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On Mon, 6 Jul 1992 12:43:00 PDT Virginia R. Hetrick said:
>Has anybody found out whether this DWSCRIPT thing is available from
>IBM US and, if so, the product number and price?

Well, since it's you who ask...

The only documentation which I've found on DWSCRIPT is the actual RPQ
description.  I apologize for the gnarly format, and hope that I've
stripped out everything which originally made it "Internal Use Only"
(like how much the Marketing Rep gets paid for a sale ($0)).

I have used this myself, but not in the past couple of years.  It's
still installed on the PC/AT at home, but as I've been doing UNIX for
some time now, I get less and less information in SCRIPT format.
Sad that.  I prefer SCRIPT to ?roff.  Strongly!

Like most non-standard (PRPQ) software, it comes with no IBM support.
Subject to that warning, it's a pretty solid piece of work.  Good manual,
good compatibility with DCF.  If it now supports more modern printers than
the verion I have, I'd recommend it.

Bob Shair
Scientific Computing Specialist
IBM Champaign

                 DWSCRIPT
Cleaned up from the "IBM Internal Use Only" original by Bob Shair, 7/6/92
RPQDATA      PX0042    DWSCRIPT                         STANDARD RPQ
REVDATE      08/26/91
MACH_MOD
        MACHINE:  5799   FI HRS: 0000.0      SYS INSTALL HRS: 0000.0
      MODELS:     PHF
      PROGRAMMING RPQ
      LEAD TIME:   01
      STANDARD RPQ (P) - ORDER VIA AAS WITHOUT APPROVAL
      PRICES:  See FEATURE CODE TABLE

FEATURES

   FEATURE    PRICE
    CODE       CODE          DESCRIPTION                    PRICE
=====================================================================
    1004       BO      BASIC LICENSE                    $      273
    5554       BO      MACHINE READABLE MATERIAL        $     NONE
    9001       BO      ASSET REGISTRATION               $     NONE
    9804       DO      DSLO                             $      201
=====================================================================

REVISION LEVEL: B 07/17/90

DESCRIPTION


THE IBM DWSCRIPT PERSONAL DOCUMENT FORMATTER IS A TEXT PROCESSING
PROGRAM THAT EXECUTES UNDER DOS.  DWSCRIPT  FORMATS TEXT FOR
PRINTING ON THE IBM PROPRINTER OR ANY OTHER COMPATIBLE PRINTER.  IT
READS INPUT DATA CONTAINING TEXT AND CONTROL INFORMATION, FORMATS
THE DATA INTO PAGES, AND PRODUCES FORMATTED OUTPUT WHICH CAN BE
DIRECTED TO ANOTHER FILE OR TO THE PRINTER.  INFORMATION WHICH MAY
APPEAR IN THE INPUT FILE INCLUDES:

*   "TEXT," WHICH IS THE CONTENT OF THE DOCUMENT.

*   "CONTROL WORDS," WHICH ARE CODES THAT ARE RECOGNIZED WHEN THE
    FIRST CHARACTER IN THE INPUT LINE IS A PERIOD(.).  FOR EXAMPLE,
    TO CAUSE A PAGE EJECT ".PA" IS SPECIFIED BEGINNING IN COLUMN
    ONE OF AN INPUT LINE.

*   "GML MARKUP," WHICH USES "TAGS" TO IDENTIFY THE ASSOCIATED TEXT
    AS A PARTICULAR PART OF A DOCUMENT, SUCH AS A PARAGRAPH OR
    HEADING.  GML (GENERALIZED MARKUP LANGUAGE) PROVIDES SYNTAX AND
    USAGE RULES FOR MARKING UP A DOCUMENT, AND ALLOWS YOU TO
    DEVELOP A VOCABULARY OF TAGS FOR DESCRIBING YOUR DOCUMENTS.

DWSCRIPT INPUT IS ONE OR MORE SEQUENTIAL FILES ON DIRECT ACCESS
STORAGE THAT CAN BE CREATED AND MODIFIED USING AN EDITING PROGRAM
SUCH AS THE PERSONAL EDITOR.

DWSCRIPT KNOWS THE WIDTH AND DEPTH OF THE OUTPUT PAGE.  IT FILLS UP
A PAGE  WITH TEXT, THEN BEGINS PRINTING A NEW PAGE AUTOMATICALLY.
IT CONTINUES PROCESSING UNTIL IT REACHES THE END OF THE INPUT DATA.

MANY TEXT PROCESSING PROGRAMS CAN DO THESE THINGS.  DWSCRIPT OFFERS
ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY IN THE FOLLOWING FORMS:

*   DATA FILES ARE INDEPENDENTLY MAINTAINED.  ANY EDITOR THAT CAN
    PRODUCE FILES IN A FORMAT ACCEPTABLE TO DWSCRIPT MAY BE USED TO
    CREATE OR MODIFY FILES.

*   DWSCRIPT CAN COMBINE (IMBED) MANY INPUT FILES TO PRODUCE A
    SINGLE, INTEGRATED OUTPUT DOCUMENT.  THE IMBEDDED FILES CAN BE
    ARRANGED IN ANY SEQUENCE.  WHILE THEY ARE BEING PROCESSED,
    DWSCRIPT TREATS EACH INPUT FILE AS THOUGH IT WERE PART OF A
    SINGLE, CONTINUOUS FILE.

*   NEW DWSCRIPT USER'S CAN BECOME PRODUCTIVE QUICKLY, BECAUSE THE
    CONTROL WORDS AND TAGS ARE EASY TO USE.


*   MANY AUTOMATIC FEATURES SUCH AS:
    -   PAGE NUMBERING
    -   TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERATION
    -   CROSS-REFERENCE RESOLUTION
    -   HEADINGS AND FOOTINGS
    -   INDEX GENERATION

HIGHLIGHTS

MACROS, MULTICOLUMNS, FOOTNOTES, INDEXING, SYMBOL SUBSTITUTION,
TABS, CONDITIONAL PROCESSING, IMBEDDED (COLOR) IMAGES AND SEVERAL
OTHER FUNCTIONS ARE SUPPORTED.  YOU CAN OUTPUT TO A DISK(ETTE)
FILE(S) OR ANY OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT IBM AND NON-IBM PRINTERS
INCLUDING THOSE ATTACHED VIA THE COMMUNICATIONS PORT.

ENTRY LEVEL SUPPORT IS PROVIDED FOR MANY OF THE HOST DCF-3 CONTROL
WORDS.  THOSE NOT SUPPORTED ARE LISTED IN THE DOCUMENTATION
APPENDIX.

A MACRO LIBRARY IS ALSO PROVIDED WHICH SUPPORTS MANY OF THE COMMON
BOOKMASTER TAGS.  A COMPLETE LIST IS PROVIDED IN THE DOCUMENTATION.

NOTE: SOME FUNCTIONS PROVIDED BY DWSCRIPT ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE
HOST IMPLEMENTATION, AND SOME FUNCTIONS PROVIDED ON THE HOST ARE
NOT PROVIDED BY DWSCRIPT.  THESE DIFFERENCES ARE NOTED IN THE
DWSCRIPT USERS GUIDE.


SYSTEM OPERATING ENVIRONMENT

THE MINIMUM CONFIGURATION REQUIRED TO OPERATE THE IBM DWSCRIPT
PERSONAL DOCUMENT FORMATTER, VERSION 1.00 CONSISTS OF:

*   IBM PERSONAL SYSTEM/2 MODEL 25, 30, 50, 60, 70 OR 80 WITH A
    KEYBOARD AND:

    -   512K BYTES OF MAIN STORAGE, OF WHICH APPROXIMATELY 256K
        BYTES MUST BE AVAILABLE FOR OPERATION OF THE IBM DWSCRIPT
        PERSONAL DOCUMENT FORMATTER.

    -   ONE DUAL-SIDED DISKETTE DRIVE AND ASSOCIATED ADAPTER

    -   ONE OF THE FOLLOWING DISPLAYS AND ASSOCIATED ADAPTER:
        --  IBM PERSONAL SYSTEM/2 MONOCHROME DISPLAY MODEL 8503
        --  IBM PERSONAL SYSTEM/2 COLOR DISPLAY MODEL 8512
        --  IBM PERSONAL SYSTEM/2 COLOR DISPLAY MODEL 8513
        --  IBM PERSONAL SYSTEM/2 COLOR DISPLAY MODEL 8514



PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

THIS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO WORK WITH THE FOLLOWING:

*   IBM PERSONAL COMPUTER DISK OPERATING SYSTEM (DOS) VERSION 3.0
    OR LATER.



INSTALLATION

INSTALLATION IS A CUSTOMER RESPONSIBILITY.


AVAILABILITY

DISTRIBUTION IS BY ISD.  FCS IS PLANNED FOR 11/17/89


WARRANTY

THIS PRPQ IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.


PROGRAM SERVICES

CENTRAL SERVICES:   NONE

SUPPORT CENTER:     NONE

LOCAL ASSISTANCE:   NONE

PROBLEMS MAY BE REPORTED VIA A READERS COMMENT FORM.


ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS

CUSTOMERS MUST ORDER BASIC LICENSE 1004 BEFORE ORDERING DSLO 9804.
TYPE      MODEL     SCHEDULING

5799      PHF       NORMAL



THE BASIC LICENSE INCLUDES ONE 3.5 PROGRAM DISKETTE AND ONE COPY OF
THE DWSCRIPT PERSONAL DOCUMENT FORMATTER USERS GUIDE. SC28-8169-00


DOCUMENTATION

ONE COPY OF THE FOLLOWING PUBLICATION WILL BE SUPPLIED WITH THE
BASIC LICENSE.

DWSCRIPT PERSONAL DOCUMENT FORMATTER         SC28-8169-00
USERS GUIDE

ADDITIONAL COPIES CAN BE ORDERED FROM MECHANICSBURG AT $50.00 PER COPY