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* ShowFont 10a Documentation *
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* ©Luca Ferraris 1996 *
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About
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Some months ago i started to program in C on Amiga. Initially, i wrote some
simple utilities and last week, when i was very boring to load DOpus to
view some fonts, i decided to write a command to do this. So, i ran my text
editor and i started to write the first simple version of ShowFont.
From the last week, ShowFont has been updated a lot of times. Now, this is
the final version.
This archive should include:
* ShowFont - The program
* ShowFont.guide - Amigaguide Docs
* ShowFont.doc - Docs
ShowFont simply load a font opening an Intuition Window and displays some
infos about it.
ShowFont has been tested on:
- A500 KS1.2 & A500 K1.3 1 MB RAM (512C+512F)
- A1200 KS3.1 Std.
Requirements
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ShowFont requires:
* an Amiga & diskfont.library in drawer LIBS: ;-)
Use
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Using ShowFont is very simple. Simply write:
ShowFont [fontname.font] <size>
Font name must end with ".font". Size is optional. If you don't specify
a size, ShowFont will display the font with the lowest one.
If anything goes right, ShowFont will open a window displaying a phrase
using the selected font. ShowFont also prints on a CLI window some infos
about the font (name, size, lower char, higher char, baseline...).
ShowFont also displays Color fonts in the opened window. At the moment,
Color font palette is not supported. ShowFont uses WB palette.
Distribution
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ShowFont is copyrighted (©Luca Ferraris 1996/1996).
This means you cannot modify any part of this archive.
ShowFont is totally Public-Domain and it can be freely distribuited.
It can be also included into PD collections taking place on disks or CDs.
I'AM NOT RESPONSABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE AT YOUR SYSTEM CAUSED BY THIS PROGRAM!
Bugs
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At the moment ShowFont has a bug only. This one is caused probably by the
compiler because source is really bug free. No gurus, however.
When you quit from ShowFont clicking on the window close gadget, ShowFont
doesn't free allocated memory. So, you have to use some commands such as
Avail Flush or Flush to recover un-used memory.
Sorry! I'll change the compiler. ;-)
History
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V1.0 (04.01.1996)
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* First version
* Only KS2.0+ supported
V1.0a (07.01.1996)
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* Now working on all Amigas
* Added Screen Title (WB)
* Window title has been changed
* First released version
Future
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I would like to upload a new version on Aminet with some improvements like:
- GUI
- Color Fonts palette support (ex. opening a screen to display Color font)
Author
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I'm 22 years old. Currently, i'm studying at University of Computer Science
in Turin (Italy). I've programmed for some months with AMOS/AMOS Pro. I
wrote some programs such as a fractal/patterns generator and a number mani-
pulator program.
Now, i'm learning to program very well using C on Amiga. I've written some
small utilities compiled using ©Dice Freeware C/C++ Compiler.
At the moment i'm working on a lot of projects:
- Pattern Generator V2.00 (AMOS Pro)
- Bitmania V2.00 (AMOS Pro)
- SlideShowMaker V1.00 (AMOS Pro)
- ShellyGUI V1.0 (C/C++) A front-end for ©Shelly.
You can find on Aminet:
- Bitmania V1.2 (AMOS Pro) misc/math
- Scrypter V1.31a (C/C++) util/crypt
- ShowFont V1.0 (C/C++) text/font
SOON to be uploaded:
- AIDesigner V1.06 (AMOS Pro): Amtuition Interface Designer to create
intuition-like screens with gadgets.
....
I can be reached at:
Snail address: Ferraris Luca
Via Porpora 42
10154 Turin
IYALY
Internet:
e-mail: aldo@educ.di.unito.it
http://www.di.unito.it/pub/WWW/www_student/amiga/LucaFerraris (ADP)
©Luca Ferraris 1996
Thanks
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- Marco Musso & Diego Cortassa at ADP (Amiga Developers Project)
ADP Web Site: http://www.di.unito.it/pub/WWW/www_student/amiga/
- Departement of Computers Science in Turin (ITALY)
- Dematteis Enrico for beta-testing ShowFont
- Amiga Technologies Gmbh
- Urban Mueller and all Aminet administrators
- All Amiga Users ( Keep The Faith! )
- All at amos-list