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-i- ╥ ╓─── ╓──╖ ╥┐ ╥ ╓───╖ ╓───╖ ╓──╖ ╓──╖ ▄▄▄▄ R & T ║ ║ ║ ║ ║└─┐║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚╗ ║ ║ █▌ ▐█ ║ ╟── ║ ║ ║ └╢ ╟───╢ ╟─╥─╜ ║ ║ ║ ║ ▐█ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╔╝ ║ ║ ▐█ ╙─── ╙─── ╙──╜ ╨ ╨ ╨ ╨ ╨ ╨ ╙──╜ ╙──╜ ▐█.52 This Program Will Not Execute Without A Mouse Loaded.! ██▄▄▄▄ (c) New Unlimited Work File Size, Fonts and E.S.P.! - Table of Contents - Page Page Disclaimer ..................... -1- Misc. Options Screen ... -14- Registration ................... -2- Line Drawing Menu ...... -15- History ........................ -3- Auto Box Draw Menu ..... -16- Packing List ................... -4- Control Codes Menu ..... -17- File Types Created.............. -6- File Merge & Viewer .... -18- What Is Leonardo ? ............. -7- Registration Stuff ..... -19- How to Use Leonardo ............ -8- What is ANXI.COM ? ........... -19- Work Screen .......... -9- What is LEOFONT.COM ? ........ -20- Function Keys......... -10- Font File Syntax & Font Menu . -21- Main Menu ............ -11- Final Notes & Credits ........ -23- Save Screen Menu ..... -12- Tech Support ........... -24- File Name & Save Screen. -13- Last Minuet Stuff....... -25- -1- (tm) (r) Version 2.52 Release Date of 03-25-1993 ╥ ╓─── ╓──╖ ╥┐ ╥ ╓───╖ ╓───╖ ╓──╖ ╓──╖ ▄▄▄▄ R & T ║ ║ ║ ║ ║└─┐║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚╗ ║ ║ █▌ ▐█ ║ ╟── ║ ║ ║ └╢ ╟───╢ ╟─╥─╜ ║ ║ ║ ║ ▐█ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╔╝ ║ ║ ▐█ ╙─── ╙─── ╙──╜ ╨ ╨ ╨ ╨ ╨ ╨ ╙──╜ ╙──╜ ▐█.52 by R & T SOFT ██▄▄▄▄ (c) _____________________________________________________________________ * DISCLAIMER & TERMS OF USAGE * The Authors of this software shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, consequential or incidental damages arising out of the use or misuse of these program. Nor will They be liable for any loss of profits or savings incurred by such damages. The Person using these programs bears all risk as to the quality and performance of the software. The Authors disclaim all warranties relating to this software whether express or implied, including but not limited to any implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, and all such warranties are expressly and specifically disclaimed. It is your responsibility to determine if these programs will work reliably on your equipment and for your particular environment. *** IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH THESE CONDITIONS, DELETE THESE PROGRAMS NOW!! *** -2- Register this software by filling out the REGISTER.FRM and send it in with your check or money order for $29.95 per licence ( one licence per program copy required ) to: Roberto Tauler 6039 s. Kolmar Chicago, IL. 60629 This product is presented as shareware allowing the user to sample it for a period time not exceeding 30 days to decide whether it suits his or her needs. If the user continues use of this software after the 30 day evaluation period then he or she must register with the author for $29.95 per license per copy This program is fully operational with the exception of the BURDEN OF GUILT and a 20 seconds NAG SCREEN has no built-in punishment for unregistered use. * * * PRICES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE * * * Continued unregistered use of this software beyond the 30 day trial period is a violation of Federal copyright laws 17 United States Code, Section 101 through 810 ! The NAG SCREEN will be de-activated by the registration process ! REGISTER NOW!!!!!!!!!! -3- Brief History We were having huge headaches with a very stupid and lame program used for creating ANSI and ASCII graphics screens for display on a Bulletin Board Service we are involved with, it was very unreliable and full of features (BUGS!). Sufficed to say we got tired of playing with it ( Again we proved that necessity is the mother of inventions) so LEONARDO was developed. LEO found it self growing from a screen capture program to a full ANSI, ASCII and binary screen development tool geared for ANSI animation and sequencer. Yes, we went overboard!! But it was fun. And now since we found it so useful instead of keeping it to our self we figured others might benefit from it as well, so we put it out to shareware. Why shareware? Why not! If you like it and continue to use it it's only fair to register your copy. We'll take suggestions from registered users only and keep improving on it, then some day we might solve the worlds hunger problem! Maybe NOT, but there is virtually no limit. REGISTER NOW!!!!!!!!!! -4- PACKING LIST The following 62 files are included in the LEONRD25 VER. 2.52 zip file. LEONARDO.COM . The main program file. ( A 2 BUTTON MOUSE IS REQUIRED, 3 button mouse is optional but not needed ). Syntax: see Page 7 for details. ANXI.COM ..... A TSR screen capture program, Hotkey controlled, creates a file called ANXI.BIN of the screen captured. Syntax: see Page 14 for details. DISPLAY.COM .. A program to display binary screen files created by LEONARDO.COM or by ANXI.COM (the equivalent to the "Type" command in DOS but for binary files.) Syntax: DISPLAY [drive]:[path] [filename.BIN] READ.COM ..... A program called from README.BAT to read the LEONARDO.DOC file ( or use it to read any other ASCII file forward and backward scrolling thru documents supported ). Syntax: READ [drive]:[path] [textfile.txt] DBPAUSE.COM .. A small ( real small ) program for pausing batch files but does not display any prompts ( good for graphic screens). Syntax: DBPAUSE LEOFONT.COM .. A font compiler for Leonardo generated font images. Yes! you can make your own fonts!! Or use the small lib included. -5- PACKING LIST (continued) DEMO.BAT A presentation of the library of screen files included in this package ( feel free to experiment with them ). gallop.a thru h castel.a leolight.bin leolight.ans walk.ans dialog.bin leogrid.bin techconf.ans space.dem hold.bin bomb.dem hold.asc thanx.bin techconf.bin monk.ans pyramid.ans leo.bin wait.a & .b castel.ans pyrami2.ans anxi.bin boxes.bin castel.bin pyrami3.ans animate.dem ascii.dem overlay.ans ** files with BIN extensions and a file size of 4k bytes can not be viewed with the DOS "TYPE" command. LEONARDO.DOC This document. README.BAT The batch file for reading the LEONARDO document file. REGISTER.FRM Leonardo's registration form. LEO???.FON A collection newly created and old modified fonts in Leonardo's exclusive font format. DESC.SDI & FILE_ID.DIZ The usual BBS file description. -6- FILE TYPES CREATED BY LEONARDO Three types of files can be created with LEONARDO, their descriptions are as follows. ANSI: A full color ANSI file with compressing which removes statement redundancy, it will compress in several algorithms and choose the best method for faster screen writing ( fast screen write and small file size are not synonymous ). ASCII: A pure ASCII file, the compression checks for empty lines and substitutes a hex 0D 0A at the beginning of each line. the ASCII file has no attributes can be edited with any text editor to add any control characters needed and can be save as a 79 or 80 column wide. Binary: The binary file output option was added so programmers can take advantage of the this program as well. LEONARDO will output a binary file that can be merged to any machine language file for display as the opening page of their program or a menu page with in a program. The output file will be 4K Bytes in length and full color (80x25) -7- What is LEONARDO.COM ? (E)rgonomicly (S)tabilized (P)ointer !!! YOU CAN NOT OPERATE LEONARDO WITHOUT A MOUSE !!! LEONARDO is a full ANSI screen editor geared for animation. Its primary function is to create screens for use on a BBS with file compressions for faster screen write, auto line drawing and the ability to embed control codes. It also generates ANSI overlays, ASCII screen files ( 2 colors ) and binary screen files. The whole screen can be shifted in any direction for faster animation. Any part of the screen can be cut & pasted as a block or an overlay. Blocks saved for animation are saved (if wished ) automatically with sequential alpha extensions for easy concatenation. A sequence viewer is built in as well as the ability to concatenate or merge any ANSI or ascii files to created the final animated file. A sorted view of the CURRENT DIRECTORY, the ability to change directories with point and shoot, drive logging is built as well as file renaming of original file to a "RAW" extension. We tried to make it so all operations from idea stage to the finished screen can be completed with out exiting LEONARDO. -8- How to use LEONARDO At the DOS prompt type: LEONARDO [drive]:[path] [filename.ext], or just LEONARDO with out a command tail and left-click "MENU" at the bottom right of the screen to pull down the MAIN MENU then left-click on "LOAD SCREEN" the load file screen will appear. At this screen either use the mouse to select the file or type in the filename followed by a left-click or the "ENTER" key. If no command tail is used and a binary file called "ANXI.BIN" is in the current directory it will be automatically loaded and displayed. This is useful to leave yourself notes from previous LEONARDO sessions or ANYTHING YOU LIKE! Just use LEO to make the screen and save it in a binary form with the name "ANXI.BIN". ( A file called ANXI.BIN comes with the package remember to rename it first. ) Once the ANXI.BIN file is displayed ( if the file exists ) left-click to eliminate the credit bar and point and left-click "MENU" at the bottom right of the screen then select "SCREEN MISC." then select "CLEAR SCREEN". Most selections allow you to exit if chosen in error by hitting the "Esc" key to abort, left-click on the "QUIT MENU" option or right-click. -9- How to use LEONARDO (continued) ** WORK SCREEN ** _____Options____________________________Descriptions_______________________ Left Click .....: DRAWS, PICKS CHARACTERS, COLORS OR SELECTS FUNCTIONS FROM THE MENUS ( CLICK & DRAG WILL DRAW LINES OF SELECTED CHARACTERS WITH CURRENT COLORS ). Right Click ....: MOVES THE ALPHA CURSOR FOR TYPING TEXT OR FONT, SETS UP A LEFT MARGIN, BLOCK A SECTION TO CUT & PASTE OR OVERLAYING. Shift+Left Click: CHANGING THE FOREGROUND & BACKGROUND COLORS ON TEXT OR CHARACTERS ( WITHOUT ERASING THEM ) BY DRAGGING THE MOUSE CURSOR OVER THEM. Arrow keys .....: SHIFTS THE SCREEN IN THE DIRECTION OF THE ARROW ( ALLOWS EDITING OF THE 2 LINES HIDDEN BY THE MENU ) AND WRAPS. BG .............: SELECT BACKGROUND COLOR, MOUSE CURSOR IS RESTRICTED TO THE BACKGROUND COLORS ALLOWED BY ANSI, LEFT CLICK ON DESIRED COLOR. FG .............: SELECT FOREGROUND COLOR, ALL ANSI COLORS ARE AVAILABLE, CLICK LEFT ON DESIRED COLOR. BL .............: TOGGLES BLINKING IN CURRENT FOREGROUND COLOR, USE LEFT CLICK TO SELECT AND DE-SELECT. MENU ...........: ACTIVATES MAIN POP-UP MENU. -10- How to use LEONARDO (continued) ** WORK SCREEN's Edit Keys ** _Function Keys____________________________Descriptions______________________ F1 .............: COPIES AN AREA THAT WAS BLOCKED IN BY THE MOUSE CURSOR (BOTTOM LEFT) AND THE ALPHA CURSOR (TOP RIGHT ). Shift + F1 .....: MOVES THE BLOCKED IN AREA TO THE CLIP BOARD OR ERASE. F2 .............: PASTE LAST BLOCK COPIED BY THE "F1" KEY TO THE CURRENT MOUSE CURSOR LOCATION ( FOREGROUND & BACKGROUND ). F3 .............: PASTE LAST BLOCK COPIED BY THE "F1" KEY AS AN OVERLAY ( NON DESTRUCTIVE BACKGROUND SPACES ). F4 .............: UNDO LAST PASTE. F5 .............: SAVE CURRENT MARKED BLOCK TO FILE NAME SELECTED IN ANY OF THE SAVE FILE SCREENS AND AUTO INCREMENT EXTENSION ( OR CHANGE EXT. MANUALLY WITH "ARROW UP" OR "ARROW DOWN" KEYS { RANGE = .A THRU .Z }). F6 .............: DISPLAYS FILES IN THE SEQUENCE SELECTED IN THE "F7" SCREEN. F7 .............: SELECTS FILES TO VIEW IN SEQUENCE.(SEE PAGE 18 ON "F6"&"F7") F8 .............: INFORMATION SCREEN CONTAINS THE CREDITS, WHO THIS COPY IS REGISTERED TO AND VERSION NUMBER. F9 .............: POPS UP A CONTROL CODE SELECTION STRIP IN THE LOWER RIGHT OF THE WORK SCREEN ( SEE PAGE 17 ). F10 ............: HELP SCREEN. -11- How to use LEONARDO (continued) ** Work Screen's Pop-up MAIN MENU Options ** _____Options____________________________Descriptions_______________________ Save screen ....: SAVE FILE SUBMENU WITH ALL THE AVAILABLE SAVE FILE FORMATS ( SEE PAGES 12 & 13 ). Load screen ....: PAGES INTO THE LOAD FILE SCREEN ( SEE PAGES 12 & 13 ). Screen Misc. ...: MISCELLANEOUS SUBMENU WITH OPTIONS LIKE CLEAR SCREEN, PAINT ENTIRE SCREEN, SELECT NUMBER OF ROWS ETC. ( SEE PAGE 14 ). Line Drawing ...: LINE DRAWING SUBMENU THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DRAW LINES AND CORNERS ETC. WITH OUT LIFTING THE CURSOR ( SEE PAGE 15 ). Auto-Box Draw ..: BOX DRAWING UTILITY SCREEN THAT CAN AUTO DRAW 4 BOX STYLES AND ALL YOU DO IS POSITION & SIZE IT. ( SEE PAGE 16 ) Color Fill .....: COLOR FILL FUNCTION THAT USES COLOR AS ITS BOUNDARIES. SELECT A DIFFERENT "BG" COLOR AND CLICK IN A BOX, OR A DIFFERENT "FG" COLOR AND CLICK ON THE LINES. LEFT CLICK EXIT Control Codes ..: POPS UP AN OVERLAY IN THE RIGHT LOWER PART OF THE WORK SCREEN WITH 32 COMMON CONTROL CODES. (SEE PAGE 17). Fonts ..........: SELECTS THE FONT MENU TO PICK FROM ALTERNATE FONTS OR RESET BACK TO THE STANDARD CHARACTER SET (SEE PAGE 20, 21 & 22 ). Exit Leo .......: USED TO QUIT CURRENT SESSION OF LEONARDO. Quit Menus .....: EXIT POP UP MENUS. -12- How to use LEONARDO (continued) ** Main Menu's SAVE SCREEN Submenu ** _____Options____________________________Descriptions_______________________ Ansi Save With Clear Screen .: SAVE CURRENT WORK SCREEN IN ANSI AND ADDS A CLEAR SCREEN TO THE BEGINNING OF THE FILE. Ansi Save With Screen Wipe ..: SAVE CURRENT WORK SCREEN IN ANSI, DOES RELOCATE THE CURSOR, WIPES SCREEN TOP DOWN. Ansi Overlay / Transparent ..: SAVE CURRENT WORK SCREEN IN ANSI WITHOUT ADDING A CLEAR SCREEN. DOES RELOCATE THE CURSOR TO THE HOME SCREEN POSITION AND OVERLAYS IT SELF ON CURRENT SCREEN. Ansi Save With Scrolling ....: WHEN DISPLAYED THE SCREEN WILL FILL FROM THE CURSOR ON AND PUSH PREVIOUS SCREEN UP AND OUT. Ascii Screen 79/80 Columns ..: SAVE CURRENT WORK SCREEN IN ASCII WITH 79 OR 80 COLUMN WIDE. ( FILE WIDTH SELECTION OCCURS AFTER FILE NAME SELECTION. ) Binary - .BIN EXT. Suggested : SAVE CURRENT WORK SCREEN IN A BINARY FORMAT ( IN FULL COLOR, FILE SIZE 4K BYTE ). Quit Menu ...................: EXIT OUT OF ALL MENU BACK TO WORK SCREEN. NOTES: ** All selections are followed by their select file name screen. ** Ascii save has extra Pop Up Menu for the number of columns. -13- How to use LEONARDO (continued) Mouse ** FILE NAME SCREENS ** __Buttons________________________________Descriptions_______________________ Left Button .: SELECT FILE TO WORK ON OR DIRECTORY TO CHANGE TO. Type Name ...: SELECT NAME OF FILE TO WORK ON. ** In any of the save or load screen if you type a drive letter followed by a colon and hit the "ENTER" key you can log to that drive provided your PC has that logical drive active. ** If a directory contains more files than can be displayed a "<MORE>" prompt will be shown at the end of the file list, hit "ENTER" or CLICK LEFT on the "<MORE>" prompt to see more files. ** The "CURRENT FILE:" prompt shows the file name LEONARDO will use to save on subsequent screen saves. If that file already exists it will be renamed with a "RAW" extension. ** Each FILE SAVE SCREEN and FILE LOAD SCREEN will have in the lower left corner a reminder of the function chosen. ** In any of the save or load screens the green file names are not files but directories. You can change directories by point and shoot at the directory name. The "." and ".." are the same as DOS' nomenclature for the parent a child directories. !! CHANGING DIRECTORIES WILL CLEAR THE PICKED FILE LIST !! -14- How to use LEONARDO (continued) ** Main Menu's SCREEN MISC. Submenu ** _____Options____________________________Descriptions_______________________ CLEAR SCREEN-CURRENT COLORS .: CLEARS THE WORK SCREEN TO THE CURRENT FOREGROUND AND BACKGROUND COLORS. PAINT SCREEN-CURRENT COLORS .: RE-PAINTS THE ENTIRE SCREEN. ALL FOREGROUND CHARACTERS GET PAINTED THE CURRENT FOREGROUND COLOR ALL BACKGROUND CHARACTERS GET THE BACKGROUND COLOR. DOES NOT ERASE CHARACTERS. NUMBER OF ROWS TO SAVE 23/22 : SETS THE NUMBER OF ROW LEONARDO WILL LET YOU DRAW IN AND SAVE ( IN ANSI AND ASCII ONLY ). DISPLAY HELP SCREEN - KEYS ..: DISPLAYS THE HELP SCREEN ( SAME AS THE "F10"). ADJUST MOUSE SENSITIVITY ....: POPS UP A MOUSE ADJUSTMENT PANEL TO CUSTOMIZE HORIZONTAL & VERTICAL SENSITIVITY. SAVE CURRENT SETTINGS .......: THIS OPTION WILL SAVE THESE DEFAULTS: CURRENT "FG" AND "BG" COLORS, NUMBER OF LINES SET, DEFAULT FILE NAME, VIEW LIST & WHAT EVER IS IN THE CURRENT CLIP BOARD. ** NOTE: LEONARDO WILL REWRITE IT SELF TO SAVE YOUR NEW DEFAULTS, IF YOU HAVE MULTIPLE COPIES, ONLY THE CURRENTLY RUNNING COPY WILL BE MODIFIED REGARDLESS OF WHAT DIRECTORY YOUR IN. QUIT MENU ...................: QUITS ALL MENUS. -15- How to use LEONARDO (continued) ** Main Menu's LINE DRAWING Submenu ** These options will assist the user in drawing shapes. The routines sense a change in the direction of the mouse and add the necessary corners, cross points etc. with out the user having to re-select characters back and forth to complete a picture. Select a line style then click-left and drag the mouse as if you where using a pen or pencil. Click-right to end option. _____Options______________________Descriptions______________________________ ┌───────┐ SINGLE LINES ─┼ .......: EXAMPLE > ─┐ ┌┼──┐ ├───┐ ╔══╦═╗ └──┘└──┘ └───┘ ║ ║ ╚╗ DOUBLE LINES ╬═ .......: EXAMPLE > > > > > > > > > > > ═══╦══╬══╣ ╚═ ╒═╤╤╤ ╚══╝ ╚═ MIXED STYLE LINES ═╪ ..: EXAMPLE > ══╪═╧╧╧══╕ ╘══════╛ MIXED STYLE LINES ╫─ ..: EXAMPLE > > > > > > > > > > > ──╖ ╖ ╟─── ( get the picture ?! ) ╙──╫───╜ QUIT MENU .............: EXITS MENU WITHOUT SELECTING. ╜ CLICK-LEFT + DRAG .....: DRAWS SELECTED LINE STYLE. UNCLICK TO STOP DRAWING. CLICK-RIGHT ...........: EXITS ROUTINE ( OR "ESC" KEY ). -16- How to use LEONARDO (continued) ** Main Menu's AUTO-BOX DRAW Submenu ** These options will assist the user in drawing dialog boxes or just any old box. The routines adjust the size of the box depending on the direction the mouse is moved. The necessary sides of the box will grow or shrink as needed in relations to the starting point and the direction the mouse is dragged. Click-left and drag the mouse as if you where using a pen or pencil. Unclick-left when box shape is achieved. Click-right to end option. NOTE: After exit of option the "F4" key can be used to erase last box made. ______Options______________________Descriptions______________________________ ┌───────────┐ ╔═════╗ SINGLE LINES BOX ─┼ .......: EXAMPLE > │ text here │ ║ ║ └───────────┘ ║ ╔══════╗ DOUBLE LINES BOX ╬═ .......: EXAMPLE > > > > > > > > > > > ║ ║ ║ ║ ╒═════════╕ ╚══║══╝ ║ MIXED STYLE BOX ═╪ ........: EXAMPLE > │ │ ╚══════╝ ╘═════════╛ ╓────╖ MIXED STYLE BOX ╫─ ........: EXAMPLE > > > > > > > > > > > ║ ║ ( get the picture ?! ) ╙────╜ QUIT MENU .............: EXITS MENU WITHOUT SELECTING. CLICK-LEFT + DRAG .....: SIZES SELECTED BOX STYLE. UNCLICK TO STOP SIZING. CLICK-RIGHT ...........: EXITS ROUTINE ( OR "ESC" KEY ). -17- How to use LEONARDO (continued) ** Main Menu's CONTROL CODES Selection Strip ** !!! WARNING !!! IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT CONTROL CODES ARE FOR THIS IS NOT THE PLACE TO LEARN THEM. REFER TO AN ANSI MANUAL OR YOUR PARTICULAR BRAND OF BBS'S MANUAL AND FAMILIARIZE YOUR SELF WITH THEM BEFORE ATTEMPTING ANY USE OF CONTROL CODES !! ** NOTE: SOME CONTROL CODES MAY DISPLACE GRAPHICS, IF SO TRY USING THEM IN AN OVERLAY FILE OR SEPERATE FILE AND MERGE ! ** _CODE___HEX____DEC_________CODE___HEX____DEC________CODE___HEX____DEC______ @ = 00h = 0 J = 0Ah = 10 U = 15h = 21 A = 01h = 1 K = 0Bh = 11 V = 16h = 22 B = 02h = 2 L = 0Ch = 12 W = 17h = 23 C = 03h = 3 M = 0Dh = 13 X = 18h = 24 D = 04h = 4 N = 0Eh = 14 Y = 19h = 25 E = 05h = 5 O = 0Fh = 15 Z = 1Ah = 26 F = 06h = 6 P = 10h = 16 [ = 1Bh = 27 G = 07h = 7 Q = 11h = 17 \ = 1Ch = 28 H = 08h = 8 R = 12h = 18 ] = 1Dh = 29 I = 09h = 9 S = 13h = 19 ^ = 1Eh = 30 T = 14h = 20 _ = 1Fh = 31 NOTE: USE "F9" OR SELECT "CONTROL CODES" FROM THE MAIN MENU. LEFT-CLICK ON THE CONTROL CODE STRIP THE CODE YOU NEED. IT REMAIN SELECTED TILL NEXT CHOICE. -18- How to use LEONARDO (continued) ** Definition of "F7" & "F6" Keys. FILE MERGE, SEQUENCER AND VIEWER. ** _____Options____________________________Descriptions_______________________ -------------- "F7" KEY CREATE LIST SCREEN -------------- Right Click ....: SELECT FILES TO VIEW OR MERGE IN THE ORDER THE FILES ARE PICKED. (PAGE DOWN TO VIEW & MERGE LIST) Left Click .....: SELECTS FILE NAME TO MERGE PICKED FILES INTO "Page Down" Key : SELECT SUBMENU FOR VIEWING LIST SELECTED IN THE "PICK SEQUENCE SCREEN" OR MERGING SELECTED FILE TO THE CURRENT FILE NAME. "Del" Key ......: CLEARS SELECTION MADE FOR VIEWING OR MERGING. "Enter" Key ....: HIT "ENTER" AFTER TYPING IN THE FILE NAME YOU WANT. ---------- "F7" KEY CREATE LIST SCREEN SUBMENU ---------- "Enter" Key ....: MERGES SELECTIONS ON THE SCREEN IN THE ORDER SHOWN TO THE CURRENT FILE NAME SELECT IN THE "F7" MAIN SCREEN. "Page Up" Key ..: RETURN YOU TO THE "F7" CREATE LIST MAIN SCREEN. ------------------ "F6" KEY RUN LIST -------------------- "F6" Key .......: USE THE "Page Up" KEY TO LEAVE THE SUBMENU AND EXIT THE PICK SCREEN THEN HIT "F6" KEY TO VIEW SEQUENCE SELECTED BEFORE MERGING THEM TO ONE FILE, THEN RETURN TO THE SUBMENU AND HIT THE "Enter" KEY TO MERGE TO THE CURRENT FILE NAME. -19- How to use LEONARDO (continued) ** REGISTRATION ** An embedded program registration is used. It is derived from the exact name the registrant provides us in the registration form, the method is case sensitive and all characters must be use exact or the embedded registration will not take place. You give us the name, we give you the registration number. After registration the NAG screen won't show. What is ANXI.COM ? ANXI.COM is a screen capture program in a TSR form that saves the screen in a binary format of a non-bit graphic screen. It also remembers what directory it was executed from and will save the file it generates to that home directory. Syntax: ANXI.COM The screen will then display the ANXI logo and advise that the TSR portion of the program was loaded. From that point on to capture a screen just press and hold the hot key combo of CTRL + ALT + LEFT-SHIFT + "A" and the screen will be written into a binary file called ANXI.BIN. This same file ( ANXI.BIN ) will be loaded by LEONARDO when executed if present in the same directory and if no command tail is used on LEONARDO. WARNING... ANXI.COM overwrites existing ANXI.BIN files!!! ANXI.COM does not unload from memory, reboot computer. -20- What is LEOFONT.COM ? LEOFONT.COM is a font compiler specifically made for LEONARDO.COM, it will convert the binary output file you create with leonardo into leonardo's font file format provided you follow a few simple rules (see page 21 for font file syntax). How to Use LEOFONT.COM Once the binary file is ready type "LEOFONT" and hit <ENTER> at the dos prompt ( LEOFONT must be in same DIR as files to be processed ) LEOFONT will prompt you for the filename of the binary files, the files will be displayed as they are converted. After the conversion LEOFONT will prompt you for the name of the font file you want to use ( we suggest using a "FON" extension for ease of file ID but any file name & extension will do fine ). Chances are that most font will take several binary files to create, so LEOFONT will except standard DOS wildcards as an input file name. EXAMPLE : You have 3 binary files that make up 1 font file use the following. ┌ MYFONT1.BIN ┐ your files ┤ MYFONT2.BIN ├ at LEOFONT'S input file name type MYFONT?.BIN └ MYFONT3.BIN ┘ At the output file name type MYFONT.FON and hit <ENTER>. **NOTE: LEOFONT CHECK FOR AMPLE FILE SPACE BEFORE WRITING TO DISK, IF THERE'S NOT ENOUGH IT WILL LET YOU KNOW!! -21- ** Making your own font ** Making your own font, a heart stopping feat? NO! Not at all. Just draw the characters using LEONARDO as if you are drawing anything else of course these are not scaleable so keep the size in mind, keep the foreground white and space them enough to be able to box them in individually using the AUTO BOX function and leave some space ( 1 or 2 characters wide ) on the right and bottom of the inside of the boxes for better legibility and when done save it as a binary file. The trick to it all is the background colors chosen. Always chose a red background for the AUTO BOX function, this is how LEOFONT tells where one font letter starts and the other one ends. In the upper left corner of the red box you've just outlined goes the font character, the actual ascii letter, number or punctuation that you want to type on your keyboard to make this font character appear on the screen ( "KEY TAG" as we like to call it ). Get the picture? If not here is an EXAMPLE: KEY TAG-->A█████████ █ ╔═╗ █<--RED OUTLINE BACKGROUND SYNTAX: FONT CHARACTER--->╠═╣▒<-----BLACK BACKGROUND blue space = transparent WHITE █ ╜ ╙▒ █ black space = shadow █ ▒▒▒▒ <---BLUE OR CYAN cyan space = solid █ █ BACKGROUND red = box outline (must be complete, no holes) ██████████ -22- ** Making your own font ** (continued) Now for the font preview screen, make it exactly like the character but much bigger, give a sample of the font style, a "written by" line ( if you like ), and denote all characters available in your font as well as background attributes. The big difference with this binary file ( you can make it the whole size of the work screen ) is the KEY TAG character used, for the preview font screen use ascii character 127 decimal or the "" character in the upper left corner (key tag must have red background). To generate the "" character hold <ATL> key and type 127 on the numeric keypad then release the <ALT> key. ** FONT SELECTION IN LEONARDO'S MAIN SCREEN ** When selecting a font LEONARDO looks for the "" KEY TAG to give you a preview of what the font looks like before excepting it. If LEONARDO does not find that KEY TAG then it will display " SORRY NO PREVIEW FOUND!". We've also included in the zip package for your examination 1 example a binary font file called TESTFONT.BIN & 1 example of a binary preview file called TESTFON2.BIN. GET FONT ....: GETS YOU INTO THE SELECT FONT SCREEN. LEFT CLICK ON THE FONT FILE AND IF A PREVIEW SCREEN IS AVAILABLE LEONARDO WILL DISPLAY IT THEN LEFT CLICK TO ACCEPT OR RIGHT CLICK TO SELECT ANOTHER. RESET FONT ..: RETURNS THE KEYBOARD BACK TO THE NORMAL CHARACTERS. QUIT MENU ...: QUITS ALL MENUS. (tm) (r) -23- ╥ ╓─── ╓──╖ ╥┐ ╥ ╓───╖ ╓───╖ ╓──╖ ╓──╖ ▄▄▄▄ R & T ║ ║ ║ ║ ║└─┐║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚╗ ║ ║ █▌ ▐█ ║ ╟── ║ ║ ║ └╢ ╟───╢ ╟─╥─╜ ║ ║ ║ ║ ▐█ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╔╝ ║ ║ ▐█ ╙─── ╙─── ╙──╜ ╨ ╨ ╨ ╨ ╨ ╨ ╙──╜ ╙──╜ ▐█.52 _________________________________________________ ██▄▄▄▄ Version 2.52 (r) by ROB & TONY TAULER WARNING!!!: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN TESTED ON PC & MS DOS 3.1 TO 5.0 VERSIONS AND DR DOS VERSION 6.0 ONLY, IF EXECUTED IN OTHER OPERATING SYSTEM OTHER THAN ABOVE MENTIONED RESULTS ARE UNKNOWN. ALL ANSI FILES REQUIRE AN ANSI DRIVER LIKE "ANSI.SYS" RESIDENT TO BE DISPLAYED. ALL BINARY FILES ARE MEANT TO BE DISPLAYED BY "DISPLAY.COM" OR USED AS PART OF A MACHINE LANGUAGE PROGRAM. ** PC-DOS IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP. ** MS-DOS IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF MICROSOFT CORP. ** DR-DOS IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF DIGITAL RESEARCH CORP. REGISTER NOW !!!!!!!!! -24- IN CLOSING We hope that you will find LEONARDO as useful as we've found it to be, ( useful enough to register ) and we welcome suggestion as to other features to include or bugs found in LEONARDO's programming. TECHNICAL SUPPORT If you are having problems or like to drop us a note, give us a call at THE CESS POOL BBS at (708) 352-9231, or Cess Pool's CIRCUIT NET NODE # 708003, address it to Tony Tauler and leave us a message. We'll be happy to help a registered user. Latest versions available first at CESS POOL BBS. Version 1.00 : First release ( a MIRACLE that it got out the door!). Version 1.50 : Fixes a bug with the ascii save routine and add the ability to save an ascii file in either 79 or 80 column wide. Version 2.00 : A whole new user interface was written, auto-line and auto-box functions added, embedded registration, more ways to save a file, control code usage and MORE !!! ( no limit on files size.) Version 2.50 : Added Fonts to the works!! THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, ROB & TONY TAULER REGISTER NOW CLEANSE YOURSELF OF THE GUILT AND NAG SCREEN !!!!!!! -25- ** A FEW LAST MINUTE STUFF ** All registered users of LEONARDO version 1.50 OR earlier will be provided with the new registration number based on the names on file with instruction on how to use it. Keep it handy so you will be able to register any future version of LEONARDO. This revision (2.52) cleans up some of LEONARDO's code ( to make the actual LEONARDO.COM smaller in file size and more efficient) and has a smoother mouse routine we call E.S.P. or (E)rgonomicly (S)tabilized (P)ointer. Who needs a steady hand?! - THE END -