NAME

       alliancebanner - display the standardized Alliance banner

SYNOPSYS

       #include "mut.h"
       void alliancebanner(tool, tv, comment, date, av)
       char ∗tool, ∗tv, ∗comment, ∗date, ∗av;

PARAMETERS

       tool                Name of the tool.  This is what will be displayed as banner.

       tv                  Tool version.

       comment             Indicates the tool's usefulness.

       date                Copyright dates.

       av                  Alliance version.

DESCRIPTION

       alliancebanner  ouputs  on stdout a standardized banner with the name of the tool in large
       letters, and a cartouche containing some informations about the Alliance CAD system.  This
       function is to be used by all the Alliance tools, and expect a display 80 columns wide.

EXAMPLE

       #include "ba315n.h"
       #define nfloptitle(name) \
               alliancebanner("nFloP", VERSION,\
                              "not a FloorPlan router", "92, 93",\
                              ALLIANCE_VERSION)

SEE ALSO

       alliance(1).

DIAGNOSTICS

       alliancebanner: Error: Resulting size bigger than 80 columns not allowed
              The tool argument must be such that its resulting size isn't wider that 80 culumns.
              This means, since the character set is proportional, that the longest  name  to  be
              output is about 8 characters long.
       alliancebanner: Error: Character out of [0-9A-Za-z] range
              The  tool  parameter  has  a non allowed character in it.  For simplicity purposes,
              only numbers and letters are accepted.