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- 28/07/92 Tx the texter
-
- Updated: 16/07/91 - for version 0.01a
- Updated: 28/07/92 - for version 0.01b
-
- Copyright (C) Tomi Blinnikka 1991, All Rights Reserved.
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- This program is freely distributable. This means that you can copy it and
- give it to all your friends, upload it to a BBS or include it in a PD-
- library (FISH etc.). The only restrictions are that all of the files are
- included in their original form without additions, deletions, or modifi-
- cations of any kind and that it IS NOT SOLD. THIS INCLUDES GERMAN PD
- SELLERS. If you want to use this program for commercial purposes you
- need written permission. The Tx program is provided "AS IS" without
- warranty of any kind, and the author is not responsible for any damage
- this software may do.
-
- WHAT DOES IT DO?
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The program prints any ASCII file, except slower. It will print the file
- character by character, but will have a little delay in between them.
- This program was written because I was totally bored and tired. Meaning I
- didn't have enough brain CPU time running to do something more important.
-
- COMPATIBILITY
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- This program will has been tested only under and will only work with
- Kickstart 2.0 or higher. Tested under 68020 (A2500/20).
-
- HOW TO USE IT
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Start the program from the CLI.
-
- 1> Tx FileName
-
- ... where FileName is the name of the file you wish to print
-
- Or for some info on the program
-
- 1> Tx ? | -? | h | -h
-
- WRITING THE FILES
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The files that Tx prints can be normal ASCII files, but for this purpose Tx
- is not at all useful, since it is slower that the normal Type-command. The
- thing with Tx is, that it can have special commands hidden in the file.
- Here is a short list of commands Tx understands:
-
- ! Clear CLI/Shell
- 0 - 3 Speed. 0 = no delay, 1 = Fast, 2 = Medium, 3 = Slow
- b Bold on
- c Cursor off
- C Cursor on
- d Delay. Makes one delay of 'Speed'
- i Italic on.
- p Plain. Turns off italic/underline-bold/etc.
- r Reverse.
- u Underline.
-
- To start giving the commands use an escape character (27 dec, $1B hex).
- After this you may enter as many effect commands as you wish. To end giving
- the commands enter another escape character. Examples:
-
- Normal: [ESC]i[ESC] This is in italic. [ESC]p[ESC]
- Hex: 1B691B54 68697320 69732069 6E206974 616C6963 1B701B
-
- Would print "This is in italic" in italic. Check the TT file for more
- examples.
-
- NOTE: The commands are case sensitive!
-
- ERROR MESSAGES
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The program will give some help and some error messages.
-
- VERSIONS
- ~~~~~~~~
- Here is a list of changes etc. between different versions, starting
- with the newest version. Version 1.00 will be the first "real" release.
-
- Version Size Date Description
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- 0.01b ~2000 28/07/92 Added CTRL_C check. Changed a bunch of things
- and changed the Tester file. Added speeds.
- Optimized code quite a bit. Added list of
- commands to docs, but who needed them anyway?
-
- 0.01a ---- --/07/91 Wrote program. Not properly tested. Docs not
- checked. Not finished.
-
- FUTURE VERSIONS
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Future versions, if any, will have optimized code and possible bug
- fixes. They will possibly have a sound option (keybeep type of thing),
- optional screen clearing, options for changing fore/background colors etc.
-
- BUG REPORTS ETC...
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Please send donations, bug reports and list of features you would like
- to have included in future versions to
-
- Tomi Blinnikka
- Syystie 10
- 00780 Helsinki
- FINLAND
-
- If you want the source code contact me (or resource it :) at the address
- above, or you can also contact me on the following BBS:
-
- MITS +358-0-458 2066
- MITS +358-0-458 2077
- MITS +358-0-458 2088 (Paying users with sec. level 40 or higher ONLY)
-
- "...trademark of Xerox Corporations. Reading legal mush can turn your
- brain to guacamole! Epson is registered trademark of Epson America
- ..." -Amiga RKRM Includes & AutoDocs, fourth page.
-
-
- Tomi Blinnikka
-
- docbliny@mits.mdata.fi
-