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-+=| EvenMore 0.1 beta |=+-
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Code:AmigaE 3.1i
Author:cHRISPi
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REQUIRES
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Kickstart 37 (For just about everything!)
Asl.library (Kickstart 37)
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BACKGROUND
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I am fed up with all this non-proportional fonts business. In Workbench, Commodore introduced the
Workbench Icon Font, the System Default Font and the Screen Font. This introduced a new era for
fonts. All the non-proportional fonts should be gone now, with the arrival of the ability to have
proportional fonts. Should they? Think again... I love MUI with all it's proportional fonts, and
it makes reading text on programs like AmIRC much easier and more plesent to look at. Even more so
when better fonts than the standard ones Commodore supplied you with came along with MagicWB!!! But
on text editors and text viewers, they still use the ugly non-proportional fonts... Arghh! Then I
saw DOpus 5's ASCII viewer, and weeped for what could have been, so, using my non-existant skills as
a programmer, I am attempting to put together a new text viewer that uses the Screen font and
standard GadTools gadgets, so it is patch friendly! You can use MCP's (great program, guys!) patches
the gadgets, etc., to much nicer looking ones, unlike DOpus. (great program, guys, shame about the
unpatchable interface. :( )
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USAGE
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The program will take an argument (But i don't think it will start one ;)
EvenMore «Filepath+name of an ASCII file»
E.G.:
EvenMore S:Startup-sequence
If you do not specify a file, a file requestor will pop up allowing you to select one. :)
If the file is binary, it will corrupt the viewer like mad. :(
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BUGS
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o If GUI is resized, listview looses it's positioning. But this isn't my fault.
o If a line is too long to be displayed, it will be chopped off. I do not currently see which way
I should work around this problem.
o Tab doesn't seem to be displayed properly.
o Still have to work out how to set the window with to the size nescessary.
o Nice logos, etc., drawn in an ANSI-type way using characters utterly screws up... :( But i'm
afraid this is the price you pay for nice looking text.
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FUTURE
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Some of these I only see in the extreme future, and will take a lot of time and effort to do.
o The program will let you know if a binary file is about to be displayed.
o Better organised, more understandable and more efficient code.
o Maybe some commands, like finding words, etc.
o Preferences for window size, position, etc.
o Ability to select font for usage.
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AUTHOR
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All donated code, or helpful hints will greatfully be accepted! :)
If anyone has any suggestions, comments, flames, etc., just drop a line to:
EMail: chris@planb.TheGAP.com
IRC: cHRISPi usually on #AmigaCafe
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THANX
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Greetz to Baikonur (Only the best get greetz ;)