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TextMaster -- Version 1.4
By: Donald Burr
INTERNET: dburr@ocf.berkeley.edu, 72540.3071@compuserve.COM
Compu$erve: 72540,3071 America Online: DonaldBurr
This is version 1.4 of TextMaster, a UNIX- and Macintosh-end program to
convert text file formats between UNIX, Macintosh, and IBM.
This release fixes a MAJOR bug in the Macintosh end. The Mac end will now
correctly convert files from Mac -> UNIX.
TextMaster will convert between UNIX newlines and Macintosh end-of-line
characters. The direction of conversion can be specified at the command
line, and thus files can be converted in any direction.
This is useful if your UNIX -> Mac downloads, or uploads, of text files
are failing miserably. White Knight has a tendency to do this, and other
comm programs may as well.
Please send all comments, bug reports, feature requests, etc. to the
Internet address listed above.
This software is being donated to the public domain. Permission is hereby
granted to freely copy and distribute this source code, as long as no fees
are charged for such duplication. Permission is also granted to modify
this source code at will, providing that you insert a notice in the dist-
ribution that this source is NOT the original TextMaster source, and that you
not remove my name from the program and accompanying documentation.
WHAT IS TEXTMASTER?
It is a utility I hacked together to convert between Macintosh end-
of line characters, and UNIX newlines. I downloaded a mess of text files
one day to my Mac, and found they all came out on one line, with weird char-
acters (represented by "boxes") between where "line breaks" should have
been. Since I really couldn't download those files again, I decided to write a
utility to help me convert and salvage them. Thus was born TextMaster,
which was released (up to version 1.3) as "Macify". Since then, I have found
out that there already is a product called Macify, so in this release, I change
the name to TextMaster. Nuff said.
HOW TO USE IT
Simply launch the TextMaster application from the Finder. There are only
two menu choices: "Macintosh -> UNIX" and "UNIX -> Macintosh". Choose
whichever one represents the direction you want to convert things in.
When you make a choice, a file dialog will appear; select the textfile you
wish to convert, and click "Open". The conversion will take place, saving
the output to "filename.out" (i.e. if you opened a file called "Foo", the
resultant file will be called "Foo.out").
To find out how to use the program, as well as on how to detect what
type of textfile you have, choose the "help..." menu item.
LAST WORDS
Certainly hope you enjoy this program. It took a bit of work, es-
pecially the Mac portion of it, but I find it useful.
I am charging no shareware fee or anything for this. It's free.
Take it, use it in good health. Modify it at will. However, when modify-
ing the program, leave the version number intact; just tack on your own
version number after mine. Example, if the version # of TextMaster is 1.4,
and your name is Bill Smith, and this is the second revision to my code
you have done, change the version number to something like "1.4/BS-2",
the "BS" symbolizing this is Bill Smith's version, and the '2' signifying
this is Bill Smith's 2nd version. Now you can redistribute the program;
this way, we can keep track of which is the "genuine" version, and so
forth.
Two things I ask if you redistribute this work are, (a) my credit
(name, copyright, etc.) MUST remain in all documentation and program
displays, and (b) You not charge for distribution or shareware fees.
Please email me with all bug reports, suggestions for changes, and
so on. Better yet, if you have a suggestion for a change or a bug fix or
whatnot, and you can program in C, make the patch yourself, and mail me a
copy of the resultant source code. If it's good, and I like it, I'll be
sure to include it in my next version, with your name in the credits! My
email addresses can be found at the beginning of this document.