› OHAUG MACRO FOR TEXTPRO› › The Ol' Hackers Newsletter on disk has› files  formatted  in  38  columns  for› convenience  of  reading on screen. It› also has an excellent utility to print› articles  in  two  columns.  I wrote a› TextPro   macro   to   reformat  OHAUG› articles  for printing with any format› you  like, using TextPro. This is what› it does:› › 1. It removes one-space left margin;› 2.  It  removes  carriage returns from› each  line,  but retains double c/r at› the end of each paragraph;› 3.  It  removes  excess spaces between› words  that were used for right margin› justification.› › Reformatted  files  will  be about 10%› smaller  than originals due to removal› of unwanted spaces.› › › HOW TO USE OHAUG.MAX› › Load  TextPro  (preferably v.5.20) and› load  the desired text file from OHAUG› disk into the editor.› Load  OHAUG.MAX using START and typing› OHAUG [Return]. Or use CTRL_V and type› OHAUG.MAX [Return].› Execute  macro  with  START  key. When› macro  is finished it leaves a message› on the status line:› › "Reformat complete. START to repeat."› › You  may  save the reformatted file to› another  disk,  load  a different file› and  press START again to reformat the› new  text  file.  Or  press  HELP  (or› OPTION_/  with  Atari  800)  to reload› TEXTPRO.MAX into your macro buffer.› › CAUTION:   This   macro   may  not  be› desirable  for certain text files that› use formats such as the meeting dates,› which  are  structured  for  40-column› format only.› › PRINTING RE-FORMATTED FILES:› › To  print  the  reformatted files, you› insert your own format commands on top› line   for  margins,  page  numbering,› printer  fonts,  and whatever else you› like. You may print re-formatted files› with  ANY  word  processor,  not  just› TextPro.› › › REVERSING THE PROCEDURE:› › To   convert   any   unformatted   (or› re-formmated)  text  file  into  OHAUG› newsletter  format,  simply insert the› following  TextPro  format line at the› top of the editor:› › <l>1<r>39<t>0<b>255<q>1<x>40› › NOTE: <brackets> indicate INVERSE.› › Use  CTRL_P  to print the file to disk› using  Dn:filename.ext  in  the status› line  in  place  of the default P:. If› the  article is longer than 255 lines,› load the disk file into the editor and› remove   blank   lines  (c/r)  between› 255-line   pages,  if  necessary.  You› might want to use this to print a text› file  in  two-column  format using the› OHAUG disk printer utility.› › That's all there is to it.› › › Frank Walters› T.A.C.O. Bell BBS› 02/10/97› ›                 * * *››