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- Help file for !TextForm===============
- =======================by Brian Widdas
- ======================================
-
- TextForm is a text formatter. It takes a plain
- text file, and formats it, making it more readable.
- It is loaded in the usual way. Then, any text
- file dragged onto the application icon, either from
- the filer or from another application. If the file
- is being transferred from another application, the
- filer must first have 'seen' the !Scrap application.
- If there is insufficent memory for the file, this
- will be reported.
- Once the file is loaded, a save dialogue box
- appears, and the file can be saved in the usual way.
- When a file is loaded, the application's
- Wimpslot increases to accomodate the file. Once the
- file has been saved, or the save box removed by
- clicking the mouse anywhere on screen other than the
- box, the Wimpslot returns to 16K.
- The application menu, accessible from the
- iconbar icon, contains a 'Width' entry. This allows
- the user to set the width the text is formatted to.
- Values between 1 and 999 can be entered. The default
- is 77, the width of an !Edit window (and of this
- text). A 'small' !Edit window, that is, as the
- window appears when first opened, is 52.
-
- The source text file
- ====================
- The source file is a text file, created in !Edit
- or a similar text processor. Paragraphs to be
- formatted are entered with no linefeeds between
- words. Lines are split by TextForm at a soft space
- (ASCII 32, produced using the spacebar). To prevent
- two words being split, such as 'Mr. Widdas', a hard
- space must be used (ASCII 160, produced by holding
- down the ALT key, typing 160 on the numeric keypad,
- then releasing the ALT key).
- Paragraps may be indented, and tables produced.
- The indentation will not be affected by the
- formatting, neither will the table.
- A line feed (ASCII 10, produced using the RETURN
- key) will no be affected by the formatting. For this
- reason, text to be formatted must not contain
- linefeeds, except where they are wanted (such as the
- end of paragraphs). For this reason, it is
- recommended that the formatted file be given a
- different name to the original file. The original
- may them be re-edited at a later date, rather than
- having to remove each linefeed that the formatter
- placed at the end of each line.
-
- The original help file for this application is
- contained within the applicatiom direcory, under the
- name 'Original'.
-
- Copyright
- =========
- This application is copyright © 1995 Brian
- Widdas.
- It may be copied and distibuted by any person or
- organisation, on condition that:
- It is distributed in its original form,
- unmodified and complete,
- No charge, other than nominal charges for
- media, copying, and so on, is made.
-
- If you have improved/modified the program,
- please send it to me at the address in the 'Misc'
- file.
-
-