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- From: Mike@Redrobe.demon.co.uk (Mike)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: What I'd like to see happen
- Date: 28 Feb 96 22:40:34 +0000
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- Hi, Bacon Runner , on 27-Feb-96 03:40:56 you scribbled....
- >Kevin Lowe <klowe@nwlink.com> writes:
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- >>There needs to be a drastic upturn in the number of Datatypes. I mean,
- >[deleted]
- >>DataTypes divide all files into the following main categories:
- >> syst (System) - system files
- >> text (Text) - textual files
- >> docu (Document) - documents (spreadsheet data,
- >> text with pictures etc.
- >> soun (Sound) - sound samples
- >> inst (Instrument) - musical instruments
- >> musi (Music) - songs
- >> pict (Picture) - graphics
- >> anim (Animation) - animations
- >> movi (Movie) - animation with sound
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- >>There is quite a range that hasn't been exploited in that list. Maybe
- >>it's time some work was made towards that goal.
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- Heh, yes but where are the docs for them! not all in the dev3.1
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- picture and sound datatypes are well documented,
- anim and text also...but anything else?
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- >You are a genious! :) Seriously, I like your ideas and I wanted to
- >expand on one of them. An HTML datatype would allow -any- datatype
- >supporting app to be a web browser. Imagine writing your web pages in
- >FinalWriter, FinalCalc, or Photogenics. Imagine opening up FW and reading
- >a doc file with links to web sites embedded within. There is big
- >potential here.
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- give us documentation and we'll rule the word ahhhhahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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- (oops lost it a bit there!)
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- Mike
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