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* Readme Maker *
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Introduction
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When you upload file(s) to Aminet you have to write a small
comment of your archive(s). This file, a .readme file is
rather important, it contains the description of your file(s)
and if it is incorrect you may have to upload again.
This .readme is rather simple to edit but some persons (me
for example) often forget one or two fields, or mispell the
name so it doesn't match with the archive name. Moreover
I think it is very boring to type a .readme file !
So I decided to create Readme Maker. With a nice GUI you
create your .readme files in a very easy way.
Requirements
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In order to use this program you need :
- An Amiga and the minimal configuration needed by MUI
- MUI 3.3 or higher (available on Aminet : dev/gui).
I tested Readme Maker with MUI 3.3 but if you have 3.1 or 3.2
you should try, it may work.
Installation
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Easy ! Juste copy this program where you want...
Usage
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When you double-click on the icon you will see a nice GUI. Now, fill
the string gadgets in order to create the .readme file. The
field 'Distribution' is optional, it won't appear if you don't fill it.
The left fields can also be activated by their number on the keyboard
(1 for Description, 2 for Author,...).
Readme Maker uses help bubbles, so you can know the purpose of every
gadget in its interface without having to read the documentation file.
For the text after the fields you need an external file. Just use your
favourite text editor and use the popup requester to choose your text
once written.
The name of the .readme file must be exactly the same as the original
archive. So use the second popup requester to select your archive.
Readme Maker will use this information to build the .readme file's name.
Ex : for Work:Tmp/Essay.lha it will be work:Tmp/Essay.readme.
If you want you can add a listing of your archive in your .readme file.
You just have to select the checkmark to do that. The output generated
by this option (lha v) contains useless information like lha's version
so you should use your favourite text editor to remove these useless
lines.
Once you've completed these steps you are ready to generate your file.
Click on 'Make Readme' and a console window will appear with the
generated .readme file (you may have to resize the window). If the
window doesn't appear you have a problem like no archive name given or
no possibility to create the file. If you have chosen to add the archive's
listing it won't be displayed in this window : such a listing can be
rather long and could hide the .readme's beginning.
Disclaimer
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Readme Maker has been created and tested on an Amiga 1200 with a
Blizzard 1220/4 expansion card and MUI 3.3. I used MUI 3.3 developer
kit, SAS/C 6.56 and MUI Builder 2.2c to create it.
I can't be responsible for ANY damage caused (or seemed to be caused) by
Readme Maker. This program doesn't use dirty hacks so it can't break anything.
You use this program at your own risks.
Distribution
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Readme Maker is FREEWARE. You can diffuse it freely, as the archive remains
intact (no viruses please). I allow public domain organisations like Aminet,
Fred Fish or Amiga magazines to include it in their collections and/or CD ROMs.
France Festival Distribution and A.M.I.E. WILL NEVER BE ALLOWED TO DIFFUSE IT.
History
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April 1996 Version 1.00 First Aminet release
April 1996 Version 1.1 Partly rewritten code (removed useless
notifications).
Added a checkmark to see if
archive content should be written
at the end of the file (idea by
Colin Thompson).
Added help bubbles.
The output window is now bigger than
before, thanks to the great SAS/C
manual (I should change my glasses ;)).
Version not released.
April 1996 Version 1.2 New interface design, because help
bubbles messed with the former design.
Also added keyboard shortcuts. The archive
now contains advertisment for MUI (I forgot
it in the previous release).
Author
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Readme Maker has been created by
Franck Aniere
30 Rue Jean Bouin
93220 Gagny (France)
E-Mail : aniere@univ-mlv.fr
WEB : http://massena.univ-mlv.fr/~aniere (beware it could become fillmore
instead of massena)
IRC : FSA on #amigafr, #amiga, #xfilesfr, #xfiles
You can contact me for bug reports, enforcer hits (they are welcome, I don't
have a MMU), ideas, suggestions or just to talk :)
Thanks
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I would like to thank :
- Eric Totel, for his GREAT MUI Muilder, for his help and his suggestions. Without him Readme Maker
would be an ugly text based program.
- Stefan Stuntz for MUI (sorry I mispelled your name in the 1.0 version).
- Colin Thompson (collin@znet.com), for his suggestions about how to improve Readme Maker.
- Some friends of #amigafr, for various reasons
To do
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Well, I'd like to use a real MUI window to see the result of the generation but
I will do it only if people want it. Readme Maker will also be able to parse
existing .readme files (idea by Eric Totel). I would like to improve the listing
output but I don't know lha enough to do that (I use lha v, any ideas to remove
'lha evaluation...' string ?).
By the way, next versions will probably be localized...
And I will adds thing YOU want in it. Don't be shy, contact me and if
I can add the feature(s) you want I'll do it.