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"SigMX 3.30"
by Robert Walking-Owl
Copyright (c)1993 All Rights Reserved
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Please read this documentation file carefully so that you'll
have as few (if any) problems installing SigMX.
License and Copying:
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SigMX is freeware. The author retains all rights to the use
of this program, but allows anyone to freely use the software
without compensation of the author. (Users who would like to
support starving programmers and help their own karma, however,
may send a few dollars to the address at the end of this
document).
Likewise, the author makes no guarantees or warrantees on this
software or the use of it. The author will not be held responsible
for damages (including, but not limited to, loss of or damage to,
finances, data, mail, or household pets, be they personal, business
or otherwise) due to the use or mis-use of this software.
Just What is SigMX?
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Basicly, I (quickly) became bored with the trite little
one-liner taglines used in off-line readers. Some of the best
"taglines" or quotes wouldn't fit on one line. I also saw the
nifty sig-blocks used in Internet mail that were several-lines
high, included the usual tag or quote as well as personal
information, such as E-Mail addresses and hobbies or who the
message-author worked for, etc.
The advantage of using such tags is obvious: message readers
are reminded who you are visually. You are no longer an
annonymous message-writer among a few hundred others.
Thus came the idea for a small utility which combined both: the
user could have a standard "Sig" along with a "TagPhrase", and
an option to put both inside of box, like so:
╔════════════════════╤═══════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ John Q. Public │ "I wish more people could fly into space. It ║
║ <jqpub@pseudo.org> │ would make for a lot better world." ║
║ "Lurker at Large" │ ─-Donald K. Slayton ║
╚════════════════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════╝
On the left is the "Sig".
On the right is the "TagPhrase".
The entire thing is a "SigBlock" which can be appended to any
text file (such as a message entered from an off-line mail
reader). You can change the Sig or TagPhrase each time you use
SigMX, and even tweak the layout, size or add a TagLine
anyway, if you'd like.
Requirements:
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° IBM PC or compatible machine capable of running DOS-based
applications (version 3.1).
° About 500kb of free memory (depending on the size of the tag
file you use).
° An off-line mail-reader which will let you run an external
editor or signature program.
° A basic knowledge of DOS, including how to edit ASCII files,
BATch files.
Installation:
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Make sure all the files included with the archive are in the
current directory.
Move or copy the file SIGMX.EXE (or SIGMX286.EXE) into your
path directory.
With all the SigMX files in the same directory, run the SETUP
utility from the command line. A menu should appear of the
configuration files in the current directory (the files with
.SMX as their extention). Use the cursor keys to select a file
and then press [Enter].
(If you already have the SMX files from earlier versions of
SigMX, copy those into the current directory and use then
instead, if you'd like to use SETUP to modify or inspect your
configuration.)
You'll be given a menu of the options you'd like to change.
(Those labelled "n/a" are not available in this version of the
SETUP utility.)
If this is your first time using SigMX, select the file names
but don't change them!....just hit [Enter] so that the SETUP
utility can expand the pathnames fully to the current directory.
The SETUP Menus:
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├ The Signature Sub-Menu:
│ ├ Cut Line On/Off - Toggles whether a cut-line ("--")
│ │ is used before adding the
│ │ SigBlock.
│ └ File(*) - Change the path/file name of the
│ Signature file
│
├ Phrase(s) Sub-Menu:
│ ├ Format On/Off(*) - Toggles whether to use "format
│ │ codes" (left, center, right
│ │ justifty TagPhrases).
│ └ File - Change the path/file name of the
│ TagPhrase (TagLine) file.
│
├ TagLine Sub-Menu:
│ ├ TagLine On/Off(*) - Toggles whether a final TagLine
│ │ is used after the SigBlock.
│ └ Edit TagLine(*) - Change the TagLine.
│
└ Border Sub-Menu:
├ Border On/Off(*) - Toggles whether a box ("Border")
│ should surround the SigBlock.
├ Width - Sets tha Width of the SigBlock
│ (not including the Border).
│ "76" is the optimum value, as
│ some boards will roll-over for
│ wider sigs (thus inserting a
│ blank line between each SigBlock
│ line.)
├ Height(*) - Minimum Height. "00" means use
│ the minimum height of the Sig.
│ Values larger than the height of
│ the Sig will become the minimum
│ height.
└ ASCII(*) - Toggles whether to use IBM
extended 8-bit ASCII or 7-bit
ASCII for echoed netmail.
Options marked with an asterisk (*) can be changed while in
SigMX, so configuring them from the SETUP utility is not as
important.
If you'd like to modify other options "not available" in this
version of SETUP, see the file SMX-PROG.TXT for information about
the layout of the .SMX files. Future versions of SETUP will have
these options available, however.
For now use the included Signature (SIG) files when testing
SigMX. You can run it from the command line like so:
SIGMX TEST.TXT *.SMX [-options]
^│^ ^│^ ^│^
│ │ └ These are the command line options
│ │ you can use. A "-" followed by a
This is the text │ set of letters for the appropriate
file to append the │ option(s).
SigBlock to. If it │ -D = Direct Video (faster)
does not exist, │ -M = Mask Cursor (for some
SigMX will create │ systems (like the Tandy).
one. │ -A = Automatic mode (pick a
│ random tagphrase and exit).
│ -P = Video Page Switching
│ (As an alternative to the
│