AminetReadmeCreator Manual

Introduction
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I decided to write this tiny tool, when I uploaded
some tools to aminet for the first time. I missed
a utility with it it would be easy to realise the
creation of a .readme file for an archive.
So ARC was born.

Requirements
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    OS 2.04+
    some RAM ;)
    rct.library (!)
    Ed  (workbench included)
    Lha

Future
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Perhaps I will add a load function to this tool,
that would it make easier to change the content
of an existing .readme file...

Disclaimer
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This archive is spread 'as is'. The author doesn't
take any responsibility for any damage !
You use this program at your own risk !

GadToolsBox is (c) Jaba Development
MaxonC++ is (c) Maxon Computer GmbH
Ed is (c) Amiga International
Lha is (c) Stefan Boberg

Usage
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Usage of this tool is very simple. You enter the
correct information in the right string gadget.
You must look for entering the first four topics !
These are always required (Short, Author, Uploader
and Type) ! Then you have also the possibility to
add an additional description and information of
your archive and the used language and such things,
and to add a listing of the contents of the archive
you want to create the readme file for. But the
last two topics are optionally and not required
(additional description and archive info) !

If you don't know, what the different topics mean
you can call the online help, where every usable
topic in the readme header is described (taken from
aminet doc about uploading and placing archives)

Author
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   Jens Weyer
   Am Mühlgraben 23
   66453 Gersheim
   Tel.: 06843/1023

   EMail: stealth@sol.de

   Write any suggestions or bug reports to this and
   other tools from me at this address !

History
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   V 1.0 : Initial Release (Aminet)
   V 1.1 : Second Public Release
           Fixed a little - hmmm - not
           bug, but a fault of mine.
           I thought, that the Uploader
           topic is set before the Author
           topic - I think either I went wrong
           nor these things has been changed
           by Aminet people later ?
           Don't know, but corrected now !
   V 1.2 : Third Public Release
           Added two new functions:
            - Additional Description
              (Allows you to enter an
               expanded description,
               more detailed like in
               header)
            - Archive Info
              (Allows you to add the
               contents of a lha archive
               to the readme file, if
               selected)
           I got so many emails, which all
           had one question: 'where can i get
           this rct.library ???'... So
           I decided first to add it to the
           archive, but I didn't know if the
           copyright would be ignored !
           So I left it out of the program
           which uses now the EasyReq of
           Intuition - and i hope all users
           can use this program now without
           any problems ;)
   V 1.3 : Corrected a little bug, that was
           my mistake. The program created
           a readme file named #?.lha.readme,
           where #? is the filename, but this
           was wrong, it should create now a
           readme file named #?.readme.
           Thanks to Dirk Neubauer for this
           bughint !
           The Aminet-Logo wasn't placed at
           the right place, when another font
           like xenfont.11 was used - sorry
           about. I think it should work now
           fine - if not send me an email !

Statement
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If your are confused or angree why i did not write this
manual in AmigaGuide® Format then i must say:
The work doesn't correspond with the size of information.
So it's a tiny text - easy to read and otherwise it's
just a little bit more comfortable but the resulting
size doesn't justify it.

Also sorry about my english speech ;)