Index: src/kot.pl
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--- src/kot.pl	(revision 3a2ae91d9423fabcf92fcfb2b04614a3c5a3696a)
+++ src/kot.pl	(revision 3a2ae91d9423fabcf92fcfb2b04614a3c5a3696a)
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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+#package:	UAM Text Tools
+#component:	kot
+#version:	1.0
+#author:	Tomasz Obrebski
+
+use strict;
+use Getopt::Long;
+use File::HomeDir;
+
+my $help=0;
+my $gap_fill="\n-----\n";
+my $spaces=0;
+
+my $systemconfigfile='/usr/local/etc/utt/kot.conf';
+#my $userconfigfile="$ENV{'HOME'}/.utt/kot.conf";
+my $userconfigfile=home()."/.utt/kot.conf";
+
+#read configuration files###########################
+my $file;
+foreach $file ($systemconfigfile, $userconfigfile){
+  if(open(CONFIG, $file)){
+  	while (<CONFIG>) {
+  		chomp;
+      		s/#.*//;
+	      	s/^\s+//;
+      		s/\s+$//;
+    		next unless length;
+    		my ($name, $value) = split(/\s*=\s*/, $_, 2);
+    		if(($name eq "gap-fill")or($name eq "g")){
+			$gap_fill=$value;
+    		}
+    		elsif(($name eq "spaces")or($name eq "s")){
+			$spaces=1;
+		}
+    		elsif(($name eq "help")or($name eq "h")){
+			$help=1;
+    		}
+
+	}
+  	close CONFIG;
+  }
+}
+#########################################################
+
+GetOptions("gap-fill|g=s" => \$gap_fill,
+	   "spaces|r" => \$spaces,
+	   "help|h" => \$help);
+
+if($help)
+{
+    print <<'END'
+Usage: ser [OPTIONS] [file ..]
+
+Options:
+   --gap-fill -g                  Help.
+   --spaces -r
+   --define=FILE                  Read macrodefinitions from FILE.
+   --flex-template=FILE           Read flex code template from FILE.
+   --only-matching -m		  Print only fragments matching PATTERN.
+   --flex                         Print only the generated flex code and exit.
+END
+;
+    exit 0;
+}
+
+
+$gap_fill =~ s/\\t/\t/g;
+$gap_fill =~ s/\\n/\n/g;
+$gap_fill =~ s/\\r/\r/g;
+$gap_fill =~ s/\\f/\f/g;
+
+my $prevend=-1;
+my $count=0;
+
+while(<>)
+{
+    my ($start,$len,$type,$form) = /^\s*(\d+)\s+(\d+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)/;
+
+    if($start > $prevend)
+    {
+	print $gap_fill unless $count++ == 0;
+    }
+
+    $prevend=$start+$len;
+
+    next if $len==0;# || $form eq "*";
+
+    $form =~ s/\\\*/*/g;
+
+    if($type eq 'S' && ! $spaces)
+    {
+	$form =~ s/_/ /g;
+	$form =~ s/\\t/\t/g;
+	$form =~ s/\\n/\n/g;
+	$form =~ s/\\r/\r/g;
+	$form =~ s/\\f/\f/g;
+    }
+
+    print $form;
+}