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- LWed - Windows INI file editor.
-
- version 2.0 of 1996-06-22, Copyright (C) Laszlo Radanyi
-
- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful.
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTIBILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
-
- A B O U T T H E P R O G R A M :
-
- This small utility makes it easier to customize Windows INI files.
- I needed a utility like this to be able to change the Wallpaper
- entry BEFORE I had windows running. Of course, this program
- came very handy for all kinds of entry replacement.
-
- This version replaces the previously distributed version. A few
- changes have been made:
-
- o The program is shareware. Why ?
- I noticed that the interest for it became higher, and I wanted
- to get payed for the support.
- Also, the program uses more generalised code, which has taken
- a while to develop - so I want to get something in return.
-
- o Source is NOT free anymore. This is because of the underlying
- software which I do not wish to give away.
-
- o Better function. Hopefully. :-)
-
- o LWED does not use the DOS redirectors any more. This is mainly
- because of the underlying library, which handles file i/o.
- Also, I noticed that ALL users used a file name on the command
- line anyway, so making this the standard function was self given.
-
- Enjoy ! And should you have any comments, please don't hesitate
- to reach the author at lrd@plea.se
-
- Now a little old text:
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- LWed has four MODES - read, write, insert and append.
-
- READ will print the contents of an INI key onto the std stream.
- WRITE will replace the key value with the given new value
- APPEND will append a string to the key value
- INSERT will append the current key value to the given string and
- write the new combined string to the value
-
- WRITE mode is the mode I use the most. This is how to use it:
- Suppose we want to replace the current Wallpaper= setting
- under [Desktop] in win.ini. (This was the original "problem" I wanted
- to solve.) Suppose 'lwed' is in the current directory or in any directory
- in PATH, AND suppose the wallpaper file we want to use is called
- mypaper.bmp - we enter
-
- > lwed -w win.ini Desktop Wallpaper mypaper.bmp
-
- I use the program in several batch files, where I change a few settings
- for each family member.
-
- Syntax for the other modes:
-
- lwed -h
- lwed -v
- lwed -i foo.ini MySection MyKey MyValueToInsert
- lwed -p foo.ini MySection MyKey MyValueToPrepend
- lwed -a system.ini boot network.drv "*mynetwork"
- lwed -r win.ini windows load
- lwed -w win.ini windows run
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