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Addrexx 1.1 - by Rolf Max Rotvel
DESCRIPTION
Small & fast addressbook (And envvar ed)
Addrexx opens a ReqTools requester on your addressbook directory and shows
the selected persons data in a requester.
The addressbook directory is a directory of ascii files where each file
has the name of the person whose data it contains
You can create, edit, rename, print or delete database files from the
requester.
As a bonus Addrexx can also be used to edit ascii env variables. You will
be prompted to save any changes to ENVARC:
REQUIREMENTS
rexxreqtools.library and reqtools.library.
WB 2.1 (locale.library).
Rexxmast.
QUICK TRYOUT
Open a shell and cd to the Addrexx directory you just created when
unpacking the archive. Run Addrexx like this: "rx Addrexx addressbook/"
INSTALLATION
Copy addrexx.rexx to rexx:.
By default Addrexx will use "c:ed" when editing entries. You can change
this by setting the environment variable EDITOR. It must contain the
command you use to start your text editor. Moreover the editor must be run
non-detaching (Ie: 'sticky').
CygnusEd users should use "setenv EDITOR ed -s".
GoldEd users should use "setenv EDITOR ged sticky"
Don't forget to copy the environment variable to envarc: as well.
Decide where you want to keep your address database and copy the
addressbook directory there.
That's it.
USAGE
rx rexx:addrexx.rexx <addressbook directory>
If you don't specify any directory Addrexx will use the current directory.
If you enter a non-existant filename in the requester Addrexx will ask if
you want to create this file.
Addrexx will try to check if it really is an ascii file you're trying to
load. But it is probably still possible to find weird text files that will
make it barf...
Each database file should have the name of the person whose data it
contains. The files can be any size you want but only the first 500 bytes
is displayed in the requester.
You're free to format the entries any way you like. Addrexx will simply
remove any leading or trailing blanks and display each file just like you
entered it.
I suggest adding Addrexx to a Toolmanager dock or something similar.
If you want to use Addrexx as a env var editor simply enter 'env:' as the
directory. You will be prompted to save any changes you make to ENVARC:
CREDITS:
Thanks to
Magnus Holmgren/Rafael D'Halleweyn for Reqtools/Rexxreqtools.
Flemming Steffensen for input/testing.
COPYRIGHT
No copyright. Do whatever you want with this.
DISCLAIMER
It's all your fault :-)
AUTHOR
Please send send any comments you might have to me:
Email: rolfrotvel@bigfoot.com
HISTORY:
1.0 - First release.
1.1 - Added asynchrous printing :-)