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Regulars/StarInfo/Allison/!Today/!Help
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| Filename: | Regulars/StarInfo/Allison/!Today/!Help |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 14DE bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
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Application : !Today
Help for Version 1.0 : (23 Oct 1994)
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Some time ago Archimedes World published a program, translated from a
PC shareware source by James Noad. It displayed data relating to
anniverseries and events that occurred on this date in the past.
Reminders of things to do etc. may also be shown. I liked the idea
but not the non multitasking version. With the help of Joe Telfords
excellent !WimpEd this version now operates in the desktop.
Run the program as normal. Mouse button Menu on the Icon Bar gives
Info,Quit and Help which displays this file if a text processor such
as !Edit has been loaded or seen.
Pressing Menu on the Main Window provides the usual options, plus:-
"Not Today"- leads to a dialogue box allowing the display of data from
any date. Data relating to DAY-OF-WEEK (see below-Col.10) is not
displayed for obvious reasons.
"Edit"- If a text processor such as !Edit has been loaded or seen,
the data file ".own"(see below) is sent for modification\addition.
That's about it. I find that loading this prog. from the !Boot file is
(perhaps) its best use. Include a couple of lines such as:-
Filer_Boot SCSI::SCSIDisc4.$.Misc.!Today
Run SCSI::SCSIDisc4.$.Misc.!Today
If anyone can be bothered to update the files (more European,less
Californian ?),please send me a copy.
Stuart Allison,
61 The Avenue,
LONDON W13 8JR
Below is part of the original PC Help file showing data file structure.
CUSTOMIZATION
TODAY has one data file for each month of the year. They are named
TODAY.JAN, .FEB, .MAR etc. You can also have a personal file named
TODAY.OWN. This is so all your important dates aren't scattered among
12 files.
All files are plain vanilla ASCII in this format:
Column 1: The record type which can be a B for birthdays,
S for special dates in history or R for a reminder.
Cols 2-5: Month and day as MMDD with leading zeros. Zeros
for either month or day cause ALL months or days
to match when being scanned. For example 0001
would match the first of every month while 0400
would match every day of April.
Cols 6-9: The full year of the event as four digits.
May be left blank, msg will move left.
Column 10: A special processing flag. Values may be:
BLANK for no special processing.
C to continue a message from the previous line.
Note, that you MUST repeat the date fields.
DAY-OF-WEEK DIGIT where 1=Sunday ... 7=Saturday
This will cause the message to display only if the
date falls on a certain day of the week. Look in
the November file for voting day examples.
Cols 11-70 The message to display for this date.
--EXAMPLES--
*mmddyyyy Birthdays
*-------- ------------------------------------------------------------
B09011875 Edgar Rice Burroughs, novelist, Ah-ee-ah-ee-ah!
B09021838 Queen Liliuokalani (last queen of Hawaii).
B09021952 Jimmy Connors, tennis brat
*mmddyyyy Events
*-------- ------------------------------------------------------------
S09011939 Germany invades Poland, starts World War II.
S09011952 Sutro Baths purchased by George Whitney.
S0901 2Labor Day, a legal holiday
S09021620 The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth with
S09021620C102 Pilgrims.
*mmddyyyy Reminders
*-------- ------------------------------------------------------------
R0001 Pay the mortgage!
R0401 Taxes due in two weeks.
R0415 Last day to pay taxes!
Leave the headings in or you may get a nasty surprise. Note that
Labor day must be on a Monday and the Mayflower gets two lines of
coverage befitting that momentous event.
This format applies to TODAY.OWN also. You can put in birthdays,
anniversaries, holidays etc. Messages in your personal file will
tend to be only Birthdays and Reminders. Also, try putting in
reminders a few days BEFORE the date in question to give youself
some warning.
HISTORY
TODAY/PC was written in Datalight C for IBM PC compatible systems by
Patrick Kincaid in July of 1986. It was inspired by a program
originally written by Mike Butler in PL/1 on an IBM VM/CMS system.
He should be credited with the original concept and the bulk of the
wonderful data in the files. You will notice a distinct San
Francisco flavor to the databases. Who says programs can't have
class?
USER SUPPORT
Don't send money, send more dates! I would like the program
distributed far and wide for free with this understanding: if you
like it send me more dates to put in the databases. This way we can
create real shareware. Don't send the month files with your new
dates added, send the new stuff as listings, in standalone files on
PC diskettes or as electronic mail to me via the Marin-Sonoma PC User
Group BBS (415) 927-1216. You can mail listings, bugs (features!) or
suggestions to:
Patrick Kincaid
618 Douglas Drive
Mill Valley, CA 94941 00000000 20 20 20 20 20 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | . | 00000010 20 20 20 20 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d | ------------| 00000020 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |----------------| 00000030 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 20 20 20 |------------. | 00000040 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000050 20 20 20 20 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 | Application | 00000060 3a 20 21 54 6f 64 61 79 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |: !Today. | 00000070 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 48 65 6c 70 20 66 6f 72 | Help for| 00000080 20 56 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 31 2e 30 20 3a 20 28 | Version 1.0 : (| 00000090 32 33 20 4f 63 74 20 31 39 39 34 29 0a 20 20 20 |23 Oct 1994). | 000000a0 20 20 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | . | 000000b0 20 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d | ---------------| 000000c0 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |----------------| 000000d0 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 20 53 6f 6d 65 20 |---------. 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Californi| 000005d0 61 6e 20 3f 29 2c 70 6c 65 61 73 65 20 73 65 6e |an ?),please sen| 000005e0 64 20 6d 65 20 61 20 63 6f 70 79 2e 0a 0a 20 20 |d me a copy... | 000005f0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 53 74 75 61 | Stua| 00000600 72 74 20 41 6c 6c 69 73 6f 6e 2c 0a 20 20 20 20 |rt Allison,. | 00000610 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 36 31 20 54 68 65 | 61 The| 00000620 20 41 76 65 6e 75 65 2c 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | Avenue,. | 00000630 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 4c 4f 4e 44 4f 4e 20 57 31 | LONDON W1| 00000640 33 20 38 4a 52 0a 0a 20 42 65 6c 6f 77 20 69 73 |3 8JR.. Below is| 00000650 20 70 61 72 74 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 6f 72 69 | part of the ori| 00000660 67 69 6e 61 6c 20 50 43 20 48 65 6c 70 20 66 69 |ginal PC Help fi| 00000670 6c 65 20 73 68 6f 77 69 6e 67 20 64 61 74 61 20 |le showing data | 00000680 66 69 6c 65 20 73 74 72 75 63 74 75 72 65 2e 20 |file structure. | 00000690 0a 0a 20 20 20 43 55 53 54 4f 4d 49 5a 41 54 49 |.. 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This is | 00000740 73 6f 20 61 6c 6c 20 79 6f 75 72 20 69 6d 70 6f |so all your impo| 00000750 72 74 61 6e 74 20 64 61 74 65 73 20 61 72 65 6e |rtant dates aren| 00000760 27 74 20 73 63 61 74 74 65 72 65 64 20 61 6d 6f |'t scattered amo| 00000770 6e 67 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 31 |ng. 1| 00000780 32 20 66 69 6c 65 73 2e 0a 20 20 41 6c 6c 20 66 |2 files.. 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For exam| 00000900 70 6c 65 20 20 30 30 30 31 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 |ple 0001. | 00000910 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 | would| 00000920 20 6d 61 74 63 68 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 72 73 74 | match the first| 00000930 20 6f 66 20 65 76 65 72 79 20 6d 6f 6e 74 68 20 | of every month | 00000940 77 68 69 6c 65 20 30 34 30 30 0a 20 20 20 20 20 |while 0400. | 00000950 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 77 6f 75 6c | woul| 00000960 64 20 6d 61 74 63 68 20 65 76 65 72 79 20 64 61 |d match every da| 00000970 79 20 6f 66 20 41 70 72 69 6c 2e 0a 0a 43 6f 6c |y of April...Col| 00000980 73 20 36 2d 39 3a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 54 68 |s 6-9: Th| 00000990 65 20 66 75 6c 6c 20 79 65 61 72 20 6f 66 20 74 |e full year of t| 000009a0 68 65 20 65 76 65 6e 74 20 61 73 20 66 6f 75 72 |he event as four| 000009b0 20 64 69 67 69 74 73 2e 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | digits.. | 000009c0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 4d 61 79 20 62 65 | May be| 000009d0 20 6c 65 66 74 20 62 6c 61 6e 6b 2c 20 6d 73 67 | left blank, msg| 000009e0 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6d 6f 76 65 20 6c 65 66 74 2e | will move left.| 000009f0 0a 0a 43 6f 6c 75 6d 6e 20 31 30 3a 20 20 20 20 |..Column 10: | 00000a00 20 20 20 41 20 73 70 65 63 69 61 6c 20 70 72 6f | A special pro| 00000a10 63 65 73 73 69 6e 67 20 66 6c 61 67 2e 20 20 56 |cessing flag. V| 00000a20 61 6c 75 65 73 20 6d 61 79 20 62 65 3a 0a 0a 20 |alues may be:.. | 00000a30 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000a40 42 4c 41 4e 4b 20 66 6f 72 20 6e 6f 20 73 70 65 |BLANK for no spe| 00000a50 63 69 61 6c 20 70 72 6f 63 65 73 73 69 6e 67 2e |cial processing.| 00000a60 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |.. | 00000a70 20 20 20 43 20 74 6f 20 63 6f 6e 74 69 6e 75 65 | C to continue| 00000a80 20 61 20 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 | a message from | 00000a90 74 68 65 20 70 72 65 76 69 6f 75 73 20 6c 69 6e |the previous lin| 00000aa0 65 2e 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |e.. | 00000ab0 20 20 20 20 4e 6f 74 65 2c 20 74 68 61 74 20 79 | Note, that y| 00000ac0 6f 75 20 4d 55 53 54 20 72 65 70 65 61 74 20 74 |ou MUST repeat t| 00000ad0 68 65 20 64 61 74 65 20 66 69 65 6c 64 73 2e 0a |he date fields..| 00000ae0 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |. | 00000af0 20 20 44 41 59 2d 4f 46 2d 57 45 45 4b 20 44 49 | DAY-OF-WEEK DI| 00000b00 47 49 54 20 77 68 65 72 65 20 31 3d 53 75 6e 64 |GIT where 1=Sund| 00000b10 61 79 20 2e 2e 2e 20 37 3d 53 61 74 75 72 64 61 |ay ... 7=Saturda| 00000b20 79 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |y. | 00000b30 20 20 20 54 68 69 73 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 63 61 75 | This will cau| 00000b40 73 65 20 74 68 65 20 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 20 74 |se the message t| 00000b50 6f 20 64 69 73 70 6c 61 79 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 69 |o display only i| 00000b60 66 20 74 68 65 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |f the. | 00000b70 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 64 61 74 65 20 66 61 6c 6c | date fall| 00000b80 73 20 6f 6e 20 61 20 63 65 72 74 61 69 6e 20 64 |s on a certain d| 00000b90 61 79 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 77 65 65 6b 2e 20 |ay of the week. | 00000ba0 20 4c 6f 6f 6b 20 69 6e 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | Look in. | 00000bb0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 74 68 65 20 4e 6f | the No| 00000bc0 76 65 6d 62 65 72 20 66 69 6c 65 20 66 6f 72 20 |vember file for | 00000bd0 76 6f 74 69 6e 67 20 64 61 79 20 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