ESKAY Software Service
15 Dec 84

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TXTTOWS.COM is a program designed to change an ordinary TEXT file into a
not-so-ordinary WordStar formatted file. Yes, there have been others, like
ENSOFT. TXTTOWS is not any more or less intelligent than others. It still
can't tell whether or not heatly lined up blocks of text are formatted
"windows" or actual text and simply "softens" the NEWLINE following each
line anyway.

TXTTOWS works under the following assumptions:

1. The alphanumeric character preceeding a space is the last character
   of a word
2. The second through n-th space anywhere in a line is soft
3. Any line shorter than 25 characters is not to be formatted
4. Any CR/LF combination (NEWLINE) followed by anything OTHER THAN NEWLINE
   is to be made "soft"

TXTTOWS is invoked by typing its name followed by an ambiguous filename.
Examples:

0A}txttows *.doc	;process all DOC files
0A}txttows txttows.doc	;process this file only

TXTTOWS will display the name of the file it is currently working on. All
modified data are written into a file TXTTOWS$.TMP. After successful
completion, the original file is deleted and TXTTOWS$.TMP is renamed to the
original file's name. This ensures that in case of failure the original
file remains intact. the input file will only be deleted if TXTTOWS
successfully closes the output file.

Enjoy using TXTTOWS! Start by testing it on this document...