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CD Coyote 1.0.1 Readme
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CD Coyote Readme
CD Coyote is a program for CD-ROM drive users who listen to audio CD's and
has written disc information to CD Remote DA and wish to make a TEXT file of
that information. CD Coyote is FREE!
System Requirements
CD Coyote needs System 7 or later to run. When launched it checks if System
7 is present and if not it displays an error message and quits.
You also need to have CD Remote (or to be precise the CD Remote Programs
file) to get the information from.
How to use?
CD Coyote has full Balloon Help. To learn how to use it just turn on Balloon
Help and start using it. However here is a description of the program.
CD Coyote has one window and a couple of menus for You to use.
When You launch CD Coyote it tries to find CD Remote Programs file from
the Preferences folder and from the System folder. If it finds it You are
ready to set the options You want and save the list file. If it doesn't find
the CD Remote Programs file You have to set that by hand by pressing the
Set... button in the CD Coyote window and locate the file from the open
dialog that appears. You may also drag-and-drop any CD Remote Programs file
to the CD Coyote icon and CD Coyote will use that file. Current CD Remote
Programs file is displayed in the window and if none is set it displays text
'File not found in the Preferences or System folder'. Saving is done by
either clicking Save List... button in the CD Coyote window, pressing return,
enter or command-s, or choosing Save List... from File menu.
CD Coyote saves the options You have choosed and uses those options next
time You use CD Coyote.
Menus
Apple menu
About CD Coyote Displays an about dialog.
File menu
Save List... Saves listing to the disk. Same as clicking Save
List... in the CD Coyote window.
Quit Quits CD Coyote. Same as clicking Quit in the CD
Coyote window.
Edit menu
Undo Undo is not implemented in CD Coyote.
Cut Normal text editing functions.
Copy
Paste
Clear
CD Coyote window
On the top of the window there is two rows of text. First says 'Current
'CD Remote Programs' file:' and the second is the path to that file. If no
file is found the second line says 'File not found in the Preferences
folder'. To the right of these rows there is button Set... which is used to
set the CD Remote Programs file CD Coyote uses.
On the bottom there are two buttons: Save List... and Quit. These have the
same functions as the menu commands with the same name.
In between there are options buttons.
CD Coyote allows You to set various options that affect the information and
layout of the output file. Options are set by clicking appropriate buttons.
Options and their meanings are:
Option Meaning
Get CD Titles If this option is checked CD Coyote will get the CD
titles. If not checked, the titles are omitted.
Number Titles If this option is checked CD Coyote will number the CD
titles. If not checked, the titles are not numbered. If
You didn't check the Get CD Titles this has no effect.
Get Track Names If this option is checked CD Coyote will get the track
names. If not checked, the tracks are omitted.
Number Titles If this option is checked CD Coyote will number the
track names. If not checked, the tracks are not
numbered. If You didn't check the Get Track Names this
has no effect.
Disc Delimiter This option lets You choose whether to put a tab,
return or some other mark between discs. Only the first
character of the Other field is used.
Track Delimiter Same as Disc Delimiter only now between tracks. This
is also inserted after disc title if you want titles.
Empty Line Between Discs If this option is checked CD Coyote will add
an empty line after each disc.
Empty Line After Disc Title If this option is checked CD Coyote will add
an empty line after disc title. Note that if
You are only saving the disc titles and have
both Empty Line Between Discs and Empty Line
After Disc Title checked You will get two
empty lines between the titles.
TEXT File Creator Allows You to specify creator for the output file.
You can either select one from the popup menu or
write one by yourself to the field. If You write
one it will be added to the popup menu. Note that
only the first four characters of the field are used
as a creator. If You write less than four characters
?'s are added to the creator to get four characters.
Predefined creators in the popup menu are:
R*ch - BBEdit
ttxt - TeachText
WORD - MacWrite
MWII - MacWrite II
MSWD - MicroSoft Word
Importing disc list to a database or a spreadsheet program
If You are using CD Coyote to save list of the discs and want to import
that list to a database or a sreadsheet program there are a couple of
things You should know. Use return as disc delimiter and tab as track
delimiter and both empty line between discs and titles should be unchecked.
When these options are in effect and You save the output file You can
import it to most database or sreadsheet programs as tabulated text.
When You import the file set the record delimiter to return and field
delimiter to tab.
Why the name CD Coyote?
Someone asks this anyway so here it is :-)
I happen to be a great fan of Wile E. Coyote and this is a tribute to him.
Thanks to
Kätsä Lähteenaho for the Icons and the Wile picture in the About box.
Matthew Xavier Mora for the PathNameFromFSSpec function.
My kids Tytti and Aleksanteri who love to watch cartoons with me.
Wile E. Coyote - The Greatest Genius In History.
Heini for being there.
DISCLAIMER
Use at Your own risk. I don't take any responsibility of the damages
CD Coyote may cause. It hasn't caused any as far as I know.
Redistribution
CD Coyote copyright © 1993 by Esa Ristilä.
CD Coyote is distributed FREE of all charges. Distribute unmodified
copies freely as long as this Readme file is included in the package and
no money is charged.
If You wish to include CD Coyote on a commercial CD-ROM, BBS or other package
ask for a written permission. You are very likely to get it.
Contacting the author
Bugreports, donations and postcards most welcome :-)
Postcards: Esa Ristilä
Ratakatu 11 as. 11
33250 TAMPERE
FINLAND
Email: eesau@uta.fi
Version history
CD Coyote 1.0 - 7th of October 1993
First release
CD Coyote 1.0.1 - 12th of October 1993
Added to look for CD Remote Programs file from System folder too. The
assumption that the file is always in the Preferences folder occurred to
be fairly stupid.
Removed the automatic save when CD Remote Programs file was
drag-and-dropped to CD Coyote.
All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.