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- UPDATE NOTICE
-
- Q.PRG is now a TTP program! Once again, thanks to Robert
- Groh, SysOp of the Mind^s Eye BBS for the suggestion!
-
- If you read NOTHING else in this file, PLEASE read the
- following, as there are many changes from previous versions.
-
- The Q.INF file is now 7 lines long. Older versions of Q.INF
- were only 5 lines, but not only has the file "grown", the order
- has changed as well! PLEASE read the section on the Q.INF file in
- Q_DOC.ASC to understand those changes.
-
- The main change in Q.TTP is that you may now use as many
- different text files, index files, and inf files as you wish.
- When you run Q.TTP enter the name of a INF file you wish to use on
- the command line. This file *DOES NOT* have to be named "Q.INF"
- nor does it have to be in the same directory or even on the same
- drive as Q.TTP. You don't have to have Q.TXT or Q.IDX in the same
- folder or drive either! They don't even have to be named Q.TXT or
- Q.IDX! The INF file you select will have the name and location of
- the text file in it (as line #1) and Q.TTP will figure out the
- name and location of the IDX file to use from that. (Q.TTP simply
- replaces the ".TXT" extention with ".IDX". Cheap trick, but it
- works!) Be warned, Q.TTP will expect to find the IDX file in the
- same directory as the TXT file!
-
- The ONLY restriction here is that the text file MUST, I
- repeat *MUST* have a extention of some form! The routine I use to
- get the name of the IDX file looks for the LAST "." in the text
- file name and replaces whatever is after that with "IDX". (That's
- the problem with "cheap tricks." You have to follow certain rules
- to make them work. <sigh> )
-
- If you run Q.TTP with no arguements on the command line,
- Q.TTP will look for Q.TXT, Q.IDX, and Q.INF in the same directory
- as the program is. (These are the "default" settings left in for
- those that don't care and want a program that's simple to
- run.) (Like me! <GRIN> )
-
- QIDXMAKE.PRG has also been fixed so that you can now "change"
- your text file and not lose any of the used/not used data or
- number of times run, number of times "cycled". When run,
- QIDXMAKE.PRG looks to see if there is a Q.IDX file already in the
- same folder as Q.TXT. If there is, it is renamed as Q_OLD.IDX and
- as the new IDX file is created the data is copied over. This way
- you can now edit out spelling errors, or increase the file without
- losing all the data on what quotes have been used. (Yes, you can
- now ADD to the text file!) My thanks go out to the SysOp of a
- private BBS who asked not to be named for the suggestion. (See, I
- didn't say who you were. You can now relax. <grin> )
-
- Once QIDXMAKE.PRG is done, you may remove Q_OLD.IDX if you
- want. QIDXMAKE.PRG won't do that automaticly in case you change
- your mind.
-
- Note: This file is the same as UPDATE #3 in the Q_DOC.ASC file.
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