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AL7.COM and AL8.COM are DOS filters, whose input is the
(redirected) Standard Input and whose output is the (redirected)
Standard Output. They are used as follows:
AL8.COM converts text written in the 7-bit network conventions
into 8-bit text with the correct Esperanto letters for use with
the screen fonts in the EZo standard (available in the
EKRAN20.ZIP file). It accepts input text in any of the following
conventions:
^c....^u
<c....<u
c^....c^
cx....ux
ch....uh (via the option /h, see below)
and as well u~ and u`.
The output is in the EZo system, for which EGA and VGA fonts are
available in EKRAN20.
The default in AL8 is that it will _not_ replace the 'H' code
combinations (because of the frequent 'ch', 'gh' and 'sh' in
English, French, Italian, German, etc). If one needs in fact
to proceed with such translation, the /h option anywhere after
the program name will turn it on.
Exemple: AL8 <enmeta.dok >elmeta.dok
or
AL8 <enmeta.dok >elmeta.dok /h
Note that if "elmeta.dok" already exists, it is destroyed and
replaced by the new output file. If the name of the input file is
the same as that of the output file, the input file gets
destroyed and is irremediably lost by DOS _before_ the program
can get at it.
AL7.COM takes text in the 8-bit EZo standard and converts it to
one of the following 7-bit conventions
System Option
^c....^u /c
^c....u` /a
<c....u` /l
c^....c^ /k
c^....c~ /t
cx....ux /x
ch....uh /h
Exemple: AL7 /s <enmeta.dok >elmeta.dok
where 's' is one option from the above list for the desired
conversion. The option may be placed anywhere after the program
name. Running AL7 alone (no command tail) prints the above list
of options.
Note that if "elmeta.dok" already exists, it is destroyed and
replaced by the new output file. If the name of the input file is
the same as that of the output file, the input file gets
destroyed and is irremediably lost by DOS _before_ the program
can get at it.
Both programs are copyrighted freeware 1992.
Pierre Jelenc.
Internet: pcj1@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu
Compuserve: 71022,1726