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╘AGTHIEF FOR ╤╫╦╥╥128
(C) 1993 BY ╥USSELL ╨RATER.
┴LL RIGHTS RESERVED.
─ISTRIBUTE AS ╞REE╫ARE (╬O ├HARGE)
2ND ╩AN 1994
╔╬─┼╪
╞ILENAMES 2
╟RABBING ╘AGLINES 1
╚OW IT WORKS 2
═AXIMUM ╬O. OF LINES PER FILE 2
╬EXT 2
╬OTES ON ╤╫╦╘ ╘AGLINE FORMAT 1
╨REV 2
╨URPOSE OF ╘AG╘HIEF 1
╤╫╦╘. ╞ORMAT ╧DDITIES 1
╤╫╦╘.<-NAME->.XX 2
╘AGTHIEF ─OCUMENTATION
╘HE ╨URPOSE OF ╘AG╘HIEF
=======================
╔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 ├╚╥$(13) FOLLOWED BY ENOUGH SPACES TO PAD IT OUT TO EXACTLY 71
CHARACTERS PER LINE.
╔ USE ─ESTERM AND GRAB THE WHOLE ╘┴╟╠╔╬┼ ECHO INTO THE BUFFER. ╘HEN ╔
EDIT OUT THE MESSAGE HEADERS AND OTHER JUNK, SAVING ONLY THE GOOD
TAGLINES. ╘HEN ╔ SAVE THE BUFFER, USUALLY NAMING IT ╘┴╟╙1, OR WHAT-EVER
NUMBER ╔ DON'T HAVE ON MY DISK. ╫HEN ╔ HAVE A FEW HUNDRED LINES, ╔ RUN
╘AGTHIEF TO WRITE THEM INTO ╤╫╦╘ FILES OF 10 EACH.
╬OTES ON ╤╫╦╘ ╘AGLINE FORMAT
============================
- ╫HEN SAVING YOUT ╘┴╟╙X FILE, EACH LINE MUST BEGIN WITH THE FIRST
CHARACTER.
─ON'T INCLUDE THE '...' OR IT WILL WIND UP DOUBLED WHEN IT IS ADDED TO
YOUR MESSAGE. ┼ACH LINE SHOULD BE 69 CHARACTERS OR LESS LONG AND END
WITH A ├╚╥$(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 '*'
AND A CARRIAGE RETURN. ╘HIS TRIGGERS THE 'UNDEFINED' MESSAGE IN ╤╫╦╥╥.
-╔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 WON'T SAVE IN ╨┼╘╙├╔╔ YOU'RE OWN YOUR OWN.
╨AGE 1
╘AGTHIEF ─OCUMENTATION
╞ILE╬AME ├ONVENTIONS
====================
╘O ALLOW ╤╫╦╥╥'S <╬>EXT/<╨>REV ╘AGLINE FILE OPTIONS TO WORK THE
╤╫╦╘. FILES MUST COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING NAMING CONVENTION :
╤╫╦╘.<-NAME->.XX
WHERE <-NAME-> IS ANY TEXT UP TO 8 CHARACTERS LONG TELLING YOU WHAT IS
IN THE SET OF FILE NAMES AND XX IS A TWO DIGIT NUMBER RANGING FROM 01
TO 99. ╘HE DECIMAL POINT BEFORE THE NUMBER (XX) IS NECESSARY. ╔F YOU
╥┼┴╠╠┘ NEED MORE THAT 99 TAGLINE FILES ON A SPECIFIC SUBJECT IT IS
SUGGESTED THAT YOU CALL THEM SOMETHING LIKE ╤╫╦╘.═╔╙├1.XX,
╤╫╦╘.═╔╙├2.XX ETC. WITH 99 FILES IN EACH SET.
╚OW IT ╫ORKS
============
╘AGTHIEF USES ═╠ TO READ YOUR TAGS INTO AN ARRAY CALLED ╘$(). ╔T
IS ─IMENSIONED TO 700 LINES, SO THAT IS THE LARGEST FILE SIZE YOU CAN
USE. ╘HIS WILL THEN CREATE 70 TAGLINE FILES. ╔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
CATEGORY DESIGNATION TO THE NAME. ┘OU MAY HIT <╥┼╘╒╥╬> 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 PRESS RETURN. ╠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 CATEGORY AND NUMBER AND HIT <╥┼╘╒╥╬>.
╚AVE FUN, AND REMEMBER, "╚E WHO DIES WITH THE MOST TAGLINES WINS!"
╨AGE 2