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.f3 - # - Appendix B - Miscellaneous Utilities
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.tc B. MISCELLANEOUS UTILITIES ............................#
APPENDIX B MISCELLANEOUS UTILITIES
This appendix discusses some of the utilities that are supplied with
Word Fugue.
.tc FI - File Descriptions Utility .....................#
FI - File Descriptions Utility
If you are using File Descriptions, and you do not have 4Dos, then you
need this program to support your file descriptions outside of Word
Fugue. It acts like a replacement for the DOS DIR command. It displays
a browse list of files, and allows the addition of descriptions to
files in full screen mode. Press Return to edit the description of
highlighted file. The descriptions are stored in file FILEINFO.WF in
the directory being browsed. The list can be scrolled up and down by
use of the cursor keys.
Filename : FI.EXE
Syntax : FI <mask> /H/S/D/R/A/P/G/B/C/Q/I/1
or FI /H/S/D/R/A/P/G/B/C/Q/I/1 <mask>
Parameters:
<mask> directory mask with wildcards * or ? (eg b:e*.t??)
as for DOS wild cards.
/H - include Hidden files
/S - include System files
/D - include Directories
/R - include read only files
/A - all files - use this instead of /H/S/R/D
/P - pack the description file. As you add descriptions, delete
files and so on, the description file will slowly accumulate
garbage as descriptions build up that no longer relate to
files. This option compares the file contents against the
disk directory, and removes all entries that are not used.
/G - use generic Bios calls. If your computer is not fully IBM
compatible, you may find that the screen does not appear to
work with programs that write directly to it. This parameter
tells the program to use Bios for access to the screen. This
is slower, but should always work.
/B - use black and white colours. Some computers have colour cards
connected to mono monitors, and can fool programs
into thinking that the screen is capable of colour when it
isn't. This option tells the program to use black and white
colour regardless of what it believes the screen is capable
of.
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/C - clear screen at exit. This option clears the screen after the
program terminates. Otherwise it will not clear the screen,
and the list of files will scroll up a few lines.
/Q - old CGA monitor - eliminate snow by waiting for a vertical
retrace.
/I - convert old INFO.DIR file - if you subscribed to our earlier
utility INFO.EXE to record file descriptions, then this
option will read the INFO.DIR file in the current directory
and produce a FILEINFO.WF file in the current directory. If
you never used this utility, you will never need this option!
/1 - use alternate colours instead of the default colour set. Some
colours are easy on the eye, but hard to see on certain
monitors. If you don't like our standard set, try this one.
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.tc WF_2_4D - Convert FILEINFO To 4DOS Format ..........#
WF_2_4D - Convert FILEINFO To 4DOS Format
If you do convert to 4DOS, and you have been using file descriptions,
then this utility will convert your descriptions from Word Fugue's
proprietary FILEINFO.WF files to DESCRIPT.ION files.
It only works in the current directory. If the 4Dos description file
exists, the descriptions from FILEINFO.WF are added to the end. Since
4Dos restricts you to 40 characters of description, the conversion
program truncates longer descriptions. You should edit them first
using either WF or FI, and then run the conversion.
If you already had a DESCRIPT.ION file, then after the conversion is
finished, you should use WF to edit the file and verify that entries
are not duplicated. Simply delete the duplicated line.
Filename : WF_2_4D.EXE
Syntax : WF_2_4D
Parameters: none
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.tc WFLEXMGR - Dictionary Maintenance Program ..........#
WFLEXMGR - Dictionary Maintenance Program
Changes may be made to the main dictionary by using the program
WFLEXMGR. This program will either Add or Delete words from the
dictionary, depending upon the input on its screen. It will always
write a new dictionary, so as not to destroy the old one if things go
wrong. Make sure you have enough disk space for 2 copies! You may
allocate the new dictionary on another drive or directory. If the old
and the new are in the same directory, and have the same name, the old
will be renamed to a .BAK extension, otherwise it will simply write a
new dictionary.
╔════════ SPELL FUGUE - Word Fugue Main Dictionary Maintenance V3.0 ═════════╗
║Source Dictionary : WF_MAIN.LEX__________________________________________ ║
║Target Dictionary : WF_MAIN.LEX ║
║Add or Delete records: A or C to convert dictionary formats ║
║Change File: WF_AUX.DIC ║
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Fig B.1 - Dictionary Change Screen
.tc1 Fig B.1 - Dictionary Change Screen ....................#
The change file should have one word per line (like the auxiliary
dictionary). The order of the words does not matter, since the
maintenance program will sort the file first. All entries will be
converted to lower case before being applied to the dictionary.
You cannot add and delete in the same run, so if you have
inadvertently added a word which you subsequently find to have been
spelled incorrectly, you must first delete the erroneous word by
putting it in a change file spelled exactly as it is in the
dictionary, and directing the program to Delete words contained in the
change file. Once this run has finished, you can then add the
correctly spelled word by placing it in a change file and directing
the program to Add words from the specified change file.
It is also possible to use the program to convert the old format
WF_MAIN.DIC file into the new format WF_MAIN.LEX file by setting the
action to 'C' for Convert. In this case you will need about 700k disk
space for the sort files as well as space for the new dictionary. If
you run it on an XT at 4.7Mz, you can expect the process to take
about an hour. You should not need to convert your old format
dictionary unless you have added a large number of words to it.
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Filename : WFLEXMGR
Syntax : WFLEXMGR
Parameters: /Q/B/G
/G - use generic Bios calls. If your computer is not fully IBM
compatible, you may find that the screen does not appear to
work with programs that write directly to it. This parameter
tells the program to use Bios for access to the screen. This
is slower, but should always work.
/B - use black and white colours. Some computers have colour cards
connected to mono monitors, and can fool programs
into thinking that the screen is capable of colour when it
isn't. This option tells the program to use black and white
colour regardless of what it believes the screen is capable
of.
/Q - old CGA monit