Archive Magazine 1995/ARCHIVE95.iso/text/hints/volume_03/issue_12

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Å Greek3 outline font problem Ö I was very interested to read, in
Archive 3.11, about solving the problem of the slowness of the Computer
Concepts Greek3 font.  The root of the problem was that the internal and
external names should be the same, and the article suggests that you can
simply rename the !Fonts.Greek3 directory to !Fonts.Greek, which is very
quick and easy.  However, if you do this then any existing !Draw files,
etc containing the Greek3 font will not display with ordinary system
font characters.  It seems desirable to retain the external name Greek3.
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I think that the best course of action is to change the internal name
from Greek to Greek3, using the Acorn !FontEd application.  The article
mentions this without saying HOW to do it; it was all GREEK to me!  So
after I found out the hard way, here is an idiots guide...
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Install !FontEd on the iconbar, open up the !Fonts.Greek3 directory, and
you will see the IntMetrics and Outlines files.  Drag the Outlines file
onto the !FontEd icon on the iconbar.  A window will then open showing
all the Greek characters.  After a pause, you will hear a beep to show
that the operation is complete.  Now click <menu> over this window and
use the Alter->Font name option to change it from Greek to Greek3.  Now
choose the Save->Outlines and Save->Metrics options in turn; just click
on the OK boxes, as the file and path names are fine as they are.  Be
very careful not to change anything else!  Richard Stery (Wakefield BBC
Micro User Group)
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Make sure you take a backup before you try this as you risk losing the
font if you get it wrong.  Donæt say we didnæt warn you!  Ed.
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Å Recovering deleted files Ö If you accidentally delete a file you can
still recover it so long as you take the following steps:
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(i) Do NOT write any data on the disk.
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(ii) Use the !DiscEdit program on Careware 2 and look for your file on
the disc and note the address (in hex) of the start and end of the file.
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(iii) Now you can use these addresses with the file recoverer program on
Shareware 9 to extract the file from the disc.  Dirk Schafer.
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Å RenderBender on SCSI Ö In the hint last month, Neil Berry was
obviously using an early version of Oakæs SCSI interface software in
which the filing system was referred to as SCSIFS, so all references to
öSCSIFS::ò should be replaced by öSCSI::ò.
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Å SWIöOS_PrettyPrintò works in VDU 5 mode (print text at graphics
cursor) as well as VDU 4 mode (print text at text cursor).  It formats
the text according to the current graphics clipping window (set by VDU
24).  For more details on OS_PrettyPrint see Archive 1.7 p9.  Paul
Witheridge.
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Å System variables for the Filer Module (revisited) Ö Here is a simpler
solution to the problem of not being able to use system variables with
the *Filer_OpenDir and *Filer_CloseDir commands than was suggested in
Archive 3.11 p7.
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   *SetMacro Alias$Filer_OpenDir Set Alias%Foo %Filer_OpenDir
%0|Mfoo|MUnset Alias%foo|M
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*SetMacro Alias$Filer_CloseDir Set
Alias$foo%Filer_CloseDir%0|Mfoo|Munset Alias%foo|M
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Once these two lines have been typed, *Filer_OpenDir and *Filer_CloseDir
can then be used with system variables.  Michael Ben-Gershon.
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Å !Edit functions keys Ö Two more undocumented function key actions for
EDIT (in addition to <shift><f1> as described in Archive 3.4 p5).  These
are: <Ctrl><f2> which is equivalent to clicking on the window close icon
and <ctrl><f7> which toggles between the current caret position and the
beginning of a marked block.  Paul Witheridge.
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