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- ┬8 ╟╥┴╨╚╔├╙ ╓╔┼╫┼╥
- ╓ERSION2.0
- ─╧├╒═┼╬╘┴╘╔╧╬.
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- ╘HIS UTILITY DISPLAYS BRUSH (BRUS.) AND PATTERN (PATR.) FILES, CREATED
- IN THE ┬┴╙╔├α8 ENVIRONMENT, IN CONVENIENT SETS, FOR YOUR PRE/REVIEW. ╔T
- ALSO PROVIDES THE OPTION TO PRINT AND/OR SAVE THESE '╨ALETTES', AS UNIQUE
- PICTURE (PICT.) FILES, FOR USE IN ┬PAINT OR ╙PECTRUM. ╘HE SOFTWARE WAS
- DEVELOPED WITH ┬┴╙╔├ 8 AND REQUIRES THE ┬┴╙╔├ 8 ┼DITOR OR ╥╘╠ TO FUNCTION.
- ╔T ALSO UTILIZES DIGITIZED SOUND PROVIDED BY ─╔╟╔╘┴╠╦┼╥ 128.
-
- ╘HIS UPDATE OF THE UTILITY IS WRITTEN FOR 64╦ ╓─├ EQUIPPED MACHINES AND
- REQUIRES A PROPORTIONAL MOUSE FOR IT'S EXECUTION. ╔F YOUR ├128 IS NOT SO
- EQUIPPED, ╔ WOULD SUGGEST DOWNLOADING VERSION 1.1; WHICH WILL CONFIGURE
- ITSELF FOR EITHER 16╦ OR 64╦ AND DERIVES INPUT FROM THE KEYBOARD. ╘HIS
- VERSION PROVIDES THE 'IMPROVEMENTS' PROMISED IN THE FORMER AND, OTHERWISE, DIFFERS ONLY IN THE FACT THAT 8X16 SCREENS ARE NO LONGER SUPPORTED. ╔T'S
- FEATURES HAVE BEEN ENHANCED WITH INCREASED PROCESSING SPEED, GREATER
- FLEXIBILITY AND EASE OF USE. ╘HE MAJOR MODULES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
-
- ╨┴╘╘┼╥╬╙ : ╘HIS WAS BORN OUT OF A NEED TO MORE EASILY PREVIEW THE
- MYRIAD OF PATTERNS AVAILABLE ON THE ╙╨┼├╘╥╒═ DATA DISK. ╔T BECAME RATHER
- TEDIOUS LOADING THEM TO THE CLIPBOARD, ONE AT A TIME, ONLY TO FORGET IN A
- COUPLE OF DAYS WHAT, SAY, #16 LOOKED LIKE. ╘HIS MODULE WILL DISPLAY YOUR
- PATTERNS AS INDIVIDUAL BLOCKS, TO CREATE A 'PALETTE' FROM WHICH YOU MAY
- CHOOSE. ╨ATTERNS MAY BE DISPLAYED TO ANY SCREEN (CELL-SIZE), IRRESPECTIVE
- OF THE SCREEN FOR WHICH THEY WERE CREATED. ╔ DO RECOMMEND YOUR EXPLORING
- THIS FEATURE; YOU MAY BE AMAZED AT THE DIFFERENCE IN THE SAME PATTERN,
- ACROSS THE SPECTRUM (NO PUN INTENDED).
-
- ┬╥╒╙╚┼╙ : ╘HIS MODULE WAS DESIGNED, INITIALY, TO PROCESS THE GROWING
- LIBRARY OF CLIPART, ON ╤LINK AND OTHER SERVICES, AND THOSE PROVIDED ON
- YOUR ┬WRITE DISK. ┴S SUCH, THE SIZE OF THE BRUSHES INTENDED TO BE
- DISPLAYED WAS RESTRICTED (128X100MAX). ╘HIS UPDATE HOWEVER, IN ADDITION
- TO WHAT ARE NOW TERMED SMALL BRUSHES (╙.┬╥╒╙╚), CATERS TO THE DISPLAY OF
- LARGER BRUSHES (╠.┬╥╒╙╚), UP TO ONE-QUARTER SCREEN-SIZE (320X100MAX). ╔N
- FACT, LARGER ONES MAY BE DISPLAYED BUT SUBSEQUENT BRUSHES, IN THAT SET,
- WILL 'OVERWRITE' THEIR PREDECESSORS. ╒NLIKE THE FORMER VERSION, WHICH
- RESTRICTED THE DISPLAY OF BRUSHES TO BLACK & WHITE, THIS VERSION PERMITS
- YOU FULL CONTROL, TO DISPLAY THEM IN ANY COLOUR/JAM COMBINATION YOU WISH.
-
- ╨┴╠┼╘╘┼╙ : ╘HESE ARE THE COLLAGES OF THE DISPLAYED GRAPHICS, SAVED AS
- FILES, THAT MAY BE USED IN YOUR PAINT PROGRAM(S). ╔ WOULD ADVISE SAVING,
- PARTICULARLY, PATTERN FILES THIS WAY, EVEN IF YOU DO NOT INTEND TO USE
- THEM IN A PAINT PROGRAM; SINCE, BECAUSE OF THEIR STRUCTURE, THEY TAKE SOME
- TIME TO DISPLAY. ┘OU MAY VIEW A ╨ALETTE, IN THIS UTILITY, BY SELECTING
- THIS OPTION AND CLICKING ON THE FILE YOU WISH TO REVIEW. ╘O USE THEM IN
- YOUR PAINT PROGRAM, YOU WILL NEED TO MOVE WHAT YOU ARE WORKING ON, TO THE
- CLIPBOARD AND LOAD ONE (OR MORE) OF THESE 'PICT._' FILES, FOR YOUR REVIEW.
- ╧NCE YOU HAVE MADE YOUR SELECTION, NOTE THE FILENAME, MOVE YOUR WORK BACK
- TO THE DRAW-SCREEN AND LOAD THE SELECTED PATTERN/BRUSH TO THE CLIPBOARD,
- FOR USE.
-
-
- ╔╬╙╘╥╒├╘╔╧╬╙ ╞╧╥ ╒╙┼:
-
- ╙ET-UP:
-
- ╘HE INITIAL SCREEN WITH WHICH YOU WILL INTERACT IS THE '╙ET-UP' SCREEN.
- ╘HE ONLY MANDATORY SELECTION THAT NEED BE MADE IS THE SPECIFICATION OF A
- FILE TYPE FOR YOUR PRE/REVIEW. ╘HIS IS DONE BY MOVING THE POINTER TO THE
- PALETTE ICON AND CLICKING THE LEFT-MOUSE-BUTTON (╠═┬). ╘HIS WILL PROVIDE
- A DROP-DOWN MENU, FROM WHICH YOU WILL MAKE YOUR SELECTION. ╘HE COLOURS IN
- THE BLOCK YOU'VE SELECTED WILL MOMENTARILY REVERSE, CONFIRMING YOUR
- SELECTION, AND THE SUB-MENU WILL CLOSE. ╬OTE THAT, AT LEAST THE TIP OF,
- THE POINTER MUST BE WITHIN THE 'WINDOW' TO DE/SELECT. ╔T IS DESIGNED AS A
- SAFETY MEASURE, TO PRECLUDE UNINTENTIONAL SELECTIONS.
- ┴LL OTHER SUB-MENUS ARE ACCESSED IN THE SAME MANNER BUT NEED TO BE DE-
- SELECTED, AS THEY PROVIDE MULTIPLE OPTIONS. ╘HIS IS ACCOMPLISHED BY
- PRESSING THE RIGHT-MOUSE-BUTTON (╥═┬). ╘HE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THIS RULE
- (AIN'T THERE ALWAYS ONE) IS THE ─RIVER SELECTOR, ON THE PRINTER SUB-MENU.
- ╧NCE SELECTED (╠═┬), AND SCROLLING STARTS, PRESSING THE ╥═┬ WILL LOAD THE
- ─RIVER CURRENTLY IDENTIFIED IN THE WINDOW; AFTER WHICH, IT'S FUNCTION WILL
- RETURN TO NORMAL.
- ╨LEASE NOTE THAT, BECAUSE A GREAT PERCENTAGE OF USERS HAVE NON-├OMMODORE
- PRINTERS, A DEVICE CHECK FOR THE PRINTER IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS UTILITY.
- (╫HEN A PRINTER IS ON AN INTERFACE, STANDARD OFFLINE CHECKS WILL 'HANG-UP'
- THE PROGRAM IN WHICH IT IS USED, IF THE PRINTER IS INDEED OFFLINE). ╒SE
- CARE WHEN SPECIFYING THE PRINTER DEVICE NUMBER; AN INCORRECT SELECTION OF
- DRIVES, HOWEVER, WILL BE REPORTED.
- ╘HE WINDOW-BACKGROUND-COLOUR SELECTION, ON THE SCREEN SUB-MENU (MONITOR
- ICON), APPLIES ONLY TO PATTERN ╨ALETTES AND IS INTENDED TO ACCOMMODATE A
- PREVIEW OF THE PATTERN ON A GIVEN BACKGROUND. ┘OU WILL NEED TO SELECT AN
- APPROPRIATE ╩AM SETTING (AND FOREGROUND COLOUR, FOR ╩AM 0) TO ACCOMPLISH
- THIS. ┬E ADVISED THAT THE CHANGES MADE ON THIS SUB-MENU ARE NOT EXECUTED
- UNTIL A ╨ALETTE IS ACTUALLY DISPLAYED AND STAY IN EFFECT UNTIL CHANGED
- AGAIN, FROM HERE.
- ╫HEN THE OPTIONS ARE SET AS DESIRED, AND YOU'VE SELECTED A FILE TYPE,
- SIMPLY SELECT THE ┼╪╔╘ ICON, TO GO ON. ┘OU WILL BE ASKED IF THE OPTIONS
- SET ARE FOR THE ENTIRE SESSION; IF YOU SELECT ╬╧, YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY
- BE RETURNED TO THE ╙ET-UP MODULE AFTER EACH ╨ALETTE IS DISPLAYED. ╘HIS IS
- INTENDED TO FACILITATE MAKING ALTERNATE SELECTIONS FOR THE DISPLAY OF THE
- SUBSEQUENT ╨ALETTE(S); IF NO CHANGE IS DESIRED, JUST SELECT ┼╪╔╘.
- ╧NE FINAL WORD, THE ╙╘╧╨ KEY WILL BRING YOU BACK TO THE ╙ET-UP MODULE
- FROM ANY POINT IN THE PROGRAM (WHEN NOT ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN PERFORMING A
- FUNCTION), BY TERMINATING THE CURRENT SESSION. ╔T SHOULD BE USED AS A
- BAIL-OUT ╧╬╠┘. ╬OTE THAT WHEN THIS ACTION IS TAKEN, YOUR FILE TYPE IS DE-
- SELECTED AND CLICKING ON THE ┼╪╔╘ ICON WILL CAUSE YOU TO EXIT THE PROGRAM.
- ╔F THIS WAS NOT YOUR INTENTION, YOU WILL NEED TO SELECT A FILE TYPE AGAIN
- AND YOU WILL 'START OVER'. ╟ENERALLY, THIS IS UNNECESSARY, AS A NORMAL
- PROGRESSION (CONTINUOUS SELECTION OF THE ├╧╬╘ OPTION, FROM THE ═OUSE-MENU)
- OR SELECTING ╥┼─╔╙╨╠┴┘ (AND ┘┼╙ TO QUERY) WILL RETURN YOU TO THIS MODULE
- ALSO. ╘HE ONLY EXCEPTION IS FROM WITHIN THE ERROR MODULE; FROM WHICH YOU
- WILL BE, UNCEREMONIOUSLY, DUMPED FROM THE PROGRAM.
-
- ╨ROCESSING:
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- ╧NCE YOUR INITIAL SET-UP IS COMPLETED, THE SOFTWARE WILL SCAN THE DISK
- IN YOUR SOURCE DRIVE FOR THE SELECTED FILE TYPE. ╔F NO SUCH FILES ARE
- FOUND, IT WILL REPORT SAME OR, CONVERSELY, DISPLAY THE ═OUSE-MENU, WITH
- THE FIRST SET OF FILES FOR PROCESSING. ╬OTE THAT THE BUTTONS ON THE ICON
- INDICATE THE APPROPRIATE SELECTIONS; ╠═┬ TO DISPLAY FILES ON CURRENT LIST;
- ╥═┬ TO GO ON TO THE NEXT SET. ┴LSO, INDIVIDUAL 'CLICKS' OF THE ╥═┬ IS
- UNNECESSARY, IT MAY BE HELD DOWN TO MOVE YOU RAPIDLY THROUGH SUBSEQUENT
- SET LISTS.
- ╘HE ONLY VARIATION, TO ╠═┬/╥═┬ SELECTION, IS THE INCLUSION OF A POINTER
- IN THE ╨ALETTE MODULE; FOR INDIVIDUAL SELECTION, FROM THE SET. ┴LSO, IN
- THIS MODULE THE SET IS REDISPLAYED TO PERMIT ANOTHER SELECTION FROM SAME.
- ╙ELECT ├╧╬╘, IF NONE IS DESIRED.
- ╫HEN A SET IS SELECTED FOR DISPLAY THE SCREEN WILL CLEAR, RE/SET TO THE
- OPTIONS SELECTED (IN ╙ET-UP) AND LOAD THE APPROPRIATE FILE(S) FROM THE
- SOURCE DRIVE. ╘HESE ARE SUBSEQUENTLY DISPLAYED AND YOU ARE GIVEN AUDIBLE
- INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO PROCEED. ╫HEN YOU DO, YOU ARE PRESENTED WITH THE
- OPTIONS FOR PROCESSING, AS FOLLOWS:
-
- ╥┼─╔╙╨╠┴┘ : ┴S NOMENCLATURE SUGGESTS, SELECTING THIS OPTION WILL EITHER
- REMOVE THE OPTIONS STRIP, SO THAT THE ENTIRE ╨ALETTE MAY BE VIEWED AGAIN,
- OR REDISPLAY THE SET USING THE REVISED PARAMETERS, IN THE EVENT THAT THE
- CHANGE OPTION WAS SELECTED AND SCREEN SETTINGS CHANGED. ╘HIS OPTION IS
- PRIMARILLY INTENDED TO PERMIT YOU TO REVISE INCORRECTLY SPECIFIED COLOUR-
- CELL SIZE; ╩AM SETTING, ETC. ╔T MAY ALSO BE USED AS AN 'OUT', TO LOAD A
- NEW DRIVER; DOUBLE-CHECK A FILENAME (UTILIZING THE DIRECTORY FUNCTION OF
- THE APPROPRIATE DRIVE) OR THE LIKE.
-
- ╚╧╠─ : ╙ELECTING THIS OPTION WILL CAUSE THE CURRENT ╨ALETTE TO BE HELD,
- IN MEMORY, THROUGH A SINGLE SESSION. ╔T MAY BE USED FOR COMPARISON OR TO
- RETAIN A ╨ALETTE FOR PRINTING OR SAVING AT THE END OF A SESSION. ╬OTE
- THAT THE ONLY WAY TO 'PORT' A HELD ╨ALETTE TO ANOTHER SESSION IS TO
- TERMINATE THE SESSION, USING THE ╙╘╧╨ KEY (SEE CAUTION IN ╙ET-UP, ABOVE).
-
- ╨╥╔╬╘ : ─UMPS THE CURRENT ╨ALETTE TO YOUR PRINTER, USING ─RIVER AND THE
- PARAMETERS SELECTED DURING SET-UP. ╘O REITERATE, SINCE THERE IS NO
- RELIABLE WAY TO CHECK (ALL) PRINTERS, NONE IS PERFORMED HERE. ╔F AFTER
- SELECTING THIS OPTION NOTHING HAPPENS, IT IS PROBABLY BECAUSE YOUR PRINTER
- IS OFFLINE. ├OMMODORE/READY PRINTERS, HOWEVER, WILL ELICIT AN ERROR
- MESSAGE, UNDER THE SAME CONDITIONS. ┘OU MAY ADD A TITLE, OF UP TO TWENTY-
- FOUR CHARACTERS, WHICH WILL BE PRINTED FOUR LINES ABOVE THE OUTPUT OF THE
- ╨ALETTE, TO PERMIT CROPPING OR FRAMING WITHOUT SAME. ┬E ADVISED, AFTER
- CONFIRMING TITLE, YOU WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO ABORT; IT IS THE
- LAST YOU'LL GET.
-
- ╙┴╓┼ : ╞UNCTIONS THE SAME AS THE PRINT MODULE EXCEPT THAT YOUR (UNIQUE)
- FILENAME IS RESTRICTED TO TEN CHARACTERS, BECAUSE OF THE PREFIX. ╘HE
- ROUTINE ALSO RESTRICTS ENTRY TO 'VALID' CHARACTERS; SHIFTED CHARACTERS,
- FOR EXAMPLE, ARE NOT PERMITTED. ┘OU WILL NEED TO RENAME FILES, OUTSIDE OF
- THIS UTILITY, IF YOU WANT TO USE THESE FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AS USING
- A SHIFTED ╙╨┴├┼ TO LOCK FILES. ╘HE DISK ACTIVITY, AFTER CONFIRMING YOUR
- FILENAME, IS TO VERIFY THAT IT DOES NOT DUPLICATE AN EXISTING ONE, ON THAT
- DISK. ╔F THE OPTION IS NOT ABORTED, AT THE FINAL QUERY, THE ╨ALETTE IS
- SAVED TO YOUR DESTINATION DISK, IN A COMPRESSED FORMAT.
-
- ├╧╬╘╔╬╒┼ : ╙ELECT THIS OPTION TO REMOVE THE OPTIONS STRIP AND REDISPLAY
- THE ═OUSE-MENU, WHICH WILL LIST THE NEXT SET OF FILES FOR PROCESSING, IF
- ANY. ╫HEN YOU REACH THE END OF YOUR FILES, A MESSAGE TELLING YOU SO IS
- DISPLAYED. ╔F YOU ARE 'HOLDING' A ╨ALETTE, A PROMPT IS DISPLAYED FOR IT'S
- DISPOSITION; THEN/OTHERWISE YOU ARE PRESENTED WITH THE OPTIONS TO ╥┼-╥┼┴─
- ╥┼┴─ ┴╬╧╘╚┼╥ OR ╤╒╔╘. ╘HE FIRST TWO OPTIONS ARE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME IN
- FUNCTION. ╘HE DIFFERENCE BEING, THE FORMER EXPECTS THE DISK TO BE THERE
- AND EXECUTES IMMEDIATELY, WHEREAS THE LATTER PROMPTS YOU TO INSERT THE NEW
- DISK.
-
- ┴BOUT THE ONLY OTHER INCIDENT, IN WHICH YOU ARE REQUIRED TO INTERFACE
- WITH THIS SOFTWARE, IS IN THE ERROR MODULE. ╚OWEVER, YOUR INVOLVEMENT
- HERE IS A MORE PASSIVE ONE; IN THAT, YOU ARE REQUIRED, ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY,
- TO SIMPLY FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS. ╘HE ERROR CHECKING IS QUITE EXTENSIVE AND
- SHOULD HANDLE ANY EVENTUALITY. ╙INCE NONE OF US ARE INFALLIBLE, THOUGH,
- ╔'VE LEFT MY 'CATCH-ALL'; THAT WILL REPORT ANYTHING THE SOFTWARE CAN NOT
- HANDLE.
-
- ╘HAT ABOUT TELLS IT ALL, EXCEPT A FEW WORDS OF CAUTION. ╞IRST, ┬ASIC 8
- HAS A QUIRK OF INPUTTING FUNCTION KEY DEFINITIONS; TO CIRCUMVENT THIS, THE
- UTILITY 'BLANKS' ALL (TEN) FUNCTION KEYS. ╔F, DUE TO SOME UNFORSEEN
- CIRCUMSTANCE [╫HO SAID 'BUG'!?! :)] THIS PROGRAM CRASHES, BEFORE ╥╒╬NING
- IT AGAIN, OR DOING ANYTHING THAT WILL CORRUPT OR CLEAR MEMORY, ENTER IN
- DIRECT MODE '╟╧╘╧ 40390'. ╘HIS WILL RESTORE ALL YOUR FUNCTION KEYS, TO
- WHATEVER WAS SET BEFORE THE UTILITY WAS RUN. ╞AILURE TO DO SO WILL
- NECESSITATE MANUAL REASSIGNMENT (OR A RESET) TO REGAIN THEM. (╥EMEMBER,
- ONLY ╞KEYS ARE DIRECTLY PROGRAMMABLE AND A ╙┘╙49425:╙┘╙49426 WILL RESTORE
- ONLY STOCK DEFINITIONS).
- ┴NOTHER SHORTCOMING OF ┬ASIC 8 IS IT'S INABILITY TO PRESERVE THE GRAPHIC
- SCREENS, IN TACT, ON A DEPARTURE TO THE TEXT SCREEN. ╞OR THIS REASON, YOU
- WILL NEED TO REDISPLAY THE ╨ALETTE WITH WHICH YOU WERE WORKING, AFTER THE
- HANDLING OF AN ERROR. ╘HE ERROR MODULE USES THE TEXT SCREEN AND IT IS
- MOST LIKELY THAT YOUR ╨ALETTE WILL HAVE BEEN CORRUPTED. ─URING CRITICAL
- OPERATIONS, LIKE ╙┴╓┼ AND ╨╥╔╬╘, THE OPTIONS STRIP WILL APPEAR AGAIN, TO
- AFFORD YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO ╥┼─╔╙╨╠┴┘ YOUR ╨ALETTE, BEFORE CONTINUING.
- ╔N THOSE INSTANCES THAT IT IS NOT PRESENTED, THE ╨ALETTE IS NOT GERMANE TO
- THE OPERATION.
- ┴ FINAL WORD OF CAUTION CONCERNS MODIFICATION OF THE PROGRAM. ╔ HAVE
- TRIED TO KEEP IT OPEN TO 'IMPROVEMENTS'; HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF
- THE GRAPHIC ENVIRONMENT AND THE PROGRAM'S MOUSE CONTROL, THE RESULTING
- CONVOLUTED AND SOMETIMES CRYPTIC CODE MAY BE DIFICULT TO FOLLOW. ╔F YOU
- ARE ATTEMPTING MODIFICATION AND HAVING TROUBLE, ╔ WOULD BE WILLING TO
- ASSIST YOU (AT LEAST, POINT YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION) AS FAR AS ╔ CAN,
- WITHIN REASON. ┘OU MAY, IF YOU ELECT, MODIFY TWO LINES OF CODE TO INCLUDE
- 8X16 DISPLAY, MAKING THIS COMMENSURATE, IN FUNCTION, WITH VERSION 1.1. ┬E
- FOREWARNED, HOWEVER, THIS MODIFICATION WILL PROVIDE A LESS THAN AESTHETIC
- DISPLAY (NOT THE ACTUAL ╨ALETTES), UNLESS YOU DO SOME EXTENSIVE REWORK TO
- ACCOMODATE IT. ╘HE MOST STRAIGHTFOWARD (AND SIGNIFICANT) MODIFICATION
- WOULD BE THE REMOVAL OF THE ╥┼═ STATEMENTS, WHICH ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT TWENTY
- BLOCKS OF THE PROGRAM CODE. ╔F YOU DO NOT INTEND ╥╒╬NING IT FROM THE ╥╘╠,
- THE ├╚┴╥ COLOUR ASSIGNMENTS MAY ALSO BE REMOVED; AND FINALLY, THE CODE MAY
- BE 'CRUNCHED', REDUCING LINE LINKS. ┴ COMPILATION OF THESE MAY EVEN EVOKE
- SLIGHTLY INCREASED EFFICIENCY.
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- ╘HANK YOU FOR DOWNLOADING THIS SOFTWARE,
- ╔ HOPE IT LIVES UP TO YOUR EXPECTATIONS.
- ┬OB ═.
- ╥OBERT═127
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