NAME
makeztxt - Create zTXT databases from ASCII files to read them in a Palm
SYNOPSIS
makeztxt --help
makeztxt [-hlLnV] [-A annofile] [-a adjust] [-b line_length] [-m markfile]
[-o outfile] [-R regexfile] [-r regex] [-t title] [-z comp_type] input
OPTIONS
Please note that "input" refers to one and only one file - makeztxt cannot operate on multiple files at once.
- -A, --annofile
-
file containing zTXT annotations
- -a, --adjust
-
method for linefeed stripping (0, 1, 2, defaults to 0)
- 0
-
strip linefeeds for lines longer than length
- 1
-
strip linefeed if line has any text
- 2
-
no linefeed stripping
- -b, --length
-
lines longer than this get linefeed stripped
- -h, --help
-
this help
- -l, --list
-
list regex generated bookmarks
- -L, --launchable
-
set the launchable bit in the output DB
- -m, --markfile
-
list of bookmarks to use in zTXT
- -n, --nobackup
-
do not set the backup bit in the DB
- -o, --output
-
output file to be created
- -R, --regexfile
-
file containing list of regex to use
- -r, --regex
-
do a regex search for bookmarks
- -t, --title
-
title of database
- -V, --version
-
makeztxt version
- -z, --compression
-
method of compression (1 or 2)
- 1
-
allow random access (default)
- 2
-
one big data stream (10%-15% more compression)
DESCRIPTION
makeztxt is a simple commandline program that takes a plain ASCII text file and compresses it into a zTXT database. makeztxt will remove newline characters at the end of lines that contain text so that the paragraphs flow better on the Palm screen. makeztxt supports the use of regular expressions to automatically generate a list of bookmarks for you. Lastly, makeztxt can also break an existing zTXT file into it's components (text, bookmarks, annotations) and store them into separate files for you.
FEATURES
- Creates zTXT databases
- Deconstructs zTXT databases into component pieces
- Use regular expression to automatically generate bookmarks
- Includes libztxt, a small C library, so you can easily add zTXT creation or disection to your program
- Create zTXTs that allow on-demand decompression, or get 10% - 15% more compression with the original style zTXT.
- Read regular expressions from a config file (.makeztxtrc)
SEE ALSO
For a full description (with examples) of the options listed above, refer to /usr/share/doc/makeztxt/README.gz
AUTHOR
John Gruenenfelder ([email protected])
This man page was created for the Debian package by Gunnar Wolf ([email protected])
WEBSITE
http://gutenpalm.sf.net