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CROMTAG version 1.00
****IMPORTANT****
If you're upgrading from a version prior to 1.00, re-run the
CROMCFG.EXE utility.
CROMTAG - A tagline util for timEd (v1.10 and above) by Dana Booth at
1:138/179 or crom@eskimo.com
-----------------------------
FILELIST:
cromcfg.exe - The setup util
cromtag.exe - The tagline insertion program
cromline.exe - The custom origin line utility
cromline.add - Sample address file for cromline.exe
cromline.lin - Sample origin line file for cromline.exe
csteal.com - The tagline 'stealing' utility
mood.com - Mood kludge utility (see seperate docs)
tag.bat - Batch file to get you started (explained below)
tag.lin - Ascii text file of taglines (of course you can edit
this, I just borrowed some from some other guy's
tagline util *G*)
timkeys.sam - Sample TIMKEYS.CFG file for using csteal.exe
-----------------------------
OVERVIEW:
This is a simple little tagline insertion utility that'll work just
fine with timEd's internal editor, and will also work just as well
using an external editor.
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HISTORY:
One day, in the ARTWARE echo, a fellow asked about using taglines with
the internal editor. Several folks answered back, in the days that
followed, and told him that it couldn't be done. I thought, hey,
timEd writes a file to disk whenever it does its PGP and Spellchecker
routines, so why couldn't you insert a tagline instead? So I made a
small qbasic routine, and a few people started using it. (a very few
*G*) One fellow said that he used my little qbasic utility, and asked
that if I ever re-write it, could I make it do random taglines? Thus
was born the version that you have now... I sat down, and actually
re-wrote it in earnest, made it faster, compiled it, etc., etc.
Anyway, now you know. *G*
Keep in mind that I'm by no means any sort of programmer. This is a
very simple routine that anyone could have made. :)
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INSTALLATION:
In timEd, version 1.10 and above, you have the opportunity to choose
to do a spellcheck, a PGP message encryption, or a PGP message
signing. In order to accomplish this, you have to define, in
timed.cfg, the action to execute when you choose either of these
options. The defining keywords are EXESPELL, EXECRYPT, and EXESIGN. If
you don't use one of those keywords in timed.cfg, then you can define
it to run the tagline utility, here's how: (using the EXECRYPT keyword
for the purpose of this example)
1 - Copy all the files in this archive to your timEd directory.
2 - Using any text editor, open timed.cfg
3 - insert the EXECRYPT keyword, followed by 'tag.bat', i.e.:
EXECRYPT tag.bat
4 - If you use an external editor, and call it from a batch file, be
sure to have the batch file change back to the timEd directory
before returning control back to timEd.
5 - Run the setup utility, 'cromcfg.exe'. You can run this at any
time, so don't worry that your answers are written in stone. *G*
6 - If you plan to use the tagline stealing utility, 'csteal.exe',
then modify your 'timkeys.cfg' file, inserting the line in the
sample file, 'timkeys.sam', in this archive.
You're ready to go!
If you have the PGP and Spellcheck options already in use, then modify
the 'tag.bat' file, inserting the dos 'choice' command, so you can use
either the tagline utility or the PGP/Spellchecker option. Example:
@echo off
cls
choice /c12 (1)for taglines (2)for encryption
if errorlevel 2 goto encrypt
if errorlevel 1 goto taglines
:taglines
cromtag
goto end
:encrypt
cd\pgp
pgp -sea c:\timed\timed.msg -o c:\timed\timed.asc
cd\timed
rem>timed.msg
del timed.msg
copy timed.asc timed.msg
del timed.asc
:end
-----------------------------
OPERATION:
If you use the external editor, then you must choose the PGP or
Spellchecker option that you installed it under when you edit the
header of your message, by hitting [alt]+s. If you're using the
internal editor, you can do the same, and you also have the
opportunity to bring up the 'save message' menu, which contains the
PGP/Spellcheck options, by hitting 'F10' before saving your post.
*note* you may also define another keyword in timed.cfg to tell timEd
to always use the spellcheck option. 'spellcheck_default yes' The PGP
options do not have a similar keyword.
When you save your post, the taglines will appear (if you did not
choose to have CromTag insert random taglines), and the chosen tagline
will be inserted, it's pretty easy.
Cromtag will default to using TAG.LIN as it's tagline file, but you
can also specify and alternate file on the command line. To use the
file 'tagline.txt' as an alternate file:
cromtag tagline.txt
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TAGLINE STEALING:
If you use the sample, 'timkeys.sam', and insert that into your
timkeys.cfg file, you can steal taglines by hitting the 'F4' key while
in the reader. The stolen taglines are written to CromTag's tagline
text file, 'tag.lin'. However, csteal.exe will accept a
[[drive:\]path]filename as a command line parameter, if you choose to
write the taglines to a different file. It will steal tags from
'normal' tagline generators (...), Terminate (.!.), all versions of
OLX, the Wildcat! editor (WCE), the MR/2 offline reader, QMPro, RM
(whatever that one is *G*), OFFLINE (above version 1.52), KWQ, and
KWQ/2.
I add more as I see them in the echos. *G*
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CUSTOM ORIGIN LINES:
Included in this archive is the custom origin line utility. It was
made as an afterthought actually, using basically the same program as
cromtag.exe, and changing a few lines. To run 'cromline.exe', you set
it up basically the same way you would set up cromtag, but, you can
only use this utility from the 'spellcheck' option. The 'cromline.add'
file is the file that cromline.exe reads to get the address from you
that it'll need to put on the origin line, and the 'cromline.lin' file
is the file that cromline.exe reads to get the custom origin line from
you. You have to modify these files to suit you.
As of version 0.45, you may now specify an alternate origin line file
on the command line. Refer to operation of Cromtag for the syntax,
it's the same thing.
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OTHER STUFF:
I hope you enjoy these little programs. If you do, would you write me a
letter at 1:138/179 or crom@eskimo.com?
Thanks - Dana Booth (the guy who made the stuff)