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Item: 34 by akcs.gustav@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com
Author: [Jason Alan Grant]
  Subj: System RPL version of Redundance Fighter
  Date: Sun Feb 23 1992

[Note: This is an improved version of RF on Goodies Disk #5.  -jkh-]

Here's a system RPL version of Lutz Vieweg's nice RF program.  This is my
first call to the BBS, so I hope this has not already been done, or,
at least, hasn't been done any better.

Here are the wondrous improvements:

1.  RF now checks (with CK1NoBlame) for at least one argument before
    proceeding.
2.  Program delimiters (i.e. << and >>) are obliterated both before and after
    the packing (saving 0 to 10 bytes) using the included program 'Strip',
    which works like the widely-used 'STRIP', except 'Strip' first checks
    that there are actually program delimiters to strip before it does
    the chopping.
3.  If, for some reason, RF cannot complete its mission (i.e. compression
    impossible, you gave it an undefined name, or you aborted RF when the
    menu appeared), it restores the stack to its exact condition at the
    time RF was invoked and gives up the ship.
4.  When the usual selection menu appears, the first three menu keys work
    identically to their old RF counterparts; ATTN restores the stack and
    aborts; and all other keys do not generate a GET error like on the 
    old RF, but merely beep. 
5.  And for you byte-misers, the new RF is 122 bytes shorter. The whole
    directory now sucks 54 fewer bytes.  8-)

Here's a change worth noting:

    When given a name, RF stores the compressed object back into the original
name and does not create a new name by adding the appropriate extension
to the original one.  I prefer this, but you may not.  I also took the
liberty of bumping up the version number to 1.21 so users can easily
differentiate between the two RF's.

Other than all this, the new RF functions identically to the old one;  RFU
and RFP remain the same.  For further instructions, please see Vieweg's
original posting.  [See RF.DOC on Goodies Disk #5.  -jkh-]

Please let me know of any suggestions, corrections, or problems you might
have concerning the program.  I've finally finished all those dreaded
college applications and I just might have time for fixes. ;-)

My address is:

Jason Grant
6217 Beckford
Corpus Christi, TX 78414 (512) 993-9513
or just leave me a message on the BBS.

Many thanks to Herr Vieweg for the amazing compression programs and
the RPL version of RF and to HP for all the SRPL loot on Goodies Disk #4.

Just like everyone else, I claim no responsibility for any misbehaviors of
this program or any other baddies it might cast upon you even though it
works just dandily on my revision E.