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- MAKEDOC.GC
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- A document assembler for use with the FastRead Help System.
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- Introduction
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- The purpose of MakeDoc is to make life a little easier when writing
- help files or documentation for Gui4Cli's FastRead help system. By
- writing each section separately and saving the resulting text files
- separately, MakeDoc will join them all together into one file in the
- order specified, also adding the '@database' header and inserting the
- '@node' and '@endnode' lines where appropriate, making the document
- compatible with AmigaGuide. This method of writing documentation also
- has the advantage of being easy to update any individual section, and
- re compiling a new document with MakeDoc.
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- The name of the specified target file will by default be used as the
- database title, and each inividual file name which is selected for
- joining will be used for its corresponding node title.
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- Requirements
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- MakeDoc needs the Type command in C: and Gui4Cli version 3.0 minimum.
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- Usage and the User Interface
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- Apart from the buttons, the MakeDoc gui is composed mainly of two
- listviews. The left hand lister reads in the contents of the directory
- containing the files to be joined. The right hand lister holds the
- names of the files which have been selected in the left hand one.
- These are the files which will be operated on, and the right hand
- lister is the one which does the work.
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- At the top of the gui is the 'Outfile' button, with a string gadget
- next to it. These are for specifying the path and name of the target
- file. The target file can be specified by typing directly into the
- string gadget, and if a filename is typed in without a path, the
- target file will be created in the same directory as the source files.
- The Outfile button produces a file requester, and automatically
- inserts the full path and name of the target file. The joining
- operation cannot be started until a target file is specified by either
- of these two methods.
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- Over the top of the listers are all the buttons for file manipulation.
- Files from the left hand lister are transferred over to the right
- lister by first selecting them and then clicking on the 'Xfer' button.
- Single files can be transferred one at a time by double clicking on
- them in the left lister.
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- Once in the right lister, the files can be arranged in any order by
- clicking on the filename in the lister and using the 'Up' and 'Down'
- buttons, or pressing the U and D keys. Individual files can be erased
- from the lister with the 'Remove' button, or the lister cleared at any
- time with the 'Clear' button.
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- When all the files are in the correct order for joining, and a target
- file has been specified, the 'Start' button will become active, and
- the operation may be started. Until a target file has been specified
- in the string gadget or by the 'Outfile' button, the Start button is
- ghosted. It will ghost again when the joining operation finishes, and
- the right lister and string gadget will clear.
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- gmaddox@netcentral.co.uk
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