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TextView is written exclusively for PCBoard BBS software. I cannot
guarantee that it will work with any other package, and cannot offer
direct support for other packages because I don't have them in house
for debugging. However, Some sysops who do not run PCBoard have
reported that TextView runs fine when used with certain conversion
packages. I have made a few minor changes to the textview code when I
felt that a change could be made without affecting the PCBoard
compatibility.
I have heard from both Wildcat! and Spitfire sysops that the "More?"
prompts do not work with their conversion routines, causing textview
to show entire text files without stopping.
To correct this problem, TextView will recognize an environment
variable called TVPAGE. When TVPAGE is set to ON, TextView will
display 23 lines to the caller, then give a "More?" prompt. To set
this variable place the following line in the batch file that runs
textview:
SET TVPAGE=ON
The default compression extension has also caused some problems with
some conversion packages. In order to fix this problem, TextView will
look for another environment variable called TVCOMP. You can set
TVCOMP to any valid dos extension. For example, if you want the
default to be .ZIP, then set the variable by adding the following line
to the batch file that runs TextView:
SET TVCOMP=.ZIP