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- JR-Edit 1.0 (C) 1990 John P. Radigan, All Rights Reserved.
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- jredit.doc
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-
- JR-Edit is an external phonebook editor for use with JR-Comm 1.0. It
- gives you the ability to import JR-Comm 0.94a .def, .macros and .phones
- files for conversion to JR-Comm 1.0 format. JR-Edit also provides you
- with an import facility to convert files that are in "The Final List"(tm)
- format. Lastly, you can print, globally edit and/or append JR-Comm 1.0
- phonebook files.
-
- The program itself is basically the same user interface that exists in
- JR-Comm with a few changes and additions. For this reason, the majority of
- operation of the various parameter requesters used in JR-Edit will not be
- discussed here. Only those features that deviate from JR-Comm operation or
- are unique to JR-Edit will be described in this document. Consult the JR-Comm
- 1.0 Users Manual for desciptions of the various parameter requesters and other
- related functions.
-
-
-
- START-UP
- --------
-
- JR-Edit begins by searching and loading the the defaults files in the same
- exact sequence as JR-Comm, it will NOT load files that are other than 1.0
- format. JR-Edit is considered to be primarily an external editor for JR-Comm
- 1.0, not a converter for other format files even though it does contain these
- functions.
-
- Once loaded, JR-Edit will exist on a 16 color custom screen with the
- phonebook requester permanently open. The 16 color screen is required so
- that you may edit the color palette for *any* type screen without JR-Edit
- requiring the necessary logic to convert to the proper screen type prior
- to accessing the color palette requester.
-
-
-
- DEFAULT PARAMETERS
- ------------------
-
- As with JR-Comm, JR-Edit will resort to the same exact set of default
- parameter settings if a jrcomm.def file was not found. So, you may want
- to create your jrcomm.def file with JR-Edit prior to running JR-Comm for
- the first time.
-
- Although the phonebook requester is always open, you can still change
- the default parameters by opening the respective requester via the items
- in the OPTIONS menu. It is recommended that you set them prior to doing
- a 0.94a or TFL import operation so that all the new entries created as a
- result inherit the settings that are not explicitly set during the import
- itself.
-
- A menu item in the PROJECT menu is provided to import and convert a 0.94a
- .def file. You will still have to do quite a bit of setting on your own due
- to the new options that did not exist in JR-Comm 0.94a after completing the
- import operation. It was included primarily for completness.
-
- You will HAVE to import 0.94a format .macros files as well due to a few
- differences in macros format and file structure. A simple read/write
- procedure will provide you with conversion "in place" to JR-Comm 1.0. Refer
- to chapter 11 of the JR-Comm Users Manual for information of the new macro
- escapes that are available in JR-Comm 1.0.
-
-
-
- IMPORTING 0.94a phonebook files
- -------------------------------
-
- The selection gadget labeled "IMPORT" is used for both 0.94a and TFL
- format files, only 0.94a files will be discussed in this section, refer
- to the next section for TFL files.
-
- Selecting this gadget will open the JR-Comm file requester so that you
- may select the desired 0.94a phonebook file and closing the file
- requester via the "OK" gadget you are now presented with the IMPORT
- selection requester, select 0.94a.
-
- All phonebook entries will be imported and converted to 1.0 format.
- The options new to 1.0 that were in effect when you imported the 0.94a
- phonebook will be passed on to each entry. You can now edit each entry
- individually or with the global edit function described below.
-
-
-
- IMPORTING TFL phonebook files
- -----------------------------
-
- The same sequence of operations are used to select and import a TFL
- format phonebook. As with the 0.94a phonebook import function, current
- settings in effect will be copied to each phonebook entry created during
- the conversion. Since little information in a TFL phone entry is related
- to JR-Comm, almost all the options for each entry will reflect the current
- settings of JR-Edit. Please make sure that everything is set the way you
- want it to be before you import a TFL file.
-
- The following data are extracted from a TFL phone entry:
-
-
- Item Column position # of chars Details
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Name 1 15 (all info copied)
- Phone # 20 16 (trailing alphas removed)
- Baud 37 5 (max)
- Duplex 43 1 (Full or Half)
- Data len. 44 1 (7 or 8)
- Parity 45 1 (Even, Odd or None)
- Stop bits 46 1 (1 or 2)
-
-
- Since JR-Edit does not contain any sort of search or matching features,
- you may want to edit a raw TFL file with a text editor into multiple files
- so that you can adjust the default settings (terminal emulation and protocol
- being the most common) for each group of entries that you want to import.
-
-
-
- PRINT
- -----
-
- JR-Edit provides you with a hardcopy print feature. It does not print
- out every setting of a phonebook entry however, only the most important
- ones in the following format:
-
- Name PhoneNumber Password
- Baud Duplex BitsParityStop Emulation CRxlate LFxlate EOLout protocol
-
- example:
-
- Dynalogic BBS 1-609-625-2453 mypw
- 2400 F 8N1 IBM Color CRN LFN CR ZMODEM
-
-
-
- APPEND
- ------
-
- This function will append another JR-Comm 1.0 format phonebook to the
- current one. The LOAD function clears the current phonebook prior to
- loading a new one.
-
-
-
- SELECT & UNSELECT
- -----------------
-
- Works as expected. Select all or unselect all entries in the phonebook.
-
-
-
- GLOBAL
- ------
-
- The global editor enables you to set selected entries to settings of
- your choosing. This mode can quickly get you into trouble, so save a
- copy of the phonebook to an alternate file prior to making any changes.
-
- The first step is to select the entries that you wish to globally
- edit. Now select the GLOBAL gadget.
-
- You are now greeted with the PHONE ENTRY EDITOR requester, notice that
- the string gadgets for name, phone number, capture file, macros file and
- password are missing. You cannot globally edit these portions of each
- entry.
-
- The following actions are applied to every selected entry in the PHONE
- ENTRY EDIT requester:
-
- Length: If zero, no effect. Used otherwise.
- Cents/min: Same as Length.
- Dial Prefix: If all are "off", no effect. Selected otherwise.
- Password type: Same as for Dial Prefix.
- Reset Timer: Each entry will be set to the state of this option, off or on.
-
- Notice that the "mutually excluded" gadget sets (for example, the Dial
- Prefix group), are all "off" to begin with. If they are, then no change will
- occur to the selected entries when exiting the PHONE ENTRY EDITOR requester.
- If one gadget of the Dial Prefix (or similar option group) is toggled on, all
- entries selected will be updated to this selection. If you decide to not use
- the selected option, toggle it again and it will turn "off". This action will
- only occur during the global edit mode of operation, otherwise it will operate
- "normally" during a singular edit of a phonebook entry.
-
- The Reset Timer is an example of an "on/off" option, so, its setting will
- be copied over to each selected entry regardless if you have never touched
- it.
-
- The SERIAL and XFERS gadgets will open their respective requesters and
- operate the same as the PHONE ENTRY EDITOR requester. The TERMINAL
- PARAMETERS requester is a different beast altogether however, so please
- pay attention to the following.
-
- The CR xlate, LF xlate, EOL out and Capture filters work the same as
- the mutually excluded groups described above. The Miscellaneous group
- of options are all "on/off" gadgets, so you must set the ones you want
- on. The Screen type, Emulation and Text size gadget groups should only be
- tinkered with *after* you have selected an emulation. Remember this!
-
- The four color options at the bottom are all initially set to the
- value of 16, this is an invalid color number, so JR-Edit will not set
- phonebook entries unless these numbers are something other than 16.
-
- If you find that you've set something that you didn't intend to set or
- you wish to start over, just close the requester (SERIAL, TERMINAL or
- TRANSFER only) and then re-open it. Everything will be reset.
-
- If you decide that you do not want to globally set any of the phonebook
- entries, select the CANCEL gadget in the PHONE ENTRY EDITOR requester.
-
- Again, please save your phonebook prior to doing any global editing in
- case you muck things up too badly.
-
-