extract changed texts

[Jim Owens]

REXX is a general-purpose interpretive scripting language developed by 
IBM. They bundled it with OS/2, which is where I picked it up. As 
scripting languages go, it's not bad. Some of the commands are difficult 
to remember (if you want to open a file, you CALL STREAM), the syntax is 
a bit finicky, there's no regexp support (not out of the box anyway), 
and although there are support groups and libraries out there, they're 
pretty thin on the ground compared to more mainstream scripting 
languages like Perl. But the documentation is good, and the language is 
flexible and powerful (and non-typed).

Regina is an open-source REXX interpreter for the Windows platform.

These days I use AutoIT for scripting. I have no experience with 
FrameScript, but if I had a copy I'd undoubtedly prefer it for FM work, 
if only to save myself from working with MIF.



Rene Stephenson wrote:
> Jim:
> I've never heard of REXX or Regina. Is it like FrameScript? as powerful? 
> limited to working only with FM?
>  
> */Rene L. Stephenson/*
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Jim Owens <jowens at magma.ca>
> To: Shmuel Wolfson <sbw at actcom.com>
> Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Sent: Wednesday, April 2, 2008 1:11:53 PM
> Subject: Re: extract changed texts
> 
> Hello, Gunnar. We have a REXX script that processes MIF files to extract
> only the changebar text. We use it to get a rough word counts for
> translation. You're welcome to it if you don't find anything else.
> 
> To run the script you'd need to install a free REXX interpreter (I use
> Regina).
> 
> Shmuel Wolfson wrote:
>  > Is there a way to search for text with a change bar, you could do the
>  > same thing with a simple AutoIt script. And AutoIt is free.
>  >
>  > Regards,
>  > Shmuel Wolfson
>  >
>  >
>  > martin.smith at golehtek.com <mailto:martin.smith at golehtek.com> wrote:
>  >> Hi Gunnar,
>  >>
>  >> This is rather easy to do if you have FrameScript. FrameScript is a 
>  >> powerful and easy-to-use internals programming language for FrameMaker.
>  >>
>  >> Using FrameScript you would would do the following:
>  >>
>  >> Loop for every chapter in a book:
>  >> --Loop for every paragraph in a chapter:
>  >> ----Inspect each paragraph for a change bar:
>  >> --------If a change bar is detected:
>  >> ------------Copy the content of the paragraph into a new document
>  >>
>  >> If you decide to go the FrameScript route, you will find that there 
>  >> are many freely available scripts that can extend the capabilities of 
>  >> FrameMaker. I offer a number of free scripts on my web site 
>> > (www.golehtek.com <http://www.golehtek.com>). I also develop custom 
> scripts for my clients.
>  >>
>  >> If you are interested in a FrameScript solution, you are welcome to 
>  >> contact me off list.
>  >>
>  >> Best regards,
>  >>
>  >> Martin
>  >>
>  >> Martin R. Smith
>> > www.golehtek.com <http://www.golehtek.com>
>  >>
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