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- Info2Guide
-
- This is a simple (full of bugs) ARexx program that can translate into Amiga-
- Guide format Info-files that comes within GCC packge (roundabout 22M).
- These files can be found into GCC:info/ path , and can be read with the
- file `InfoView' tha comes with the packge . The matter is that the viewer is
- quite user-unfriendly (you must take control via keyboard and commands are
- very very very ...).
- Here this simple prog comes in. Let's suppose you wanna read something about
- `diff'; related files are (you must look into GCC:info/):
- - `diff.info'
- - `diff.info-1'
- - `diff.info-2'
- - `diff.info-3'
- - `diff.info-4'
- Now you only have to invoke the "function" with parameter "diff" . Automati-
- cally it will process these files , and the result will be a unique big file
- containing proper nodes.
-
- Please note that some translation (from Info to AmigaGuide) doesn't fit: for
- example it cannot propely translate information if node declaration falls down
- between to different (but consecutive) lines (you may fix this editing manual-
- ly resulting text).
-
- Please note that manipulating very big files is quite inefficient : better
- achievement would have been mantaining separate files (note that AmigaGuide
- do support this).
-
- Please note that initial intent of Info archive was to organize all informa-
- tions under the only index called `dir', but I've found hard to realize with a
- very light code (written in ARexx).
-
- Please note that I have no documentation that describes how the `*.info*'
- files are structured and organized (but if you have it , you can E-Mail it to
- me: I'll like).
-
- Let me know if you are intrested about the idea: my E-Mail address is
- Alessandro Ponzio
- istrice@paola.dei.unipd.it
-
- P.S.: If you really want a faster implementation, you can bring to me sugges-
- tions about the GCC. For example:
- -1- How can I make GCC to compile programs?
- I've installed the full packge and nowI got version 2.5.7 of prog
- but something doesn't match: nothing appens when I execute
- CLI> gcc Prova.c
- HardDrive works, but no output can be find.
- I've also tried with
- CLI> gcc -o RAM:exe Prova.c
- but nothing can be find in RAM: too.
-
- My sistem configuration is:
- Amiga 1200 68EC020 14MHz, no FPU, 2Mb CHIP, AmigaOS 3.0
- Workbench 39.29 - Kickstart 39.106
-
- -2- How can I find ARexx compile? Are there some PD compiler?
-
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-
- History
-
- 1.0 Very first implementation. ARexx was the language adopted. Never
- released.
-
- 1.1 A merely correction of previous version. Fixed bug that made
- uncorrect translation of linked sub-nodes when they were not
- preceded by `* ':this was achieved including `Strip' command
- in the source. (Note that linked-nodes are recognised if and
- only if they are successed by `::')
-
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-
- Please note that I do not want assume any responsability about provided prog.
- ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
- It is made only upon my exclusive conception, and it do not represend a tran-
- slation of some algorithm or program written in any other language.
-
- P.S. I've included that because this is the very first time I release any prog
- in PD . I'm sure that no one will seriously consider it , but I'm afraid
- about various misunderstanding.
-
- Let me know if you are interested in ARexx programming (I'll also like to know
- your programming tecnique). If you use Internet my E-Mail is:
- Alessandro Ponzio
- istrice@paola.dei.unipd.it
-
- C U Soon.
-