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- Document Text2Guide Release 02.00 documentation
-
- Text2Guide Program Guide
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Release 02.00 © Stephan Sürken 1993
-
- Finished 22 Aug 1993
-
- 0. Important
- =============
-
- 0.1. Copyright & legal stuff
- -----------------------------
-
- Text2Guide 02.XX is © Stephan Sürken 1993.
-
- Text2Guide is PUBLIC DOMAIN, that means you may copy and use it freely.
-
- For any comments, bug reports or similar stuff, contact me (see
- `The Author').
-
- Note the following:
-
- o If you copy it, you MUST copy the whole original archive.
- o You may include this copy on any Public Domain Series, but you
- MUST NOT include it on any disk that is selled for more than
- 5 US Dollar (or an equivalent in other currencies).
- o The program must neither be used nor copied by any right wing
- organisations or persons.
-
- 0.2. Release Notes
- -------------------
-
- Release: Text2Guide 02.00
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- This version is an update to version 01.00, that was included
- in the VideoMaxe Release 04.12.
-
- Additionally features:
-
- o improved whole program structure...
- o can now convert links in texts
- o multiple node test
- o cli options
-
-
- 1. Introduction
- ================
-
- After searching for a progam of this kind in various ftp nets for
- quite a time (without success), I decided to write it myself.
-
- Here it is!
-
-
- 2. Documentation
- =================
-
- Text2Guide converts plain ASCII text into AmigaGuide (c) format.
- Sticking to some simple organisation of the text file one can
- simply realize a well structured guide file while still having
- a well readable text file at hand.
-
- 2.1. Startup
- -------------
-
- Text2Guide is a CLI-Tool. Type Text2Guide and you`ll get:
-
- ---
- Text2Guide 02.00 (22 Aug 1993) © Stephan Sürken
-
- Failed: Can`t open input text file!
-
- SYNTAX: Text2Guide <text_file> <guide_file> {+-uwt}
-
- u: ignore underline of units, default on.
- w: out warnings, default on.
- t: perform node test, default on.
- ---
-
- That`s rather self-explaining, is it not??
-
- See `Options' for exact meaning of the options.
-
- Note that <guide_file> automatically is removed if existent.
-
- 2.2. Text file organization
- ----------------------------
-
- There are following rules for the text file:
-
- o The document starts with the keyword "Document" at the beginning
- of a line. The rest of this line will be taken as name of the
- AmigaGuide database.
- In the document you are reading this is in the first line (where
- it normally should be).
-
- o You have to divide your text document in units. These units must
- start at the beginning of a line, and consist of arabic numbers
- divided by dots. Whole hierarchical relations are recognized.
- The rest of the line after this unit number will be taken as
- title of this unit.
- Examples:
-
- 1. Einleitung -> unit number "1",
- title is "Einleitung"
- 4.2.1. Das Spiel beginnen -> unit number "4 2 1",
- title is "Das Spiel beginnen"
-
- o Lines that are neither the first document line nor start with
- a unit number are texts. In texts, there may be links to other
- units, e.g. like `Test Link'. Such links start with an
- "`"-character and end with an
- "'"-character, containing the title of the required unit. Such
- links must be in one line.
-
-
- Example: Please look at this document as example!
- ~~~~~~~~
-
- 2.2.1. Test Link
- ---------------
-
- You have clicked on the test link, so you are now in this chapter.
- Simply retrace or click `Text file organization' to get back.
-
- 2.3. Options
- -------------
-
- These options can be supplied to Text2Guide as arguments after
- the input and output file name. "-" will put off an option,
- "+" will put it on.
-
- Option u: ignore underline lines, default on.
- ~~~~~~~~~
- If this option is on, lines directly following to lines
- with unit numbers are ignored. That is to let you
- underline such units in the plain text file.
-
- For example this unit is defined in the text file by
- these two lines:
-
- 2.3. Options
- -------------
-
- If option u would be off, you would see the "-------------"
- at the top of the window in the guide document...
-
- Option w: out warnings, default on.
- ~~~~~~~~~
- If this option is on, warnings are written, else not.
- You should normally not put this off.
-
- Option t: test for multiple nodes, default on.
- ~~~~~~~~~
- If this option is on, Text2Guide will perform a test for
- multiple defined nodes (->units) after transforming, and
- produce warnings if multiple nodes are found.
- Note that with "t" on and "w" off the test will be
- performed but no warnings written.
-
-
- Example: Text2Guide Text2Guide.doc Text2Guide.guide -wt +u
- ~~~~~~~~
- This will recompile this document; no warnings will
- be written and not multiple node test will be
- performed; underlines of units will be omitted (though
- "+o" is obsolete as the default is on).
-
-
- 3. The Author
- ==============
-
- The author is me and I am the author.
-
- Send your enthusiastic mails to:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- o Address: Stephan Sürken
- Kurt-Schumacher-Str. 34 A 161
- D-67663 Kaiserslautern
-
- o E-Mail: s_suerke@informatik.uni-kl.de
-
- Please send much money to:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- o Bank account:Stadtsparkasse Kaiserslautern, FRG
-
- BLZ: 540 501 10 identity of bank in germany
- KTO: 128 029 758 number of my bank account
-