cha_willprint 1.1 (2000.01.20)

Short:        Insert hex codes into text
Author:       Claude Heiland-Allen <claude.heiland-allen@lincoln.oxford.ac.uk>
Uploader:     Claude Heiland-Allen <claude heiland-allen lincoln oxford ac uk>
Type:         text/print
Version:      1.1 (2000.01.20)
Requires:     AmigaOS v37
Architecture: m68k-amigaos

$VER: cha_willprint.readme 1.2 (2001.10.30) Claude Heiland-Allen

I knocked up this little utility for Will on the Amiga-Hacks
mailing list, so he could send hex in text.  Hi Will!

Usage: cha_willprint <inputfile >outputfile
Example: cha_willprint <cha_willprint.example >PAR:

File format:  you put a hex code in between <...> in your
text (upper or lower case, must be two digits), and the
output will contain that hex code.  This means that you
can't use < and > in the text itself, but you can use the
codes <3C> and <3E> respectively.  Check out the example
text.

Notes:
  - you can abort with control-C if you're getting scared
  - no error messages: check the return code in the shell
    (0 is good, not 0 is bad)
  - if you use Amiga escape codes and send the output to
    PRT: it should be more hardware independent than using
    printer escape codes and sending the output to PAR:,
    but then special printer commands are much longer, and
    you need a driver for the printer

Future:
  - standard ANSI codes (perhaps like <#bold> ... <#\bold>)
  - no new version will appear if no-one wants it

Contents:
    cha_willprint/.build                    make file
    cha_willprint/.distribution             distribution script
    cha_willprint/cha_willprint             the program
    cha_willprint/cha_willprint.e           E source code
    cha_willprint/cha_willprint.example     example text
    cha_willprint/cha_willprint.out         example output
    cha_willprint/cha_willprint.readme      this file