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===================================== “READ ME” for Name Stripper, version 1.0 ===================================== Copyright © 1992 Robert Gibson. All rights reserved. January 26, 1992 Font: Geneva 12 This document must go wherever Name Stripper goes. Please do not distribute Name Stripper without this documentation. Please do not modify this document. IMPORTANT: MAKE SURE YOU READ THE INFORMATION REGARDING ALIASES ---------- FURTHER IN THIS DOCUMENT. REGISTERING NAME STRIPPER AND THE 7.0 PLUS UTILITIES ==================================================== Name Stripper is not free. Sites using this software MUST register it, one copy per person. Contact the author for site licensing information. Or you can consider the following. 7.0 PLUS Utilities is a package of all (more than 25) System 7.0 utilities I have written. You can get the disk with all of them NOW (not wait until I decide to upload the next program) by sending $29.95 to me. This will register you for all the software, will get you a disk of the software, and an update to the PLUS Utilities when it rolls around. It’s a pretty good deal. You should register your software, anyway, so why not do it like this? And it’s a lot cheaper this way. See the documentation which should accompany this file for more information on the 7.0 PLUS Utilities. A registration form should also accompany this file. Please use it to register the software. USING NAME STRIPPER ==================== • If you use Name Stripper, please please please send me a note. My addresses (post and e-mail) are given below in “About the Author”. Also, read the information in the above section on registration. What Does Name Stripper Do? --------------------------- • Name Stripper, a drag-and-drop utility (Drop Rob-Box), removes name extensions from files, folders, and entire directories of the two. • Read further if you plan to use Name Stripper with aliases. Using Name Stripper ------------------- • Drag sets of files, folders, or disks into the application, “Drop Box- style”. Name Stripper will scan folders and disks provided, and will modify (if preferences allow, of course), the names of all files and directories, no matter what their depth. Drop Boxes require Apple Events, and thus System 7.0 or higher. • Name Stripper searches file names for the extensions you have set up in the Extensions dialog. If the extension appears at the beginning or end of a file name, it is removed. If an extension is found in a file name, the extension is deleted, and the search continues until there are no extensions on the file name. So, if your file is named “small file copy alias”, and you have set up “small ”, “ copy”, and “ alias” as extensions, the resulting file name will be “file”. • You can include the wild card character ‘?’ to stand for any character. ‘*’ is interpreted exactly the same as the ‘?’, treated on a character for character basis. So you could include an extension “sma??” or “sma**” which would catch all occurrences of “small”, “smack”, “smash”, etc. • Double-click on Name Stripper to modify the preferences and extensions, and to see the about box information. • Alerts are very annoying, especially in Drop Boxes. So there aren’t any. As a rule of thumb: if it doesn't work, there must have been an error. • To cancel processing, just type a command-period. Files already processed will remain modified. Name Stripper and Aliases ------------------------ Since the Finder resolves all aliases when you drop them into a Drop Box, Name Stripper can only think that you dropped the target (not the alias) in to be modified. The way to overcome this problem is to put the aliases you wish to modify into their own directory and drag that folder into the Drop Box. If you don't want the folder to be modified, hold down the option key so you can modify the appropriate preferences. The rule with Drop Boxes is that if you drop in an alias, the target is modified. If an alias is inside a directory that is dropped in, the alias is modified. For example, if you plan to strip the keyword “ alias” from all your alias files and folders, enter “ alias” in the extensions list. (You want to delete the space, so include it, too). Make sure that the Modify contents preference is on. Drag the folder containing the alias files or folders to strip the extension from the names. Preferences ----------- • The first time you try to modify a file using the program, the preferences dialog will come up, just to make sure the correct parameters have been set up. You can modify these if you wish. If you don't want to see that window again, just say OK. You will have to explicitly ask for for the Preferences window the next time you wish to change anything. • The Extensions window will not come up automatically. Make sure you press the Extensions... button to set up the name keywords to be stripped. • The preferences are fairly self-explanatory. You can choose to show an alert before modifying anything. By choosing to modify directories, you have decided that folders themselves can be modified. You can modify files and folders inside those folders which you have dropped in by checking the Modify contents box. For example, if you drop in a folder containing three files and another folder, and have Modify contents on but Modify directories off, the folders’ names will remain unchanged, but the names of all contained files (including those inside the second folder) will be modified according to your extensions. • To show the Preferences dialog on-the-fly in Drop Box mode, hold down the option key while the program is launching. • To bypass the “check” alert that appears before anything is modified, hold down the shift key while the program is launching, or after you hit OK to hide the Preferences dialog. USING DROP BOXES ================= Drop Boxes are applications (drag-and-drop utilities) which can take advantage of System 7.0’s Apple Events. To use them, just drag a file over the application icon just as you would drag a file over a folder to move it into that directory. The Drop Box is then opened and processing is done. The program then quits. You can also throw in whole directories and disks. You don’t have to throw in just one, either. Select a whole bunch of files, directories, or disks, or any combination of the three, and dump them in. The Drop Box will scan for files of the required type and modify them accordingly. All files in all directories within those dropped in will be modified. Any aliases dropped directly into a Drop Box (not inside a directory) are resolved by the Finder and thus their target (parent) is modified. ABOUT THE AUTHOR ================== If you use this program, have any comments or suggestions, or ideas for other programs, please write me a note, e-mail or post. Robert Gibson E-Mail: RR#1 Carrying Place CIS: 71261,2236 Ontario, CANADA Internet: 71261.2236@compuserve.com KØK 1LØ This program is not to be included in any software collections other than BBSs and on-line services (e.g. CD ROMs, PD Disks, etc.) without prior written consent from the author. Any distribution MUST MUST MUST include this document, unmodified. Name Stripper copyright © 1992 Robert Gibson. All rights reserved.