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- Slurpee.1st
- 9/3/94
-
- Slurpee 1.1
- transfers paragraphs or tab-delimited text
- between a text file and Newton soup entries
- via a terminal emulator and serial connection
-
- Keywords: data and text transfer, soup utility, terminal emulator, freeware
-
- Slurp: Copyright 1993, 1994, Apple Computer, All Rights Reserved.
- Slurpee modifications: Copyright 1994, S. Weyer
-
- Slurpee is freeware. See Slurpee.txt for further info.
-
-
- Contents [slurpee-11.sit / .hqx, slrp11.sit]:
- - Slurpee.pkg -- Slurpee application
- /mac and /dos
- - Slurpee.1st -- this file
- - Slurpee.txt -- a longer readme file introducing Slurpee & what it does
- in addition to the Slurp DTS example (on which it is based)
- - Slurp.txt -- readme file for original Slurp (terminal setup,
- general frame specification)
- - CasioNam.tab -- example data file (from Slurp) for transfer to Names
- - CasioNam.dmp -- example of dumping data from Names
- - Business.txt -- example of text file to transfer to a Notepad folder
- - Business.dmp -- example of dumping text from a Notepad folder
- - Outbox1.dmp -- example of dumping text from Outbox, e.g., mail msgs
- - Outbox2.dmp -- example of dumping text & other fields from Outbox,
- then erasing them
-
-
- Changes in version 1.1:
- (General)
- - replaces custom slurp sound with built-in "fun beep" (saves 12K)
- - closes Extras drawer
- - removes spaces after soup name
- - ignores non-existing soup names
- (type something like "xxx" to see if connection is active)
- - starts connection automatically, does not disconnect automatically
- -- in other words, you never need to tap "Receive" unless you've tapped
- "Disconnect". Slurpee starts waiting immediately; after receiving each
- file, it beeps and waits for the next.
- - adds support for "class:string" type for entrySpec so you can embed
- 'class' information for strings directly with the value. For a phone
- entry, you could specify "homePhone:555 1234" for input, and you would
- get this format if you DUMP!
- - source available in Slurpee format (slurpee.nwt) to registered Newt users
-
- (Input)
- - ignores empty data entries, e.g., blank lines in non-Notes files
- - checks that Notes labels is a symbol (or NIL) (avoids mutant soup entries)
- - adds viewFont:, height: to entryspec for Notes [see below]
- - calculates height of each Note as default
- - broadcasts soup changes just once at end of transfer (rather than after each
- entry) -- more practical to use from within Newt to upload source code
- - skips "sortOn fix" for non-Names data
-
- (Output--Dump)
- - dumps multiple paragraphs within a Note as a single entry (without graphics)
- - fixes bug of NIL array/frame subfields
- - pauses optionally (previously, DUMP paused for 10 seconds). To pause to set
- up a log/capture file, include the number of seconds followed by a semi-colon,
- e.g., DUMP!10;
-
-
- Author:
- Stephen Weyer
- 17 Timber Knoll Drive
- Washington Crossing, PA 18977-1052
- Internet: weyer@guest.apple.com
- America Online/eWorld/NewtonMail: SteveWeyer
- Compuserve: 74603,2051
- AppleLink: WEYER.S
-