousands of taglines, this could take a while. After the tagline file is imported, TLX will ask if you want to rename the file. It will make a suggestion, you can hit ENTER to accept, type in another name or hit ESCAPE to abort the rename. Browse Database ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TLX has a full featured internal database browser. You can use the PageUp and PageDown keys to navigate the database, or you can jump around by using the Jump option. Pressing the number before the tagline allows you to edit it directly, press ENTER to save changes or ESCAPE to discard them. You can summon an ASCII chart with the F1 key, or press ALT-K to delete the tagline. Once deleted, taglines are lost permanently! Additionally you can Add a new tagline, calling up an ASCII chart with the F1 key. You can Search the database for a text string. A Search always starts at the beginning of the database. To continue searching, select the Next Match option. If no match is found, an error box will pop up. If a match is found, it will be displayed. You can also Twit a Tagline, you can either enter a twit string or press ALT-E to enter the Twit file editor. Press CONTROL-W within the editor to save changes, the twit file will be sorted and duplicate twit strings will be deleted. Note that there is a limit of 100 twit taglines, and the number of twit taglines directly affects TLX's speed. Jumping to a record allows you to cover large databases fast. Pressing PageUp in this field takes you to the beginning of the database and pressing PageDown takes you to the end of the database. When entering numeric values in this field, you can only enter values from 1 to the size of the database. Pressing ESCAPE aborts. When you Quit browsing, TLX purges any deleted taglines and compresses the database. It also rebuilds the index files. Steal Taglines ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TLX steals every tagline from entire QWK mail packets. When you select this option, the default QWK path is offered in the field with a wildcard specification *.QWK. Hit ENTER to accept or type in the new path and filename (wildcards are valid). ESCAPE will abort. When QWK mail packets are selected, TLX will execute the correct archival program and unpack the MESSAGES.DAT file. Currently TLX only recognizes ZIP, ARJ, LHA and PKARC. The appropriate program must be available in the path, or an error will occur! When started from the menu, TLX asks for confirmation before stealing each tagline. If started from the command line, TLX will do the entire stealing operation automatically without any user intervention. The options are Yes steal the tagline, No do not steal the tagline, Edit the tagline and then steal (press F1 for an ASCII chart, ESCAPE to discard tagline), Rest will steal all the remaining taglines from the same packet automatically. You can also add to or edit the Twit tagline list, or Quit the theft menu. If wildcards were used, TLX will proceed with the next packet (if any). Command line operation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All TLX options can be called from the interactive menu or by passing command line parameters. The syntax for command line operation is: TLX <option> \datapath\ \path\filename.ext where TLX is the program name; <option> is the specific option desired; \datapath\ is the path to the TLX database; and \path\filename.ext is the option specific filename. The supported command line options are: TLX I Installs TLX in the current directory. TLX C \datapath\ Configure TLX, \datapath\ is the path to the database, not required if in the same directory. TLX A \datapath\ Add text tagline file, \datapath\ is the path to the database, not required if in the same directory. TLX M \datapath\ Maintenance mode, \datapath\ is the path to the database, not required if in the same directory. TLX S \datapath\ \path\packet.qwk Steal taglines, \datapath\ is the path to the database REQUIRED, and \path\packet.qwk is the full path and filename of the QWK mail packet to steal from (wildcards are valid). TLX Q \datapath\ \path\reply.fil Quote message, \datapath\ is the path to the database REQUIRED, and \path\reply.fil is the full path and filename of the message reply file to quote. This option is ONLY available via command line. TLX T \datapath\ \path\reply.fil Tagline mode, \datapath\ is the path to the database REQUIRED, and \path\reply.fil is the full path and filename of the message reply file that TLX will read (for tagline suggestions) and add the tagline to. TLX G \datapath\ \path\reply.fil Generic tagline manager mode, \datapath\ is the path to the database REQUIRED, and \path\reply.fil is the full path and filename of the message reply file that TLX will read (for tagline suggestions). In this mode TLX does not directly write to the message file, but sends the mail reader a tagline return file. TLX B \datapath\ Browse database, \datapath\ is the path to the database, not required if in the same directory. TLX D \datapath\ Dump database to ASCII file, \datapath\ is the path to the database, not required if in the same directory. TLX H or TLX ? Displays program information screen. Using TLX ~~~~~~~~~ When TLX is called by the mail reader, it will first read your message file and make tagline suggestions based on the subject and content of the message. You can navigate around the suggestions with the PageUp and PageDown keys, select a tagline by moving the highlighted bar or pressing the corresponding number on the tagline desired. If you are using a mouse, simply click on the tagline and it will be selected. If none of the suggestions catch your fancy, you can Change to the database and select a tagline from there. You can keep changing between the suggestions and the database indefinitely. You can Add a new tagline, which will be saved in the database. Or you can edit an existing tagline on the fly, changes will NOT be saved and are used only for that message. You can also Search for a tagline. A search always starts at the beginning of the database, to continue a search select Next Match. You can also modify your signature and the reader signature on the fly. Any changes made here are NOT permanent and exist only for the current session. Note that these options do NOT work when TLX is called in the Generic tagline mode. TLX has an internal editor, you can View and Edit the message reply. Pressing ESCAPE in the editor discards any changes, press Control-W to save your changes. The editor also supports most Wordstar commands. The Twit tagline list can also be updated from this menu, you can enter a twit string or press ALT-E at the prompt to enter the Twit tagline editor. Additionally, you can Jump around the suggestions and the database, pressing PageUp at the prompt takes you to the top of the database or suggestions, PageDown takes you to the bottom of the database or suggestions. You can also Modify the TLX configuration. Any changes made in the configuration menu become active immediately. If you Quit without a tagline, TLX will not add any taglines to the message. Disclaimer ~~~~~~~~~~ Tag Line Xpress (TLX) is Copyright (C) 1992, 1993 R.Janorkar all rights reserved. Licence is hereby granted for free distribution of this program in it's original unmodified archive form. Tag Line Xpress (TLX) has been released as Shareware, with all features available for evaluation purposes, NO features are restricted nor crippled. A nag (reminder) screen will appear from time to time reminding you to send in your registration. After a reasonable period of evaluation you are expected to register Tag Line Xpress (TLX) with the author, and send in a registration fee of US $10.00 (ten US dollars). You will receive a valid registration number that will eliminate the appearance of the nag (reminder) screens and enable the author to continue writing more shareware software. This registration number is issued only to the person sending the registration fee, and you may NOT distribute this registration number. If you send a registration fee of US $25.00 (twenty five US Dollars) or more you will also receive the next release of Tag Line Xpress (TLX) by mail when it is available. The registration number will work with all future releases of Tag Line Xpress (TLX), however, the author reserves the right to change the registration method. Tag Line Xpress is provided with NO warrantees, expressed or implied. Use it at your own risk. The author of Tag Line Xpress (TLX) will NOT be liable for any damages, direct or indirect, arising from the ability or disability to use Tag Line Xpress (TLX). The use of Tag Line Xpress (TLX) on your computer system indicates your acceptance of these disclaimers. Thanks go to ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The ßeta test team: Ron 'Q' Kulick, Harris 'Speedy' Lam, David 'The Man' Kaufman, Rick 'Trekky' Alvey, Tom 'Smurf' Murphy, Rick 'Mega' Burwell, Rex 'Temp=' Pavlovec, Marcus 'Modem' Byron for his invaluable help, the author of SLMR/OLX Greg Hewgill and MSI, and all the folks that made a difference for Christmas 1992! Copyright notices ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Off Line Xpress and Silly Little Mail Reader are copyrights of Mustang Software Inc; John Hancock is the copyright of Dan Moore and/or Silicon Frog; Speed Read is the copyright of J.E.Smith; Jabber is the copyright of Della & Muegge Enterprises; Deluxe² is the copyright of Mark Herring; MegaReader is the copyright of Kip Compton; PKZIP is the copyright of PKWare Inc.; and other products mentioned in this documentation may be copyrights of other software companies.