*******›› CHAR PACKAGE for ATARIWRITER, and› ATARIWRITER PLUS   by PETER PAYNE› and printed by OL' HACKERS A.U.G.› OHAUG not responsible for authors› poor memory!  Program is  on this› disk as "CHREDI.BAS"››8-bit users  are  able  to  view  the›progam  with AtariWriter or AW+.››WHAT IT IS!›   Char   Package   (pronounced  Care›Package,  get it?) is a character set›editor for the 8-bit Ataris.  Written›in  standard Atari Basic B, it should›have  no problem running in BASIC XL,›XE,  or  Turbo BASIC.  It was written›as  an  entry in the 1984 Greater San›Diego  Science  and  Engineering Fair›(it   won   second   prize).   To  my›knowledge,  it  has more options than›any  other  program  of its kind, and›has no serious bugs.  I worked on the›program  on  and  off  for two years,›learning  as  I  went, so the code is›horribly  unorganized.  In fact, when›I  started it, I didn't even know how›to  alter the character sets.  I have›not   worked  with  the  program  for›nearly  a  year,  and  I  doubt  if I›remember  all  the options, much less›how they work.››AN ACCIDENT›     Unfortunatly,   I    have   just›discovered that the rest of my @*&$(@›file  has  been  erased (let's hear a›big  hurrah  for  the lame Habba hard›disk!),  so I'll try to tell you what›things  were  all  over again (hey, I›love typing, don't you?)...›     First  of  all,  almost all  the›time,  pressing  escape will take you›out  of whatever you are doing.  When›editing  your  font, press option and›select to switch between the user and›ROM font (when copying from this also›applies).   Try  other funky stuff in›case I forgot to mention it here.››FUNCTIONS?›    I  think 'A' allowed  you to play›graffitti and put character text on a›graphics  0  or  antic 4 screen.  You›can save by pressing start and S then›the numbers 1, 2, or 3 when it beeps.›Load  by  pressing start and L.  Note›that  if  you  exit  (with the escape›key)  without  saving  first you will›lose the image.›    I  forget what 'B' was.I think it›did  something  funky to the image in›the grid. Try it. 'C' will clear  the›screen. 'D' is a demo  mode, it shows›you all the characters  in  all three›modes. I think  you could move up and›down  on the joystick to  change  the›graphics 1 or 2 part, or press option›or select or something, or 1 and 2.›     I forget what  'E' was also. Tee›hee, sorry. Some programmer, huh?  Oh›well,  it  *was*  four  years  ago or›so... 'F'  is  copy  from.  You press›it, then  either  press  the  key  of›the character  you  want  to copy the›bit  pattern of, or use the joystick.›     'G' was the disk menu, just like›Dos. 'H' was something  like  overlay›character, it would  do just like 'F'›but would not destroy the bit pattern›in the window first. 'I'  inverts the›character grid. Forgot what 'J' was.›Forgot what 'K' was too. 'L'  loads a›font from a device. Enter  /B  at the›end of the font that  was  saved with›the binary header. 'M' and 'N'  split›the bit pattern of the  image  in the›grid, taking out odd  or  even bits.›This  allows you tomake multi-colored›characters. 'O'  is  something   like›undo, it puts the last character into›the grid.  I think  shift 'O' will do›the second to last-but don't quote me›on that. 'P'  is  parameters, you can›change,  such  things as the filename›that the text screens are saved to or›loaded fromand other exciting things.›'Q' Hmmm..?? 'R' was restore the font›to the one in ROM. 'S' is save font.›Enter /B to save it as a  binary load›file, it will ask you  to  enter  the›(I  think)  hex address,  or maybe it›was decimal, or maybe   even   both.››  Try different things (like  putting›a '$' before a hex number). Goodluck.›'T'  means  transfer the image on the›grid  into  the  third  plane  of the›time-space   continuum.   Be  careful›using  this  option:  you could upset›the   matter   balance  and  start  a›chain-reaction  that  would cause the›destruction of all life on the earth.›(grin) Actually,  I  forgot what this›option is,  I  am only  joking  about›the  time-space   crap.  'U'  is  for›upside-down, I think? I think 'V' was›the  animation  screen, or something.›You just enter the charaters  in  the›animation  string,  and  follow   the›instructions.›GETTING OUT!›  Remember, escape  brings  you back.›You  can also have a text screen load›first, as saved with the A command.›  'W'?  Got me. 'X'  is  make  lines,›I  believe, although  there  is  some›doubt in  my  mind.   It  allows  you›to generate basic-action or assembler›data with  the data for the redefined›characters that  you indicate in it.›I forget what 'Y' is.  Sorry. 'Z'  is›enter  character.  It will  take  the›image  on  the grid, and copy  it  to›one  of  the  characters in the  user›character set.›There  ya  have it, folks.  Sorry for›being so imcomplete, if you have  any›questions   leave  mail to me (LETO-2›on  GEnie,  or  call  me  at 560-4272›voice). Program is   pretty  straight›forward and shouldn't be a problem to›figure out.›    Oh  well,  enjoy the fruits of my›efforts,  I  sure had fun writing the›program.  Ah reservoir! (grin)›                        Peter Payne›(EDITORS NOTE: The challenge for  you›dear reader is to fill in the missing›info, and write up some comprehensive›documentation and send it in to OHAUG›so we can publish it. GOOD LUCK!)›             -+-+-+-