Title:			BASCOMPRESS
Author:			Cy Booker (cy@cheepnis.demon.co.uk)
Version:		1.65
Title From:		Documentation
Author From:		Documentation
Version From:		Documentation
Supplier:		Cy Booker (cy@cheepnis.demon.co.uk)
Date:			17/06/95
Keywords:		File compressors ; BASIC ; Index generators
Shareware:		Yes
Machine:		Archimedes
Operating system:	RISCOS
Memory requirements:	1024 kbytes
Peripherals needed:	
Other s/ware needed:	RISC OS 3.10 or later
Directory:		micros/arch/riscos/c174
Date mounted/updated:	21/06/95
File names:		bascompress.arc
			bcdocs.arc
Unarchived files:	34
Unarchived size:	2044 kbytes
Omissions:		
See also:		BASCRUNCH (a068), BASCRUNCH2 (a259)

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Acquiring the package:

Download the archive file(s) and extract using SparkPlug 2
(see the "tools_help" file in micros/arch/riscos/tools for further info).


Description:

BasCompress is a BASIC V compressor and cross-referencing tool for
programmers.  It's main features are:

     o    Throwback / DDEUtils support
     o    Compresses lots of legacy code
     o    Removes all unused routines, and the junk left between routines
     o    Removes all constant variables, replacing use with definition
     o    Removes NEXT variables
     o    Slurps in all LIBRARYs
     o    Saves separate compressed OVERLAY files
     o    Handles line numbers
     o    You can tell it which labels NOT to reduce (i.e. EVALuated vars)
     o    Full cross-referencing, multi-level, multi-sort
     o    It is FAST

The main archive contains a ready-to-print ASCII manual (66 pages), in
both 7-bit clean and ISO-Latin 1 formats.

There is a separate manual, a 1.5Mb Impression Publisher document
(single file format).  This prefers the Monotype Baskerville font family.

v1.65 is a bug-fix release from 1.60.