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 (johng@as.arizona.edu)
This man page was created for the Debian package by Gunnar Wolf
(gwolf@debian.org)
WEBSITE
http://gutenpalm.sf.net
Jan 22, 2004