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╘AGTHIEF FOR ╤╫╦╥╥128
(C) 1993 BY ╥USSELL ╨RATER.
┴LL RIGHTS RESERVED.
─ISTRIBUTE AS ╞REE╫ARE (╬O ├HARGE)
╔F YOU'VE PLAYED WITH THE TAGLINE FEATURE OF ╤╫╦╥╥, 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.
╙O, YOU MIGHT ASK, WHY DO ╔ NEED ╘AGTHIEF? ╫ELL, FIRST, YOU MAY LIKE
TO GRAB WHOLE MESSAGES OF TAGLINES FROM THE ╘┴╟╠╔╬┼╙ ECHO. ╤╫╦╥╥
WOULD ONLY GRAB THE LAST ONE THAT STARTED WITH THE ... MARKER. ═ANY
╧╠╥S DON'T USE THAT AND MANY MESSAGES WILL HAVE 50-60 TAGLINES.
╙ECOND, THE ╤╫╦╘. FORMAT IS A LITTLE STRANGE AND IS NOT EXACTLY THE
EASIEST THING TO DUPLICATE. ╔T CONSIST OF A SHORT SENTENCE FOLLOWED
BY A ├╚╥$(13) FOLLOWED BY ENOUGH SPACES TO PAD IT OUT TO EXACTLY 71
CHARACTERS PER LINE.
╔ USE ─ESTERM AND GRAB THE WHOLE ╘┴╟╠╔╬┼ ECHO INTO THE BUFFER. ╘HEN
╔ EDIT OUT THE MESSAGE HEADERS AND OTHER JUNK, SAVING ONLY THE GOOD
TAGLINES. ╘HEN ╔ SAVE THE BUFFER, USUALLY NAMING IT ╘┴╟╙1, OR WHAT-
EVER NUMBER ╔ DON'T HAVE ON MY DISK. ╫HEN ╔ HAVE A FEW HUNDRED LINES,
╔ RUN ╘AGTHIEF TO WRITE THEM INTO ╤╫╦╘ FILES OF 10 EACH.
╫HEN SAVING YOUT ╘┴╟╙X FILE, EACH LINE MUST BEGIN WITH THE FIRST
CHARACTER. ─ON'T INCLUDE THE ... OR IT WILL WIND UP DOUBLED WHEN IT
IS ADDED TO YOUR MESSAGE. ┼ACH LINE SHOULD BE 69 CHARACTERS OR LESS
LONG AND END WITH A ├╚╥$(13). ╔F YOU LEAVE ONE A BIT TOO LONG, IT
WILL BE TRUNCATED TO 69 CHARACTERS PLUS A ├╥. ╦EEP THE ├╥ RIGHT UP
NEXT TO THE LAST CHARACTER IN THE LINE WITH NO INTERVENING SPACES.
─ON'T LEAVE ANY BLANK LINES MIXED IN BETWEEN. ╔F THE LAST FILE OF A
PREVIOUS SESSION IS INCOMPLETE, LOAD AND EDIT IT AND THEN APPEND THE
NEW LINES TO IT. ─ELETE THE OLD FILE TO GET RID OF INCOMPLETE FILES.
╔F YOUR TAGS FILE IS NOT AN EVEN MULTIPLE OF 10 LINES, ╘AGTHIEF WILL
COMPLETE THE LAST ╤╫╦╘ FILE WITH ONE OR MORE LINES CONSISTING OF
TAG X, X BEING THE NUMBER OF THAT LINE.
╔F YOU WANT TO MOVE BLOCKS OF LINES AROUND TO GROUP THEM BY SUBJECT
MATTER AND YOUR WORD PROCESSOR WILL READ AND WRITE ├OMMODORE ╨┼╘╙├╔╔
╙┼╤ FILES, THEN IT WILL MAKE A VERY HANDY TOOL FOR ARRANGING YOUR
FILES. ╔F IT WONT SAVE IN ╨┼╘╙├╔╔ YOU'RE OWN YOUR OWN.
╘AGTHIEF USES ═╠ TO READ YOUR TAGS INTO AN ARRAY CALLED ╘$(). ╔T IS
─IMENSIONED TO 700 LINES, SO THAT IS THE LARGEST FILE YOU CAN USE.
╔T STILL WRITES THEM OUT USING BASIC, SO YOU WILL SEE IT TAKES A BIT
LONGER TO WRITE THAN IT DOES TO READ.
╘AGTHIEF ONLY ASK YOU FIVE QUESTIONS. ╘HE NAME OF THE ╘┴╟╙ FILE TO
READ IN AND WHAT DRIVE IT IS ON. ╘HEN IT ASK IF YOU WANT TO ADD A
CATAGORY DESIGNATION TO THE NAME. ┘OU MAY HIT RETURN TO JUST USE
A NUMBER AS ╤╫╦╘.123, OR YOU CAN ENTER A SHORT KEY TO IDENTIFY THE
TYPE OF TAGLINES IT CONTAINS. ╔N MY FILES, ╤╫╦╘.├┴╘4 IS ONE OF
SEVERAL FILES THAT THAT ONLY CONTAIN CAT JOKES. ╤╫╦╘.╘╥┼╦12 IS ALL
╙╘, ╙╘╘╬╟ AND ╙╘─╙9 GAGS.
╘HEN IT ASK FOR THE LOWEST NUMBER TO USE WITH ╤╫╦╘. AS THE FIRST
OUTPUT FILE AND FINALLY, WHAT DRIVE TO SEND IT TO. ╔F IT IS YOUR
FIRST SESSION, GO AHEAD AND USE 0. ╠ATER SESSIONS WILL REQUIRE THAT
YOU TELL IT TO USE A NUMBER HIGHER THAN THE HIGHEST ALREADY USED.
┘OU MAY RENAME YOUR FILES TO SUIT YOURSELF AFTER THE SESSION IS
FINISHED. ╔ FIND IT EASY WHILE USING ╤╫╦╥╥ TO HIT * THEN ╘ FOR
TAGLINES AND TAP ╠ FOR LOAD. ╘HE DEFAULT FILE, ╤╫╦╘.╘┴╟╠╔╬┼╙ WILL
APPEAR. ╘AP THE SPACE BAR AND IT WILL READ ╤╫╦╘. SO YOU CAN JUST
TYPE IN A NUMBER OR A CATAGORY AND NUMBER AND HIT RETURN.
╚AVE FUN, AND REMEMBER, "╚E WHO DIES WITH THE MOST TAGLINES WINS!"