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- Video Titler V2.0 - Pre Release
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- This version of the program has not been thourghly tested. Please send bug
- reports / suggestions for improvements to ph@doc.ic.ac.uk.
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- (This is a quickly thrown together manual aswell)
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- Loading: Just insert the disk on a floppy drive. On a hard disk, you must
- make sure that wherever FONTS: is assigned to, there are no more
- than 50 different fonts, and none of them have more than 20 sizes
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- Only bitmaped fonts are used, and all available FONTS are loaded in
- to memory on startup, so if you run out of memory, assgin FONTS to
- another directory with fewer fonts in.
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- NOTE: the command syntax is: video [blue]
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- the optional parameter blue displays all titles on a chroma-blue
- background.
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- The Controls:
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- Typing Character Edits the current Title. Backspace removes the
- last character.
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- The Font can be changed by selecting a new one from the font
- requester in the bottom left corner of the screen
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- Load Titles loads in a new set of titles
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- Save Titles loads in the current titles
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- KNOWN BUG: If you save titles, change the FONTS: directory
- (By adding / removing fonts) then load the titles, they may
- no longer use the correct fonts.
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- View Titles displays the current titles. Press Left mouse to start
- And left mouse again to stop. Pressing left-mouse while the titles
- are scrolling returns to the control panel
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- Erase Titles clears the memory. Hold down the right mouse button,
- and press the left to use this function.
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- Up Arrow changes to the previous title
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- Down Arrow changes to the next title. If this is the last title, It
- creates a new empty title.
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- Up Arrow Bar changes to the first title
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- Down Arror Bar changes to the last title
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- INS inserts a blank title
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- DEL removes the current title (Hold Right Mouse Button)
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- You can also change title by click on the title no (Top left) and typing
- in the new title number.
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- << , < , > , >> all position the current title
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- Default moves the current title to the default position
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- Centre centres the current title
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- Clicking on the X Position allows you to enter a new one
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- Clicking on the Default Position allow you to enter a new default pos
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- Insert ASCII: Reads in an ASCII file with lines terminated by Line
- feed, or line feed and carrige return, and inserts the lines as titles
- from the current title position.
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- BUGS: Tabs don't work properly. Will be fixed
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- All other ASCII below 32 ignored.
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- Quit Program Guess (Hold the right mouse button when selecting)
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- The Gadgets to the right of View Titles adjust the line spacing of
- the titles. Some larger fonts may be truncated on the smallest
- line spacing.
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- B , I , U change the Bold / Italic / Underline settings of the title
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- Clicking on a colour changes the current titles colour
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- Clicking Right mouse on a colour changes the default colour for new
- titles.
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- That's It. Sorry It`s so brief, but I`m in a hurry. I`ll do some
- proper documentation with the next version which will include:
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- - Static Titles which fade on / off screen
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- - A Permanent title / IFF Picture At the Top / Bottom
- of the screen.
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- - Palette Editor
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- - Fix the Bugs
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- - Displays purpose of a button when you move mouse over it
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- - Uses AMOS Turbo (I only got this Today)
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- - Anything else I Think Of / That's suggested
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- E-MAIL ME : ph@doc.ic.ac.uk
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- Distribution: Give it to who you want, but no cash changes hands.
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