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██▌ ▐▌█ ██▌ 7BIT 1.00 MANUAL 16-Sep-1990
█▐█ ▐▌█ ▐█▐▌ - - - - - - - - - - - - -
█ █▌▐▌█ █▌▐▌ NuWaiv Copyright (c) 1990
█ ▐█▐▌█▐█ ▐▌Software Ian J. Molee, NuWaiv Software
█ ██▌██▌ ▐▌
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■ TABLE OF CONTENTS Page
FUNCTION................................................................ 1
LEGAL STUFF............................................................. 1
HOW TO USE IT........................................................... 2
TRANSLATION TABLES...................................................... 2
"Before"......................................................... 2
"After".......................................................... 3
═════════════════════════ 7Bit Documentation i ════════════════════════
■ FUNCTION
7Bit is a simple utility which strips--or translates, to be more
accurate--high-bit ASCII characters from ASCII files. It will,
given two file names, copy the first file to the second file,
translating all high-bit ASCII characters from the first file to
7-bit ASCII for the second file. This is helpful when you want
to print something, but your printer does not work reliably with
high-bit characters, or the high-bit characters are printed not
as what they appear to be on the screen, but odd-looking italic
letters.
By "translating," I mean that 7Bit will not just tear through
the file, turning each high bit character into a single, non-
changing character, such as a period, as so many other high-bit
strippers do, but will instead look at each high-bit character
and determine whether it can find a "suitable replacement" for
the high-bit character. A good example of this is that it will
replace a "■" with a "*", a "·" with a ".", a "Ç" with a "C",
and so on. The actual translations can be found further down in
this manual. Although I wrote this program specifically for the
documentation of ConvertQ, I decided to include this feature
since many people may find other uses for this program, and will
want actual translation, rather than straigh replacement or
stripping of high-bits.
■ LEGAL STUFF
It's pretty simple; this program is being offered as-is with no
guarantees, etc... all that mumbo jumbo. This program is--of
course--as NuWaiv tradition goes--freeware, for a couple of
reasons, they being [1] this program is not a big-enough deal to
charge anything for, and [2] I don't want to be swamped with
angry customers telling me about all the bugs that are in here
because I whipped the entire thing up in about an hour and a
half!
"That's legal stuff?" you say? Okay, you asked for it, and I'll
put it all in upper-case just to make sure it's legal in all the
wonderful states of the good old U.S.A.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL THE AUTHOR BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
DIRECT OR INDIRECT DAMAGE DUE TO USE OF THIS PROGRAM. NO
WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, ARE GIVEN.
OK, I'LL QUIT YELLING NOW!
═════════════════════════ 7Bit Documentation 1 ════════════════════════
■ HOW TO USE IT
The command line for 7Bit is as follows:
7BIT <Input Filename> <Output Filename>
for standard operation, or
7BIT /H
or
7BIT /?
to get the quick-help.
Please note that the input filename and the output filename
cannot be the same; if they are, 7Bit will abort with an error.
■ TRANSLATION TABLES
The following is a before-and-after type of comparison, to show
you exactly how 7Bit converts high-bit characters it encounters.
Of course, the two tables will look exactly the same if you have
run 7Bit on this file so that you can print this documentation,
so the tables are only valid if you're viewing this online or
your printer handles high-bit codes, in which case you have no
real use for this documentation, so why are you printing it?
<grin>
"BEFORE"
CODE: CHARACTER 128: Ç 129: ü 130: é
131: â 132: ä 133: à 134: å 135: ç
136: ê 137: ë 138: è 139: ï 140: î
141: ì 142: Ä 143: Å 144: É 145: æ
146: Æ 147: ô 148: ö 149: ò 150: û
151: ù 152: ÿ 153: Ö 154: Ü 155: ¢
156: £ 157: ¥ 158: ₧ 159: ƒ 160: á
161: í 162: ó 163: ú 164: ñ 165: Ñ
166: ª 167: º 168: ¿ 169: ⌐ 170: ¬
171: ½ 172: ¼ 173: ¡ 174: « 175: »
176: ░ 177: ▒ 178: ▓ 179: │ 180: ┤
181: ╡ 182: ╢ 183: ╖ 184: ╕ 185: ╣
186: ║ 187: ╗ 188: ╝ 189: ╜ 190: ╛
191: ┐ 192: └ 193: ┴ 194: ┬ 195: ├
196: ─ 197: ┼ 198: ╞ 199: ╟ 200: ╚
201: ╔ 202: ╩ 203: ╦ 204: ╠ 205: ═
206: ╬ 207: ╧ 208: ╨ 209: ╤ 210: ╥
211: ╙ 212: ╘ 213: ╒ 214: ╓ 215: ╫
216: ╪ 217: ┘ 218: ┌ 219: █ 220: ▄
221: ▌ 222: ▐ 223: ▀ 224: α 225: ß
226: Γ 227: π 228: Σ 229: σ 230: µ
231: τ 232: Φ 233: Θ 234: Ω 235: δ
236: ∞ 237: φ 238: ε 239: ∩ 240: ≡
241: ± 242: ≥ 243: ≤ 244: ⌠ 245: ⌡
246: ÷ 247: ≈ 248: ° 249: ∙ 250: ·
251: √ 252: ⁿ 253: ² 254: ■ 255:
═════════════════════════ 7Bit Documentation 2 ════════════════════════
"AFTER"
CODE: CHARACTER 128: C 129: u 130: e
131: a 132: a 133: a 134: a 135: c
136: e 137: e 138: e 139: i 140: i
141: i 142: A 143: A 144: E 145: a
146: A 147: o 148: o 149: o 150: u
151: u 152: y 153: O 154: U 155: c
156: L 157: Y 158: P 159: f 160: a
161: i 162: o 163: u 164: n 165: N
166: a 167: o 168: ? 169: + 170: +
171: . 172: . 173: ! 174: < 175: >
176: # 177: # 178: # 179: | 180: |
181: | 182: | 183: + 184: + 185: |
186: | 187: + 188: + 189: + 190: +
191: + 192: + 193: + 194: + 195: |
196: - 197: + 198: | 199: | 200: +
201: + 202: + 203: + 204: | 205: =
206: + 207: + 208: + 209: + 210: +
211: + 212: + 213: + 214: + 215: +