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- Document ACTool version 1.0
-
-
- ACTool Program Documentation
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Version 1.0
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
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- 1. Copyright
- ============
-
- ACTool v1.0 is © Laurent Papier 1993.
-
- ACTool is freely redistributable.
-
- The files in this archive were written by Laurent Papier and are freely
- distributable as long as the archive remains intact, and only a nominal
- fee is charged for its distribution.
-
- This software is provided "AS IS" without warranty of any kind, either
- expressed or implied. By using it, you agree to accept the entire risk as
- to the quality and performance of the program.
-
- Comments, suggestions and bug reports are welcome. See `The author'.
-
-
- 2. Introduction
- ===============
-
- ACTool is a program for integer convertion between :
-
- - Decimal/Octal/Binary/Hexadecimal
-
- and
-
- - Decimal/Octal/Binary/Hexadecimal
-
-
- ACTool have a GUI interface and is compatible OS 1.3/2.x/3.x.
- ACTool should run on every system.
-
- ACTool is written using IObject.lib from Christophe Passuello which
- emulate some of the gadget of the gadtools.library.
- IObject.lib is © Christophe Passuello 1993.
-
- ACTool is very easy to use, so just try it and you will understand how
- it works.
-
- ACTool have both english and french interface. See `Usage'.
-
-
- 3. Usage
- ========
-
- ACTool can be start from CLI or Workbench.
- All options are case insensitive.
-
-
- 3.1. CLI usage
- --------------
-
- Usage: ACTool [?]
- ACTool <number> <base> ...
-
- option :
-
- ? : print usage.
-
- <number> : input number.
-
- 789 -> decimal number
- @45 -> octal number
- %11 -> binary number
- $2b -> hexadecimal number
-
- <base> : output base.
-
- dec | d : decimal
- oct | o : octal
- bin | b : binary
- hex | h : hexadecimal
-
-
- Examples:
-
- - convert hexadecimal number 'ff' to decimal
-
- ACTool $ff dec
- $ff = 255
-
- - convert hexadecimal number 'ff' to binary and decimal number '255'
- to hexadecimal
-
- ACTool $ff b 255 hex
- $ff = 11111111
- 255 = ff
-
-
- 3.2. Workbench usage
- --------------------
-
- Just double-click on its icon.
-
- By default ACTool starts in english mode.
-
-
- Tooltypes:
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- LANGAGE=francais : french mode.
-
-
- 4. The author
- =============
-
- If you have suggestions or remarks about this program, or if you find
- any bugs, please let me know.
-
- Contacting the author:
-
- Internet: papier@tris.u-strasbg.fr
-
- Mail: Papier Laurent
- 11 rue BERLIOZ
- 67202 WOLFISHEIM
- FRANCE
-
- If you can please use e-mail.
-
-
- 5. Notes
- ========
-
- The text documentation is written for Text2Guide, a program that can
- convert text files to AmigaGuide files.
- Text2Guide is © Stephan Sürken 1993.
-
-