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* *
* The ARexx scripts and programs included with this distribution of *
* Scion are the work of Scion users. If you wish to discuss these *
* scripts and programs or make suggestions, please CONTACT THE AUTHORS *
* DIRECTLY. *
* *
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Please note that ALL scripts and programs are supplied AS IS, and no
guarantees are made. Note also that some of the scripts that involve a
graphical user-interface may require the use of additional libraries (not
supplied) and may be designed for PAL video screens only.
Most of these ARexx scripts and programs will work with Version 4 of Scion,
however some have been re-written to take advantage of the additional ARexx
commands available only with Version 5.
The scripts supplied by Freddy Ariës are also covered by the conditions
detailed at the end of this file. For conditions covering other scripts and
programs, please refer to the supplied documentation or the ARexx scripts
themselves.
The following scripts and programs are included:
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Age.rexx
This script should tell you the Age of a person in the SCION database.
It does expect the date to be in the format DD MMM YYYY but as long as
the year is the last 4 characters, it will give you an age within 1 year.
The database must be running for this AREXX script to work.
Author: Peter Billing, RMB 1240, Yinnar 3869, Australia
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DGen2HTML.rexx
Version 2.04 (22 Apr 1997)
This program produces a GENDEX file and creates HTML pages for your
system. It is © Copyright 1996-1997 Terence Nichols and may be freely
distributed as Shareware. It is not and never will be Public Domain.
Persons who register by sending me (Terence Nichols) an Email message
will be eligible to receive updates as and when available.
Please read the Licence Agreement available online at -
http://www.networx.net.au/~spinne/index.html
Author: Terence Nichols (spinne@networx.net.au)
NOTE: This program (and its associated documentation) is located in a
separate directory of its own.
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Dump-Fam.rexx
Version 1.1 (31 Aug 1993)
Dump the database by family, one line per family.
Author: Ralph L Vinciguerra, 460 Summer Ave, Reading, MA 01867, USA
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Dump-Ind.rexx
Version 1.1 (31 Aug 1993)
Dump the database by individual, one line per person. This can be sorted
with the Amiga command: sort from filein to fileout colstart 24
Author: Ralph L Vinciguerra, 460 Summer Ave, Reading, MA 01867, USA
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FamilyTree
Version 0.6 (1 June 1997)
FamilyTree is an stand-alone add on to Scion Genealogist to print out
graphical family trees.
It is also able to display the same family tree graphic on the screen.
If you plan to print out the family tree then you will require a graphics
capable printer and printer driver.
FamilyTree is Copyright ©1997 Timothy Fagan.
Please refer to FamilyTree.Guide for further information.
Author: Timothy Fagan (tfagan@kpmg.com)
NOTES: (1) Even though FamilyTree is a stand-alone program and NOT an
ARexx program, it does interface with Scion via its ARexx port.
(2) The graphics printout can take some time - please be patient.
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FixLastNames.rexx
This script should FIND and REPLACE a given LAST name in the SCION
database.
Author: Peter Billing, RMB 1240, Yinnar 3869, Australia
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FixPlaceNames.rexx
This script should FIND and REPLACE a given PLACE name in the SCION
database. It will check Birth, Death, Burial and Marriage place names.
Author: Peter Billing, RMB 1240, Yinnar 3869, Australia
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GEDCOM2Scion.rexx
Version 2.32 (30 Oct 1997)
This program was created to import GEDCOM data into the Scion database.
It should work pretty good by now, although no guarantees whatsoever
are made. If you have problems using this script, please contact Freddy
Ariës, and describe exactly what the problem is, or better yet, send Freddy
a copy of the GEDCOM file you are trying to read, and he will try to fix it.
GEDCOM was developed by the Family History Department of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to provide a flexible uniform format
for exchanging computerized genealogical data. GEDCOM is an acronym for
GEnealogical Data Communication. GEDCOM is provided to foster the
sharing of genealogical information and the development of a wide range
of inter-operable software products to assist genealogists, historians,
and other researchers.
+ SCION must be running for this AREXX script to work.
+ This script uses (by default) the rexxreqtools.library (which requires
a version of reqtools larger than 2.0 and rexxsyslib.library).
If you do not have these, run SetDefaults.rexx to change the settings.
+ Even though this script does no parsing of dates, it's safer if they
are in the exact format "DD MMM YYYY".
All unrecognized fields or fields that Scion doesn't use, are skipped.
NOTES:
+ The program generates a file FILENAME.log (where FILENAME is the
name of the GEDCOM file read), in the directory where the GEDCOM file
is located. This .log file contains parsing info about which lines were
skipped and which non-fatal errors were encountered. It may be a good
idea to read this file!
+ FAMS and FAMC fields, and EVEN structures will always be skipped,
because I use another method of establishing family (spouse & children)
relationships. If no relationships are established, this probably means
that the imported file does not support that other method. If you
encounter such a file, please send it to me, and tell me what program
generated it. If this happens a lot, I will add support for the parsing
of these relations in a future version.
+ If you see strange strings in the Reference fields (eg. something like
"R1"), you may be able to find more reference information in the GEDCOM
file in the SOUR structure with that reference number (eg. @R1@).
See also SetDefaults.rexx
Author: Freddy Ariës, Lindeboomweg 7, NL-7135 KE Harreveld, The Netherlands.
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Help.rexx
Version 1.21 (12 Oct 1997)
Just a simple menu, for those who can't remember under which function
key they have stored a certain function.
This script will output a requester on the Scion window, in which it
will display the current settings of Scion's function keys.
It requires a version of Scion Genealogist >= 4.04.
This script uses (by default) the rexxreqtools.library (which requires
a version of reqtools larger than 2.0 and rexxsyslib.library)
If you do not have these, run SetDefaults.rexx to change the settings.
For this script to be of any use to you, you will have to add the
NewHelp.rexx command to the list of function keys that you have set in
the ScionPrefs program (eg. under F1 or F10).
DONE:
- added "stripstring" option, and handling of long results
(done by Robbie Akins)
- enhanced stripstring options
- now uses preference file for default settings
- added support for additional V5 fields
See also SetDefaults.rexx
Author: Freddy Ariës, Lindeboomweg 7, NL-7135 KE Harreveld, The Netherlands.
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Links.rexx
Version 1.20 (12 Oct 1997)
ARexx script to find unrelated family trees in the database
It will detect all family trees within the database that have no links
(spouse, parent or child links) to other present family trees.
This version uses (by default) the rexxreqtools.library (which requires
a version of reqtools larger than 2.0 and rexxsyslib.library)
If you do not have these, run SetDefaults.rexx to change the settings.
DONE:
- progress indicator, using rexxarplib.library (requested by R.Akins)
- now uses preference file for default settings
- use of GETFIRSTIRN/GETNEXTIRN/GETLASTIRN commands for v5 and up
Author: Freddy Ariës, Lindeboomweg 7, NL-7135 KE Harreveld, The Netherlands.
See also "unrelated.rexx" and SetDefaults.rexx
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PedigreeGuide.rexx
Version 1.02 (11 Jul 1996)
An ARexx script to make an AmigaGuide hypertext in the format of a pedigree
chart based on the current IRN of an open ScionGenealogist data base.
Derived from "Scion2Guide.rexx" by Robbie Akins.
Author: Ron Goertz, 223 Clay Ct, Pullman, WA 99163
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PrintDescendant.rexx
Version 2.06 (25 Nov 1996)
Output options:
1. Descendant Chart - all descendants [Dutch: parenteel]
2. Descendant Chart - male descendants (mention daughters, no children)
[Dutch: genealogie - nageslacht van zonen, maar vermelding dochters]
3. Descendant Chart - male descendants (leave out daughters)
[Dutch: stamboom - nageslacht van zonen, geen vermelding dochters]
This script uses (by default) the rexxreqtools.library (which requires
a version of reqtools larger than 2.0 and rexxsyslib.library)
If you do not have these, run SetDefaults.rexx to change the settings.
As of v2 of this script, and Scion V4, the current person on Scion's
Personal Window will be used to determine where the search starts.
Scion 3.13 can still be used, though, in which case the user will be
asked at which IRN he wants to start.
DONE:
- Now uses preference file for default settings
- count the number of lines output and give a linefeed after a certain
number (ie. skip page breaks)
- Inclusion of name/address data from prefs (optional)
See also SetDefaults.rexx
Author: Freddy Ariës, Lindeboomweg 7, NL-7135 KE Harreveld, The Netherlands.
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PrintPedigree.rexx
Version 2.08 (25 Nov 1996)
Output options:
1. Pedigree Chart - male ancestor line only [Dutch: stamreeks]
2. Pedigree Chart - all ancestors, no siblings [Dutch: kwartierstaat]
3. Pedigree Chart - all ancestors, only siblings of last generation
4. Pedigree Chart - all ancestors, all siblings
This script uses (by default) the rexxreqtools.library (which requires
a version of reqtools larger than 2.0 and rexxsyslib.library)
If you do not have these, run SetDefaults.rexx to change the settings.
As of v2 of this script, and Scion V4, the current person on Scion's
Personal Window will be used to determine where the search starts.
Scion 3.13 can still be used, though, in which case the user will be
asked at which IRN he wants to start.
So why this PrintPedigree script when Scion already has a print option
for pedigree charts? Well, the reason is simple: the format of the
pedigree charts generated by Scion does not conform to the guidelines
of the Dutch CBG (Central Bureau for Genealogy) and NGV (Nederlandse
Genealogische Vereniging; Dutch Genealogical Society). So I created my
own PrintPedigree script, that *does* follow their guidelines.
DONE:
- Now uses preference file for default settings
- count the number of lines output and give a formfeed after a
certain number (ie. skip page breaks)
- Inclusion of name/address data from prefs (optional)
Known Bugs/Problems:
- This script is dog slow for large databases (ie. more than, say, 10
generations), even on Amigas with a Turboboard!
- Incorrect assumptions may be made (with regard to father/mother) when
there are persons in the database whose sex-field has value '?'
See also SetDefaults.rexx
Author: Freddy Ariës, Lindeboomweg 7, NL-7135 KE Harreveld, The Netherlands.
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Scion2GEDCOM.rexx
Version 2.45 (24 Oct 1997)
This program was created to export the Scion data into the GEDCOM file
format. It should work pretty good by now, although no guarantees
whatsoever can be given. If you have any problems using this script,
please describe them to Freddy Ariës, as detailed as possible (and
please also tell him what program you are using to read the GEDCOM file),
then he will try to work out a solution.
GEDCOM was developed by the Family History Department of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to provide a flexible uniform format
for exchanging computerized genealogical data. GEDCOM is an acronym for
GEnealogical Data Communication. GEDCOM is provided to foster the
sharing of genealogical information and the development of a wide range
of inter-operable software products to assist genealogists, historians,
and other researchers.
+ SCION must be running for this AREXX script to work.
+ This script uses (by default) the rexxreqtools.library (which requires
a version of reqtools larger than 2.0 and rexxsyslib.library)
If you do not have these, run SetDefaults.rexx to change the settings.
+ Dates should be in English, and in the format "DD MMM YYYY" or
"DD-MMM-YYYY", if you don't want any problems with programs importing
the GEDCOM data.
If the dates in your database are not in English, please run the
Translate.rexx script first!
See also SetDefaults.rexx
Author: Freddy Ariës, Lindeboomweg 7, NL-7135 KE Harreveld, The Netherlands.
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Scion2Guide.rexx
Version 1.01 (31 Oct 1995)
NOTE: The script "Scion2html.rexx" by Harold Ipolyi now supercedes this
programme.
An ARexx script to make ".guide" hypertexts from Scion Genealogist
databases. It will create not only a "guide" based representation of
a family tree, but will also provide buttons to note files and pictures
as long as the notes and pictures are in the same directory as the
database.
Friendly warning: You'll need lots of disk space for the output!
This version uses (by default) the rexxreqtools.library (which requires
a version of reqtools larger than 2.0 and rexxsyslib.library)
If you do not have these, you need to supply the NOREQ argument (for
Shell output).
Inspired by and derived from "Scion2html.rexx" by Harold H. Ipolyi (see
below). Also with assistance from Freddy Ariës.
See also "Scion2html.rexx" by Harold H. Ipolyi which now has the ability
to generate .guide files.
Thanks for doing all the HARD work, guys!
NOTE: This is version 1 and requires a lot more work. Especially
support for the new fields available with Scion version 4,
and to remove some redundant code. See "Scion2html.rexx" instead.
DONE: now uses preference file for default settings, and
improved public screen support (both by Freddy Ariës)
See also SetDefaults.rexx
Author: Robbie Akins
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Scion2html.rexx
Version: 30 Mar 1997
ARexx script to make html and amigaguide hypertexts from Scion Genealogist
data bases. Also produces an ASCII text file from the database.
PREREQUISITES: Scion V 4.07+ © Rob Akins
ARexx (of course :)
rexxsupport.library
rexxarplib.library
HTML/WWW browser (AMosaic, Mosaic, ... )
also: (to incorporate and display in-line pictures)
GfxCon V1.7+ © Dirk Farin ( must be in: Sys:Tools)
Amiga OS 3.0+ for displaying picture datatypes
TESTED:
|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| on Amiga3000 Kickstart v.37.175 Workbench v.38.35
| assume | & Amiga3000 Kickstart v.40.68 Workbench v.40.42
| TradeMarks | w/ ScionGenealogist V 3.06 & Mosaic1.2NoNet
| & | w/ ScionGenealogist V 3.13 & Mosaic1.3betaAmitcp
| CopyRights | w/ ScionGenealogist V 4.07 & Mosaic2.0Prerelease
| as |
| appropriate | HTML file compatibility tested on: AMosaic, Ibrowse_demo,
|_____________| HotJava, NCSA Mosaic (Sun), Netscape (Sun), Netscape (Mac)
BUGS:
Scion2html.rexx only recognizes the first Scion ARexx port name:
"SCIONGEN". If additional copies of Scion are running concurrently,
they are ignored.
If a new Thumbnail format is selected, the user must manually edit
the Picture Album files to reflect the new Thumbnail suffixes.
The Picture Album files may have been User modified (and must
therefore be protected against auto-regeneration)
Author: Harold H. Ipolyi, P.O.Box 891206, Houston, Tx 77289-1206, USA.
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ScionBrowser (Copyright © 1997 by Frank Schnell)
Version 1.0
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| If you intend to use this program, the author requires simple |
| registration. See the accompanying documentation for details. |
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
Provides a graphical representation of the family of a selected person
giving the user the capability to browse through the complete database
by virtue of double-clicks on persons. As a person gets double-clicked
the whole family tree will be updated to show the family of this new
person.
Features:
ScionBrowser has been written in an operating system friendly
way requiring as few resources as possible. The programme itself
is only ~30 kBytes in size (excluding the size of any shared
libraries).
Context insensitive help.
Completely font sensitive (I hope).
Requirements:
Kickstart/Workbench 2.04 or higher
Scion Genealogist 5.x or higher
The bare minimum of required RAM is ~100 kB Chip RAM and
~150 kB "any" RAM to browse a 300 people database.
(of course, ScionGenealogist must be running as well ;-)
Performance:
ScionBrowser is relatively fast. At least I cannot complain
using an A1200 with a 68030/50MHz/8MB accelerator board.
In order to reach a good performance ScionBrowser gets parts
of the person and family data into its own memory. Basically
these are the IRNs, FGRNs and the relationships. The drawback
of this is, that it needs a little longer to start. With a
625 people, 260 Families database the startup time on my system
is 9 seconds. But this pays off during context switches. They
virtually take no time.
Author: Frank Schnell, De Wilderstraat 17, B-3040 Neerijse, Belgium
Email: schnell@hotmail.com
NOTE: This is a separate "stand-alone" program, NOT an ARexx script,
but it does communicate with Scion via its ARexx port.
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SetDefaults.rexx
Version 1.02 (1 Dec 1995)
Instead of having to edit my scripts every time I release an update,
to change the settings to your own liking, you can now just run this
script once, and all the scripts will use the created prefs file.
This means that in the future, you will never again have to do any
editing after an update !!!
Note to other ARexx programmers: feel free to use the preferences file
(ENV:Scion/ScionRexx.prefs) for your own purposes. There are only a few
things you have to take into account:
1. Every line has to start with a unique keyword
(keywords currently in use: [NO]USEREQ, [NO]USEPROGRESS, PUBSCREEN
NOTES, LINEWIDTH and PAGESIZE)
So if you want to put all your settings on one single line, fine,
but please make sure the first word of the line is not one of the
above!
2. Please write the required lines of code for reading and writing your
settings (keywords AND options) from/to the file, and mail them to me,
for inclusion in this script. If you do not do this, your settings
will be erased from the prefs file when the user uses this script to
modify the existing settings.
3. If you put a save option in your own script, make sure it does not
modify or erase any of the other lines that are in the file.
Only this script is allowed to do that.
IMPORTANT: This script is FREEWARE, NOT Public Domain. You can use and
distribute it freely, ie. I don't ask any money for it, but you
are not allowed to modify it. To avoid having different versions
of this script floating around, each recognizing different keywords,
(see points 1-3 above), I am the only one allowed to change it.
Author: Freddy Ariës, Lindeboomweg 7, NL-7135 KE Harreveld, The Netherlands.
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Soundex.rexx
Version 1.08 (25 Oct 1997)
Program for Scion Genealogist 4.0 and above (no guarantees are given
for lower versions). This program should ask the user for a (last)name,
and output the list of names in the current Scion database that match
the entered name, using the SOUNDEX method of name comparison.
Scion Genealogist must be running for this script to work.
This script uses (by default) the rexxreqtools.library (which requires
a version of reqtools larger than 2.0 and rexxsyslib.library)
If you do not have these, run SetDefaults.rexx to change the settings.
For those who don't know what SOUNDEX is, here is a short intro:
The Soundex system is the means established by the National Archives
to index the U.S. censuses (beginning with 1880). It codes together
surnames of the same and similar sounds but of variant spellings.
Soundexes are arranged by state, Soundex code of the surname, and
given name.
Soundex codes begin with the first letter of the surname followed by a
three-digit code that represents the (first three) remaining consonants.
This Soundex converter will do the tricky work for you and capture the
nuances of the coding scheme (such as coding adjacent like letters as
one). Just enter the surname that you want coded.
Soundex Coding Guide
1 = B,P,F,V
2 = C,S,G,J,K,Q,X,Z
3 = D,T
4 = L
5 = M,N
6 = R
The letters A,E,I,O,U,Y,H and W are not coded.
Note that surname prefixes such as Van, Von, Di, De, Le, D', dela, or
du are sometimes disregarded in alphabetizing and in coding.
Therefor it is wise to code it with and without the prefix because it
may be listed under either code. Eg. Van Hoesen could be coded as
VanHoesen or as Hoesen.
With Version 5+ of Scion, this script can also perform Metaphone matching.
Invoke the script as "rx Soundex.rexx META" to perform Metaphone matching
instead of Soundex matching.
DONE:
- 2 consecutive letters with the same code are now treated as one
eg. LLOYD=LOYD -> [LD=L300], and JACKSON (CKS are all 2) -> [JCN=J250]
- now uses preference file for default settings
- Use of GETFIRSTIRN/GETNEXTIRN/GETLASTIRN commands for v5 and up
- Use of v5 built-in commands for Soundex and Metaphone support
- Added progress requester
See also SetDefaults.rexx
Author: Freddy Ariës, Lindeboomweg 7, NL-7135 KE Harreveld, The Netherlands.
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Translate.rexx
Version 1.36 (28 Oct 1995)
You may have noticed that setting another language in Locale means that
the date (month) fields of your database are no longer recognized
correctly. This is where Translate comes in.
It will convert all the standard language fields in a Scion database (in
v4.0+, that means the Date fields) into another (predefined) language.
Currently Dutch, German, French, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish
are supported, but only translation to and from English is possible.
Adding other languages shouldn't be hard.
This version uses (by default) the rexxreqtools.library (which requires
a version of reqtools larger than 2.0 and rexxsyslib.library)
If you do not have these, run SetDefaults.rexx to change the settings.
DONE:
- progress indicator, using rexxarplib.library
- (requested by Robbie Akins himself)
- now uses preference file for default settings
See also SetDefaults.rexx
Author: Freddy Ariës, Lindeboomweg 7, NL-7135 KE Harreveld, The Netherlands.
NOTE: This program is essentially obsolete for Scion v5, but MAY be
needed to convert a "foreign language" Version 4 database BEFORE
it is loaded into Scion v5.
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Unrelated.rexx
Version 1.03 (12 Oct 1997)
ARexx script to find "unrelated" people in the database.
That is, it will locate all those people who have no parents and who
have no marriages recorded (and hence cannot have any recorded children)
This version uses (by default) the rexxreqtools.library (which requires
a version of reqtools larger than 2.0 and rexxsyslib.library)
If you do not have these, run SetDefaults.rexx to change the settings.
Now uses preference file for default settings, added by Freddy Ariës
1.02: Now uses preference file for default settings (by Freddy Ariës)
1.03: Now supports v5 commands GETFIRSTIRN/GETNEXTIRN/GETLASTIRN
See also Links.rexx and SetDefaults.rexx by Freddy Ariës
Author Robbie Akins + bug fix from Freddy Ariës. See also "Links.rexx"
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Witness.rexx
Ted Wildy (NZ) is accumulating UK marriages, indexed on WITNESSES.
This script reads your Scion Family records and tries to construct
records for inclusion in the Index, writing its output to the file
RAM:Witnesses, where you can edit it as required before submission.
Of course, the Scion database must be running for the script to work.
The format of a single four-line file record in the existing files
(which this script tries to reproduce) is:
Witness-Forenames Witness-SURNAME date Church
Husband-Forenames Husband-SURNAME Town XXX
Wife----Forenames Wife----SURNAME your-FHS/member-number
your full name and address (for contact)
where XXX represents the UK County code.
Author: David Beames (dave@beames.demon.co.uk)
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The following note is from the author Freddy Ariës:
My scripts are able to use the ReqTools.library, and default to that,
if you have rexxreqtools.library (No, these libraries are not included
here, because it would make the package too large, but they are freely
distributable and should be easy to obtain).
Some of these scripts can also display a progress indicator on the screen,
and default to that if rexxarplib.library is present.
If you do not want to use reqtools requesters or a progress indicator,
or if you want to change any of several other default settings used in my
scripts, just run the SetDefaults.rexx script.
THERE'S NO MORE NEED TO EDIT THE SCRIPTS TO CHANGE THESE SETTINGS!
Please don't use these scripts as examples of good programming in ARexx!
Initially they were just quick hacks for myself, not really meant for
public distribution. And even though they have come to be a fixed part
of the Scion distribution and have developed based on the wishes of users,
basically, that just means that they're hacked up even more now than they
were at the start.
I do try to keep them free of bugs, though, so I would really like to hear
it if you encounter any bugs, but also if you have any suggestions or
comments!
My scripts are released to the PUBLIC DOMAIN, unless otherwise specified
in the header of the script. This means that you can do with them whatever
you want. All I ask of you is to (please) name me as the original author.
NO WARRANTIES! I do not take the responsibility for ANYTHING, including,
but not limited to, the loss of data caused by any of these scripts.
Everything you do with the scripts is your own responsibility, and at your
own risk.
Freddy Ariës, Lindeboomweg 7, NL-7135 KE Harreveld, The Netherlands.
24 Oct 1995