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- Make-Tag 1.10
- (c) 1992 by Stuart J. Whitmore
-
- PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
- --------------------
- MAKE-TAG.EXE will read in a file and generate a new file called TAGLINES.GEN
- containing potential taglines from the source file. All potential taglines
- will be between 10 and 55 characters in length. The program allows user
- designation of delimiters within the source file at which taglines should be
- terminated, with the option of leaving the delimiters in the resulting
- taglines.
-
- YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES:
- ----------------------
- By using this software you agree to the sections "TERMS USED", "COPYRIGHT
- CONTROL AND DISTRIBUTION POLICY" and "DISCLAIMER". If you do not agree with
- these terms, delete all files received in the archive that contained the
- MAKE-TAG.EXE executable file without further use.
-
- TERMS USED:
- -----------
- "this software" and "the software" = MAKE-TAG.EXE and all other files
- included in the archive with the executable program.
-
- "the author" = Stuart J. Whitmore
-
- "you" = The user/reviewer of this software, whether an individual, group,
- or other entity.
-
- "archive" = file containing a collection of files compressed with any of
- various programs designed for that purpose.
-
- "tagline" = a line added to the bottom of a message created by an off-line
- mail reader. (Also a line added to the bottom of messages by other mail
- handling programs, although that is not relevant to this software.)
-
-
- COPYRIGHT CONTROL AND DISTRIBUTION POLICY:
- ------------------------------------------
- This software is not public domain. The copyright is held by the author,
- Stuart J. Whitmore. At no time do you own the software, and thus you do
- not have the legal right to modify the software. Your sole right is given
- by this section, which acts as a license to use, copy, and distribute
- the software according to the following terms:
- 1. The software is not to be modified at any time, including (but
- not limited to) modifications to remove credit to the author.
- 2. You may make as many copies of the unmodified software as you
- wish, for use on as many computers as you wish.
- 3. You may give copies of this software to friends, co-workers,
- family, or anybody else you wish. You must include all files
- included in the archive as you receive it. You may not add any
- files to the archive, but you may re-compress the archive using
- the archiver of your choice. Advertisement headers may be added
- to the archive if you feel this is necessary - be aware that most
- recipients ignore them.
- 4. You may NOT charge more than $10 for copying this software, and
- any paying recipient must be told that any fee(s) s/he pays is only
- to cover the cost of copying and do(es) NOT constitute purchase of
- the software.
- Your legal rights do not extend beyond the terms of this section.
-
- If you enjoy this software and wish to express your appreciation with a
- donation, please refer to the file REGISTER.DOC included in the archive
- containing the executable file. You are not required to donate anything;
- however, donations will encourage more software from the author.
-
- DISCLAIMER:
- -----------
- By using this software you agree to forfeit all claims against the author
- for any damages caused by the software. The software has been tested, but
- results cannot be guaranteed on all systems. The author will not be held
- responsible for damages arising from your use, misuse, or inability to use
- the software. There are no warranties or guarantees, express or implied,
- included with this software, to include suitability for a particular
- application.
-
-
- PROGRAM SYNTAX:
- ---------------
- Call the program from the command line using the following syntax:
-
- MAKE-TAG sourcefile "Yterminators" "Nterminators"
-
- "MAKE-TAG" is the name of the executable file;
- "sourcefile" is the name of the file to read;
- "Yterminators" is a string of no more than 11 characters to use as delimiters
- of taglines within the source file and to include in the taglines;
- "Nterminators" is a string of no more than 11 characters to use as delimiters
- of taglines within the source file and to exclude from the taglines.
-
- To ensure that you do not confuse DOS before the program can begin, be sure
- to use either quotation marks ("") or apostrophes ('') to surround the
- terminator strings (Yterminators and Nterminators).
-
- USING THE PROGRAM:
- ------------------
- The program will check to make sure that the source file exists in the current
- directory, and (assuming the source file was found) will read it and generate
- taglines between 10 and 55 characters long. It will first write to a temporary
- file each tagline that it generates (in Pass #1). It will then compress the
- temporary file into a clean, workable tagline file called TAGLINES.GEN (in
- Pass #2). You should then use an editor to remove from TAGLINES.GEN any
- taglines that you don't want to keep. After removing any extraneous taglines,
- rename the file TAGLINES.GEN to whatever your off-line mail reader expects (or
- append it if you don't want to lose your old taglines).
-
- Note that some files will give you better results than others. A file called
- SAMPLE.TXT is included with the software. Other ideas are .DOC files from
- other software packages, personal letters, YOW.TXT for Zippy the Pinhead fans
- for which this software was originaly written), etc. Compare the contents of
- the SAMPLE.TXT file to the contents of the TAGLINES.GEN file generated by:
- MAKE-TAG SAMPLE.TXT "y." "n,"
- to get a better feel for what this software was intended for.
-
- The software will change any non-printing ASCII character into a space. It
- will also terminate a tagline at the end of a line. This may or may not give
- results that you are looking for. Good thing you don't have to pay anything
- to use it!
-
- CONTACTING THE AUTHOR:
- ----------------------
- If you have questions or comments in reference to this software, you are
- encouraged to contact the author. Feel free to use one of the following
- addresses:
- US Postal Service: Stuart Whitmore
- PO Box 1025
- Auburn, WA 98071-1025
- CompuServe: 71221,1737
- Internet: 71221.1737@compuserve.com
- If you notify me of a bug or suggest an improvement, I will certainly ensure
- that you receive credit in the next release (unless you request otherwise).
-
- THANKS TO:
- ----------
- Evonne, for her patience
- DeVo, for the entertainment
- All software authors who support .QWK-format mail
- Greg S., for keeping the author paranoid
- You, for reading the boring documentation - you DID read it, didn't you?
-
- RELEASE HISTORY:
- ----------------
- 1.10 - 27 APR 92 - Added more options for delimiters, changed the tagline
- parsing algorithm, and changed EOL handling.
- 1.00 - 25 FEB 92 - Initial public release. Note that no version number was
- included.
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