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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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 3. Compatibility
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- TexTrans is fully RISC OS 3 compatible. This
- includes RISC OS versions 3.10 and 3.11.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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:
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- Info ⇨ ........ shows an info about TexTrans
- Quit .......... quit TexTrans
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- 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:
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- Info ⇨ ...... shows an info about TexTrans
- Status ⇨ ...... toggles the status window
- and leads to the status
- window menu
- Quit .......... quit TexTrans
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- 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:
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- Faster ........ toggles the update function
- of the text icons in the
- status window and makes
- translation faster
- Close ......... closes the status window
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 8. Interactive help
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- TexTrans provides interactive help. You must
- load the !Help application to display the
- help messages.
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- 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:
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- S&S Publishing Priv. Corp.
- c/o Matthias Schneider
- Reichenberger Strasse 8
- D-89257 Illertissen
- Germany
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- © S&S Publishing Priv. Corp., 1994
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