LWed - Windows INI file editor.

version 2.0 of 1996-06-22, Copyright (C) Laszlo Radanyi

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful.
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTIBILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

A B O U T   T H E   P R O G R A M   :

This small utility makes it easier to customize Windows INI files.
I needed  a utility  like this to be able to change  the Wallpaper
entry  BEFORE  I  had  windows  running. Of course,  this  program
came very handy for all kinds of entry replacement.

This version replaces the previously distributed version. A few
changes have been made:

o  The program is shareware. Why ?
   I noticed that the interest for it became higher, and I wanted
   to get payed for the support.
   Also, the program uses more generalised code, which has taken
   a while to develop - so I want to get something in return.

o  Source is NOT free anymore. This is because of the underlying
   software which I do not wish to give away.

o  Better function. Hopefully. :-)

o  LWED does not use the DOS redirectors any more. This is mainly
   because of the underlying library, which handles file i/o.
   Also, I noticed that ALL users used a file name on the command
   line anyway, so making this the standard function was self given.

Enjoy ! And should you have any comments, please don't hesitate
to reach the author at lrd@plea.se

Now a little old text:

LWed has four MODES - read, write, insert and append.

READ   will print the contents of an INI key onto the std stream.
WRITE  will replace the key value with the given new value
APPEND will append a string to the key value
INSERT will append the current key value to the given string and
            write the new combined string to the value

WRITE mode is the mode I use the most. This is how to use it:
Suppose we want to replace the current Wallpaper= setting
under [Desktop] in win.ini. (This was the original "problem" I wanted
to solve.) Suppose 'lwed' is in the current directory or in any directory
in PATH, AND suppose the wallpaper file we want to use is called
mypaper.bmp - we enter

> lwed -w win.ini Desktop Wallpaper mypaper.bmp

I use the program in several batch files, where I change a few settings
for each family member.

Syntax for the other modes:

lwed -h
lwed -v
lwed -i foo.ini    MySection MyKey       MyValueToInsert
lwed -p foo.ini    MySection MyKey       MyValueToPrepend
lwed -a system.ini boot      network.drv "*mynetwork"
lwed -r win.ini    windows   load
lwed -w win.ini    windows   run

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