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εNTεRZ User's Manual εNTεRZ
Last revision date: June 20, 1996
NAME
εNTεRZ - displays animated enter prompts
SYNOPSIS
enterz [-f file] [-y num] [-d num] [-n num] [-cvh]
DESCRIPTION
εNTεRZ displays animated enter prompts from a KaF (for more information
about the KaF, see the User's Manual for the KaFKa utility). The KaF
data and index files must have been prepared by KaFKa before εNTεRZ can
use them. By default, the program will look for them in it's own home
directory (and the files are expected to have 'enterz' as the root
name (with '.kdt' and '.kix' extenions). It will then display a
randomly-chosen prompt and wait until the user presses enter, at which
point it will clear the line and terminate. The default screen line
for the prompt is the next line after the text and the prompt will be
centered on this line (if the definition in the KaF permits it). This
operation makes εNTεRZ very suitable for an enter .PEX in the ProBoard
language prompt. εNTεRZ has been successfully tested with TheMin 2.0 by
Ruben Provoost [JMJ] (which is a super chat program, by the way, and is
also free). It will run will any .PEX that lets you specify an external
program for the prompts.
You can modify the default behavior by using the command lines.
To install it as the default 'press enter' prompt, copy ENTERZ.PEX,
ENTERZ.KDT and ENTERZ.KIX to your ProBoard PEX directory. Fire up
ProCFG and in the language editor, modify prompt #7 to read:
'@pENTERZ@' (without the quotes). Voila! Instant randomly-selected
enter prompts.
To make ENTERZ.PEX work with TheMin v2.0, copy the ENTERZ.PEX/KDT/KIX
to your ProBoard PEX directory. Then load the file THEMIN.INI into a
ASCII text editor (the file is in ProBoard's system directory) and
edit the line 'EnterPEX = ENTER' to read 'EnterPEX = ENTERZ'. Voila!
Instant support.
OPTIONS
Every option is preceded by the '-' character, note that the case
is significant, so make sure you use the correct letters. Options
can be grouped under one switch except when taking additional
arguments, in which case the argument must follow the option letter
(with optional whitespace between them) and should be separated from
the next option with at least on whitepace character.
-f file
By default, εNTεRZ will try to use 'enterz.kdt' and 'enterz.kix'
as the data files. These are expected to be found in the in the
program's home directory). To change the default behavior and force
εNTεRZ to use different names, specify the root name with the '-f'
option. Note that you cannot change the extensions of the files.
An important thing to note is that the '-f' option should precede
every other option to take effect. Since the command-line is parsed
sequentially, doing this will ensure correct operation.
-y num
Changes the screen line. The 'num' integer must be a valid screen
y-coordinate (i.e. 0 < num < 25 on most systems). The default is
the next line after the last one shown. If necessary, this will also
scroll the screen by one line so that the last one does not get
overwritten.
-d num
Changes the delay interval between the animation steps. The
default is the one defined in the KaF. It is suggested that you do
not modify this value since most of the prompts that come in the
default KaF are optimized for this speed. The greater the value,
the slower the animation.
-n num
Select 'num' prompt from the KaF. The default is randomly
selected. Use this if you need to force a particular animation
somewhere.
-h
displays a brief summary of correct usage
-v
displays version information
-c
displays copyright and license notice
EXAMPLES
enterz
Select a random sequence and display it on nex line, centered.
enterz -f alt -n34
Use 'alt.kdt' and 'alt.kix' as the KaF, display prompt 34.
enterz /y12 /n25
Display prompt #25 on line 12 (note that you can use the slash
instead of a hyphen to specify an option).
FILES
ENTERZ.PEX - the main executable for ProBoard v2.1+
ENTERZ.EXE - a small command-line utility to check out the KaF
ENTERZ.KDT - default data file (95 records)
ENTERZ.KIX - index file
BUGS
The language file does not pass parameters correctly. Until Philippe
fixes this, we are stuck ;-(
IDENTIFICATION
Author: Branislav L. Slantchev
Revision Number: 2.15
Release Date: June 20, 1996
Copyright (c) 1995, 1996 by Branislav L. Slantchev
LEGAL
εNTεRZ was compiled with the following products:
- Borland C++ 3.1, Copyright by Borland Int'l.
- ProBoard SDK v2.10, Copyright (C) by Philippe Leybaert
- PB-Lib v2.15, Copyright (c) by Branislav L. Slantchev
εNTεRZ (all executables, source and documentation files)
are Copyright (c) 1995, 1996 by Branislav L. Slantchev.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
If you find this program useful, drop me a post card at the mail
address (see file SUPPORT.DOC). I will really appreciate that.