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Make-Tag 1.10
(c) 1992 by Stuart J. Whitmore
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
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MAKE-TAG.EXE will read in a file and generate a new file called TAGLINES.GEN
containing potential taglines from the source file. All potential taglines
will be between 10 and 55 characters in length. The program allows user
designation of delimiters within the source file at which taglines should be
terminated, with the option of leaving the delimiters in the resulting
taglines.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES:
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By using this software you agree to the sections "TERMS USED", "COPYRIGHT
CONTROL AND DISTRIBUTION POLICY" and "DISCLAIMER". If you do not agree with
these terms, delete all files received in the archive that contained the
MAKE-TAG.EXE executable file without further use.
TERMS USED:
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"this software" and "the software" = MAKE-TAG.EXE and all other files
included in the archive with the executable program.
"the author" = Stuart J. Whitmore
"you" = The user/reviewer of this software, whether an individual, group,
or other entity.
"archive" = file containing a collection of files compressed with any of
various programs designed for that purpose.
"tagline" = a line added to the bottom of a message created by an off-line
mail reader. (Also a line added to the bottom of messages by other mail
handling programs, although that is not relevant to this software.)
COPYRIGHT CONTROL AND DISTRIBUTION POLICY:
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This software is not public domain. The copyright is held by the author,
Stuart J. Whitmore. At no time do you own the software, and thus you do
not have the legal right to modify the software. Your sole right is given
by this section, which acts as a license to use, copy, and distribute
the software according to the following terms:
1. The software is not to be modified at any time, including (but
not limited to) modifications to remove credit to the author.
2. You may make as many copies of the unmodified software as you
wish, for use on as many computers as you wish.
3. You may give copies of this software to friends, co-workers,
family, or anybody else you wish. You must include all files
included in the archive as you receive it. You may not add any
files to the archive, but you may re-compress the archive using
the archiver of your choice. Advertisement headers may be added
to the archive if you feel this is necessary - be aware that most
recipients ignore them.
4. You may NOT charge more than $10 for copying this software, and
any paying recipient must be told that any fee(s) s/he pays is only
to cover the cost of copying and do(es) NOT constitute purchase of
the software.
Your legal rights do not extend beyond the terms of this section.
If you enjoy this software and wish to express your appreciation with a
donation, please refer to the file REGISTER.DOC included in the archive
containing the executable file. You are not required to donate anything;
however, donations will encourage more software from the author.
DISCLAIMER:
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By using this software you agree to forfeit all claims against the author
for any damages caused by the software. The software has been tested, but
results cannot be guaranteed on all systems. The author will not be held
responsible for damages arising from your use, misuse, or inability to use
the software. There are no warranties or guarantees, express or implied,
included with this software, to include suitability for a particular
application.
PROGRAM SYNTAX:
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Call the program from the command line using the following syntax:
MAKE-TAG sourcefile "Yterminators" "Nterminators"
"MAKE-TAG" is the name of the executable file;
"sourcefile" is the name of the file to read;
"Yterminators" is a string of no more than 11 characters to use as delimiters
of taglines within the source file and to include in the taglines;
"Nterminators" is a string of no more than 11 characters to use as delimiters
of taglines within the source file and to exclude from the taglines.
To ensure that you do not confuse DOS before the program can begin, be sure
to use either quotation marks ("") or apostrophes ('') to surround the
terminator strings (Yterminators and Nterminators).
USING THE PROGRAM:
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The program will check to make sure that the source file exists in the current
directory, and (assuming the source file was found) will read it and generate
taglines between 10 and 55 characters long. It will first write to a temporary
file each tagline that it generates (in Pass #1). It will then compress the
temporary file into a clean, workable tagline file called TAGLINES.GEN (in
Pass #2). You should then use an editor to remove from TAGLINES.GEN any
taglines that you don't want to keep. After removing any extraneous taglines,
rename the file TAGLINES.GEN to whatever your off-line mail reader expects (or
append it if you don't want to lose your old taglines).
Note that some files will give you better results than others. A file called
SAMPLE.TXT is included with the software. Other ideas are .DOC files from
other software packages, personal letters, YOW.TXT for Zippy the Pinhead fans
for which this software was originaly written), etc. Compare the contents of
the SAMPLE.TXT file to the contents of the TAGLINES.GEN file generated by:
MAKE-TAG SAMPLE.TXT "y." "n,"
to get a better feel for what this software was intended for.
The software will change any non-printing ASCII character into a space. It
will also terminate a tagline at the end of a line. This may or may not give
results that you are looking for. Good thing you don't have to pay anything
to use it!
CONTACTING THE AUTHOR:
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If you have questions or comments in reference to this software, you are
encouraged to contact the author. Feel free to use one of the following
addresses:
US Postal Service: Stuart Whitmore
PO Box 1025
Auburn, WA 98071-1025
CompuServe: 71221,1737
Internet: 71221.1737@compuserve.com
If you notify me of a bug or suggest an improvement, I will certainly ensure
that you receive credit in the next release (unless you request otherwise).
THANKS TO:
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Evonne, for her patience
DeVo, for the entertainment
All software authors who support .QWK-format mail
Greg S., for keeping the author paranoid
You, for reading the boring documentation - you DID read it, didn't you?
RELEASE HISTORY:
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1.10 - 27 APR 92 - Added more options for delimiters, changed the tagline
parsing algorithm, and changed EOL handling.
1.00 - 25 FEB 92 - Initial public release. Note that no version number was
included.