@DATABASE WoW Doc @WORDWRAP @NODE main @TITLE "WoW - Read this file !" @{JCENTER}@{B}WoW v1.20@{UB} A text converter - Mathias PARNAUDEAU @{"What's that ?" LINK "Whatisit"} @{"Why a such tool ?" LINK "Pourquoi"} @{"Possibilities" LINK "Possibilités"} @{"New : options" LINK "Options"} @{"How this works ?" LINK "Utilisation"} @{"Questions & answers" LINK "Questions"} @{"The story" LINK "Historique"} @{"Work to do" LINK "Todo"} @{"Contact me" LINK "Auteur"} @{"Thanks" LINK "Merci"} @{JLEFT} @ENDNODE @NODE Whatisit WoW is a text converter, and I wish it will expand compatibility over new text formats, because it's always annoying to have a document without being able to use it correctly. You can use WoW with or without arguments (@{"cf. Usage" LINK "Utilisation"}). If you just run "WoW", a useful window appears. The first version was written in Blitz but now, WoW is developped in C. I suppose it works on any Amiga and only requires MUI (if you want to use the GUI. Look at the english page throught my web pages at : http://perso.wanadoo.fr/supersport/amiga/wow/ @ENDNODE @NODE Pourquoi @TITLE "Why a such tool ?" 1. I was tired of hearing Amiga was good from people who go and buy a PC just after, explaining it's the only way to exchange files. What a nonsense ! Amiga can use pictures, videos and anims, modules, web pages, ... The big problem is Word and Excel files. 2. Such a program didn't exist. And I like challenges ;-) @ENDNODE @NODE Possibilités @TITLE "Possibilities" With WoW you can extract Ascii datas from : @{B}Wordworth 6@{UB}: Amiga's most used word processor. @{B}Word@{UB}: This format is a real nightmare to understand, but extract the text is not so difficult :) @{B}Rtf@{UB}: The Rich Text Format is the standard of text files. @{B}Html@{UB}: It's not necessary to open your browser and load an html text to save it in Ascii. @{B}AGuide@{UB}: You just want the text of an AGuide doc ? @{B}Ascii@{UB}: Just a copy of your file for the moment. @{B}Pdb@{UB} : Allows to obtain text from compressed or not PalmPilot documents. Ascii conversion is not very exciting ? WoW has more to offer : @{B}Ww6 -> Rtf@{UB}: Tables, pictures aren't supported yet, but you can keep text, margins, informations about the document, ... @{B}Ww6 -> Html@{UB}: WoW is no more able to convert this, but it will come again. @ENDNODE @NODE Options @TITLE "The options of WoW" The options With this new version (1.20), you have options for a better comfort, they will allow you to convert as you wish. More options will appear in the future. The options are five for the moment, and each one owns a default value : - @{B}line size@{UB} which allows to cut never ending lines under Multiview or DirectoryOpus. The default lenght is 79 caracters. If you don't want to cut the lines, use the zero value. - @{B}URL and addresses @{UB}: it affects only the HTML->ASCII conversion, keeping links on URL and email addresses. For example : If you have questions write to me becomes : If you have questions, write to me (mathias.p@wanadoo.fr) - @{B}standard caracters@{UB}. In formats such as HTML or RTF, special caracters are coded with several bytes. In the ASCII->HTML conversion, this allows to obtain "é" instead of "é". - @{B}keep CR @{UB}: to convert PC ASCII (CR/LF) into standard ASCII texts (LF) deleting CR caracters (the dos2unix does this too). - @{B}title @{UB}: changes the title of a document or adds one if it doesn't exist. Useful with the ASCII->HTML conversion to avoid to modify the file after conversion. For the moment, all these options are available for each conversion, even if they don't affect the chosen conversion. @{B}Options supported by each conversion@{UB} LINESIZE COPYURL HAVECR STDCHARS TITLE AGuide->Ascii X X Ascii->Ascii X X X Ascii->Html X X X FinalWriter->Ascii X X Html->Ascii X X X Pdb->Ascii X X Postscript->Ascii X X Rtf->Ascii X X Word->Ascii X X Wordworth->Ascii X X Wordworth->Rtf X X X @ENDNODE @NODE Utilisation @TITLE "Usage" Double-click on the icon or run WoW from the Cli. @{U}Usage@{UU} Wow -Format [list of options] Source Destination -Format : chosen format for the destination file. The option list contains 0 to 5 keywords from : LINESIZE=XX where XX is a numeric value COPYURL HAVECR STDCHARS TITLE="a sentence you wish to find in the title" Source : file to convert (the format is detected automatically). Destination : file to create. @{U}Arguments@{UU} WoW is "argument sensitive". If you enter the following number of arguments : 0 : the interface is loaded and you can choose easily your params. If you run it without giving a destination file, WoW creates one adding the right extension. 1 : Fatal error :-) WoW writes the usage. 2 : WoW uses the name of the second parameter to create the destination file. 3 : Good : it's the right way ! Without any option 4 or more : this means you use existing options @ENDNODE @NODE Questions @TITLE "Questions / Answers" Send me your questions ... @{"contactez-moi" LINK "Auteur"}. @{U}The first questions :@{UU} @{B}It would be great to convert Html into Rtf ...@{UB} Yes, it would. The priority is now Rtf<->Wordworth. @ENDNODE @NODE Historique @TITLE "The story" 0.24. + Supports Ascii conversions with formats : Ww6, Rtf, Html, AGuide, Word. + Converts Wordworth text into Html (with styles, colours, sizes, ... 0.26. + The listview works : yeah ! + Added conversions Ascii->Ascii (!) and Ascii->Html. v0.28. First Aminet release (16/05/99) It allows to convert : - Html, Ww6, Rtf, AGuide, Ascii, Word files into Ascii (Word and Rtf files are not fully supported) - Ww6 and AGuide files into Html - Ascii files into Html (adds
tags automaticaly) v0.30. (18/06/99) - english AND french languages automatically selected - problems with AGuide tags solved - and tags added (I forgot them the last time) - Rtf->Asc fixed : no more blank file generated - the path is kept when you call again a requester (doesn't stay into progdir) - accents (grave, umlaute, acute) are supported for Html->Asc conversion v1.00. + Completely new version written in C now, with a MUI interface 1.10. (8/08/00) + Full localization + Conversions improved (Ww6->Rtf, Word->Ascii, Rtf->Ascii) + GUI changed (centered label, added message bar, ...) + Minor changes (icon clicking, ...) 1.20 (27/01/01) + New conversion : FinalWriter->Ascii + Rtf->Ascii : header problem solved with RTF from Word2000. + Wordworth->Rtf : better conversion than Wordworth ! Saves document informations, margins, headers and footnotes, ... + General options : title, line size, standard characters, etc. + Documentation and catalog in polish : thanks to GDR ! @ENDNODE @NODE Todo @TITLE "Work again" What I will have to do if I find the strength : o Give options for each conversion o Add conversions : Html->Rtf, Hlp->Asc, Rtf->Ww6, ... o ... @ENDNODE @NODE Auteur @TITLE "The author and the program" WoW is freeware : Amiga needs good products at a low price (free is not expensive :) I wish WoW to be useful for each Amiga user. If you can, write to me in order to suggest ideas, bugs, ... My address : Mathias PARNAUDEAU 46, rue Baudrière 49 100 ANGERS FRANCE My email : mathias.p@wanadoo.fr and visit the official web site (in french) : http://perso.wanadoo.fr/supersport/amiga/wow/ @ENDNODE @NODE Merci @{U}Thanks@{UU} : - To my testers : - OFS - Patrick ARTUS - David ZISLIN (Zet) - Raphaël PARNAUDEAU - and all the new ones - To Denis OBRIOT (Sidne) for painting the icon. - To the BlitzList members (Curt Esser, David McMinn, Paul Burkey, ...) - People who gave me suggestions, bugs report, ... or just said "Good luck, and go on !" You want to read french mags : read aMiGa=PoWeR. @ENDNODE