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'Mangify' v0.66
by Tracy of SICK
all rights reserved
this software copyright © 1995 SICK
(Merlin Hughes, Conrad Hughes & Andrew Block)
4 Feb 1995
-o-
This application is Rhubarbware [TM]; not public domain. Please
consult the license near the end of this file.
SICK are the Slightly Intelligent Crazy Rosebi, and this is the
documentation.
No, it's not a game of ping-pong.
Mangify is a QUICK magnifier. I think it works in all modes on
all monitors. Even a RiscPC.
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I wrote this in three hours or something, so don't expect much.
I touched it up in three more, so don't expect much more. I
wrote this as a quick magnifier. The scaling is
hand-coded(ish), fast, and simple. It's not perfect. It works.
Double-click on Mangify and you will get a window with a pane.
The window is a zoom in around the pointer. The pane allows you
to control it.
The 'x' series of numbers (the top lot) is the zoom; choose from
2, 3, 4, 6, 8. Some zooms are not available in some modes and
with some windows sizes.
The 's' series of numbers (the next lot) is the window size;
choose from whatever is there. Some sizes are not available in
some modes with some zoom settings.
The 'c' series of attributes control the cursor; the '.' gives
you a dot under the current pointer position; the '+' puts a
crosshairs with the centre-dot missing; both '.' and '+'
together give a complete crosshairs. The splodge controls
whether the cursor colour is EOR'ed or solid.
Move it all by clicking in the main window and dragging.
Click on 'icon' to iconify onto the icon bar; click on the
icon-bar icon to de-iconify again.
You can't have all zooms and sizes always because I can't be
bothered; too much hassle, too little gain. So much crime, so
little time. Can I help you ma'am?
Quit with the quit button or from the menu.
Save your current settings (size, zoom, cursor type, update)
from the menu.
The 'lock' button allows you to lock onto a fixed point on the
screen; click again to unlock. It locks onto the point on the
screen where the pointer is when you release the mouse button,
that is to say, press the mouse button on 'lock', drag to where
you want to look and release the mouse button.
Hit Ctrl-Shift-F11 to toggle the lock wherever the pointer is.
This may not work if the caret is in a window. Don't hit
Ctrl-Shift-F12 by accident.
From the menu, there's an 'Update' submenu; whilst the pointer
is not moving, Mangify only updates its window every so often,
and you set this so often here, so to speak. Basically, at 1,
if the pointer doesn't move, it updates every poll, at 2 it only
updates every second poll, et cetera.
That's it.
If there is summat that someone desires me to do, I may do such
if you ask and it's not too hard. And it's Tuesday. And the
moon is out. And great Cthulhu has risen. Or you wallop me on
the head. Wallop wallop.
Oh, and the crosshair doesn't follow the pointer when lock is on
because I can't get it to do so. I wrote the cursor code in a
dream some night over in the galaxy of Andromeda while eating a
blancmange and since I got back, I just can't for the life of me
work out how to get that bit working. Writing this help file
has used up most of my limited brain capacity anyway, so I doubt
I'll even try anymore. Unless of course the moon turns blue and
I swim to the planet Skyron again.
I went to America instead. That was good enough. It works.
By fast, I mean that for any actual magnification, Mangify is
between four and ten times faster than !CloseUp; the greater the
zoom, the greater the factor. I could improve the lower
magnifications but might not be able to justify the added
complication against the possibility of horizontal masking. The
source is easy to follow; do it yourself if you want ;)
-o-
To do: Add horizontal masking. Maybe also hide the toolwindow,
and pick the solid/EOR colour and lock key. Maybe lock to
carrot.
-o-
Rhubarbware [TM]
Rhubarbware is a non-registered trademark of
the Slightly Intelligent Crazy Rosebi
and Fluffy Rhubarb Information Systems
(honest)
This software is RhubarbWare, not Public Domain, so please read
the following license carefully.
What does RhubarbWare entail?
RhubarbWare is licensed for free non-commercial public use and
distribution, provided *ALL* files are included and *NO* profit
is made from it. This means you can't charge for it or bundle
it with another product, without express written permission of
the author.
Public domain libraries and such institutions may charge NO MORE
THAN £1.00 for distribution on a medium as cheap as a double
density disk, and NO MORE THAN £2.00 on a more expensive medium
such as a high density disk. This limit includes all charges;
post, packaging, and copying, and applies before any special
discounts. It may NOT be distributed along with any other
product which incurs a greater charge - such as a big magazine
or more expensive disk - without my prior consent.
NO OTHER CHARGES MAY BE MADE. If in doubt, try and contact me.
What with my current lack of fixed abode, try electronic in
preference to solid means.
Should some person or company be found to be in breach of any of
these conditions, I'll be mondo annoyed.
NO part of any RhubarbWare may be distributed after modification
without the author's express written permission.
This product is supplied as is; there is no warranty for it. No
warranty, expressed or implied, including but not limited to,
the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a
particular purpose, will be considered valid. The entire risk
as to the quality and performance of the program is with you.
You assume any costs that may emerge as a result of this
product, it's use, misuse, abuse, or as a result of any other
phenomenon associated it. If in doubt, blame the pixies. Not
the nice little ones that sit around on toadstools playing
whistles; no, the nasty evil malevolent pixies; the tiny green
ones with black pointy beards, who invade our computer systems,
casting their wicked spells and causing all of our problems.
In no event will the copyright holders, or any other parties who
distribute this product, be liable to you for damages, including
any general, special, incidental or consequential damages
arising out of the use of or inability to use this product
(including, but not limited to, loss of data, or data being
rendered inaccurate, or losses sustained by you or third
parties, or a failure of the program to operate with any other
programs).
If you like this software, find it useful, or use it regularly,
you might like to think about registering your copy with the
author. This will help to promote further ventures into this
and other exciting fields of programming and culinary
development.
To register, you must send the author either one stick of
rhubarb [rheum palmatum] [rhabarb], or its equivalent in some
representative medium.
Rhubarb is a very delicate plant, so please treat it with great
care and respect. Don't do anything insensitive to it, like
posting it and all. It would be advisable to wrap any actual
specimens of it up in a copy of your favourite recipe for
rhubarb pie, scribbled on the back of a ten pound note, or its
equivalent in your local currency. Please however, be aware of
any regional export regulations governing the export and
transport of this and other agricultural produce. The author
will accept no responsibility for individual or group ignorance
of any such laws, which may or may not lead to any punitive or
non-punitive measures, including, but not limited to, fines,
imprisonment, flogging, or even execution.
The equivalent of one stick of rhubarb in some representative
medium is defined as a picture, or any other representation of a
stick of rhubarb, possibly including the leaf, on some medium
that is readable with current technology. For example, a
scribble on the back of a postcard of your local region or city
could be correctly classified as the equivalent of a stick of
rhubarb in some representative medium.
RhubarbWare is perfect. Any unusual features are deliberate,
and definitely have some purpose. Whether the author knows the
purpose is irrelevant. Should you wish to tell the author of
any features they have put in, or any additions you feel
necessary, feel free to express your opinion. Please note
however, that any useful or logical features or alterations
already exist. Whether the author has included the ability to
access these features or alterations is not pertinent.
If you do not find this software useful, or find some other
problem with reality, please feel free to notify the author of
your reasons for feeling this way. If you include proof of
affiliation with the Campaign to Stamp Out the Evil Pixies, you
may find the author more agreeable.
The author may or may not reply to any correspondence, and may
even take relevant action, provided it does not directly lead to
injury to any persons, alive, dead, or fictional. Unless, of
course, they are hippos or evil nasty wicked malevolent pixies.
Any software, ideas, or suggestions, are always appreciated.
PLEASE, NO LAMERS OR COPIERS. If you have some great commercial
software to share, THE AUTHOR DOES NOT WANT TO KNOW.
In any correspondence, where relevant, please include details of
what hardware and software you are running, your marital status,
and what machine you use (along with any relevant associated
information, for example height, eye colour, etc).
Please adhere to all recommendations and requisites within this
license. If you support RhubarbWare properly, you will be
encouraging further pursuit of the RhubarbWare ideal. You will
thus directly be improving the entire world; encouraging more
and better, software, promoting a cleaner environment, and
generally making better rhubarb pies all around.
-o-
If you think you have an evil pixie in your system, try baiting
him with a gingerbread trap. Some wicked goblinry are
invisible; these are particularly difficut to identify. Watch
out for their distinctive markings and large ears.
-o-
Basically, feel free to copy and distribute this software; you
may charge no more than £1.00 altogether if you distribute on a
double density disk. If you want to charge more, delete this
application; I don't write this for the benifit of other
companies and individuals.
Remember, I don't profit from this; why should you?
Write to me if you wish; however I may not have time to reply.
-o-
The Future of Rhubarbware [TM]
Sadly, Rhubarbware [TM] has, up to this point, been a dismal
failure. Ignoring monetary donations, and regarding images of
rhubarb (regardless of their accuracy and origin) as being
imaginary, Rhubarbware [TM] has to date, amassed this author
1+3i (or, if you are an engineer, 1+3j) pieces of rhubarb.
Summing these, one could produce the impure quaternion
[2,3i+3j]. Should this subsequently be squared, the three-space
quaternion [-14,12i+12j] can be produced. This result is
indeed, very interesting. Sadly however, none of the donations
were particularly square, so this phenomenon must be ignored.
To attempt to alleviate the aforementioned lack of suitable
recompense, some system of auto-registration may have to be
introduced. The most promising system currently under
consideration involves supplying free Sticky Buns [TM] with all
copies of this product. The Rhubarbware [TM] license would be
updated to stipulate that supplying such a Sticky Bun [TM] would
be a mandatory requirement whenever any Rhubarbware [TM] product
was copied. By carefully monitoring the Sticky Fingerprints
[TM] produced by users of our Sticky Buns [TM], and using
Advanced Computer Techniques [TM], we would hope to be able to
PINPOINT BY NAME, all Rhubarbware [TM] users who are illicitly
drinking cups of tea between the hours mentioned in RFC 3.12,
paragraph 6. An Accurate Correlation [TM] between this illicit
tea-drinking and the use of Rhubarbware [TM] would be generated
using More Advanced Computer Techniques [TM], and from this, we
would be able to divest ourselves of all garments and other such
unsuitable parephenalia. Our Startling Mental Powers [TM] would
then be able to operate free of all constraints (ignoring for
the moment, any Limited Mental Capacities [TM]), and we would
thus be able to detect Where You Are [TM], and What You Are
Doing [TM].
As you can see, we have a formidable system Ready For Action
[TM].
The future privacy of the world is at risk.
Send us your Rhubarb, or face the consequences. Or don't.
-o-
I don't live anywhere anymore, except in the great United States
of America, land of the free, et cetera.
Address: Merlin Hughes,
Department of Computer Science,
CB#3175 Sitterson Hall,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
Chapel Hill,
NC 27599-3175,
U.S.A.
Office Phone: +1-919-962-1909
Home Phone: +1-919-968-1674
This should be prefixed by your country's international access
code; ie 010-1-919-962-1909.
My e-mail addresses will last for a while.
Internet: merlin@cs.unc.edu
merlin@maths.tcd.ie
merlin@scrg.cs.tcd.ie
chughes@maths.tcd.ie
Contact me through my mum at:
Address: Merlin Hughes,
14 Kenilworth Park,
Harold's Cross,
Dublin 6W,
Eire.
Phone: +353-1-901237
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If rhubarb does not lie within your vegetable garden, dig it up
from an encyclopaedia, or failing that, replace it with an
alternative known plant life, for example, a kiwi fruit.
-o-
This release of Mangify is dedicated to my trusty pair of boots.
We make a little hiking. RIP. :(
Bye
Merlin.
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