Notes on ESCstrip v 1.04
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 This program will strip text files containing ANSI ESC codes into plain text.
This is an extended version of the filter example with the same name in
'QL Hackers Journal' #21. Some ANSI codes are converted to LF chars to make
the output more readable. You will typically use ESCstrip in conjunction with
a terminal program such as ExoTerm or QTPI and QeM by Jonathan Hudson. Files
logged by the terminal program are input for ESCstrip and out comes plain text.

Usage
=====
Usage syntax from SuperBASIC:

      EX ESCstrip,<infile>,<outfile>        [channel passing]

 or   EX ESCstrip;" <infile>  <outfile> "   [command string passing]

 ... with the 'ESCstrip' file in the PROGRAM directory.
 <infile> and <outfile> can be any two QDOS filenames.

System requirements
===================
  QDOS/SMS operating system
  QL-Toolkit(in QUANTA library) or TK2 or SMSQ.

Additional Features/Notes on current version
============================================
 CR and FF chars in the input file are not passed to the output file.

 ESCstrip will search the Data directory for the files if the filenames are
given without a directory.

  i.e. <infile> will become <datad><infile>

 This will only happen if the filenames are passed in a command string, other-
wise the files are opened by the interpreter (SuperBASIC or SBASIC).

 ESCstrip is not guaranteed to remove all ESC codes, unrecognised codes
are left unaltered. ESCstrip has mainly been tested with output from the UNIX
'nn' program (Release 6.5.0 #8 (NOV),  Kim F. Storm, 1991).

A future version might emerge which will strip all ESC codes, provided that
someone reports which codes are left out.

Files in this distribution
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The following files are all 'public domain' software, see copyright notice
below.
ESCstrip                  The filter itself
ESCstrip_text             This file

Copyright notice
================
  This is a public domain release. Noone may claim ownership of, or make
profit from this software. Both files (ESCstrip,ESCstrip_text) should be
copied if you decide to pass this program to others.

(C)1995 Per-Erik Forssn

Author
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  Please feel invited to write to me(preferrably by Email) if you have any
questions to ask or suggestions to make about this program.

Snail mail:Per-Erik Forssn
           Ryds All 1.211
           S-582 51 Linkping
           Sweden

EMail:     d92perfo@und.ida.liu.se


Per-Erik Forssn
Linkping 1995 Aug 31 11:46:28
