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Short: 2.0 - Flexible catalogs (C, Asm, Oberon, E, ARexx, Modula...)
Author: Marcin Orlowski <carlos@amiga.com.pl>
Uploader: Marcin Orlowski <carlos@amiga.com.pl>
Version: 2.0
Type: dev/misc
Www: http://amiga.com.pl/flexcat/
INFO
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FlexCat creates catalogs and the source to handle them. The difference
between FlexCat and KitCat, CatComp and some others is, that FlexCat is
designed to produce any source you want: any programming language, any
individual needs should be satisfied. However, FlexCat is not more
difficult to use.
This sounds like a contradiction. FlexCat's solution is to use
template files, the so called "source descriptions". Ready to use examples
for Assembler, C, C++, E, Oberon and Modula-2 are distributed, additionally
an example for supporting catalogs on Workbench 2.0. Any other examples
are welcome.
Archives
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Since release 2.0, the FlexCat distribiution is splitted into the
smaller archives. They are (in order of importance):
FlexCat.lha - Latest FlexCat, user contribitions, english manual
and foreign catalog files
FlexCat_0x0.lha - patches for 020, 040 and 060 versions of FlexCat
(PPC makes no sense here. I checked that).
FlexCat_XtraDocs.lha - FlexCat's guide in non english languages. Currently
Svenska, Espanol and Deutsch are provided
FlexCat_CatSrc.lha - #?.cd and #?.ct files for existing translations and
#?.texinfo documents
If you just want to use FlexCat, the 1st archive is all you need.
If you want to have CPU optimised binaries, take both 1st and 2nd
and patch the original release. If you want to read translated manual,
get the 3rd one. If you want to make the translation take the 4th one
(but I suggesto to join the Amiga Translators' Organisation
<http://ato.vapor.com/ato> first!)
Changes since previous release:
-------------------------------
* v2.0 (25.02.98) - Unfortunately, 2.0 does not meanw break thru
technologies implemented here. It is just the next
version numer FlexCat should have...
Added a workaround for problems some people may
encounter while creating catalogs for languages
with corrupted converstion table (part of #?.language
file). FlexCat uses utility.library function to convert
##language name to lowercase, which leads to
wrong strings with e.g. czech environment.
Use NOLANGTOLOWER (CLI and prefs) to tell FlexCat
to not to lowercase the name (but remember to keep
it lowercased manually!).
FlexCat now uses buffered IO operations.
That may increase the overall speed of FlexCat,
however it's not the must, so you can use
NOBUFFEREDIO switch to fall back to previous
poll mode. Please test the overall performance,
and tell me the results. The IO buffer is now
2048 bytes large.
While creating new #?.ct file FlexCat puts contents
of Language system variable if possible as the
#langauge argument.
Fixed bug causing random memory writes under
some, but very rare, circumstances.
ARexx.sd source descriptor added thanks to
Kai Norhausen <kn@tribal.line.org>
Users' stuff added. Look at the contents of
the "Contribution" drawer!
Renumbered the version of catalog files. Most
recent catalog version is 2.0. Older and outdated
are 1.x.
French catalog updated. Thanks to Julien `GiZmO' Wilk
<wilkj@esiee.fr>
Finnish translation updated by Mika Lundell
<c71829@uwasa.fi>
Nederlans translation by Leon Woestenberg
<leon@stack.nl>
Norsk translation thanks to Eivind Olsen
<eivindo@bgnett.no>
Italian catalog updated by Luca Nora
<ln546991@silab.dsi.unimi.it> and Giovanni
Addabbo <gaddabbo@imar.it>
Portugese translation updated by Frederico
Borges <famb@mail.telepac.pt> and
Alexandre Gabriel <chryse@mail.telepac.pt>
The new spanish translation by Marcos Broc
<amiga187@arrakis.es> and Samuel Aguilera
<slyguy@mx2.redestb.es>
Croatian translation by Mladen Ili¹inoviæ
<milisino@jagor.srce.hr>
* V1.9 (01.08.97) - Now you can use special $TODAY attribute
in your $VER string. While creating catalog,
$TODAY will be replaced by current date (note,
only 1st occurance will be processed). If you
want your version strings to always be recent
dated type: $VER: FlexCat.catalog 3.0 ($TODAY)
NOTE: This string is CASESENSITIVE!
FlexCat preferences added. To define your own
defaults, set the environmental variable
"flexcat.prefs" with the contents matching
following template: "SDDIR/K,MSG_NEW/K,
WARNCTGAPS/S,NOOPTIM/S,FILL/S,FLUSH/S,NOBEEP/S,
QUIET/S". Note FlexCat is using ReadArgs()
to parse the preferences, thus place all the
items in one line.
If you use FlexCat for #?.ct updating, you
probably was missing any additional markers
to let you easily find the new strings. Now
you get them. By default the "***NEW***",
is used, but you may configure it using
FlexCat preferences.
QUIET switch used to suppress error messages.
Fixed.
New C source descriptor Cat2h_?.sd. Read
the manual or Lib/Cat2h.readme for more
information.
Version of updated catalogs bumped to 2.5
Portugese translation of program catalog, thanks
to Frederico Borges <famb@mail.telepac.pt> and
Alexandre Gabriel <chryse@mail.telepac.pt>
Swedish translation of FlexCat manual,
thanks to Magnus Holmgren <cmh@lls.se>
Spanish translation reworked by
Marcos Broc <amiga187@arrakis.es> and
Samuel Aguilera <slyguy92@arrakis.es>
Now FlexCat does DisplayBeep() when any error
or warning happen (but don't worry, it's smart
enough, so you won't experience any Beep() bombing ;).
By using NOBEEP switch you can shut it up.
Previous releases had problems with comment lines
ending with \'s, which made FlexCat think it's multiline
string. Now it is not as dumb to get fooled any longer.
You can now use octal, decimal and hexadecimal
(e.g 0x20) digits for all FlexCat digital arguments
(like ##version) as well as for (ID/MIN/MAX),
##codeset and others.
FLUSH switch added. By using it all unused
catalogs (but also libraries, fonts, devices etc) will