DIZZY
Free DOS utility: FILE_ID.DIZ off-line reformatter
Version 1.01a - September 24, 1993
(c) 1993
by
David Daniel Anderson
Reign Ware
DIZZY reformats any text file (with lines up to 255 characters long)
into 44 (or an alternate length) character lines, preparing it for
use as a FILE_ID.DIZ (a BBS .ZIP file contents descriptor).
PCBoard BBS's typically use the FILE_ID.DIZ (if it exists as a file
within the .ZIP file) as the upload description, and require that
description to be a maximum of 8 lines at up to 44 characters each.
DIZZY won't remove extra lines: it is up to the user to edit, and up
to DIZZY to reformat what the user has written.
*** WARNING!!! DIZZY OVERWRITES THE INPUT FILE, SO MAKE SURE
THAT YOU EITHER WORK ON A COPY OF YOUR FILES OR YOU KNOW WHAT
YOU ARE DOING BEFORE YOU START. ***
It will be impossible to have your file returned be to its original
state, but you may be able to retrieve the original with an undelete
program.
However, DIZZY does not remove text, so no matter what happens, you
will still have everything that you started with.
Usage: DIZZY <file_id.diz> [line_length]
DIZZY takes one or two parameters on the command line: the name of
the file(s) to reformat and the line length desired.
The file name may contain wildcards, for example: "DIZZY *.diz"
(without the quotes) would reformat all files with the extension
".diz".
The line length must be a number between 40 and 127. The default
(used if none is specified) is 44 characters.
Note: DIZZY removes leading and trailing spaces from all lines, and
changes all occurrences of multiple spaces into single spaces.
It leaves hard tabs and ASCII 255 (a blank character that is not a
space) intact.
Finally, I have noticed a couple of FILE_ID.DIZ editors available,
but have not tried them. I wrote (and use) DIZZY because I don't
want to learn how to use another editor - especially if the author
is asking for a registration fee. I like DIZZY because, like most
of my programs, it is small, simple, fast, and free. I really do not
need or want a mule of a GUI like Microsoft Windows (tm).
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Introduction
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This program and its PASCAL (BP7) source code IS Copyright (c) 1993 by:
David Daniel Anderson - Reign Ware.
The utility package referenced herein (.ZIP) consists of at least
5 files:
1) The executable program (.EXE)
2) The pascal source code (.PAS)
3) The program documentation (.DOC)
4) The BBS description (FILE_ID.DIZ)
5) This legal statement (REIGNWAR.TXT)
6) other supporting files as needed
Each individual utility package is archived using the PKZIP (R)
Authenticity Verification feature. If they have NOT been modified,
PKUNZIP will display the contents and following message when you enter
the command:
PKUNZIP -t filename.ZIP (substitute name of .ZIP file for "filename"):
Authentic files Verified! # IAU056
David Daniel Anderson
Contact me if you have reason to believe this utility package has been
subject to any malevolent tampering, or if you wish to receive a current,
complete, unmodified and "guaranteed" virus-free copy.
Although this utility package may be archived along with other software,
including my own, the following pertains solely to THIS portion of it.
Current versions of most of my distributable programs can be found on:
Channel 1 (R) (Cambridge, MA): The Kandy Shack (Garden Grove, CA)
regular line: 617-354-8873 main (14.4k): 714-636-2667
v.32bis 14.4: 617-354-5776
I can be contacted in many ILink and RIME (Relaynet) conferences,
particularly the SHAREWARE conferences. Use "DAVID DANIEL ANDERSON".
On RIME, you can route mail to me at SITE #15 (->15 or ->CHANNEL1).
IF YOU CONTACT ME, tell me HOW, WHEN, and WHERE you obtained this
program.
Users of this program consent implicitly to the ALL terms in this
document.
DAVID DANIEL ANDERSON
241 N MADISON ST
ST. CROIX FALLS, WI 54024-9135
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