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NAME
vueconvert - Converts VUE 2.0 action and filetype databases
to VUE 3.0.
SYNOPSIS
vueconvert <filename(s)>
DESCRIPTION
Vueconvert is a script for converting VUE 2.0 action and
filetype databases to their VUE 3.0 equivalent.
Vueconvert accepts one or more files ending with a ".ft" or
".ad" suffix. The VUE 3.0 file will be given a suffix of
".vf". Vueconvert does not remove the VUE 2.0 file(s). When
the 3.0 file is created, it will have the same basename as
the 2.0 file. Vueconvert will append to an existing 3.0
file. The conversion is done in the current working direc-
tory. See the section "EXAMPLES" for some sample invocations
of vueconvert.
After a file is converted to the VUE 3.0 form, the VUE 2.0
version should be removed to reduce start-up time. If the
2.0 version is not removed, both the 2.0 and 3.0 versions
will be loaded by the VUE components which use actions and
filetypes.
VUE 3.0 action and filetype definitions may be in the same
file. In VUE 2.0 this was not allowed. To convert "foo.ft"
and "foo.ad" to "foo.vf", for readability reasons, it is
recommended that the filetype database be converted first
and then the action database.
EXAMPLES
The following command will convert "foo.ft" to "foo.vf".
vueconvert foo.ft
The following command will convert "foo.ad" to "foo.vf".
Note that if "foo.vf" already exists, the action definitions
in "foo.ad" will be appended to "foo.vf".
vueconvert foo.ad
The following command will convert "foo.ft" and "foo.ad" to
"foo.vf". Note that "foo.vf" will first contain the file-
type definitions from "foo.ft" and then the action defini-
tions from "foo.ad".
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vueconvert foo.ft foo.ad
The following command will convert all of the ".ft" files
and ".ad" files in the current working directory to their
3.0 equivalents. If a ".ft" and ".ad" file have the same
basename, their 3.0 ".vf" file have the filetype definitions
first and then the action definitions.
vueconvert *.ft *.ad
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Copyright 1992 Hewlett-Packard Company
ORIGIN
Hewlett-Packard Company
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