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Short: Multimedia emails - yet tiny files!
Author: boray@alfa.telenordia.se (Anders Persson)
Uploader: boray@alfa.telenordia.se (Anders Persson)
Version: 6.0
Type: comm/misc
Introduction
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Welcome to Boray Letter, the "king of letter programs". Maybe you
don't know what a letter program is. Well, it was something that
started on the C64. You could use the keyboard to write a message
to your friend, and when he looked at it, it was displayed in the
same way it was written.... BorayLetter is that, and much more.
You can for example draw lines, wait for a key to be pressed before
continuing or even make your own little cartoons and play music!!!
When you for example draw a line in your letter, only the
coordinates for the line are saved to the file. All graphics work
in this way. This results in an extremely efficient file format.
For example, the demo letter "Cecdic" contains four and a half
minutes of cartoons, and it's only 24K in size.
BL 6.0 - easier to use than ever! If you are using YAM, you
will practically have BL integrated into your mailer in no time
using BL's new install tool. (But other mailers are also supported).
The new file format is portable and you don't have to bother
one bit over what files to include or not before sending.
Just press "Send Letter" and BL will do the job for you.
Well, have fun!!! Next time you intend to send an email
to someone, send a letter that lives! A BorayLetter!
Requirements
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* AmigaDos2.1+
* Lha
* About one megabyte of free memory.
The following is not required, but very much preferred
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* Hippoplayer (For playing music and sounds)
* YAM 2.0+ (For sending boray letters via email)
(You can also use other mailers)
* Narrator.device & translator.library (For speech)
* Multiview (For displaying all sorts of things)
(You can also use another multi display program)
Copyrights
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Boray Letter is unrestricted shareware.
Read the guide for more details.
What's New?
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Version 6.0 (January-February 1999)
* New file format (.bl) which is a lha archive containing
all external files used. This makes the format totally
portable and easy to use.
* YAM integration. You can start BL in make mode from YAM's
script menu. When you have finished making a letter, it
can be automatically prepared for sending via YAM as an email
attachment. You can read bl files just by doubleclicking on a
.bl attachment in YAM.
* Other mailers are also supported through the BLMAIL env
variable and BL's new shell arguments.
* Music and sound support using HippoPlayer
* Display any kind of file using Multiview
* Speak! (using narrator.device)
* Possible to extract the text out of a letter
and save as a text file.
* Integrated install/configuration tool that does
all the configuration you need (if using YAM)
* "Memorize/Restore memorized letter" - a safety
feature that complements the undo function.
* New filename extensions
* Workdir and autostarting file removed
(No longer needed)
* AmigaDos 1.3 no longer supported
* Removed "Exit BL" from interactive menu
* Added "save colorfile", "load colorfile" and
"change the number of colors" in the color menu.
* BLC integration.
* Added "Insert same delay" in misc menu.
* Displays the current speed in misc menu.
* Added "save/load animation file list" in
the brush menu.
* New menu: "External" to handle Hippoplayer,
Multiview and speech.
* The Swedish version was rested
(no registered Swedish users)
* Added support for the mouse in letters.
(On mouse click run letter). When making,
you mark an area with the mouse where
the reader should click to run the letter.
It's now also possible to press left
mouse button when it says:
"press any key"
* Possible to open URLs
* Added "Wait for key/mouse with a timeout"
so that letters can continue to run if the
reader is asleep :-)
* Added new screen sizes: PAL+ and NTSC+
* Added screenmode requester. Now you can
run BL on graphics cards! If you have a
multisync monitor, you can view NTSC letters in
real NTSC, and PAL letters in real PAL!
* All screens are auto centered.
* Possible to search and replace text strings.
* Still completely backwards compatible!
============================= Archive contents =============================
Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
-------- ------- ----- --------- -------- -------------
1232 737 40.1% 23-Feb-99 16:35:58 BorayLetter.info
235320 98402 58.1% 24-Feb-99 11:51:22 +BL
44792 26829 40.1% 17-Feb-99 12:28:28 +BLC
3371 1523 54.8% 19-Feb-99 18:50:28 +BLC.info
1232 746 39.4% 19-Feb-99 18:50:28 +Brushes.info
368 107 70.9% 16-Jul-97 19:25:52 +3D-big.blc
128 74 42.1% 16-Jul-97 19:25:14 +3D-medium.blc
50 46 8.0% 16-Jul-97 19:24:36 +3D-small.blc
38 38 0.0% 16-Jul-97 19:23:40 +3D-tiny.blc
3654 1537 57.9% 31-Oct-97 19:03:06 +amiga.blc
3078 535 82.6% 31-Oct-97 19:15:56 +boray.blc
4434 978 77.9% 31-Oct-97 19:06:18 +BorayLetter.blc
546 289 47.0% 31-Oct-97 18:34:46 +bush.blc
1942 369 80.9% 31-Oct-97 19:13:06 +cecdic.blc
2454 222 90.9% 19-Feb-99 16:54:52 +coolbutton.blc
966 312 67.7% 31-Oct-97 18:53:52 +egil1.blc
966 254 73.7% 31-Oct-97 18:54:10 +egil2.blc
966 186 80.7% 31-Oct-97 18:54:28 +egil3.blc
966 181 81.2% 31-Oct-97 18:54:44 +egil4.blc
2456 270 89.0% 23-Jun-97 22:37:12 +gr1.blc
2456 273 88.8% 23-Jun-97 22:35:08 +gr2.blc
2456 287 88.3% 04-Jul-97 19:31:40 +gr3.blc
2456 288 88.2% 23-Jun-97 22:36:16 +gr4.blc
2456 290 88.1% 23-Jun-97 22:36:42 +gr5.blc
2456 254 89.6% 25-Jun-97 16:31:02 +grull1.blc
2456 298 87.8% 25-Jun-97 16:31:30 +grull2.blc
2456 297 87.9% 25-Jun-97 16:31:54 +grull3.blc
2456 281 88.5% 25-Jun-97 16:32:16 +grull4.blc
14970 5165 65.4% 19-Feb-99 16:49:58 +Logo.blc
111 111 0.0% 19-Feb-99 16:50:00 +Logo.col
6774 656 90.3% 31-Oct-97 19:36:22 +Röd Stuga.blc
102 70 31.3% 31-Oct-97 18:38:36 +stone.blc
234 181 22.6% 31-Oct-97 18:23:44 +svamp1.blc
210 157 25.2% 31-Oct-97 18:26:00 +svamp2.blc
1956 774 60.4% 31-Oct-97 18:31:36 +tree.blc
852 459 46.1% 31-Oct-97 18:36:54 +tree2.blc
168 117 30.3% 31-Oct-97 18:40:22 +tuva1.blc
138 101 26.8% 31-Oct-97 18:40:38 +tuva2.blc
20 20 0.0% 19-Feb-99 18:42:58 +Demo Letters
2656 1825 31.2% 19-Feb-99 18:50:30 +Demo Letters.info
21677 8247 61.9% 24-Feb-99 10:05:16 +Guide
2631 1165 55.7% 24-Feb-99 10:05:28 +Guide.info
11 11 0.0% 28-Jan-99 13:41:20 +Install
2585 1325 48.7% 19-Feb-99 18:50:28 +Install.info
1232 748 39.2% 19-Feb-99 18:50:28 +Letters.info
3476 3476 0.0% 10-Feb-99 20:00:34 +AWeb.bl
32210 24036 25.3% 19-Feb-99 18:40:42 +Cecdic.bld
7640 7640 0.0% 23-Feb-99 19:19:52 +counting3.bl
41836 41625 0.5% 10-Feb-99 19:42:34 +Frog_Adventure.bl
753 753 0.0% 19-Feb-99 16:40:44 +guru.bl
3701 3701 0.0% 10-Feb-99 20:01:54 +Ibrowse.bl
969 702 27.5% 23-Feb-99 19:21:40 +Menu.bld
9594 9594 0.0% 19-Feb-99 16:17:56 +TubaCD.bl
3 3 0.0% 28-Jan-99 13:39:16 +Main Menu
2567 1770 31.0% 19-Feb-99 18:50:28 +Main Menu.info
12 12 0.0% 28-Jan-99 13:39:16 +Make For YAM
2629 1435 45.4% 19-Feb-99 18:50:28 +Make For YAM.info
8 8 0.0% 28-Jan-99 13:39:16 +Make Letter
2629 1436 45.3% 19-Feb-99 18:50:28 +Make Letter.info
1232 744 39.6% 19-Feb-99 18:50:28 +Mods.info
20422 7385 63.8% 23-Jan-99 14:09:14 +mod.gibbon hour
14716 4862 66.9% 23-Jan-99 14:09:16 +mod.silly gibbon
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