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Welcome to TexTrans Version 1.06
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This program converts text from EBCDII to ISO
character format and vice versa. The standard
EBCDII/ISO mapping is used. Characters which
cannot be mapped may be replaced by either
the bullet ‘•’, which is the default, or one
of the characters ‘·*:.’ or ‘ ’, as EBCDII
and ISO both contain these characters.
1. How to load TexTrans
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When you double click on the TexTrans icon in
the filer window, TexTrans will install on
the icon bar to the right.
2. Memory requirements
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TexTrans uses 64 KB of conventional memory.
You need not to alter the Next Slot; TexTrans
will do that for you.
3. Compatibility
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TexTrans is fully RISC OS 3 compatible. This
includes RISC OS versions 3.10 and 3.11.
4. How to use TexTrans
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4.1 The windows of TexTrans
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There are two windows in the TexTrans
application. The first is the main window and
the second is the status window.
4.1.1 The main window
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To open the main window click with the select
mouse button on the TexTrans icon.
4.1.2 The status window
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To open the status window you must select the
menu item ‘Status’ in the main window menu.
See section 4.2.2 for further details.
When you click with the select button on the
TexTrans icon while a file is converted the
status window will be opened.
4.2 The menus of TexTrans
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4.2.1 The icon bar menu
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When you click with the menu mouse button
over the TexTrans icon the following menu
will be displayed:
Info ⇨ ........ shows an info about TexTrans
Quit .......... quit TexTrans
4.2.2 The main window menu
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When you click with the menu mouse button
over the main window the following menu
will be displayed:
Info ⇨ ...... shows an info about TexTrans
Status ⇨ ...... toggles the status window
and leads to the status
window menu
Quit .......... quit TexTrans
4.2.3 The status window menu
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When you slide off the ‘Status’ item in the
main window menu or when you click the menu
mouse button over the status window the
following menu will be displayed:
Faster ........ toggles the update function
of the text icons in the
status window and makes
translation faster
Close ......... closes the status window
5. How to translate a text file
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To translate a text file drag it on the
TexTrans icon on the icon bar.
Note:
• Applications and directories cannot be
translated.
• Multible file selection is not supported,
i.e. only the first file will be
translated, the others are ignored.
• When a file is being translated the main
window will be closed. When you click with
the select mouse button on the TexTrans
icon while translation is active the status
window will be opened.
• If you drag a file on the TexTrans icon
while translation is active a beep will
sound.
6. How TexTrans works
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TexTrans is a full multitasking application,
that means that a file is translated in the
background. TexTrans uses an 8 KB buffer
block to read, translate and write a file.
This ensures, that the translation is not
going to slow down the WIMP extremely.
7. The TexTrans error messages
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If an error occures an error box will be
displayed containing the reason of the error
and a hint how to solve the problem.
8. Interactive help
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TexTrans provides interactive help. You must
load the !Help application to display the
help messages.
9. The source code
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If you are happy with this tool and you would
like to know some more about the technique
this program uses, please do not hesitate
about contacting me. Here is the address:
S&S Publishing Priv. Corp.
c/o Matthias Schneider
Reichenberger Strasse 8
D-89257 Illertissen
Germany
© S&S Publishing Priv. Corp., 1994