ARRANGE V1.1                           
 
      Hello,
 
           This is to introduce you to this  product.    It  is  called 
      ARRANGE.  It  is  a simple(?) text formatter.  The basis for it's 
      use is to put text and commands into a file by  some  editor  and 
      then  taking  that  file and others if desired, and arranging the 
      text in a pleasable manner. 
 
           It is entirely written in C.  The basis for this product  is 
      the Text  Formatter in Software Tools, by Kernighan and Plauger.  
      I have taken their simple tool  and  expanded  it  to  do  almost 
      everything a word processor does. 
 
           This product  will  run  on  many  different micros.  I have 
      compiled and run this product on a IBM AT, a HP-150,  an  HP-9000 
      Series 500, an Amiga, and a Commodore 64. 
 
           The  major  consideration  in  using  this tool, is that the 
      source file is in straight ASCII and is easily uploadable to  any 
      computer.   The commands to do special formatting, BOLD, ITALICS, 
      etc. are only required on the destination computer.   The  source 
      can  be  written  on  many  different  machines and then combined 
      together on one machine.  When it is run against arrange, it will
      come out the same as the originators of the text expected  it  to 
      come out. 
 
           My  major  reason for this tool is that we all have a common 
      base for the production of documents, text, reports,  whatever.   
      We can all use the product, get the format the way we want it and
      then upload  the  MRG or source files to any computer easily.  If 
      we want, we can get our favorite word processor  to  fix  up  the 
      source for our own usage, but to pass it along and have others be
      able  to reproduce it quickly and in the same manner, there is no 
      common standard.  Well, I am trying to come up with a standard. 
 
           Currently, I can not and do not expect to be able to provide
      the source for this product.  It was developed  at  my  place  of 
      employment on  a  production machine.  As such, the rights of the 
      source belong to my company.  Although the  time  was  mine,  the 
      resources were theirs.    They  claim the right to the source.  I 
      have permission to provide this to anybody I want to.  As it  is, 
      I  am doing a lot of this work on the side and can not charge for 
      it.  If you do not have a copy of this and  want  one,  or  would 
      like an  update  (whenever made).  Send your name and address and 
      at least $8.00 to me.  More would be helpful in allowing me to do
      more products like this for a minimal cost. 
      
              Joe Kaisler,
              1701 Burnwood Road
              Baltimore, Maryland, 21239. 
      
 
           I can be reached through the following  service,  Compuserve 
      at account  72606,1404.   Messages can be left to me at the AMIGA 
      forum(PCS-61) on Compuserve or through EMAIL. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                ARRANGE V1.1                           
 
           You can give this product away to anybody you want.  I  just 
      ask that you give them a copy of this letter and do not delete it
      from the disk. 
 
           Please  see  the  file  ARRANGE.MRG  and ARRANGE.LIS for the 
      commands that are used in this product. 
 
           To run this product:
      
        1> arrange [>file.lis|PRT:|PAR:] file.mrg file1.mrg ..... 
      
      
         "[>file.lis|PRT:|PAR:]" refers to the  capability  of  sending 
         output  from ARRRANGE to a file or the PRT: device or the PAR: 
         device. 
         
         "file.mrg file1.mrg" refers to the source files  for  ARRANGE. 
         See the file ARRANGE.MRG as an example. 
         
         
         
 
              There  are two directories on the disk, arrange.files and 
         dos.files.  Arrange.files contains the  arrange  program,  and 
         the documentation   files   for  it.    Dos.files  contains  a 
         mini-command summary for the DOS commands. 
         
 
              To run them against arrange:
         
             1> arrange >arrange.lis arrange.mrg ; Builds  the  arrange 
         document
         
             1> arrange >cli.lis cli0.mrg cli1.mrg .... cli5.mrg
             1> ; Builds the DOS command document.