
As the directory name implies, these are a collection of programs for
either converting other sector viewers to MTU or support for older data
formats.

Unfortunately, this is about all the documentation I plan for theses.....


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ssec2sec: Usage:
        ssec2sec -i<galactic file> -o<mtu file>
where:
  galactic file is the galactic file.
  mtu file is the MTU file name (without an extension).

This was a first attempt at parsing the galactic directories.  The intent
is to create MTU's .sec and .dat files.  The following for example

8 > ssec2sec -i/win95/temp/trav2/gals/classic/spinmar/spinmar.dat -otest

takes galactic's spinmar.dat and it's associated subsector files and
converts those to test.sec and test.dat in the current directory.  The
resulting MTU files will also have the routes (for the borders see b_gen
below).

Probably not much use unless you want a single subsector.

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gal2mtu: Usage:
        gal2mtu -i<galactic dir> -o<mtu dir>
where:
  galactic dir is the galactic dir.
  mtu dir is the MTU dir.

A bit more ambitious.  This walks the entire galactic directory and converts
all the subsector and text files.  Following the example above, this

11 > gal2mtu -i/win95/temp/trav2/ -o/usr/traveller/data/mtu

will parse the entire galactic directories converting each 'galaxy' and the
related subsectors along with every file it can find with a .txt extension.
The results will be in the directory /usr/traveller/data/mtu.

There are few caveats, however.  First, /usr/traveller/data/mtu must exist
(and it would probably be a good idea if it where empty).  Galactic has many 
features that are, at best, inappropriate for mtu (although menuing is now
supported, some are still inappropriate).  These are silently ignored.

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b_gen: Usage:
        b_gen <-d#> <-c#> sector_file
where:
  sector_file is the sector file.
  -d# sets the 'depth' for searching for neighbors.
  -c# sets the color to print.

This program reads in a MTU sector file, looks at the allegaince code and
attempts to spit out the borders to standard out.  So, one might do

14 > b_gen /usr/traveller/data/mtu/classic/spinmar/spinmar.sec >> /usr/traveller/data/mtu/classic/spinmar/spinmar.dat

and have borders generated for the previously converted sectors.  The methods
used are brute force and there is no guarentee that the data file won't still
need to be edited.  But, it still saves a great deal of time.

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sys-conv:  Usage:
	sys-conv -i<codes dir> -i<old sys file> -o<new sys file>
where:
	codes dir		where the trade/system/other files live
	old sys file	old system file to convert
	new sys file	new system file to create

Converts .sys files from the current format to the proposed new format.  As
this feature isn't fully developed yet, this program isn't much use....

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adj-sec:  Usage
	adj-sec file-name
where
	file-name is a universe .dat file

Some viewing programs have the Spinward Marches as coordinate (0, 0) instead
of the Core sector.  This just moves these references.

