home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Short: Draws an outline on your Workbench icon text.
- Author: Daniel Nyberg <daniel@dalnet.se> and Jonathan Gapen <innuendo@execpc.com>
- Uploader: Jonathan Gapen <innuendo@execpc.com>
- Version: 1.1
- Type: util/wb
-
-
- This is a partial re-write of the OutlineFont patch program by
- Danial Nyberg. It draws an outline around the icon labels on
- Workbench, increasing the readability on some background images,
- and just generally looking snazzier. I liked the effect, but I
- thought the whole patching deal of the original OutlineFont
- program was a bit overkill just to patch a single function. So I
- took about an hour and re-wrote it to call SetFunction() straight
- out, and to use dos.library/ReadArgs() to parse the command line.
- That chopped over 1k off the size of the executable. Not bad.
-
- I've included the source to this version, in case anybody gets
- the urge to hack on it further. I'll probably forget all about
- it anyway, once NewIcons includes this feature.
-
- Here are the original instructions:
-
- Requirements:
- AmigaOS 3.0 or higher.
- 68020 or better.
-
- Installation:
- Copy OulineFont to c:, or add a path to the OutlineFont
- directory.
-
- Start Prefs/Font
-
- Choose "Select Workbench Icon text..."
-
- Select the font and field colour you want.
- The field colour will be used for the outline.
-
- Select mode "Text+Field".
-
- Select OK; and save the font settings.
-
- Add "run >nil: OutlineFont <text> <field> <width>" to
- your startup-sequence, before LoadWB.
-
- "<text>" is the palette number of the text colour you
- choose in Prefs/Font.
-
- "<field>" is the fiels colour.
-
- "<width>" is the outline width.
-
- Example: "run >nil: OutlineFont 2 1 1"
- This will use colour 2 for the text and 1 for the outline.
- The outline width will be 1 pixel. If you are using the
- standard Workbench or MagicWB palette this will give you
- a white font text with a black border.
-