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README.DOS for MHonArc
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Table of Contents:
CONTENTS
DOCUMENTATION
INSTALLATION
BUGS/COMMENTS/SUGGESTIONS?
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MHonArc -- Internet mail-to-HTML converter
Copyright (C) 1995 Earl Hood, ehood@convex.com
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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Notes to MS-DOS users:
1. IMPORTANT: You must preserve the subdirectory structure of the
.zip archive when unzipping MHonArc. Use the -d option if you are
using pkunzip.
2. All text files included in the distrubution (excluding files in the
`bat' directory and this file) are in Unix format. I.e. Newlines
are used to terminate end-of-lines. MS-DOS text files use
return/newline pairs. Any text files that get installed via the
`install.me' script will automatically get converted to DOS
format.
If you want to convert any other text file to MS-DOS style, the
following one-line Perl script will do:
perl -e "print <>;" text.unx >text.dos
3. File names mentioned in the MHonArc documentation are in Unix
format. DOS names differ slightly. To translate mentally,
first substitute \ for /. Then, within each directory component
and the file name, ignore any characters beyond the eighth before
a dot and ignore any characters beyond the third after a dot.
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CONTENTS
ACKNOWLG Thanks to people
CHANGES Revision history of MHonArc
COPYING GNU General Public License
README Unix equivalent of README.DOS
README.DOS The file you are reading
RELNOTES Release notes for MHonArc (*READ*)
TODO MHonArc "to do" list
bat/ Batch files for MS-DOS users
doc/ Documentation for MHonArc
examples/ Example resource files for MHonArc
extras/ Extra programs for use with MHonArc (See extras/README)
install.me Installation program for MHonArc
lib/ Libraries/MIME filters used by MHonArc
logo/ Gifs of the MHonArc logo
mhonarc* The MHonArc Perl program
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** PLEASE read RELNOTES before running MHonArc.
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DOCUMENTATION
Documentation for MHonArc is located in the doc/ directory.
html:
The main documentation for MHonArc is in multiple HTML files. Load
mhonarc.html in the doc/ directory into your Web browser to get
started.
ascii:
A plain text version of the documentation is in the single file
mhonarc.txt. This file is created by converting the HTML files
into ascii. See the Makefile in doc/ for how the conversion is
done.
manpage:
For Unix users, there is a manpage in doc/ called mhonarc.1. It
is not very fancy. It is automatically generated like the
ascii version. The manpage does not follow the standard manpage
style and is not intended to be printed via troff.
The installation process does not deal with the manpage. If you
want to install it, you must do it manually. The installation
process does allow you to install the HTML documentation in a
location of your choice.
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INSTALLATION
The documentation contains a section on installing MHonArc for Unix
and MS-DOS machines. I recommend reading the Installation section as
it contains more information then what is included here.
Brief Instructions
To install MHonArc, run the following command:
% perl install.me
The installation process will ask you a series of questions on
where the Perl executable is and where to put MHonArc files. Just
hit <CR> to accept the default values listed in ()'s.
Notes on installation process:
o The '#!' line in the installed mhonarc program is set to
point to the Perl executable specified in the installation
process (this has no meaning under MS-DOS).
o The installed mhonarc program has code added so it will find
its default libraries specified in the installation program.
I.e. The install lib directory is added to mhonarc's search
path so it will find its libraries.
o If you specify paths that do not exist, the install.me
program will create the path.
** PLEASE read RELNOTES before running MHonArc.
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BUGS/COMMENTS/SUGGESTIONS?
If you have any bugs/comments/suggestions about MHonArc, check the
Contacts section of the documentation for the proper person to
contact.
If it is a bug you are reporting, please include the following in
your message:
o Version of Perl (can be retrievied by "perl -v").
o Version of the program in question.
o The exact command-line used to invoke the program.
o Error/diagnostic messages from the program.
o Any other information that might prove useful.
Before sending e-mail, make sure the documentation does not already
have an answer to your question/problem.
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Earl Hood, ehood@convex.com