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Grammarian
Version 1.5.1 by Dan Panke
Total Register Users (as of 94-02-06): 4
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Grammarian is POSTCARDWARE/LETTERWARE. If you use any of the files
located in this archive you are required to send a postcard/letter to:
Dan Panke
3559 Trappers Road,
Gloucester, Ontario
Canada K1T 2R1
Please include your name and return address on the postcard as well
as the words:
Grammarian 1.5.1
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OVERVIEW
Grammarian is a program designed to examine text files for word
usage, spelling, and grammatical rules. Grammarian may not be right in
everything it finds but it does present some good reminders.
HOW TO USE GRAMMARIAN
Use of Grammarian is simple. Place 'GRAMMAR.PRG' and 'GRAMMAR.INF'
in the same path, and run 'GRAMMAR.PRG' in medium or high resolution.
Choose the text file you wish Grammarian to check via the file
selector then pick an OPTION for the Grammarian check.
OPTIONS
An Option can be selected by moving the inverse text bar with the
UP or DOWN arrow keys and pressing RETURN when the desired Option is
highlighted. The mouse can also be used to highlight the desired
Option and a second click on the highlighted line will begin
execution.
CHECK TO SCREEN: All Grammarian display will be directed to your
monitor. If Grammarian finds anything of interest in the file, the
program will stop and display some text about the possible problem
encountered. To continue with the check, press any key or click
the mouse. You may also exit Grammarian at any point by pressing
'ESCAPE'.
NON-STOP CHECK TO FILE (filename.CHK): As well as checking to the
screen, this option creates a text file with the Grammarian check
embedded in the file. The file will be created in the same path
as the current file being checked but will have a file extender of
'CHK'. Be cautious if you use 'CHK' for file extenders as
Grammarian makes no check for existing files and will overwrite
them. As well, Grammarian makes no check for available disk space
so make sure you have enough. The embedded text added to the
'filename.CHK' file will be enclosed between lines of number signs
([## - Grammarian error report - ##]). You may stop the
Grammarian non-stop check by pressing 'ESCAPE'.
CONFIRM CHECK TO FILE (filename.CHK): This option is very similar
to the NON-STOP CHECK except you will be prompted by Grammarian to
send or not send the error report to the CHK file. To have
Grammarian send the error report to the CHK file, either press 'Y'
(for YES) on the keyboard or click the LEFT mouse button. Anything
else will NOT send the error report to the CHK file.
EXIT [RETURN TO FILE SELECTOR]: Allows you to go back and reselect
another file if you've made an incorrect choice.
QUIT [END GRAMMARIAN]: Take a guess.
THE 'GRAMMAR.TXT' FILE
With a standard text editor or word processor that loads and saves
in ASCII format you can edit or delete the grammatical checks. The
format of the 'GRAMMAR.TXT' file is as follows:
FIRST LINE - will be displayed when any grammatical error is
found.
ANY LINE BEGINNING WITH '>' - indicates a word or group of words
to check for within your document. Added spaces may be
appropriate to narrow the search field. (i.e. If you are wanting to
find 'its' and you entered a line in 'GRAMMAR.TXT' of '>its',
Grammarian would give you a warning at 'zits', 'itself', 'bitset',
etc. To narrow the search, type an entry of '> its '.) A wild
card '*' may be used to represent any letter of the alphabet in
upper or lower case (a-Z).
ANY LINE BEGINNING WITH '/' - is considered a comment line and
will be ignored. However, the slash ('/') will not be ignored on
the FIRST LINE (see above).
TEXT LINES - these lines describe the grammatical error
encountered and are displayed on the screen. View the
'GRAMMAR.TXT' file for a complete understanding of how the file is
constructed.
Once you're edited the 'GRAMMAR.TXT' file and saved it, run the
'COMPILE.PRG' and select the 'GRAMMAR.TXT' file via the File Selector.
The Compiler will create your new 'GRAMMAR.INF' file.
If you have any problems, suggestions or additions for Grammarian,
please contact me on the following systems:
GEnie: D.PANKE
Delphi: DPANKE
Internet: dpanke@proton.resudox.net
Bullet BBS (613)731-2779 : SysOp
UPDATES:
Version 1.0.1
Added- Informed user to boot in medium or high resolution if
incorrect resolution is used.
Version 1.1.0
Added- Use of 'GRAMMAR.INF' file so users can enter their own
checks.
Version 1.2.0
Added- Colour for medium resolution.
Removed- Checking of zero length lines.
Added- Option to save a document to a text file (.CHK).
Changed- Multiple printing of the same document line (unless more
then one error is encountered in a single line).
Version 1.3.0
Added- Stripped 'tabs' from input file for a more thorough search
of file.
Added- Wild card '*' for search strings.
Added- More entries to the GRAMMAR.INF file.
Fixed- A bug reported in the CHK files produced by Grammarian.
(Thanks for reporting it, Bruno. BTW, where's your
postcard/letter?)
Added- Confirm CHK routine, so unwanted errors would not be added
to the CHK file.
Version 1.4.0
Added- The use of a slash ('/') to indicate a comment line.
Added- More entries to the GRAMMAR.INF file.
Added- Simple routine to make sure the Grammarian text would be
displayed properly no matter what file is loaded.
Fixed- A coding bug that occasionally gave an improper display of
the error report.
Version 1.5.0
Shortened code and added the compiler program to speed up
execution of the checking process.
Added- More entries in the GRAMMAR.INF file.
Version 1.5.1
Fixed- Minor bug that hindered display of the first line of the
error message. The program worked uncompiled but didn't when
compiled.
Added- More entries to the GRAMMAR.INF file.