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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Help for Encoding ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This menu option allows you to convert binary files into uuencoded files.
Selecting this menu item will display a dialog box which allows you to select
the files that you want to encode. After the selection is complete, click on
the "OK" button to start the encoding.
The encoding parameters are determined by the Settings notebook. For more
information about setting the parameters, see The Settings Notebook for more
details.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Help for Decoding ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This menu option allows you to convert uuencoded files back to binary files.
Selecting this menu item will display a dialog box which allows you to select
the files that you want to decode. After the selection is complete, click on
the "OK" button to start the decoding.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Help for Exit ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This menu option will end the program. If there is any encoding or decoding
taking place, the program will ask you if you are sure that you want to abort
the process and exit the program.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Help for Settings ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This menu option will display a settings notebook from which you can change the
behaviour of PMUUE.
For more information about the Settings notebook, see The Settings Notebook for
more details.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Help for Menu Item "Help index..." ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This menu item will display a help index for help with PMUUE.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Help for Menu Item "General help..." ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
To encode a file:
1. Press Ctrl-E or select "Encode..." from the "File" menu
2. Select the files to encode from the file dialog
3. Select "OK" when finished selection
The program should encode the files at this time.
To decode a file:
1. Press Ctrl-D or select "Decode..." from the "File" menu
2. Select the file to decode from the file dialog
Note: The selected files must be in uuencoded form
3. Select "OK" when finished selection
The program should decode the files at this time.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. Help for Menu Item "Keys help..." ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This menu option will display some available keystrokes allowed in the main
window.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. Help for Menu Item "Using help..." ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This menu option will display instructions on how to use help.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9. Help for About ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This dialog box displays information about PMUUE including the author's name
and the version.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10. The Settings Notebook ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This dialog box controls the behaviour of PMUUE. It sets the parameters for
many aspects of the program.
The OK button will set the parameters for this session only. The Cancel button
will not change any of the parameters. The Save button will set the parameters
for this and future sessions.
For more information about each page of the settings notebook, choose one of
the following:
o The EOL Page
o The Notification Page
o The Directories Page
o The Multi-part Page
o The Miscellaneous Page
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11. The Save Button ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This button will save the current settings for this and future sessions.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12. The EOL Page ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This page determines what PMUUE will use as an End-Of-Line marker when
uuencoding files.
In DOS and OS/2, the End-Of-Line marker is represented by a carriage return
(ASCII character 13) followed by a linefeed character (ASCII character 10).
In UNIX, the End-Of-Line marker is represented by just a linefeed character.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 13. The OS/2 Text Radio Button ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Choose this button to have uuencoded files end each line with a carriage return
(ASCII character 13) and a linefeed (ASCII character 10).
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14. The UNIX Text Redio Button ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Choose this button to have uuencoded files end each line with a linefeed only
(ASCII character 10).
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 15. The Notification Page ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This page is used to control what windows PMUUE will use to communicate with
the user.
For more information, choose one of the following:
o The Log Window
o The Message Box
o The Status Line
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 16. The Log Window ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This checkbox will determine whether or not the Log Window is used.
The Log Window is the main listbox window located under the menu but above the
status line.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 17. The Message Box ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This checkbox will determine whether or not message boxes will be used.
Message boxes are dialog boxes which appear whenever a significant event has
happened. The only option that the user has once one of these message boxes
appear is to select OK to dismiss it.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 18. The Status Line ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This checkbox will determine whether or not the Status Line is used.
The Status Line is used to display the last significant event that has
happened. The Status Line is the text window located below the log window.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 19. The Directories Page ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This page is used to control which directories PMUUE will use by default.
For more information about each item, select one of the following:
o The Default Binary Directory
o The Default UUENCODE Directory
o The Default Extension
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 20. The Default Binary Directory ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This entry field contains the default directory to use to look for binary
files. This directory is used as a default for the dialog box for the encode
menu item and when decoding a uuencoded file.
Note: This directory is set only at the beginning of each session.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 21. The Default UUENCODE Directory ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This entry field contains the default directory to use to look for uuencoded
files. This directory is used as a default for the dialog box for the decode
menu item and when encoding a binary file.
Note: This directory is set only at the beginning of each session.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 22. The Default Extension ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This entry field is the default extension to use for single part uuencoded
files. For more information about multi-part uuencoded files, see The
Multi-part Page.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 23. The Miscellaneous Page ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This page is for any other settings which are not significant enough to have
its own page.
For more information about each item, select one of the following:
o Max Log Length
o INI File
o Allow Lowercase Characters
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 24. Max Log Length ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This entry field determines the maximum number of lines allowed in the Log
Window. By default number is 500, the minimum number allowed is 5, and the
maximum number is 10000.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 25. INI File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This entry field determines where the INI file for PMUUE is placed and the name
of the INI file itself.
Note: The program will not save the current parameters if the user changes the
INI file. It is up to the user to select the Save button.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 26. The "Allow Lowercase Characters" Checkbox ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This checkbox determines if PMUUE should allow lowercase letters to be valid
uuencode characters when decoding.
Some encoders are using lowercase characters as part of their encoding scheme.
This may get around the problem of lines with spaces on the end of them but it
could introduce problems for a decoder. For a decoder to be able to handle the
old and new codes, it has to allow all printable characters as valid uuencode
characters. This greatly increases the chance that an ordinary line of text
could be interpreted as an encoded line, adding garbage to the final binary.
If the final binary file contains some sort of garbage and this switch is on,
try removing all lines that are not uuencoded and try again.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 27. The Multi-part Page ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This page is used to determine if PMUUE will create multi-part uuencoded files
or not.
For more information about each item, select one of the following:
o Create Multiple Part Encoding
o The "Max. part size in KB" Radio Button
o The Kilobyte Entry Field
o The "Max. part size in lines" Radio Button
o The Lines Entry Field
o Allow Multiple Part Decoding
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 28. Create Multiple Part Encoding ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This checkbox determines whether PMUUE will generate multi-part uuencoded files
or not.
If multi-part files are used, then each part will have a filename with an
extension of .u## where ## is from 01 to 99.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 29. The "Max. part size in KB" Radio Button ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This radio button indicates that the size of each part will be determined by a
maximum size in kilobytes (K).
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 30. The "Max. part size in lines" Radio Button ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This radio button indicates that the size of each part will be determined by a
maximum size in the number of lines produced by the encoding.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 31. The Kilobyte Entry Field ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This entry field indicates the maximum size of each part in kilobytes. The
minimum value allowed in this field is 2 and the maximum is 999. The default
value is 64.
Note: The program might exceed this limit by a little bit so specify one
kilobyte less than the maximum that you would like.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 32. The Lines Entry Field ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This entry field indicates the maximum number of lines allowed for each part.
The minimum value is allowed is 10 and the maximum is 9999. The default value
is 980.
Note: The program might exceed this limit by a little but so specify two lines
less that the maximum that you would like.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 33. Allow Multiple Part Decoding ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This checkbox changes an assumption that PMUUE makes when decoding files.
If this checkbox is checked, then a binary file can be spread across multiple
uuencoded files but the order of the files must be the same as they appear in
the "Decode" dialog box.
When this checkbox is not checked, PMUUE assumes that each uuencoded file
contains entire binary files.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 34. PMUUE Extended Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This program was created to perform two main functions:
o Converting a binary file to a UUENCODED file
o Converting a UUENCODED file to a binary file
For an explanation on how to convert a binary file to a uuencoded file, see
Encoding a file.
For an explanation on how to convert a uuencoded file to a binary file, see
Decoding a file.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 35. PMUUE Keys ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
From the main window, you can press:
o F10 Menu
o Ctrl-D Decode a UUENCODED file to a binary file
o Ctrl-E Encode a binary file to a UUENCODED file
o Alt-F4 Exit application
o Alt-F9 Minimize window
o Alt-F10 Maximize window
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 36. What is PMUUE? ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
PMUUE stands for "Presentation Manager Unix-to-Unix Encoder/decoder. "
Basically, this program can convert a binary file into uuencoded format or
convert a file from uuencoded format back into a binary file.
A uuencoded file is a file in a special coded format such that all the data in
that file is a printable character. This format is used to transport files
through text-based media such as an Internet newsgroup.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 37. Encoding a file ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
To encode a file:
1. Press Ctrl-E or select "Encode..." from the "File" menu
2. Select the files to encode from the file dialog
3. Select "OK" when finished selection
The program should encode the files at this time.
Note: The behavior of the encoding process will depend on The Settings
Notebook.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 38. Decoding a file ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
To decode a file:
1. Press Ctrl-D or select "Decode..." from the "File" menu
2. Select the files to decode from the file dialog
Note: The selected files must be in UUENCODED format.
Note: When decoding multi-part files, those files must appear in the
correct order in the dialog box. Select all the UUENCODED files associated
with a binary file when decoding.
3. Select "OK" when finished selection
The program should decode the files at this time.
Note: The behavior of the encoding process will depend on The Settings
Notebook.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 39. Command Line Arguments ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Files specified as command line arguments will automatically be UUDECODED using
the settings in the INI file. Wildcard symbols are accepted in filenames.
Note: The program will automatically close itself after decoding any files
specified on the command line.
(Other command line options might be added sometime in the future.)