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- This is a small update to ascii2scp which wouldn't properly handle escape
- codes in the source file.
-
- There isn't much to this, so I see no reason to have a long doc file. After
- reading complaints on Internet from some people who didn't like doing an
- ASCII send to upload their signature files, I decided to crank out this
- little program. All it does is take a regular text file and turn it into a
- Terminus script file. It ignores the CR characters, and starts a new line
- whenever a LF is found. This is normal for Amiga text editors such as CED,
- and will also properly convert IBM type text files that end each line with a
- CR-LF sequence. For instance, the following text:
-
- This is an example of what the text could be.
- It can include the ", \, and ' characters as well,
- and text2scp will prepend them with an extra \ so
- they are interpreted properly by Terminus.
-
- into:
-
- /* Terminus Script File */
- /* Created with TEXT2SCP by Don Lester */
- SEND "This is an example of what the text could be.\r"
- SEND "It can include the \", \\, and \' characters as well,\r"
- SEND "and text2scp will prepend them with an extra \\ so\r"
- SEND "they are interpreted properly by Terminus.\r"
- /* End of TEXT2SCP script */
-
- Pretty straightforward. The proper usage is to have text2scp somewhere in
- your path (or current directory) and type:
-
- text2scp path:textfile path:scriptfile
-
- where textfile is the file you want converted, and scriptfile is the name of
- the script file you wish to have created. For instance, if you created a
- file called signature.txt in RAM that you wanted to use as a signature, the
- following command line would accomplish what you wanted:
-
- text2scp ram:signature.txt terminus:scripts/signature.scp
-
- The output file, signature.scp, can now be assigned to a function key by
- going to the pulldown menu [SETTINGS][MACROS] and typing the following for
- whichever key you want it assigned to:
-
- !&signature.scp
-
- That is about it. If you wish to contact me for some reason, I can be
- reached at:
-
- Internet: dlester@eecs.wsu.edu
-
- Fidonet: 1:344/87 (Don Lester)
-
- Regular Mail (some people still use it): Don Lester
- NW 205 Larry #16
- Pullman, WA 99163
-
-