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- Short: Entity-Codes, Alternatives, Color-Codes
- Author: honma@uni-duesseldorf.de (Tamio Patrick Honma)
- Uploader: honma@uni-duesseldorf.de (Tamio Patrick Honma)
- Version: 1.9
- Type: util/conv
- Replaces: util/conv/Raw2Ent*
-
-
- Hello again!
-
- This release is the first after one whole year! I didn't recognize that the
- time passed that fast! Well - here is the new version ...
-
- This program is usefull for HTML-Developers and can also be used for
- Internet-, Compuserve-, FIDO-, ZCONNECT-Newsgroups and eMails. It supports
- the ability to convert 8Bit-characters into 7Bit-characters and reverse with
- the help of character-entity-codes or -names or alternative characters.
- Additionaly it can convert HTML 3.2- and Netscape-color-names into
- color-codes and reverse.
-
- This program is written in 100% assembly language for the Motorola MC68000.
- It runs on every AmigaOS 2.0 and higher.
-
- A GUI is not implemented at this moment, but an ARrexx-Script adds this
- program into Cygnus ED's Interface.
-
-
-
- Files: Raw2Ent 1.9 (18.01.98)
- Raw2Ent.ced 1.01 (26.12.96)
- Raw2Ent.doc english documentation
- Raw2Ent.dok german documentation
- Raw2Ent.rexx 1.4.1 (14.07.96)
- Raw2Ent.rexx.old 1.3.4 (01.11.96)
- Raw2EntCheck 1.0 (12.12.96)
- Raw2EntHTMLColors.iff HTML 3.2-Color-Names, -Codes and -Colors
- Raw2EntLogic.asc logical-structure documentation
- Raw2EntMeta.asc meta-structure documentation
- Raw2EntTables.doc code-tables documentation
- Raw2EntUml.r2e the Umlaut-table as a template for you
-
-
-
- WHAT'S NEW SINCE LAST RELEASE?
- - DATA-Mode allows you to define your own convertion-table
- - standard-output feature included. Now it's possible to
- a) preview the output in the console
- b) append the source to destination (with ">>" (see AmigaDOS))
- c) dircetly print the output etc. (with ">prt:" ("))
-
-
- FAST INTRODUCTION: (see below for a larger introduction)
- Raw2Ent can convert
-
- 8Bit-ASCII (ISO-8859-1 [Amiga]) -> 7Bit-ASCII with Character-Entity-Codes
- example: "Hallöchen" -> "Hallöchen"
-
- 7Bit-ASCII with Entity-Codes -> 8Bit-ASCII (ISO-8859-1 [Amiga])
- example: Hallöchen -> Hallöchen
-
- 8Bit-ASCII (ISO-8859-1 [Amiga]) -> 7Bit-ASCII with alternative characters
- example: "Hallöchen" -> "Halloechen"
-
- HTML32- or NETSCAPE-COLOR-NAMES -> HTML-Color-Codes
- example: BGCOLOR="Red" -> BGCOLOR="#FF0000"
-
- HTML-Color-Codes -> HTML32- or NETSCAPE-COLOR-NAMES
- example: BGCOLOR="#FF0000" -> BGCOLOR="Red"
-
-
-
- INTRODUCTION
-
- Raw2Ent converts raw 8-Bit-ASCII-Text into 7-Bit-ASCII-Text with
- entity-codes and reverse. The ASCII-Format is a standardized format for
- information interchange, but it is only standardized seven-bit-wide, which
- means that 128 codes are defined. One Byte consists of eight bits and can
- represent 256 different bit combinations. Therefore the last 128 bit
- combinations are defined for free use by any operation-system. The problem
- is that accent-characters and other special characters are not standardized,
- because they are defined in (guess where?! ;) ) the free part of ASCII by
- the operation system developers.
-
- The goal of the Wold Wide Web developers was that it could be used on every
- important operation system. So it was clear that the ASCII-Based
- HTML-Source-Code had to use the standardized seven-bit area of the
- ASCII-Code. To represent accent-characters or other special characters in a
- seven-bit-code, it was neccesary to invent something. And this was the
- entity-code - a kind of escape-code. An entity-code consists of an
- introducing "&" and a ";" at the end. Between these symbols is a
- character-name the browser can interpret. It is a very hard and stupid work
- to convert the ASCII-Text by hand. So just use Raw2Ent!
-
- Raw2Ent produces real 7-Bit-ASCII-Code. All printable Amiga-characters in
- the 8-bit-area will be converted into entity-codes, without any exception.
- The use of names instead of code-numbers will make the entity-codes easier
- to be read by humans. If no name was defined in the HTML 3.2 reference, the
- code-number will be used.
-
- You can use Raw2Ent also to check, wether your file contains pure seven-bit
- codes or not. If not, Raw2Ent will present you the position of the
- 8-Bit-Characters in the text.
-
- Raw2Ent can also handle color-codes and -names.
-
-
-
- // \\
- \X/ Amiga ForEVER \X/
-
- GRÜSSE !!!
-
- Ich grüße alle verbliebenen Amiga-Benutzer!
-
- Ich bin davon überzeugt, daß Amiga mehr und mehr an Bedeutung im
- Computersektor gewinnen wird. Wir können doch nicht zulassen, daß wir als
- MultiMedia-Pioniere den ewigen Nachzüglern das Feld freilassen! Der Witz
- ist ja, daß viele Features des Amigas immer noch nicht von PC's erreicht
- wurden. PC's konnten ja nur deshalb in den Multimedia-Bereich vordringen,
- weil die DOSen mit immer mehr Power vollgestopft wurden und nicht mit
- innovativen Technologien und Konzepten. Amigas sind nach wie vor die einzig
- wahren Multimedia-Rechner. Und die fehlende Power wird Amiga International
- hoffentlich bald beseitigen und vielleicht noch mehr innovative Konzepte
- realisieren.
-
- // \\
- \X/ Amiga ForEVER \X/
-
-
-
- SEND COMMENTS TO:
-
- Tamio Patrick Honma
-
- eMail: honma@uni-duesseldorf.de
- WWW: http://www-public.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de/~honma/
-
- *>> Love all over the world! <<*
-
-
-
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- POST SCRIPTUM
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Dieses Projekt wurde von einem Studenten der Informationswissenschaft
- entwickelt. Informationswissenschaft ist nicht so bekannt wie Informatik,
- doch die Qualifikationen sind weitreichend und gehen weit über die
- Beherrschung der Maschine hinaus. Informationswissenschaftler erhalten
- Qualifikationen, die vor allem in der sich abzeichnenden
- "Informationsgesellschaft" immer mehr an Bedeutung gewinnen. Alle
- Informationsprozeße - beispielsweise im Informationsmanagement - werden
- analytisch durchleuchtet und Lösungen zu Problemen praktisch realisiert.
-
- Dieses Post-Skriptum sollte ein wenig Licht ins Dunkel bringen, da viele mit
- diesem Begriff der "Informationswissenschaft" nichts anfangen können.
-
- Das WWW-Angebot der Informationswissenschaft der Heinrich-Heine-Universität
- Düsseldorf findest Du unter:
-
- http://www.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de/infowiss/
-
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- ============================= Archive contents =============================
-
- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
- -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- -------------
- 11076 5593 49.5% 19-Jan-98 02:13:04 Raw2Ent
- 1192 637 46.5% 26-Dec-96 15:55:28 Raw2Ent.ced
- 24604 8813 64.1% 19-Jan-98 22:17:24 Raw2Ent.doc
- 26821 9786 63.5% 19-Jan-98 22:17:12 Raw2Ent.dok
- 1131 580 48.7% 17-Nov-96 23:07:06 Raw2Ent.rexx
- 5120 1482 71.0% 17-Nov-96 23:07:06 Raw2Ent.rexx.old
- 465 287 38.2% 12-Dec-96 13:11:32 Raw2EntCheck
- 14604 2587 82.2% 27-Dec-96 03:24:00 Raw2EntHTMLColors.iff
- 1489 335 77.5% 18-Jan-98 06:14:36 Raw2EntLogic.asc
- 4866 2201 54.7% 27-Dec-96 14:21:32 Raw2EntTables.doc
- 487 388 20.3% 18-Jan-98 06:10:22 Raw2EntUml.r2e
- 1227 255 79.2% 13-Dec-96 00:07:34 Raw2EntMeta.asc
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- 93082 32944 64.6% 23-Jan-98 06:42:30 12 files
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