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!AWJUL92/Goodies/Wimp/!Convert/!Help
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| Tape/disk: | Home » Recent acquisitions » Acorn ADFS disks » adfs_ArchimedesWorld_199207.adf » !AWJULY92 |
| Filename: | !AWJUL92/Goodies/Wimp/!Convert/!Help |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0737 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
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Application : !convert
Help for Version 1.0 : (04 Mar 1992)
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Purpose
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Converts BASIC files to TEXT and Converts TEXT files to BASIC
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Operation
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This application opens a window into which can be dragged a Basic or Text
file.
The window is a actually a standard save window except that files are
CONVERTED when dragged to a filer window.
When a BASIC file is "loaded into" the window the icon changes to a TEXT
icon indicating that the file will be converted to text.
When a TEXT file is "loaded in" the icon changes to BASIC.
The methods used to are so-called "dirty" methods. When a text file is
loaded into BASIC it is automatically tokenised. Similarly when the command
TWIN is given a BASIC program is de-tokenised. (Since the EDITOR TWIN is
no longer much used it is no great loss to re-interpret this command)
The program thus works by opening a command window and using these command
line methods.
Conversion is completed by pressing function key F12
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1) Main Menu
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(Obtained by pressing menu button over the !Convert window)
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| !Convert |
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| Info � |
| No Line# |
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The second item is only enabled in the case of BASIC to Text. If
selected then no line numbers appear in the text version of the
BASIC program. This is the default situation. For line numbers
simply de-select this item.
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Purpose. ----| 00000120 2d 2d 2d 0a 20 20 20 0a 20 43 6f 6e 76 65 72 74 |---. . Convert| 00000130 73 20 42 41 53 49 43 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 74 6f |s BASIC files to| 00000140 20 54 45 58 54 20 61 6e 64 20 43 6f 6e 76 65 72 | TEXT and Conver| 00000150 74 73 20 54 45 58 54 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 74 6f |ts TEXT files to| 00000160 20 42 41 53 49 43 20 0a 20 0a 20 0a 20 2d 2d 2d | BASIC . . . ---| 00000170 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 20 20 20 20 20 0a 20 4f 70 65 |------ . Ope| 00000180 72 61 74 69 6f 6e 0a 20 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |ration. --------| 00000190 2d 0a 20 20 20 0a 20 54 68 69 73 20 61 70 70 6c |-. . This appl| 000001a0 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 70 65 6e 73 20 61 20 |ication opens a | 000001b0 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 77 68 69 63 |window into whic| 000001c0 68 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 64 72 61 67 67 65 64 |h can be dragged| 000001d0 20 61 20 42 61 73 69 63 20 6f 72 20 54 65 78 74 | a Basic or Text| 000001e0 0a 20 66 69 6c 65 2e 0a 20 0a 20 54 68 65 20 77 |. file.. . The w| 000001f0 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 69 73 20 61 20 61 63 74 75 61 |indow is a actua| 00000200 6c 6c 79 20 61 20 73 74 61 6e 64 61 72 64 20 73 |lly a standard s| 00000210 61 76 65 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 65 78 63 65 70 |ave window excep| 00000220 74 20 74 68 61 74 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 61 72 65 |t that files are| 00000230 0a 20 43 4f 4e 56 45 52 54 45 44 20 77 68 65 6e |. CONVERTED when| 00000240 20 64 72 61 67 67 65 64 20 74 6f 20 61 20 66 69 | dragged to a fi| 00000250 6c 65 72 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 2e 0a 20 0a 20 57 |ler window.. . W| 00000260 68 65 6e 20 61 20 42 41 53 49 43 20 66 69 6c 65 |hen a BASIC file| 00000270 20 69 73 20 22 6c 6f 61 64 65 64 20 69 6e 74 6f | is "loaded into| 00000280 22 20 74 68 65 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 74 68 65 |" the window the| 00000290 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 63 68 61 6e 67 65 73 20 74 6f | icon changes to| 000002a0 20 61 20 54 45 58 54 0a 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 69 6e | a TEXT. icon in| 000002b0 64 69 63 61 74 69 6e 67 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 |dicating that th| 000002c0 65 20 66 69 6c 65 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 63 |e file will be c| 000002d0 6f 6e 76 65 72 74 65 64 20 74 6f 20 74 65 78 74 |onverted to text| 000002e0 2e 0a 20 0a 20 57 68 65 6e 20 61 20 54 45 58 54 |.. . When a TEXT| 000002f0 20 66 69 6c 65 20 69 73 20 22 6c 6f 61 64 65 64 | file is "loaded| 00000300 20 69 6e 22 20 74 68 65 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 63 68 | in" the icon ch| 00000310 61 6e 67 65 73 20 74 6f 20 42 41 53 49 43 2e 0a |anges to BASIC..| 00000320 20 0a 20 54 68 65 20 6d 65 74 68 6f 64 73 20 75 | . The methods u| 00000330 73 65 64 20 74 6f 20 61 72 65 20 73 6f 2d 63 61 |sed to are so-ca| 00000340 6c 6c 65 64 20 22 64 69 72 74 79 22 20 6d 65 74 |lled "dirty" met| 00000350 68 6f 64 73 2e 20 57 68 65 6e 20 61 20 74 65 78 |hods. When a tex| 00000360 74 20 66 69 6c 65 20 69 73 20 0a 20 6c 6f 61 64 |t file is . load| 00000370 65 64 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 42 41 53 49 43 20 69 74 |ed into BASIC it| 00000380 20 69 73 20 61 75 74 6f 6d 61 74 69 63 61 6c 6c | is automaticall| 00000390 79 20 74 6f 6b 65 6e 69 73 65 64 2e 20 53 69 6d |y tokenised. Sim| 000003a0 69 6c 61 72 6c 79 20 77 68 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 |ilarly when the | 000003b0 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 0a 20 54 57 49 4e 20 69 73 |command. TWIN is| 000003c0 20 67 69 76 65 6e 20 61 20 42 41 53 49 43 20 70 | given a BASIC p| 000003d0 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 69 73 20 64 65 2d 74 6f 6b |rogram is de-tok| 000003e0 65 6e 69 73 65 64 2e 20 28 53 69 6e 63 65 20 74 |enised. (Since t| 000003f0 68 65 20 45 44 49 54 4f 52 20 54 57 49 4e 20 69 |he EDITOR TWIN i| 00000400 73 0a 20 6e 6f 20 6c 6f 6e 67 65 72 20 6d 75 63 |s. no longer muc| 00000410 68 20 75 73 65 64 20 69 74 20 69 73 20 6e 6f 20 |h used it is no | 00000420 67 72 65 61 74 20 6c 6f 73 73 20 74 6f 20 72 65 |great loss to re| 00000430 2d 69 6e 74 65 72 70 72 65 74 20 74 68 69 73 20 |-interpret this | 00000440 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 29 0a 0a 20 54 68 65 20 70 |command).. The p| 00000450 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 74 68 75 73 20 77 6f 72 6b |rogram thus work| 00000460 73 20 62 79 20 6f 70 65 6e 69 6e 67 20 61 20 63 |s by opening a c| 00000470 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 61 6e |ommand window an| 00000480 64 20 75 73 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 73 65 20 63 6f |d using these co| 00000490 6d 6d 61 6e 64 0a 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 6d 65 74 68 |mmand. line meth| 000004a0 6f 64 73 2e 0a 20 0a 20 43 6f 6e 76 65 72 73 69 |ods.. . Conversi| 000004b0 6f 6e 20 69 73 20 63 6f 6d 70 6c 65 74 65 64 20 |on is completed | 000004c0 62 79 20 70 72 65 73 73 69 6e 67 20 66 75 6e 63 |by pressing func| 000004d0 74 69 6f 6e 20 6b 65 79 20 46 31 32 0a 20 0a 20 |tion key F12. . | 000004e0 0a 20 20 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a |. ------------.| 000004f0 20 20 31 29 20 4d 61 69 6e 20 4d 65 6e 75 20 0a | 1) Main Menu .| 00000500 20 20 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 20 | ------------. | 00000510 20 0a 20 20 20 20 20 28 4f 62 74 61 69 6e 65 64 | . (Obtained| 00000520 20 62 79 20 70 72 65 73 73 69 6e 67 20 6d 65 6e | by pressing men| 00000530 75 20 62 75 74 74 6f 6e 20 6f 76 65 72 20 74 68 |u button over th| 00000540 65 20 21 43 6f 6e 76 65 72 74 20 77 69 6e 64 6f |e !Convert windo| 00000550 77 29 0a 20 20 20 20 20 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |w). . | 00000560 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000570 20 20 20 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 20 | -----------. | 00000580 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000590 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 7c 20 21 43 6f 6e 76 65 | | !Conve| 000005a0 72 74 20 20 7c 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |rt |. | 000005b0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 000005c0 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 20 20 20 20 |-----------. | 000005d0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 000005e0 20 20 20 20 20 7c 20 49 6e 66 6f 20 20 20 20 89 | | Info .| 000005f0 20 7c 20 20 20 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | . | 00000600 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 7c | || 00000610 20 4e 6f 20 4c 69 6e 65 23 20 20 7c 20 20 20 0a | No Line# | .| 00000620 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000630 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d | ------| 00000640 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 20 54 68 65 20 |-----.. The | 00000650 73 65 63 6f 6e 64 20 69 74 65 6d 20 69 73 20 6f |second item is o| 00000660 6e 6c 79 20 65 6e 61 62 6c 65 64 20 69 6e 20 74 |nly enabled in t| 00000670 68 65 20 63 61 73 65 20 6f 66 20 42 41 53 49 43 |he case of BASIC| 00000680 20 74 6f 20 54 65 78 74 2e 20 49 66 0a 20 20 20 | to Text. If. | 00000690 20 20 73 65 6c 65 63 74 65 64 20 74 68 65 6e 20 | selected then | 000006a0 6e 6f 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 73 20 |no line numbers | 000006b0 61 70 70 65 61 72 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 74 65 |appear in the te| 000006c0 78 74 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 74 68 |xt version of th| 000006d0 65 0a 20 20 20 20 20 42 41 53 49 43 20 70 72 6f |e. BASIC pro| 000006e0 67 72 61 6d 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 74 68 |gram. This is th| 000006f0 65 20 64 65 66 61 75 6c 74 20 73 69 74 75 61 74 |e default situat| 00000700 69 6f 6e 2e 20 46 6f 72 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 6e 75 |ion. For line nu| 00000710 6d 62 65 72 73 0a 20 20 20 20 20 73 69 6d 70 6c |mbers. simpl| 00000720 79 20 64 65 2d 73 65 6c 65 63 74 20 74 68 69 73 |y de-select this| 00000730 20 69 74 65 6d 2e 0a | item..| 00000737
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