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This a copy of the "What's Hot" article published in Berkeley Software's
"GEOS NEWS" for Fall 1987 from Page 2. This is reprinted here with
permission from Berkeley Softworks granted to Betty Knight for the CompuServe
CBMART Forum. This article may not be reprinted in any form elsewhere
without Berkeley Softworks' permission.
Announcing GeoPublish!!
GeoPublish turns you GEOS-based Commodore 64 into a desktop publishing
system. Now you can easily design and print documents such as multi-page,
multi-column newsletters, brochures, catalogs, flyers, and advertisements.
This exciting new product offers most of the functionality of expensive
publishing programs which run on IBM PC's or Apple Macintoshes, at one-tenth
of the price.
GeoPublish lets you design up to 16 pages per document. On each page,
you can freely mix multiple text columns, bitmapped graphic images, and line
graphics. Text can come from up to 16 different geoWrite documents, letting
you design newsletters containing multiple articles.
Start by creating a customized master page which contains graphics and
text to appear on each page of a document. Master page definitions can
also be loaded from a library or saved for later use.
Page layout becomes a simple task with geoPublish. To begin, design
the layout by defining rectangular regions on each page of the document.
Text flows into columns, automatically continuing onto later pages as
necessary. The text retains all information from the original geoWrite
document, including text font and style, justification, centering, embedded
bitmapped graphic images, and tables of data from geoCalc or geoFile.
Create titles and headlines using new GEOS MegaFonts, with point sizes
up to 192 points, the size of a standard newspaper masthead.
You can edit text without leaving geoPublish, and it will automatically
reflow to fill columns again. Bitmapped graphic images can be pasted onto
each page and cropped, centered or scaled to fit. If a graphic image
overlaps text columns, the text automatically reflows around the graphics.
The entire layout of any page can easily be modified by movingg and
resizing regions using the onscreen ruler and guidelines for precise
placement. Page layouts may be loaded from a library or saved for later use.
An onscreen tool box allows you to choose the graphic tools you need to
draw lines, rectangles and circles in different widths and patterns.
Overlapping graphics can be placed behind or in front of text columns.
Before printing, "preview" all pages on the screen or zoom in on any
particular area of the page for viewing actual-sized graphics and text.
Print your document on any GEOS-compatible printer, or use our PostScript
driver to print on the Apple LaserWriter for near-typeset quality
documents. GeoPublish is currently available.
GeoProgrammer: The Complete GEOS Application Development Package.
For GEOS enthusiasts who know 6502 assembly language, geoProgrammer
is all you need to create and debug your own full-sized GEOS application
programs. This package includes a powerful macro assembler, linker,
and symbolic debugger. Also included are sample source files that can
be used as a base to create unique GEOS applications and desk accessories.
The comprehensive user's manual guides you into the realm of event-driven
programming and provides tips on how to take advantage of geoProgrammer's
powerful features.
Create and edit your source files using geoWrite, emphasizing important
sections or comments with boldface type to improve readability. Instead
of entering long lines of numbers to define graphic images, simply paste
them into the document.
GeoAssembler reads thes source files, and supports: macros for
frequently-used blocks of code, global and local labels, expressions
involving arithmetic and logical operators, and a ".include" command
to read in other geoWrite files. GeoLinker accepts link structure commands
from a geoWrite document and reads relocatable object code files produced
by geoAssembler. In addition, it supports construction of GEOS sequential
and VLIR (module swapping) applications. You can even define a header
block so the deskTop will display a customized icon for your application.
GeoDebugger is an advanced symbolic debugger, which lets you
interactively step through your program, examining register and memory
contents as you go. If used with as a Ram Expansion Unit, the debugger
lets you debug full-sized GEOS applications and supports creation of command
macros to simplify repetitive tasks in the debugging effort. GeoDebugger
displays results to a special overlay text window, so your application's
screen is unaffected. GeoProgrammer will be available in December.
The Official GEOS Programmer's Reference Guide II
This is a definitive reference for programmers writing GEOS applications.
In addition to a tutorial on writing GEOS event-driven programs, it contains
comprehensive information on all of the commands, memory maps, and file
formats you need to understand to develop GEOS applications. Recently
revised to include information about GEOS 1.3, 1.4 and GEOS for the
Commodore 128.