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- Check V1.03 Copyright 1987, 1988 Keith Elbertson. All Rights Reserved.
-
- The Author, Keith Elbertson, grants permission for distribution of the
- executable version of CHECK V1.03. The program my be freely distributed
- non-commercially, so long as this file accompanies the executable file.
-
- No fees may be charged for this program.
-
- Permission is not given for distribution for Commercial purposes, without
- written consent by the Author. Source code is not available, since it will
- be part of a larger commercial product released in the near future.
-
- This is the fourth revision of CHECK. There are no bugs in the program
- that I am aware of. If you find any though, please let me know about them
- as soon as possible. I've spent many hours making sure that I squashed them
- all but sometimes real tiny ones manage to get away. Also, if you have any
- recommendations about other enhancements or changes you would like to see,
- drop me a line.
-
- I can be reached on the BBS-ARIA in Pembroke Pines, Fl. 305-435-9837 or
- by mail:
-
- Information Cartel, Inc.
- Attn:Keith Elbertson
- P.O. BOX 840535
- Pembroke Pines, Fl. 33084
-
- USAGE:
-
- CHECK [flags] Filename
-
- The flags are optional. With no flags set, Check will run a test of
- the source files control structures, and report what it found. This
- information can be used to locate problems in the programs flow control
- structures before attempting a compile.
-
- If CHECK finds something out of balance, it will put a pointer next to
- that structures report line, to draw attention to the possible problem.
- If nothing has the arrow next to it, you can be fairly sure that
- everything is OK with the programs basic structure. No attempt has been
- made in this version to syntactically check the file.
-
- The best feature of CHECK is that you can view any particular control
- structure(s) by setting that structures flag. Multiple flags can be set
- at a time. Any structure selected will be displayed in inverse video as
- the file is viewed, making it easier to spot the problem. It's much faster
- than looking at plain source code, or trying to figure out what those
- sometimes cryptic compiler error messages mean.
-
- Check will also convert CR/LF to LF only, which is the standard format
- for Amiga files. This is handy for converting files from other machines.
-
- Flags are set by typing a "-" immediately followed by a number or
- letter. The case of the letter is insignificant.
-
- Example: CHECK -c -d filename
-
- This would cause comments, and double quotes to be displayed in inverse
- video as it was typed to the screen.
-
- Certain flags will not work in conjuction with others. In these cases,
- the first flag set takes priority over the later incompatible one. These
- incompatibilities are pointed out below.
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- FLAGS:
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- -A View text enclosed in brackets.
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- -B View nesting of braces. This depth is displayed by a 3 digit
- number in inverse video to the left of the screen.
-
- -C View text enclosed in comments. This option cannot be used in
- conjunction with the -X option.
-
- -D View strings enclosed in double quotes.
-
- -L Print line numbers in inverse video along with text.
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- -N Allow nesting of comments. Works with both viewing and stripping.
-
- -O Output to a file instead of the screen. Text of the filename should
- follow the -O without any spaces in between the O and the name.
- Example:
- CHECK -oram:temp check.c
-
- will send the results of the check to ram:temp.
-
- -P View text enclosed in parenthesis.
-
- -R Check does not normally display results when viewing a file.
- Setting this flag will display the results when done.
-
- -S View strings enclose in single quotes.
-
- -X Strips commented text from the output. This option cannot be used
- in conjunction with the -C option.
-
- -0 Zero/Reset video display to normal. If you used Ctrl-C to stop CHECK
- prematurely, and were left in inverse video mode, this will fix the
- display. CHECK resets the display when it exits normally.
-
- HOW TO:
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- 1. First run check on the program to see if all control structures are in
- balance. If everything is in balance, try to compile the code.
-
- 2. If something is out-of-balance. Run the check again with the flag(s)
- set that will allow you to view the source code for that type of error.
-
- 3. If you can't find an error in the source file, run a check on any
- header files that you have created. Occasionally this is where the
- real error is but shows up as the source file having the error.
-
- P.S.
-
- This won't find all of your bugs, but if your code passes a CHECK, you can
- be pretty sure the code is structured properly.
-
- I have gotten plenty of use from CHECK since writting it. I know the time
- it took authoring it were well spent since it has saved me countless hours
- in debugging. I hope you will find CHECK as useful as I have.
-
- Happy Hacking,
- Keith Elbertson
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