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MATESAVE is a CP/M program for use with the 8-bit version of PMATE. Its
function is to recover text from memory after one has exited from PMATE
prematurely (i.e., before saving some text to disk) or unintentionally (such
as when a system crash occurs).
To use MATESAVE you must first patch it for your configuration of PMATE.
Load PMATE using a debugger such as DDT and look at address 01C9h (PMATE
version 3.21). This address contains the address at which PMATE's text
buffer begins (remember, the low byte of the address is at 01C9h, and the
high byte is at 01CAh). This address depends on your specific
confgiuration, such as the size of your permanent macro area. Confirm the
address you found as follows. Exit from the debugger; run PMATE normally
and put some easily identified text in the T buffer; exit from PMATE; then
reload the debugger and examine memory at the address found earlier to make
sure it has the text. If that fails, you can just scan memory until you
find the text. Then note the address at which it begins.
The address of the beginning of the text buffer must be patched into
MATESAVE using a debugger. The place to put it is at the beginning of the
file at a place clearly identified by a text string pointer (address is
11Dh).
MATESAVE is invoked in one of three ways:
MATESAVE / This will dispaly a help screen describing the
program and explaining the syntax
MATESAVE Normal text saving - each of PMATE's buffers
(T and 0-9) is examined for text, and any text found
is saved in a file with the name BUFFER-n.TXT, where
n is the name of the buffer. All pre-existing files
with names BUFFER-?.TXT are deleted before the new
ones are created, and messages are displayed on the
screen reporting on any text found and files
created.
MATESAVE S Same as above except that pre-existing BUFFER-?.TXT
files are not erased unless new ones are created in
order to save new text.
The source code is included in the library both as a source of instruction
and as a guide for anyone who would like to make such a program for MS-DOS.
Jay Sage