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- TopazPrefs v1.0
-
- (9.2.1998)
-
- By Cliff Earl.
-
- (cee@voyager.co.nz)
-
- *FreeWare*
-
-
- Introduction.
-
- Firstly, sorry no guide but I'm feelin kinda lazy today :^)
-
- TopazPatch is yet another program that will enable you to use
- a prefered font in place of topaz font (arghhh. I hear you
- scream, not another one). You might find this program useful if
- you do not use MCP or other commodities that have a "notopaz"
- feature like my favourite commodity, MultiCX v2.80 by Martin
- Berndt. MultiCX is far more freindly to the system than other
- such commodities. It can be found in util/cdity on AmiNet,
- though you should be warned that V2.80 is crippleware. FreeWare
- Forever!! :^)
-
- TopazPatch is based on OneFont v37.2 by Jan Skypala. It was
- nice of him to include the ASM source to the patch in his
- archive. TopazPatch is far more powerful than OneFont and is
- slightly more bug-free than OneFont. Changes and bug-fixes are
- as follows...
-
- - OneFont had to be assembled every time you wanted to use
- another font. TopazPatch comes with it's own preferences
- program (complete with a GadTools Graphic User Interface). You
- only need to start the patch and then can change the font
- whenever you like.
-
- - OneFont had a nasty bug where it would modify the TextAttr
- structure supplied to OpenDiskFont() and OpenFont(). This
- strange behaviour can cause some programs to function
- incorrectly, the most noticable one being ReqTools libraries
- font requesters. TopazPatch simply passes the afforementioned
- library functions it's own embedded TextAttr which fixes the
- problem.
-
-
- ***********************************************
-
-
- Installing TopazPatch.
-
- For auto installation use the included installer script. For
- manual installation...
-
- - copy TopazPatch to C: or somewhere in your path.
- - copy TopazPrefs and assiciated .info file to SYS:Prefs.
- - edit S:User-Startup to call TopazPatch.
-
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- ***********************************************
-
-
- Using TopazPatch.
-
- After installation you can either run TopazPrefs or reset (the
- windoze way) and run it that way (TopazPatch will be run every
- time you reset). TopazPatch will write it's default config file
- if it cannot load it when it starts. At any time you can run
- TopazPrefs and select another font to use. TopazPrefs will set
- the newly selected font in the patch code as well.
-
- Don't be alarmed if when you first run TopazPatch that topaz
- font is still being used because this is the default font
- TopazPatch uses since it's the only font gauranteed to be
- present in the Amiga Os (me thinks). Just run TopazPrefs to
- change to a better one.
-
- Start TopazPatch ONLY when ENVARC: and ENV: are BOTH present!!
-
-
- ***********************************************
-
-
- Legal Crap.
-
- This program is FreeWare. You don't have to send money and
- stuff but you can if you like. I take no responsability for any
- damage caused to whatever by using the programs in this
- distribution. You can give the program to any old human but you
- are not allowed to charge money for it. Magazines are not
- allowed to distribute the programs without prior permission of
- the author (that's me) or they must send me a free copy of the
- magazine/coverdisk that contains the programs.
-
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- ***********************************************
-
-
- How To Contact Me.
-
- You can send me stuff by post to..
-
- Cliff Earl,
- P.O Box 159,
- Otaki,
- Wellington 6471,
- New Zealand.
-
- You can EMail suggestions, bug-reports, whatever to..
-
- cee@voyager.co.nz
-
-
- ***********************************************
-
- Credits.
-
- - Based on -
-
- OneFont V37.2
- (C) Copyright 1994 Jan Skypala
-
-
- - Requesters thanks to -
-
- reqtools.library
- (C) Copyright 1992-1994 Nico François
- (C) Copyright 1995-1996 Magnus Holmgren
-
-
- - Prefs source generated by -
-
- GTASMGen v0.4b
- By Cliff Earl (cee@voyager.co.nz)
- (C) Copyright 1998 by Cliff Earl
-
-
- - All source assembled with -
-
- ASM-One v1.30
- By T.F.A
- no copyright?
-
-
- ***********************************************
-
- Yawn... mabye I'll make some better documentation if there is
- ever another version of TopazPatch.
-
- cee ya :^)
-
-