QR-Tekst - Revision history

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{{FormatInfo
|formattype=electronic
|subcat=Document
|subcat2=Word Processor
|extensions={{ext|qrt}}
}}
'''QR-Tekst''' was a word processor developed by the Polish company Malkom, for the Polish market. It was originally released for DOS. A Windows version 1.0 followed in 1993. The final release, version 2.0 for Windows, came out in 1994.

Back in its day, QR-Tekst was widely used in various Polish government institutions, including the Parliament.

== Native document format ==

QR-Tekst's native file format uses the .qrt extension. The format varies between versions of the program; QR-Tekst for Windows 2.0 offers three different save options corresponding to:

* QR-Tekst 5.1 (DOS),
* QR-Tekst for Windows 1.0,
* QR-Tekst for Windows 2.0.

QR-Tekst 2.0 can also save and open documents in other popular formats of its day, including the native format of [[Cyfroset]], a Polish desktop publishing program.

== Other associated formats ==

A fresh installation of QR-Tekst 2.0 includes files with several other unique types:
* '''Template files (.std)''': Pre-made document templates. Their structure appears to be very similar to .qrt files.
* '''Dictionary files''': Used by the built-in spellchecker. QR-Tekst for Windows 2.0 includes the files SLOWNIK1.POL, SLOWNIK.GER, and SLOWNIK1.ENG, corresponding to Polish, German, and English dictionaries, respectively. There are also several extra *.pol files containing grammatical suffixes, probably to help the spellchecker to recognize inflected forms of Polish words. The package also includes a file SYNONIMY.POL, which is used by the program's thesaurus function.
* '''Conversion instructions (.cnv)''': Files which instruct QR-Tekst how to convert between various text formats and encodings. They use a simple, human-readable format.

== Links ==

* [https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR-Tekst QR-Tekst] (Wikipedia - in Polish)
* [https://archive.org/details/qr-tekst-2 QR-Tekst 2.0 download] (at the Internet Archive)
** [https://vetusware.com/download/QR-Tekst%202.0%202.0%20PL/?id=18528 Same file, available at Vetusware.com]

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 * QR-Tekst for Windows 2.0.
-== Identification ==
+=== Identification ===
 .qrt files, saved with QR-Tekst for Windows v2.0, begin with the following:

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 == Identification ==
-.qrt files, saved with QR-Tekst for Windows v2.0, begin with the following bytes:
+.qrt files, saved with QR-Tekst for Windows v2.0, begin with the following:
 * format: QR-Tekst 5.1 (DOS):
-** <code>11 4D 41 4C 4B 4F 4D 0D 0A 71 72 74 35 30 0D 0A</code>
+** <code>MALKOM<CR><LF>qrt50<CR><LF></code>
-** Bytes 2-16 spell out: <code>MALKOM  qrt50<CR><LF></code>
 * format: QR-Tekst for Windows 1.0:
-** <code>11 4D 41 4C 4B 4F 4D 0D 0A 71 72 74 36 30 0D 0A</code>
+** <code>MALKOM<CR><LF>qrt60<CR><LF></code>
-** Bytes 2-16 spell out: <code>MALKOM  qrt60<CR><LF></code>
 * format: QR-Tekst for Windows 2.0:
-** <code>11 4D 41 4C 4B 4F 4D 0D 0A 71 72 74 36 31 0D 0A</code>
+** <code>MALKOM<CR><LF>qrt61<CR><LF></code>
-** Bytes 2-16 spell out: <code>MALKOM  qrt61<CR><LF></code>
-The next part of the file is the file description metadata (if any was entered when saving), stored in ASCII format. It is followed by two bytes, <code>0D 0A</code>, i.e. <code><CR><LF></code>.
+Next comes the file description metadata (if any was entered when saving), stored in plain text and followed by <code><CR><LF></code>.
-After this come some settings and formatting information. The actual content of the document is stored later in the file, in plain text, but interspersed with control codes.
+After this come some formatting and document settings. The actual content of the document is stored later in the file, in plain text interspersed with control codes.
 == Other associated formats ==

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 |extensions={{ext|qrt}}
 }}
-'''QR-Tekst''' was a word processor developed by the Polish company Malkom, for the Polish market. It was originally released for DOS. A Windows version 1.0 followed in 1993. The final release, version 2.0 for Windows, came out in 1994.
+'''QR-Tekst''' is a word processor developed by the Polish company Malkom, for the Polish market. It was originally released for DOS. A Windows version 1.0 followed in 1993. The final release, version 2.0 for Windows, came out in 1995.
 Back in its day, QR-Tekst was widely used in various Polish government institutions, including the Parliament.
 == Native document format ==
-QR-Tekst's native file format uses the .qrt extension. (QR-Tekst 5.0 for DOS, and probably older versions too, does not give any extension to the files it saves.<ref>per [https://archive.org/details/bajtek199111/page/n19/mode/2up review in Bajtek 11/1991]</ref>) The format varies between versions of the program; QR-Tekst for Windows 2.0 offers three different save options corresponding to:
+QR-Tekst's native file format uses the .qrt extension. (QR-Tekst 5.0 for DOS, and probably older versions too, does not give any extension to the files it saves.<ref>per [https://archive.org/details/bajtek199111/page/n19/mode/2up review in Bajtek 11/1991]</ref>) The format varies between versions of the program; QR-Tekst for Windows 2.0 offers three different save options, corresponding to:
 * QR-Tekst 5.1 (DOS),
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 * QR-Tekst for Windows 2.0.
-QR-Tekst 2.0 can also save and open documents in other popular formats of its day, including the native format of [[Cyfroset]], a Polish desktop publishing program.
+== Identification ==
 == Other associated formats ==
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 == Links ==
-* [https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR-Tekst QR-Tekst] (Wikipedia - in Polish)
+* [[Wikipedia: QR-Tekst]]
 * [https://archive.org/details/qr-tekst-2 QR-Tekst 2.0 download] (at the Internet Archive)
 ** [https://vetusware.com/download/QR-Tekst%202.0%202.0%20PL/?id=18528 Same file, available at Vetusware.com]

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 == Native document format ==
-QR-Tekst's native file format uses the .qrt extension. The format varies between versions of the program; QR-Tekst for Windows 2.0 offers three different save options corresponding to:
+QR-Tekst's native file format uses the .qrt extension. (QR-Tekst 5.0 for DOS, and probably older versions too, does not give any extension to the files it saves.) The format varies between versions of the program; QR-Tekst for Windows 2.0 offers three different save options corresponding to:
 * QR-Tekst 5.1 (DOS),