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his is a rather short demo of some of the more powerful features of Don Lancaster's Gonzo justification routines. Its outstanding abilities go far beyond most power applications packages.|p
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Gonzo 13 Features
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My Gonzo |413|1 features an ultra-high quality text justification that includes automatic drop caps, hanging pun- ctuation, and a global kerning. It is purposely |2not|1 |4WYSIWYG|1 for fastest speed, and total device independence.
You could, of course, pick up full |4WYSIWYG|1 on any system which can support |2Display PostScript|1. Sigh.
Naturally, everything here is fully programmable, totally unlocked, and completely documented. If you don't like what you see, just rearrange the scenery to suit yourself. You can also emulate |2anything|1 using Gonzo |413|1.
While quite fast by itself, a built-in compiler can give you an even more impressive speedup while generating files which are |2Adobe Distillery|1 com- patible. Your compiling can be either to host recorder or hard disk file.
For most pages, the apparent page makeup time will approach |2zero|1 after compiling. This becomes extremely important with any book-on-demand publishing or outputting to a glacial PostScript typesetter.
There are several gonzo modes available, ranging from a "just dump the text" emulator, raw gonzo layouts, layout using templates, layout with a full document control, string modes, and callout justification.
In its "just dump the text" mode, you could also list all of your gonzo code |2while printing and preserving all gonzo commands!|1
Among the bunches of features of interest, such neat tricks as electronic |4R|oS|oT|o|1 complements, or simply heading on down the can|Uon, are easily done from any |2unmodified|1 font|1.
So is a selective |4(A|kW|kARD)|1 kerning on the fly, even while in fill justify. A supertabbing ability lets you mix and match justification modes on a single line. A munu justify feature provides for dotted listings.
Your entire command set is fully programmable. You can redefine any character or any action at any time for any reason. An ultrafast technique known as |2action tables|1 can greatly simplify your custom programming.
If you were to add more text to this demo, it would do multiple three col- umn pages with automatic left-right headers and sequential numbering.
By going to a somewhat fancier template, a total document control including multiple figure and picture insertions is easily handled. We will see lots of examples of these in future |2GEnie|1 |4PSRT|1 uploads.
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Please note that, while personal use is permitted so long as all headers and credits are retained, all commercial rights to this |2Synergetics|1 copyrighted code are fully reserved, as is posting on any electronic media.
The complete Gonzo code is now available on |2GEnie|1 |4PSRT|1 library as |4GONZO13A.PTL|1 or higher, while the thorough and detailed documentation is provided as |4GONZO13A.TXT|1. Your |2GEnie|1 voice phone number is |4(800) 638-9635|1.
A complete package of detailed Gonzo use examples is available as Don Lancaster's revised |3PostScript Beginning Stuff|1 book+disk package. |4$39.50. VISA/MC|1.
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|2Microcomputer pioneer and guru Don Lancaster is the author of 26 books and countless articles. Don maintains a no-charge technical helpline found at (602) 428-4073, besides offering all his own books, \
reprints, and his technical services. He also has a free brochure of his insider desktop publishing secrets waiting for you. Your best calling times are often |58-5|2 on weekdays, Mountain Standard Time. \
Or you can reach Don by way of |1Synergetics|2, at Box |5809|2, Thatcher, |5AZ 85552|1. |+F|1