Short:    Flexible catalogs (C, Ass., Oberon, E, ...)
Author:   wiedmann@mailserv.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de
Uploader: wiedmann@mailserv.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de
Type:     dev/misc

TITLE

     FlexCat - The flexible catalog generator

VERSION

     1.5; see CHANGES below

AUTHOR

     Jochen Wiedmann

     E-Mail: wiedmann@mailserv.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de

DESCRIPTION

     FlexCat creates catalogs and the source to handle them. The difference
     between FlexCat and KitCat, CatComp and some others is, that FlexCat is
     designed to produce any source you want: Any programming language, any
     individual needs should be satisfied. However, FlexCat is not more
     difficult to use.
     This sounds like a contradiction. FlexCat's solution is to use template
     files, the so called "source descriptions". Ready to use examples for
     Assembler, C, C++, E, Oberon and Modula-2 are distributed,
     additionally an example for supporting catalogs on Workbench 2.0.
     Any other examples are welcome.

CHANGES 

     V1.1: Bug fixes
           Added E support
           Added French and Italian catalogs

     V1.2: Bug fix in the E source generator

     V1.3: Bug fixes again (at least one severe)
	   Improved the speed of the GetString function
	   Added C++ and Modula-2 source descriptions
	   Added Spanish docs
	   Added spanish and schwaebisch catalogs

     V1.4: Minor bug fixes in stringtypes Oberon and E
	   Added default directory PROGDIR:lib where
	     FlexCat is looking for source descriptions.
	     (Configurable with the FLEXCAT_SDDIR variable)
	   Added Finnish and Polish catalogs.
	   New source descriptions for E3.0b, AmigaOberon
	   and Oberon-A and a muich simpler source description 
	   for C which uses Dice's and SAS's autoinitialization.

     V1.5: Added some optional warnings
           Added the possibility to insert comment chunks into
	   the catalogs
	   Added autoinizialization for gcc

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

     An Amiga :-)

HOST NAME

     FTP/Internet: AmiNet (ftp.wustl.edu) and mirrors

DIRECTORY

     pub/aminet/dev/misc

FILE NAMES

     flexcat1_3.lha

DISTRIBUTABILITY

     Freely distributable, Copyright by the author, subject to the GNU
     General Public License.