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Information about “MSPANTOC, BIBLIO, AND LIST-MRG”
Writers -- here's a useful addition to your library.
MSPANTOC reads a document you created on a wordprocessor and
writes a new document, updated with:
~ Assigned section, paragraph, figure, and table numbers
~ Resolved cross references
~ A table of contents
~ A list of figures
~ A list of tables
MSPANTOC is not a wordprocessor or an outline generator. It complements
your existing wordprocessing package by providing the numbering and
cross-reference features not available with many current wordprocessing
packages. It works with WordStar, WordPerfect, or any other
wordprocessor.
File Descriptions:
------------ MSPANTOC.
MSP10 EXE The main program.
MSP10 DOC On disk documentation.
MSP CFG Default configuration file.
MSPC10 EXE Configuration program.
WP ATR Default WordPerfect print attributes.
WS ATR Default WordStar print attributes.
READ ME Information file.
LIST-MGR searches for a text string or set of strings and selects
records from a text file such as a list of addresses, clients,
customers, members, etc.
Each retrieved record can have up to five labeled fields (e.g., name,
street, city-state-zip, expiration date, notes). The number, length,
or sequence of fields need not be the same for different records.
You can send selected records to screen, printer, a new disk file, or
any combination of these. You can change the within-record field
sequence in the output records, omitting some fields altogether if you
want.
Writers, Students, Editors -- BIBLIO will interest you.
BIBLIO selects references from a pre-existing text file with a
list of bibliographic references. Each reference can have up to five
labeled fields such as author, title, source, keywords, and notes. The
number, length, or sequence of fields need not be the same for different
references.
You can request selection of those references with a desired search
phrase in a specified field. You can send the output of the selected
records to the screen, printer or disk.
File Descriptions:
-------- --- BIBLIO.
BIBLIO DOC Documentation for the BIBLIO program.
BIBLIO EXE The BIBLIO main program.
BIBLIO REF The reference sample file to use with the BIBLIO program.
BIBLIO TXT Introduction file.
BIBLIO.DOC
BIBLIO.EXE
Version 9/87
A Search and Retrieval Utility
for list management.
BIOLIT Inc., #47
131 NW 4th St.
Corvallis OR. 97339
You are invited to try BIBLIO and to give copies to
others. Anyone who keeps the program should send $20 to the
address above to avoid copyright infringement and license
their use of the program. If they send their address and
the name of the program registered, registrants will be
sent free replacement disks if any major 'bugs' are found
and removed from the program before January 1, 1989 and
will be offered low-cost updates if significantly enhanced
versions are developed. Suggestions for enhancements are
invited.
NOTE: Another Biolit program, LIST-MGR.EXE, is similar to
BIBLIO but is more general in its application, being
intended for use with lists in general. It allows retrieval
of records containing a given phrase, word, or word
fragment (referred to as a 'phrase') in a designated part
(field) of the record and retrievals of records containing
either or both of two field/phrase combinations. It also
provides the select-on-display, select-all-records, and
reformatting options of BIBLIO.
When you register BIBLIO, you may request a free copy of
LIST-MGR if you enclose a formatted diskette with
postage-paid mailer or enclose an additional $1.50 for
diskette and mailing costs.
SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH BIBLIO
Using an input list of bibliographic references (records),
you can generate a new text file containing:
References in which the Author and Title fields have been
interchanged.
References from which the Keys field, Notes field, and
field labels have been omitted.
All of the references by a specified author.
Those references by a specified author which also include a
specified key word in the Keys field.
Those references which contain both of two key words in the
Keys field.
Those references which contain both of two text words (in
the Title, Keys, or Notes fields).
FIELD LABELS
A general comment concerning the necessity of field labels
(designated characters which mark the beginning of defined
sections of each record) and of record separation is in order.
If a computer is to make selections based on the content
of different records and of different fields within those
records, it must be able to detect where each record and
each field begins and ends. There are two approaches to
providing the computer with this information:
1) require that each record and each of its component
fields be of a defined length, with the fields occurring
in a defined sequence within the record. For example,
each record can be defined as 6 lines long with the first
line holding the name, the second the street address, etc.
The disadvantage of this approach is the rigid format
required for each record, with that required format being
the same for every record. Furthurmore, the defined maximum
record size must be set aside in memory for each record,
whether or not the individual record is that long.
2) allow the different records to differ in length,
in the number of fields contained, and in the sequence
of fields within the record by using tags to tell the
computer where each record and field begins and ends.
The disadvantage of this approach is that field and
record markers must be inserted in the record list.
In developing LIST-MGR and BIBLIO, we decided that the
greater flexibility of record format allowed by the second
method outweighed the inconvenience of requiring field
labels.
WHAT BIBLIO DOES
BIBLIO acts upon a pre-existing text file containing a list
of bibliographic citations, each of which may include up to 5
labeled fields: Authors (field A), Title (T), Source (S),
Keywords (K), and Notes (N). It can accomplish either or
both of two functions, REFORMATTING and RETRIEVAL.
REFORMATTING: For multi-field records, the user may select
the fields to be included in the output-file records as
well as the sequence of fields within the records.
RETRIEVAL: Selected records are extracted from the input
list and sent to the selected output destination. Records
are selected according to one of the following criteria, as
chosen by the user:
a) occurrence of a desired search phrase in a specified
field (field A, T, K, N, or T+K+N);
b) occurrence of both of two field/phrase combinations;
c) direct decision when the first part of each record is
displayed;
d) selection of all records in the input file (useful for
Reformatting).
OUTPUT: Output of the selected records is to screen,
printer, a new disk file, or any combination of these
three destinations.
FORMAT FOR INPUT RECORD (REFERENCES) FILE:
1. The pre-existing input file must not exceed 60000
characters and should be in ASCII text format without
non-printing control codes (save the file from Word Perfect,
for example, as a DOS text file using Ctrl-F5 or from
Wordstar in non-document format), although in some cases
input files with non-ASCII characters will be handled
satisfactorily.
2. Each record must be followed by an empty line.
3. Any 'empty' line within a single record must contain
at least one character or space so it will not be
interpreted as an end-of-record signal.
4. The `{` sign must not occur except as specified below.
5. Any record may include any or all of 5 labeled fields,
in any order. Each field must begin at the left margin with
a three-character label: a '{', a letter (A,T,S,K, or N),
and a space. Permitted fields and labels are:
{A [Author field] -first line must begin with: `{A `
{T [Title field] -first line must begin with: `{T `
{S [Source field] -first line must begin with: `{S `
{K [Key words or phrases] -first line begins: `{K `
{N [Notes, abstract, etc.] -first line begins: `{N `
6. The number, length, or sequence of fields need not be
the same for different records.
TECHNIQUE
On-screen instructions should be adequate for your use of
BIBLIO. However, the following pointers may be of interest.
SEARCH PHRASES: Search phrases may be words, word
fragments, or phrases up to 18 characters in length.
HOW MANY FIELDS: There is no need for a given field to
contain only a single category of information. The entire
record can be in a single field, simplifying file
preparation, if (a) you will not need to change the record
format for the output file or (b) retrieval is desired no
matter where within the record your search phrase occurs.
On the other hand, if you will want to drop or move part of
the record before output, or if some occurrences of the
search phrase should be ignored, an additional fields will
be required.
PUNCTUATION: Punctuation, spacing, and upper/lower case of
search phrases must be the same as in the input file
for a retrieval to occur. Judicious selection of search
phrases will minimize false non-retrievals or false
retrievals. Examples: if you want retrieval whether or not
the first letter of a phrase is capitalized, omit that
first letter from your search phrase. If you do not want
retrieval if a word is part of a larger word, include the
preceding and/or following space. Use all-caps in the
record when possible (as in Keys and Notes fields) to
eliminate uncertainty about case for those sections of the
record.
RE-SELECTION: The number of search phrase/field
combinations for a given record is not limited to the two
that can be entered at each pass: if field labels are
retained in the output file, that output file can then be
renamed and used as the input file for selection
of a further sub-set of records. Using this cascade
technique, simultaneous occurrence of any number of search
field/phrase combinations may be assured before a record
is finally selected.
SAMPLE INPUT FILE
The short input file seen below is included on the
distribution diskette as BIBLIO.REF. Scan it now to
identify possible search strategies (e.g., retrieve
those records containing both CARTIL and PROTEIN SYN in
field K. Then type BIBLIO for a trial run of the program.
BIBLIO.REF
{A L.F. Adamson and S.H. Ingbar
{T Selective Alteration by Triiodothyronine of Amino Acid
Transport in Embryonic Bone
{S Endocrinology, 81 (1967) 1362-1371
{K AMINO ACID TRANSPORT THYROID HORMONE BONE
{A L.F. Adamson, S.G. Langeluttig, and C.S. Anast
{T Inhibition by Puromycin of Amino Acid Transport by
Embryonic Chick Bone
{S Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 115 (1966) 355-360
{K PROTEIN SYNTHESIS PUROMYCIN AMINO ACID TRANSPORT BONE
CARTILAGE
{N PUROMYCIN INHIBITS AMINO ACID TRANSPORT BY EMBRYONIC
CHICK BONE BUT ONLY AFTER A 1-2 HOUR DELAY. REVERSAL OF
THE INHIBITION AFTER REMOVAL OF THE PUROMYCIN IS ALSO
DELAYED. THE DELAYS ARE ATTRIBUTED TO THE TIME REQUIRED
FOR EXHAUSTION OR SYNTHESIS OF TRANSPORT PROTEINS.
{A L.F. Adamson, A.C. Herrington, and J. Bornstein
{T Evidence for the Selection by the Membrane Transport
System of Intracellular or Extracellular Amino Acids for
Protein Synthesis
{S Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 282 (1972) 352-365
{K PROTEIN SYNTHESIS AMINO ACID TRANSPORT PUROMYCIN BONE
CARTILAGE
{N ..A COMPLEX FORMED BETWEEN THE AMINO ACID AND THE
MEMBRANE TRANSPORT SYSTEM IS THE SOURCE OF SUBSTRATE
FOR PROTEIN SYNTHESIS OR FOR INTRACELLULAR RELEASE. IN
ORDER FOR INTRACELLULAR AMINO ACIDS TO BE INCORPORATED
INTO PROTEIN, THEY MUST FIRST BECOME REASSOCIATED WITH
THE MEMBRANE, IN COMPETITION WITH EXTRACELLULAR AMINO
ACIDS AND AT A SITE EXPOSED TO EXTRACELLULAR MODIFIERS
OF AMINO ACID UPTAKE.
ION WITH EXTRACELLULAR AMINO
ACIDS AND AT A SITE EXPOSED TO EXTRACELLULAR MODIFIERS
OF AMINO ACID UPTAKE.
BIBLIO.TXT
BIBLIO.EXE
Version 9/87
A Search and Retrieval Utility
for bibliographic references
BIOLIT, #47
131 NW 4th St.
Corvallis OR 97339
BIBLIO runs on the IBM PC, XT, AT, or compatibles. It selects
references from a pre-existing text file containing a list of
bibliographic references, each of which may include up to 5
labeled fields: Authors, Title, Source, Keywords, and Notes.
The number, length, or sequence of fields need not be the same
for different references.
The user requests selection of those references containing:
a) a desired search phrase in a specified field; or
b) both of two field/phrase combinations.
The user may change the within-record field sequence in the
output records, omitting some fields altogether if so desired.
Output of the selected records is to screen, printer, a new disk
file, or any combination of these three destinations.
REQUESTED REGISTRATION FEE: $15 (or $20 together with LIST-MGR)
FILE0935.TXT
Disk No: 935
Disk Title: MSPantoc, Biblio, and List-MRG
PC-SIG Version: S1.4
Program Title: MSPANTOC
Author Version: 1.2
Author Registration: $35.00
Special Requirements: None.
Writers -- here's a useful addition to your library.
MSPANTOC reads a document you created on a wordprocessor and
writes a new document, updated with:
~ Assigned section, paragraph, figure, and table numbers
~ Resolved cross references
~ A table of contents
~ A list of figures
~ A list of tables
MSPANTOC is not a wordprocessor or an outline generator. It complements
your existing wordprocessing package by providing the numbering and
cross-reference features not available with many current wordprocessing
packages. It works with WordStar, WordPerfect, or any other
wordprocessor.
Program Title: Lst-Mgr
Author Version: 1.0
Author Registration: $15.00
Special Requirements: None.
LIST-MGR searches and selects records from a text file such as a list of
addresses, clients, customers, members, and such, if it detects the
presence of a specific string or set of strings.
Each retrieved record can have up to five labeled fields (e.g., name,
street, city-state-zip, expiration date, notes). The number, length,
or sequence of fields need not be the same for different records.
You can send selected records to screen, printer, a new disk file, or
any combination of these. You can change the within-record field
sequence in the output records, omitting some fields altogether if you
want.
Program Title: BIBLIO
Author Version: 1.0
Author Registration: $15.00
Special Requirements: None.
Writers, Students, Editors -- BIBLIO will interest you.
BIBLIO selects references from a pre-existing text file with a
list of bibliographic references. Each reference can have up to five
labeled fields such as author, title, source, keywords, and notes. The
number, length, or sequence of fields need not be the same for different
references.
You can request selection of those references with a desired search
phrase in a specified field. You can send the output of the selected
records to the screen, printer or disk.
PC-SIG
1030D East Duane Avenue
Sunnyvale Ca. 94086
(408) 730-9291
(c) Copyright 1989 PC-SIG, Inc.
GO.TXT
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║ <<<< Disk No 935 MSPANTOC & BIBLIO & LIST-MGR >>>> ║
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║ To print the documentation on this disk, type: ║
║ COPY READ.ME PRN (press Enter) ║
║ ║
║ When READ.ME is finished printing, type: ║
║ MANUAL (press Enter) ║
║ ║
║ To run the program MSPANTOC, Type: MSP (press enter) ║
║ ║
║ To run the program BIBLIO, Type: BIBLIO (press enter) ║
║ ║
║ To run the program LIST-MGR, Type: LIST-MGR (press enter) ║
╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
(c) Copyright 1990, PC-SIG Inc.
LIST-MGR.DOC
LIST-MGR.EXE
Version 2/89
A Search and Retrieval Utility
for list management.
BIOLIT, Box 268
131 NW 4th St.
Corvallis OR. 97330
You are invited to try LIST-MGR and to give copies to
others. Anyone who keeps the program should send $15 to the
address above to avoid copyright infringement and to
register their use of the program ($20 for registration of
both LIST-MGR and BIBLIO. Registrants will be sent free
replacement programs if any major 'bugs' are found and
removed from the program within one year of registration
and will be offered low-cost updates if significantly
enhanced versions are developed. Suggestions for
enhancements are invited.
NOTE: Another Biolit program, BIBLIO.EXE, is similar to
LIST-MGR but is more specific in its application, being
intended for use with lists of bibliographic references.
It allows retrievals of records containing a specified
field/phrase combination, both of two field/phrase
combinations (Author-Keys, Author-textWord, Key-Key, or
Key-textWord; textWord is a combined field consisting of
the Title, Keywords, and Notes fields). BIBLIO also provides
the select-on-display, select-all-records, and reformatting
options of LIST-MGR.
WHAT LIST-MGR DOES
LIST-MGR runs on computers using the PC- or MS-DOS operating
system. It acts upon a pre-existing input text file
containing a list of records, each of which may include up
to 5 labeled fields. It can accomplish either or both of
two functions, REFORMATTING and RETRIEVAL.
REFORMATTING: For multi-field records, the user may change
the sequence in the output file of fields within records,
omitting or repeating fields as desired.
RETRIEVAL: Selected records are extracted from the input
list and sent to the output destination. Records are
selected for retrieval according to one of the following
criteria, as selected by the user:
1) occurrence of a desired word or phrase (referred to
below as a 'phrase') in a specified field;
2) occurrence of either of two desired field/phrase
combinations;
3) occurrence of both of two field/phrase combinations;
4) individual decision by the user when the first part
of each record is displayed; or
5) retrieval of all records in the list (useful when
Reformatting).
OUTPUT: Output is to screen, printer, a new disk file, or
any combination of these three output destinations. Field
sequence in output records is selected by user.
FIELD LABELS
A general comment concerning the necessity of field labels
(designated characters which mark the beginning of defined
sections of each record) and of record separation is in order.
If a computer is to make selections based on the content
of different records and of different fields within those
records, it must be able to detect where each record and
each field begins and ends. There are two approaches to
providing the computer with this information:
1) require that each record and each component fields be
of a defined length, with the fields occurring in a defined
sequence within the record. For example, each record can be
defined as 6 80-character lines with the first line holding
the name, the second the street address, etc.
The disadvantage of this approach is the rigid record
format required, with that required format being the same
for every record. Furthurmore, the defined maximum
record size must be set aside in memory for each record,
whether or not the individual record is that long.
2) allow the different records to differ in length,
in the number of fields contained, and in the sequence
of fields within the record by using tags to tell the
computer where each record and field begins and ends.
The disadvantage of this approach is that field and
record markers must be inserted in the record list.
In developing LIST-MGR and BIBLIO, we decided that the
greater flexibility of format allowed by the second
method outweighed the inconvenience of requiring field
labels.
FORMAT FOR INPUT RECORD FILE:
1. The pre-existing input file must not exceed 60000
characters and should be in ASCII text format without
non-printing control codes (save the file from Word Perfect,
for example, by using Ctrl-F5), although in some cases
input files with non-printing codes will be handled
satisfactorily.
2. Each record must be followed by an empty line.
3. Every line within a single record must contain at least
one character or space. (If you want a line to appear to be
empty, simply put one or more spaces in it).
4. The `{` sign must not occur except as specified below.
5. Any record may include any or all of 5 labeled fields,
in any order. Each field must begin at the left margin with
a three-character label: a {, a digit (1-5), and a space.
6. The number, length, or sequence of fields need not be
the same for different records.
TECHNIQUE
On-screen directions should be adequate for your use of
LIST-MGR. However, the following pointers may be of
interest.
SEARCH PHRASES: A search 'phrase' may be a word, word
fragment, or phrase up to 18 characters in length.
HOW MANY FIELDS: There is no need for a given field to
contain only a single category of information. The entire
record can be in a single field, simplifying file
preparation, if (a) you will not need to change the record
format for the output file or (b) retrieval is desired no
matter where within the record your search phrase occurs.
On the other hand, if you will want to drop or move part of
the record before output, or if some occurrences of the
search phrase should be ignored, additional fields will
need to be used.
Addition of more fields can sometimes be avoided by minor
modification of the text within a field. For example,
suppose that your records are single-field addresses and
you will want to retrieve on the basis of the first three
digits of the zip code (for example, 801). Because 801 may
also occur in a street number, false retrievals may occur.
This can be avoided by preceding your zip codes with a
period (.80004, for example). You can then search for .801
without needing to put zip codes in a separate field.
PUNCTUATION: Punctuation, spacing, and upper/lower case must
be the same in the search-phrase as in the input file for
a retrieval to occur. Judicious selection of search phrases
will minimize false retrievals or false non-retrievals.
Examples: if you want retrieval whether or not the first
letter of a phrase is capitalized, omit that first letter
from your search phrase. If you do not want retrieval if
a word is part of a larger word, include the preceding space.
If a given part of your records can be in all caps, you
will eliminate uncertainty about case for that part (and
also avoid false retrievals from non-capitalized parts of
the record.)
RE-SELECTION: The number of search phrases to be matched
before a record is to be finally selected is not limited to
the two that can be entered at each pass: if field labels
are retained in the output file, that output file can then
be used (after being renamed) as the input file for
selection of a further sub-set of records. Using this
cascade technique, simultaneous occurrence of any number
of field/phrase combinations may be assured before a record
is finally selected.
OUTPUT FIELDS: Sequence of fields within records of the
output file can differ from that of the input file. Fields
can also be omitted or repeated, as desired. Repetition
of a field is sometimes useful if the output record must
be padded with blank lines (to maintain record positions
on mailing labels, for instance). In this case, if one of
field for each record is simply a blank line, this field
can be repeated as often as needed in the output records.
SAMPLE INPUT FILE
The very artificial short input file seen below is included
on the distribution diskette as LIST-MGR.REF. It suggests
some of the types of records which might be usefully
managed by LIST-MGR, including bibliographic references,
product specifications, and address lists.
Scan it now to identify possible search strategies (e.g.,
retrieve those records containing ZIP2 in field 1. Then
type LIST-MGR for a trial run of the program.
LIST-MGR.REF
{1 ADDRESSEE NAME
111 1ST STREET
CITY STATE .11111
.
.
.
{2 NOTES CONCERNING THE ADDRESSEE. This field would be
omitted from the output file when generating an address
list to be used for typing mailing labels.
{1 ADDRESSEE 1
STREET1
CITY1 STATE1 .ZIP1
.
.
.
{1 POTENTIAL DONOR 1
STREET2
CITY2 STATE2 ZIP2
.
.
.
{2 TELEPHONE: XXX-XXXX
BIRTHYEAR: 1900-1910
INCOME: 20000-40000
POLITICS: DEMOCRAT INACTIVE
OCCUPATION: RETIRED
{1 CUSTOMER 1
STREET3
CITY3 STATE3 ZIP3
.
.
.
{2 POTENTIAL SALES: COPIERS PERSONAL COMPUTER PRINTERS
RIBBONS OFFICE SUPPLIES OFFICE EQUIPMENT
{3 PURCHASES: KAYPRO PC 10 1987 C ITOH STARWRITER 1987
{4 PAYMENT RECORD: GOOD PERSONAL CHECKS
{1 STUDENT 1
STREET4
CITY1 STATE1 ZIP1
.
.
.
{2 NOTES: ADVISOR: JOHN JONES
MAJOR: VET MED
RESIDENCE: VAN ZILE HALL
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: PELL
FIRST TERM: FALL 87
ACADEMIC DEFICIENCIES: NONE
{1 SUBSCRIBER 1 8/88
STREET5
CITY2 STATE2 ZIP2
{2 RENEWALS: SINCE 8/82
{1 CLUB MEMBER 1 12/87
STREET6
CITY3 STATE3 ZIP3
.
.
.
{2 TELEPHONE HOME 123-4567 WORK 123-5678
EMPLOYER: SUNRISE BOWL
OFFICER/BOARD: YES
{1 CLIENT 1
STREET7
CITY1 STATE1 ZIP1
.
.
.
{2 NOTES
{1 SUPPLIER 1
STREET8
CITY2 STATE2 ZIP2
.
.
.
{2 PRODUCTS: CANNED VEGETABLES CANNED FRUIT GENERAL
GROCERIES
PAYMENT: 60 DAYS 90% REFUND ON RETURNS
TELEPHONE: xxx-xxx-xxxx
{1 AUTHORS
{2 TITLE 1
{3 BIBLIOGRAPHOIC SOURCE
{4 KEYWORDS
{5 ABSTRACT
{1 AUTOMOBILE MAKE MODEL AND YEAR
LIST PRICE
WARRANTEE
ENGINE
CHASSIS
TIRES
YWORDS
{5 AB
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MSP EXE 23413 6-08-90 4:21p
READ ME 3594 6-08-90 4:28p
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MSPC EXE 30531 6-08-90 1:46p
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WP ATR 8 12-06-86 2:07p
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