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- UUxT-GUI 1.0a -- Intuition Frontend for UUxT
- --------------------------------------------
- Written by Asher Feldman
- ------------------------
-
- NOTE: UUxT-GUI should be used with UUxT version 2.1 ONLY. It will
- not function correctly when used with previous versions.
-
- UUxT-GUI requires reqtools.library V38 or higher in your libs: directory.
- To install reqtools.library, execute the included install script, or
- double-click on the install icon from workbench. Reqtools.library is
- (c) 1991/1992 Nico François. Thanks!!
-
- UUxT-GUI requires LhA in your logical command path (i.e. 'c:') for the
- "LhAencode", and "LhAdecode" options. LhA is copyrighted 1992 by Stefan
- Boberg. If you do not have LhA, it is available on most networks, as well
- as the fish disks.
-
- UUxT-GUI requires UUxT 2.2 in your logical command path (i.e 'c:').
-
- Intro
- -----
- UUxT-GUI is an intuition interface to UUxT 2.2. It has a slick 3D look,
- even under 1.3. It allows you to do nearly everything UUxT can do, but
- from the workbench. The only thing the workbench frontend will not let
- you do is to decode or encode multiple uuencoded files. This should be
- ramified in the next release. You can however LhA + UUencode multiple
- files from UUxT-GUI.
-
- Changes since 1.0
- -----------------
- Fixed a minor error in a requester.
-
- Usage
- -----
- Below is a ASCII rendition of the UUxT-GUI window, when it is first started.
- ____________________________________________________________
- |+| UUxT-GUI Frontend v1.0 (c)1993 Asher Feldman |
- +------------------------------------------------------------+
- | ______________________ ______________________ |
- | |Source | | |Dest | | |
- | +-------+--------------+ +-------+--------------+ |
- | (1) (2) (3) (4) |
- | ____________ _____________ |
- | Operation |@| Decode | Lha Name | | |
- | +-+----------+ +-------------+ |
- | (5) (6) |
- | _________ |
- | | START | |
- | +---------+ |
- | (7) |
- +------------------------------------------------------------+
-
- (1) Source File Requester -- When you hit this gadget, a file requester
- will open, allowing you to choose the "InFile". You may double-click
- on a file name to select it. When decoding, the Source is the file to
- be decoded. When encoding the Source is the file to be encoded.
-
- (2) Source String Box -- This is where the name of the Source is put. When
- you choose a file from the requester, the name is but here. You may
- also type into it manually. You can only type ONE filename into this
- requester, as it everything in it is treated as a single file name,
- even if there are spaces. There is one exception to this however,
- when you are doing a LhAencode. In this instance, you may enter
- multiple file names, separated by a space. All operations require
- an Source.
-
- (3) Dest File Requester -- When you hit this gadget, a file requester
- will open. This file requester allows you to choose the OutFile. The
- Dest is used only in encode operations, and is the file that the
- Source will be encoded to. If you choose an already existing file,
- then it will be overwritten when the encode operation begins. So in
- most cases you will probably make a new file. This requester is slightly
- different from the one used to select the Source, in that you
- can create new directories from it. To do so, just type in the name
- of the new directory into the file requesters directory box. The
- directory will be created for you. Also, you cannot choose a file by
- double-clicking. This is a precaution, as existing files are
- overwritten when encoding.
-
- (4) Dest String Box -- This is where the name of the Dest is put.
- you may type a file name manually into it.
-
- (5) Operation Cycle Gadget -- This is where you select what UUxT will
- actually do. There are four options, "Decode", "Encode", "LhAdecode",
- and "LhAencode".
-
- Decode: UUdecodes the Source.
-
- Encode: UUencodes the Source, to the Dest.
-
- LhAdecode: UUdecodes the Source, than de-LhA's the resulting
- file.
-
- LhAencode: LhA's the Source(s), then UUencodes the resulting
- LhA file. This is the one option the requires a
- file name in the "LhA Name" box.
-
- For more detailed information on these options, refer to
- "UUxT.doc".
-
- (6) LhA Name String Box -- This is where you enter the name of the LhA file
- that is created with the LhAencode option. It is REQUIRED for the
- LhAencode option, however it isn't used with any other option.
-
- (7) Once you have selected the desired Option, and the Source, Dest (if
- encoding or LhAencoding), and LhA Name (only with LhAencode), hit the
- start button. The operation will be performed, and a requester will
- pop up saying wether or not it was successful.
-
- To be added in a future version, some day, some where....
- ---------------------------------------------------------
- In the next release, I plan to allow you to change the directory where
- destination files are put while decoding. And that's all I can think
- of at the moment. :-)
-
- Disclaimer
- ----------
- The author is not responsible for any damage caused to your system by
- UUxT-GUI.
-
- UUxT-GUI is Copyrighted (c)1993 by Asher Feldman. It is not public domain.
- You may freely distribute UUxT-GUI, and use it for any non-commercial purpose
- you wish, as long as you leave the original files intact.
-
- If you find UUxT useful, and would like to see further development of
- UUxT-GUI and UUxT, please send a donation to the address below.
-
- Thanks!
-
- You can contact me at the following addresses:
-
- E-Mail
- ------
- PORTAL: Wizard0
- Internet: Wizard0@cup.portal.com
- asher@shell.portal.com
-
- US Snail: (send checks here :-)
-
- Asher Feldman
- 4791 Calle de Tosca
- San Jose, CA 95118
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-
- A. F.
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