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TITLE
FlexCat - Flexible catalog and source tool
VERSION
2.3
AUTHOR
Jochen Wiedmann and Marcin Orlowski
e-mail: carlos@amiga.com.pl
WWW : http://wfmh.org.pl/~carlos/
DESCRIPTION
FlexCat creates catalogs and the source to handle them. The difference
between FlexCat and KitCat, CatComp and some others is, that FlexCat is
designed to produce any source you want: any programming language, any
individual needs should be satisfied. However, FlexCat is not more
difficult to use.
This sounds like a contradiction. FlexCat's solution is to use
template files, the so called "source descriptions". Ready to use examples
for Assembler, C, C++, E, Oberon and Modula-2 are distributed, additionally
an example for supporting catalogs on Workbench 2.0. Any other examples
are welcome.
FEATURES
FlexCat features include:
* Runs on any Amiga
* Localized of course ;-)
* Can produce catalog handling source code for any language
(templates for Assembler, C, C++, E, Oberon and Modula-2 included)
* Written by the people who use it daily (so it should cover all
your needs)
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
FlexCat works on any Amiga, however you need OS2.04 or higher
to make it using the localization for own purposes.
AVAILABILITY
FlexCat is available on its support site:
http://amiga.com.pl/flexcat/
ftp://ftp.amiga.com.pl/pub/flexcat/
and naturally on Aminet mirrors, eg.
ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/dev/misc/
ARCHIVES
Since release 2.0, the FlexCat distribiution is splitted into the
smaller archives. They are (in order of importance):
FlexCat.lha - Latest FlexCat, user contribitions, english manual
and foreign catalog files
FlexCat_0x0.lha - patches for 020, 040 and 060 versions of FlexCat
(PPC makes no sense here. I checked that).
FlexCat_XtraDocs.lha - FlexCat's guide in non english languages. Currently
Svenska, Espanol and Deutsch are provided
FlexCat_CatSrc.lha - #?.cd and #?.ct files for existing translations and
#?.texinfo documents
FlexCat_Src.lha - C source code for the FlexCat itself
If you just want to use FlexCat, the 1st archive is all you need.
If you want to have CPU optimised binaries, take both 1st and 2nd
and patch the original release. If you want to read translated manual,
get the 3rd one. If you want to make the translation take the 4th one
(but I suggesto to join the Amiga Translators' Organisation
<http://ato.vapor.com/ato> first!)
PRICE
Freeware
CHANGES
* v2.3 (19.05.99) - "Trailing ellipsis" detector was broken (Marco
De Vitis <marco.dvv@flashnet.it>)
- Seems I updated the english manual for v2.2, but
forgot to create .guide file out of texinfo.
- Fixed manual to say "1999" instead of "1998", and
fixed #?.cd file to show proper arguments when
help ("?") is requested (Herve Dupont
<herve.dupont@nordnet.fr>)
- Spanish translation by Sergio Martín Rodríguez
<smartin@kaos.es> and Tomás J. Cantó
<tjcanto@redestb.es>
* v2.2 (14.04.99) - FlexCat can now copy "**NEW**" markers (or other
specified) from old #?.ct file to new one, while
upgrading #?.ct file (FlexCat CD CT newctfile CT).
It should now be fearless to upgrade your all not
yet finished translations. Due to this feature two
new options appeared (available in prefs as well):
COPYNEWs/S (specify if you want to activate this
feature - to avoid possible problems its turned off
by default), OLD_MSG_NEW/K - the string that marks
new strings in old #?.ct file (by default "**NEW**"
so you don't need to specify it unless you change
MSG_NEW too). NOTE: FlexCat automatically appends
"; " to the string! (Christian Hattemer
<Chris@heaven.riednet.wh.tu-darmstadt.de>)
Long awaited check for trailing ellipsis is now
implemented
FlexCat now expands the above feature, and checks
for trailing spaces, as it appears to be the most
overlooked trailing character ever
Added missing #endif is source code, disallowing
easy StormC or non-amiga compilations (Christian
Hattemer)
Every line of original string that FlexCat puts
into created #?.ct file is now prefixed by "; ".
Previously, only first line had space between
semicolon and the main text (Christian Hattemer)
Source descriptors and other FlexCat related
goodies for StormC by Christian Hattemer
are now available from any Aminet mirror
(dev/c/Storm_FlexCat.lha) or from his homepage:
http://www.riednet.wh.tu-darmstadt.de/~chris/
New translations: slowensko - Damir Arh
<damir.arh@guest.arnes.si>
Updated catalogs: svenska - Magnus Holmgren
<lear@algonet.se>, srpski - Ljubomir Jankovic
<lurch@beotel.yu>, nederlands - Leon Woestenberg
<leon@stack.nl>, deutsch - Christian Hattemer
<Chris@heaven.riednet.wh.tu-darmstadt.de>
English manual updated to match latest changes.