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Icon Deluxe
Copyright 1995, by Brian Tietz
INSTALLATION:
IconDeluxe can be installed using the install icon. However, you must
have Commodore's Install utility for the script to work.
If you don't have the Install utility, you can still install Icon Deluxe
by placing the files IconDeluxe and IconDeluxe.guide wherever you want them
(I recommend SYS:Tools).
You must have AmigaGuide or MultiView for online help to work. If not,
you can open a shell and type:
MakeLink SYS:Utilities/AmigaGuide C:More
or replace C:More with your favorite text viewer. If you do this, you'll
probably want to use a text editor to strip out the AmigaGuide
instructions. I could've done it myself, but most people have AmigaGuide,
and I didn't want to increase the distribution archive size. If you don't
feel like doing it, and need the text version, just say so in your
registration and I'll put the plain text docs on your disk.
THE "Some icons" ICONS:
These are just sample icons of ones I like and use. You need to set the
workbench to 16 colors and the palette to the preset one that's saved in
the directory for them to look good. Even though most of them are disk
icons, the type is currently set to project to allow them to be loaded. If
you want to use them, load it, set the type back to disk, then save as
Disk.info in the volume you want to have this icon.
COPYRIGHT:
The registered version is copyrighted and may not be distributed, so
please do not allow it to be pirated. Ten dollars isn't much, so anybody
who wants or uses it can afford it. If you use IconDeluxe, please register
and encourage me to write more cheap but high-quality Amiga software.
The public version is full-featured and is not "cripple-ware." It does
have a short delay before saving the icon, to remind and encourage the user
to register. It's not long, just long enough to contemplate the hundreds
of hours I spent writing this program when I should have been studying so
you could harvest the fruits of my labors. Do you feel guilty yet? ;)
The public version is freely distributable and perfectly usable, so please
spread it around.
REGISTERING ICON DELUXE:
Icon Deluxe was written by me in my spare time while attending college.
I wrote it because of frustration with the icon editor that comes on the
extras disk. I disliked the fact that it enforces the 80x40 size limit,
since that means you can't edit existing icons which are larger than that,
not even to cut them down to size, and there are many, especially for
games, that are larger than the size limit. I also didn't like the fact
that the enlarged pixels are still too small to work with easily, that you
can't insert text into the bitmap, that you can't click select icons to
edit, that you can't cut and paste blocks, and the list goes on. There are
other icon editors in the public domain, but all the ones I saw had as many
problems as the Commodore one.
I figured that many other users and developers probably felt the same
frustration, so I set out to write an icon editor which is powerful and
easy to use. I think I've accomplished this. If you think so too, you can
reward me for the hundreds of hours I spent writing it by sending a small
contribution of $10 (or equivalent in other currencies). If you have done
so already, I would like to express my thanks to you, as that $10 fed me
for a week. If you have not registered, think of all the time I spent
writing this for you, and how nice it would be to help out a poor student
who's struggling to get by. In return, I will send you the registered
version of Icon Deluxe, which does not include the save delay which is in
the public version. I'll also send updates to all registered users for bug
fixes and added features. For bug reports or feature requests, I can be
reached on the internet at btietz@ucsd.edu.
If you would like to get the source code to Icon Deluxe, send an extra
$5. The source is very well commented so beginning programmers should
have no trouble understanding and learning from it, and even skilled
programmers might find it useful or at least interesting.
Send cash or check (any currency) to:
Icon Deluxe
Brian Tietz
9256A Regents Rd.
La Jolla, CA 92037
USA
Thanks in advance!