ÔAGTHIEF FOR Ñ×ËÒÒ128 
                         (C) 1993 BY ÒUSSELL ÐRATER. 
                             ÁLL RIGHTS RESERVED. 
                      ÄISTRIBUTE AS ÆREE×ARE (ÎO ÃHARGE) 
    
                                 2ND ÊAN 1994
    
                                    ÉÎÄÅØ 
                   
                   ÆILENAMES                       2
                   ÇRABBING ÔAGLINES               1
                   ÈOW IT WORKS                    2
                   ÍAXIMUM ÎO. OF LINES PER FILE   2
                   ÎEXT                            2
                   ÎOTES ON Ñ×ËÔ ÔAGLINE FORMAT    1
                   ÐREV                            2
                   ÐURPOSE OF ÔAGÔHIEF             1
                   Ñ×ËÔ. ÆORMAT ÏDDITIES           1
                   Ñ×ËÔ.<-NAME->.XX                2
                   












































                            ÔAGTHIEF ÄOCUMENTATION                         

                            ÔHE ÐURPOSE OF ÔAGÔHIEF
                            =======================
    ÉF YOU'VE PLAYED WITH THE TAGLINE FEATURE OF Ñ×ËÒÒ, YOU HAVE ALREADY
    NOTICED THAT IT WORKS REAL WELL AT CAPTURING ONE TAGLINE AT A TIME, AND
    THAT YOU CAN SAVE AS MANY TAGLINE FILES AS YOU LIKE AS LONG AS YOU ARE
    CAREFUL ABOUT DUPLICATE NAMES.
    ÓO, YOU MIGHT ASK, WHY DO É NEED ÔAGTHIEF? 
         ×ELL, FIRST, YOU MAY LIKE TO GRAB WHOLE MESSAGES OF TAGLINES FROM
    THE ÔÁÇÌÉÎÅÓ ECHO. Ñ×ËÒÒ WOULD ONLY GRAB THE LAST ONE THAT STARTED WITH
    THE ... MARKER. ÍANY ÏÌÒS DON'T USE THAT AND MANY MESSAGES WILL HAVE
    50-60 TAGLINES.
         ÓECOND, THE Ñ×ËÔ. FORMAT IS A LITTLE STRANGE AND IS NOT EXACTLY
    THE EASIEST THING TO DUPLICATE. ÉT CONSIST OF A SHORT SENTENCE FOLLOWED
    BY A ÃÈÒ$(13) FOLLOWED BY ENOUGH SPACES TO PAD IT OUT TO EXACTLY 71
    CHARACTERS PER LINE.
    É USE ÄESTERM AND GRAB THE WHOLE ÔÁÇÌÉÎÅ ECHO INTO THE BUFFER. ÔHEN É
    EDIT OUT THE MESSAGE HEADERS AND OTHER JUNK, SAVING ONLY THE GOOD
    TAGLINES. ÔHEN É SAVE THE BUFFER, USUALLY NAMING IT ÔÁÇÓ1, OR WHAT-EVER
    NUMBER É DON'T HAVE ON MY DISK. ×HEN É HAVE A FEW HUNDRED LINES, É RUN
    ÔAGTHIEF TO WRITE THEM INTO Ñ×ËÔ FILES OF 10 EACH.
    
                         ÎOTES ON Ñ×ËÔ ÔAGLINE FORMAT
                         ============================
    - ×HEN SAVING YOUT ÔÁÇÓX FILE, EACH LINE MUST BEGIN WITH THE FIRST
    CHARACTER.
    ÄON'T INCLUDE THE '...' OR IT WILL WIND UP DOUBLED WHEN IT IS ADDED TO
    YOUR MESSAGE. ÅACH LINE SHOULD BE 69 CHARACTERS OR LESS LONG AND END
    WITH A ÃÈÒ$(13). ÉF YOU LEAVE ONE A BIT TOO LONG, IT WILL BE TRUNCATED
    TO 69 CHARACTERS PLUS A ÃÒ. ËEEP THE ÃÒ RIGHT UP NEXT TO THE LAST
    CHARACTER IN THE LINE WITH NO INTERVENING SPACES. 
    - ÄON'T LEAVE ANY BLANK LINES MIXED IN BETWEEN. ÉF THE LAST FILE OF A
    PREVIOUS SESSION IS INCOMPLETE, LOAD AND EDIT IT AND THEN APPEND THE
    NEW LINES TO IT. ÄELETE THE OLD FILE TO GET RID OF INCOMPLETE FILES. 
    - ÉF YOUR TAGS FILE IS NOT AN EVEN MULTIPLE OF 10 LINES, ÔAGTHIEF WILL
    COMPLETE THE LAST Ñ×ËÔ FILE WITH ONE OR MORE LINES CONSISTING OF '*'
    AND A CARRIAGE RETURN. ÔHIS TRIGGERS THE 'UNDEFINED' MESSAGE IN Ñ×ËÒÒ.
    -ÉF YOU WANT TO MOVE BLOCKS OF LINES AROUND TO GROUP THEM BY SUBJECT
    MATTER AND YOUR WORD PROCESSOR WILL READ AND WRITE ÃOMMODORE ÐÅÔÓÃÉÉ
    ÓÅÑ FILES, THEN IT WILL MAKE A VERY HANDY TOOL FOR ARRANGING YOUR
    FILES. ÉF IT WON'T SAVE IN ÐÅÔÓÃÉÉ YOU'RE OWN YOUR OWN.






















                                                                    ÐAGE 1 

                            ÔAGTHIEF ÄOCUMENTATION                         

                             ÆILEÎAME ÃONVENTIONS
                             ====================
         ÔO ALLOW Ñ×ËÒÒ'S <Î>EXT/<Ð>REV ÔAGLINE FILE OPTIONS TO WORK THE
    Ñ×ËÔ. FILES MUST COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING NAMING CONVENTION :
                         Ñ×ËÔ.<-NAME->.XX
    WHERE <-NAME-> IS ANY TEXT UP TO 8 CHARACTERS LONG TELLING YOU WHAT IS
    IN THE SET OF FILE NAMES AND XX IS A TWO DIGIT NUMBER RANGING FROM 01
    TO 99. ÔHE DECIMAL POINT BEFORE THE NUMBER (XX) IS NECESSARY. ÉF YOU
    ÒÅÁÌÌÙ NEED MORE THAT 99 TAGLINE FILES ON A SPECIFIC SUBJECT IT IS
    SUGGESTED THAT YOU CALL THEM SOMETHING LIKE Ñ×ËÔ.ÍÉÓÃ1.XX,
    Ñ×ËÔ.ÍÉÓÃ2.XX ETC. WITH 99 FILES IN EACH SET. 
    
                                 ÈOW IT ×ORKS
                                 ============
         ÔAGTHIEF USES ÍÌ TO READ YOUR TAGS INTO AN ARRAY CALLED Ô$(). ÉT
    IS ÄIMENSIONED TO 700 LINES, SO THAT IS THE LARGEST FILE SIZE YOU CAN
    USE. ÔHIS WILL THEN CREATE 70 TAGLINE FILES. ÉT STILL WRITES THEM OUT
    USING BASIC, SO YOU WILL SEE IT TAKES A BIT LONGER TO WRITE THAN IT
    DOES TO READ.
         ÔAGTHIEF ONLY ASK YOU FIVE QUESTIONS. ÔHE NAME OF THE ÔÁÇÓ FILE TO
    READ IN AND WHAT DRIVE IT IS ON. ÔHEN IT ASK IF YOU WANT TO ADD A
    CATEGORY DESIGNATION TO THE NAME. ÙOU MAY HIT <ÒÅÔÕÒÎ> TO JUST USE A
    NUMBER AS Ñ×ËÔ.123, OR YOU CAN ENTER A SHORT KEY TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE
    OF TAGLINES IT CONTAINS. ÉN MY FILES, Ñ×ËÔ.ÃÁÔ4 IS ONE OF SEVERAL FILES
    THAT THAT ONLY CONTAIN CAT JOKES. Ñ×ËÔ.ÔÒÅË12 IS ALL ÓÔ, ÓÔÔÎÇ AND
    ÓÔÄÓ9 GAGS.
         ÔHEN IT ASK FOR THE LOWEST NUMBER TO USE WITH Ñ×ËÔ. AS THE FIRST
    OUTPUT FILE AND FINALLY, WHAT DRIVE TO SEND IT TO. ÉF IT IS YOUR FIRST
    SESSION, GO AHEAD AND PRESS RETURN. ÌATER SESSIONS WILL REQUIRE THAT
    YOU TELL IT TO USE A NUMBER HIGHER THAN THE HIGHEST ALREADY USED.
    
         ÙOU MAY RENAME YOUR FILES TO SUIT YOURSELF AFTER THE SESSION IS
    FINISHED. É FIND IT EASY WHILE USING Ñ×ËÒÒ TO HIT * THEN Ô FOR TAGLINES
    AND TAP Ì FOR LOAD. ÔHE DEFAULT FILE, Ñ×ËÔ.ÔÁÇÌÉÎÅÓ WILL APPEAR. ÔAP
    THE SPACE BAR AND IT WILL READ Ñ×ËÔ. SO YOU CAN JUST TYPE IN A NUMBER
    OR A CATEGORY AND NUMBER AND HIT <ÒÅÔÕÒÎ>.
    
      ÈAVE FUN, AND REMEMBER, "ÈE WHO DIES WITH THE MOST TAGLINES WINS!"
























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