TextReader by Oren Peli, Copyright (c) 1987 BazboSOFT!


Introduction:

TextReader is, I believe, the most useful program I've written on the Amiga,
and I am very proud of it.

TextReader's purpose is to make editing within the CLI much easier, and as
far as I know, there isn't any other program of that kind for the Amiga.

Examples of where could TextReader make you life easier:

    1)	Right after finishing writing TextReader, I wanted to copy it to my
	browsing/debugging/working CLI disk, only that it was completely full.

	I dir'ed the C subdirectory and saw many files I never use (lab, if,
	endif, else, etc.). So I wrote (from csh):

		% rm

	and with TextReader copied all the files names I wanted to delete.


    2)	While looking at several Fish disks to see how useful and debugged
	TextReader was, I've encounterred STEmualtor.

	I cd'd into it's directory (with TextReader, of course) and type'd
	the README.  Fish wrote in that file that in order to run the STEmulator,
	it is necessary to write something like:

		      "assign STEmulator: AmigaLibDisk43:STEmulator",

	so, with TextReader, I simply copied those instructions instead of
	retyping then.


Usage:

    It's very simple: "run" it (using the run command) and press the left
    mouse button within the CLI window on a text, drag the mouse and watch
    the results.

    To quit:  You have a menu; just press the right mouse button and pick
	      the Quit (and only) menu.


       Note:  The menu will appear ONLY if the pointer is positioned above
	      the window's title bar.


    If the right mouse button is pressed:

	If the pointer is positioned left of the cursor (but in the same
	line), the program will generate BACKSPACE events.

	If the pointer is positioned right of the cursor (but in the same
	line), the program will generate DEL keys events.

	If the pointer is positioned exactly over the cursor, the program
	will echo your arguments.

	If the pointer is positioned under the current cursor line, the
	program will generate a RETURN key event.


Syntax:

    RUN TextReader [string...]

    Note: For generating Return key event, use '\n'


Examples:

    RUN TextReader
    RUN TextReader "Cd df1:\nDir opt a\n"
    RUN TextReader sys:
    RUN TextReader NewCLI\n


Problems list:

    1)	The program won't recognize alt characters.

    2)	The program won't recognize any text written with foreground color
	other then 1 and/or background color other then 0.

    3)	The program won't recognize any text written in any other style than
	normal.

    4)	The program won't recognize any text written with a font whose size
	is not 8x8 (the font must also be a fixed with font (i.e., not
	proportional)).

    5)	After changing the font (using "font" for example) of the CLI, you
	MUST quit from TextReader and re-run it.


All in all, TextReader is an extremely useful utility and should be called
from everyone's startup-sequence.

Bug reports, suggestions, etc. can be sent to me at the following address:

	    Oren Peli
	    Shkediya 13
	    Ramat-Gan	    52-546
	    ISRAEL

... or, if you want to chat with me over the phone, you can call: 03-7514475.


You may not immediately realize how powerful TextReader really is. After
doing so, please consider sending me a donation ($20 seems like a nice
round number), although TextReader is NOT a Sharewere program but a public
domain.

For every $100 dollars I receive, I will fix a problem from the above list.

ENJOY!