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- UserInfo v1.00
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- by
-
-
- Kasper B. Graversen
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-
-
- Disclaimer.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
- The author cannot be held liable for the suitability or accuracy
- of this manual and/or the program it describes. Any damage
- directly or indirectly caused by the use or misuse of this manual
- and/or the program(s) it describes is the sole responsibility of
- the user her/him self.
-
-
-
-
- Copyright/Distribution.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- UserInfo, (c) Copyright 1995 Kasper B. Graversen.
- All rights reserved. This program may be freely distributed
- as long as all documentation and executable remain unchanged and
- are included with the distribution. Also no profit is to be made by
- selling this program (except a small copy fee of max. $2)
-
-
-
-
- What is UserInfo?
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- First of all:
-
- IF YOU AREN'T A POINT/NODE IN ANY COMPUTERNET,
- THIS TOOL WILL BE OF NO USE (I think :-)
-
- UserInfo is small program which codes and de-codes informations
- about a person. The idea is that you insert these coded informations
- in all the messages you write so others could get an idea about how
- YOU are.
-
- UserInfo creates a UserInfoData-string (a tagline) from your answers
- asked by UserInfo. UserInfo can generate
- 5231809208280559618670513356800000000 different personalities
- ( = 10^8 * 11^4 * 12^7 * 13^6 * 14^9), so you ought to fit into one
- of these :-)
-
-
- UserInfo has been localised to the following languages:
- Danish, Dutch, English, and German.
-
- ARexx scripts has been made for the following systems:
- April, MicroDot, Pread and Spot.
-
- UserInfo has been written in 100% ANSI C and will be ported to
- other platforms such as the PC...
-
- You can choose your own output style, simply by changing the ANSI
- codes in the cfg file.
-
-
-
-
- How to install UserInfo?
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Don't get upset if you think UserInfo is hard to set up! It really
- isn't - and it's worth those 2 minutes it'll take.
-
- Here is the instructions.. on a level everybody should be able to
- understand...
-
-
- 1. Copy UserInfo to C:
-
- 2. Copy the UserInfo configuration-file you want (depending on your
- personal language preferences) to S: and rename it to
- "UserInfo.cfg".
-
- 3. Copy the ARexx script for your point/node program to REXX:
- If you can't use ARexx in your mail program (eg. unregistered Spot)
- then save the message manually as "T:userinfo.temp" and execute the
- script "UserInfo.script" instead.
-
- 4. Change the ARexx script, if you don't use the txt-view'er "Most".
-
- 5. Make your own UserInfo-tagline by typing the following in a CLI:
-
- UserInfo make userinfo.cfg ram:tempfile
-
- Now answer all the questions as honestly as possible. The answers
- will then be transformed into a tagline that you can insert in the
- bottom of your messages.
-
- 6. Configure your point/node system in a way, so it'll insert the
- UserInfo-tagline in all your messages automatically (DON'T put them
- in the origin!).
-
- 7. (and now for the FUN part :-)
- To decode other messages which contain an InfoUser-tagline, you
- just run the ARexx equivilant to the point/node program you are
- using. Configure your point/node system, so it'll run the UserInfo
- ARexx script easily (eg. by pressing a hotkey).
- Or save the letter manually and execute the UserInfo.script
-
-
-
-
- NOW THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO IT...
-
-
-
-
- If you have a point/node program that is not supported by UserInfo,
- then please send me a copy of your script, and please write the name
- of the programs public screen (if any, so eg. Most can open it's view
- directly on it). It'll then be included in the next version of
- UserInfo...
-
-
-
- Help.
- ~~~~~
- I'd like to thank the following people for their help!
-
- ARexx scripts information.
- April - Toke Godiksen/Denmark.
- MicroDot - Arndt Van Der Molen/The Netherlands.
- Pread - Morten Holm/Denmark.
-
-
- Configuration file:
- Danish - Peter Meyer/Denmark.
- Dutch - John Hendrikx/The Netherlands.
- German - Paul M. Kragh/Denmark.
-
-
- Doc stuff:
- Anders Melchiorsen/Denmark.
- Paul M. Kragh/Denmark. (for the German doc - THX!)
-
-
- Enforcer testing (no hits found):
- Anders Hybertz/Denmark.
-
-
- Testing:
- Anders Melchiorsen/Denmark.
- Klaus Jensen/Denmark.
- Peter Meyer/Denmark.
- Thomas Veber Jensen/Denmark.
-
-
-
- Thanks A LOT all of you...
-
-
-
-
- Updates.
- ~~~~~~~~
- If you translate the CFG file, then PLEASE send me a copy, so it can
- be spread in the original package. And NOTE that the maximum
- linelength is 80 chars if the lines are longer, the rest will be
- ignored.
-
- If you have any ideas or suggestions to new questions+answers then
- please mail me also...
-
-
-
- To do.
- ~~~~~~
- More questions + answers.
- Translation of the config file and doc file into more languages.
- More ARexx scripts.
-
-
-
- Tip.
- ~~~~
- If you are not using Most and want to use another text shower, that
- doesn't support, you are permittet to remove the ANSI codes in the
- CFG file for your OWN purposes (please don't spread it). You can also
- just change the styles/colours if other ones suits you better...
-
-
-
- Registrating UserInfo.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- If you like UserInfo, I would encourage you to register..
- If you register, your'll be granted an official registration
- number you can insert in your tagline, so others can see, that you
- really liked the program.
-
- Send me a netmail, and tell me what you think about it, and please
- fill out this short registration-form.
-
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- U S E R I N F O R E G I S T R A T I O N - F O R M
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- Name:
- City:
- Country:
- Computer (Amiga or PC):
- Oppinion about the program (in english):
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- Send it to one of these addresses:
-
- 2:237/36.1@FidoNet
- 2:235/314.60@FidoNet
- 39:141/105.60@AmyNet
- and@scala.ping.dk (my friends account)
-
-
-
- If you want to send me stuff such as real postcards, money,
- gifts etc. write to:
-
- SnailMail:
- Kasper B. Graversen
- Sandhoej 9
- 5700 Svendborg
- Denmark/Europe
-
-
- ps: Only by sending me an Email/netmail you can get a registration
- number, I simply can't afford stamps... (additional postcards are
- VERY welcome though..)
-
-
-
- Hope you like it..
-
- Kasper B. Graversen
-
-