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                              SigMgr2

                    Version: 1.1  31st July 96

                     Author: Warrick Burgess
                      Snail: 38 Janet Street
                             Kings Meadows
                             TAS 7249
                             Australia

                    EMail: wburgess@vision.net.au

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COPYRIGHT

    The program SigMgr2 in the present version is emailware. This means
that the program may be distributed freely, as long as the following
conditions are regarded:
 - Copyright owner is Warrick Burgess
 - The sales price must not exceed the price of an empty disk
   plus a copy and mailing fee. The overall price must not exceed
   AUS$5 (US$3).
 - All parts of the program (docs etc.) must remain complete. The
   distribution of single parts is not allowed.
 - Program, copyright und documentations must not be changed.
 - SigMgr2 or parts of it must not be distributed with commercial
   software or as a part of it.
 - The distribution in  mailboxes is allowed.
 - And that you EMAIL me your using it.


OVERVIEW:
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SigMgr2 is another random quote generator for the Amiga series of
computers running mail/news software. I developed this because I couldn't
find one which suited my needs. I wanted to use the quote files from my
FTN (fido etc) set-up with my new InterNet one with the addition of an
address section.

Well after a few years (yeah right, try a few hours) work here it is.
I'm sure there are others which do the same job better, but it's functional,
fast and works on my system. Perhaps you'll like it and perhaps not either
way let me know.


INSTALLATION
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Simply put it anywhere in a path directory. E.G. c:, AmiTCP:bin


THE PROGRAM
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Usage: SigMgr2 QUOTE SIGNATURE ADDRESS | [?]

QUOTE:
    Is the name of the file including path (if needed). The file can
    contain quotes only equalling one line.
    E.G.
        This is quote line 1
        This is quote line two
        "The dog jumped over the Fox" - Scully

SIGNATURE
    The destination file (if it doesn't exist one will be created) with
    path if required.

ADDRESS
    An additional file which may contain an address segment to be placed
    after the quote.
    E.G.
        ***************************************
        * My address is Mars                  *
        ***************************************


Provided the template accompanies the arguments then the order isn't important.


A call with "?" as parameter will give a short description.
A call from workbench trough icon is not supported yet. But you can
use it with "IconX" and a batch-file.


EXAMPLE USAGE
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1. SigMgr2 ?
    would result in the template being displayed.

    QUOTE,SIGNATURE,ADDRESS


2. SigMgr2 QUOTE mail:quotes SIGNATURE YAM:.signature
    would produce the console output. This output can be hidden with the
    old >nil: command.

    file has xx lines: (xx is the actual number of quotes in the file)

        "The dog jumped over the Fox" - Scully

    and a file containing the actual quote.


3. SigMgr2 QUOTE Mail:quotes SIGNATURE YAM:.signature ADDRESS YAM:.address
    would produce the same console output but the file would be.

        "The dog jumped over the Fox" - Scully
        ***************************************
        * My address is Mars                  *
        ***************************************


4. SigMgr2 mail:quotes yam:.signature yam:.address
    the same as the above.


5. SigMgr2 ADDRESS yam:.address QUOTE MAil:Quote SIGNATURE yam:.signature
    same as the above


6. SigMgr2 yam:.address MAil:quote yam:.signature
    would destroy your quote file!!! :)


HARDWARE-REQUIREMENTS:
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SigMgr2 should run on all Amigas with kickstart version equal or
higher 2.x. But I have not tested it on any except my A4000/030.


FUTURE:
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- Nothing really except maybe to detect the signature file and thus save
  the other two!

- An MUI interface. :)


HISTORY:
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V1.1:  Converted to E.
       Included ADDRESS keyword and usage.
V1.0:  Origin in ACE Basic.

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