transformenator Files

New for this version:
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 * New transform: Leading Edge Word Processor (LEWP), a descendant of later WANG Word Processors

 * New transform: WANG WPS(?) word processor

 * New transform: TRS-80 Scripsit

 * New transform: Symantec Greatworks (text-only)

 * New transform: Kaypro Perfect Writer
 
 * New transform: C-64 Speedscript

 * New transformation keyword: trim_trailing - trims a static amount of data from the end of input before any work begins

 * New function: UpdateDOSImage can now remove the Stoned boot block virus from 360K and 1.2MB disk images

Transformenator introduction:
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Transformenation is something that should be possible to do with some rudimentary shell scripting. You should be able to run a binary file through sed or awk and have byte sequences change to different byte sequences.

But you can't.

You could probably run a file through a hex dumper, change hex values, then un-transform it back to binary. But that's kind of a pain too. The problem is that sed and awk work on lines, defined as things that are delineated by what they consider line ending characters like 0x0d or 0x0a. But what if your data stream contains 0x0d and 0x0a bytes - but you don't want them to count as line endings? What if you need to remove nulls, hex zeroes, or whatever you want to call them from a binary file or data stream?

Your're stuck.

Maybe that's why you're here. Transformenator can help.

Invocation:
java -jar transformenator.jar transform infile outfile

See http://transformenator.sourceforge.net for details.