QLIB and Bonus Contributed Software
Qedit comes with an array of contributed software in the QLIB library (in the QLIB groups of the Robelle account). The tools in QLIB, such as Prose to print manuals, can be extremely handy. As well, your Robelle license may entitle you to receive our Bonus programs: Compare/iX, a file comparison tool, HowMessy, an analyzer for database efficiency, Select, a menu processor, Spell, an English spelling checker, and Xpedit, a VPLUS text editor.
If you have the Bonus programs, you may only use them on appropriately licensed CPUs; you may not give a Bonus program away. However, QLIB programs may be used on any CPU and given away freely.
To browse through the Robelle account, including QLIB, use our Select “menu” program. Select allows you to run programs, get help, and print manuals, all without knowing any MPE commands.
:run select.pub.robelle,qlib
Compare/iX compares two text files (Keep or Qedit format) and prints out the differences. The basic comparison unit is a line. Compare/iX identifies three types of differences: lines that are in the first file but not in the second; lines that are in the second file but not in the first; and lines that are in both files, but don’t match. There is no Classic version of Compare/iX for MPE V.
HowMessy analyzes a database and prints a report on its internal efficiency, 10 to 20 times faster than similar programs. To access HowMessy, log on as the database creator in the same group as the database and enter:
:file loadrept;dev=lp;cctl :run howmessy.pub.robelle Enter database:CUSTMR
Spell is a spelling checker that reads a file and produces a list of misspelled words. Spell comes with an 80,000 word English dictionary, and you can add your own words into global or local auxiliary dictionaries. Spell reads Qedit files, and has an option to generate an error file that is compatible with the :Editerror command.