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  6. Version1.0                                       6/87
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  9. êBITMAPÇ
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  12.      üBitmapÇwasdesignedtoconvertthosefabuloustextpictures
  13. intomedium-rezSTgraphics.Why?Becauseworkingonthisprogram
  14. curedmyboredom,andIgotsickofseeingpartialviewsofthe
  15. textpicturesonmySTscreen.Sure,Icouldhavemadehardcopies
  16. ofthemall,buttherearejusttoomanyofthem,plus,Iwishnot
  17. towasteallmyprinterpaper.üBitmapÇisfairlysimpletooperate.
  18. Justboottheprograminmediumrezandselectwhatyouwishtodo
  19. viathedropdownmenus.Theexplanationofeachoptionfollows:
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  22.      o    üDESKÇTitle-
  23.           o    äBitmapÇItem-
  24.                oSimplybringsforthüBitmap'sÇtitlebox.
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  26.      o    üFILEÇTitle-
  27.           o   äLoadFileÇItem-
  28.                oLoadsaTextPictureintomemory.
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  30.           o    äSaveFileÇItem-
  31.                oNotimplemented.
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  33.           o    äLoadColorÇItem-
  34.                oLoadsColorPalleteintomemory.
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  36.           o    äSaveColorÇItem-
  37.                oSavesColorPalleteouttodisk.
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  39.           o    äLoadCharÇItem-
  40.                oLoadsCharacterSetintomemory.
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  42.           o    äSaveCharÇItem-
  43.                oSavesCharacterSetouttodisk.
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  45.           o    äQuitÇItem-
  46.                o ExitsüBitmapÇ.
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  48.      o    üVIEWÇTitle-
  49.           o    äBitmapÇItem-
  50.                oCheckthisifyouwishtoviewtheTextPicture
  51. ingraphicsformat.
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  53.           o    äTextÇItem-
  54.                oCheckthisifyouwishtoviewtheTextPicture
  55. initsnaturalform-text.UseCntrl-Stostop
  56.                scrollingandCntrl-Qtoresume.
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  58.           o    äViewÇItem-
  59.                oActuallydisplaysthePictureinäBitmapÇor
  60. äTextÇformat-yourchoice.Oncethecomputer
  61.                isfinisheddisplayingthePicture,pressthe
  62.                   rightmousebuttontogetbacktothemenu.
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  64.      o    üCOLORSÇTitle-
  65.           o    äSetColorsÇItem-
  66.                oWhenthisoptionisselected,adialogboxwill
  67. pop-upaskingyoutoinputcolorsforyour
  68.                pallete.Ateachinputtherearethreespaces.
  69.                ThefirstspaceistheRedintensitylevel,the
  70.               secondistheGreenintensitylevel,andthe
  71.                thirdistheBlueintensitylevel.Inputanumber
  72.                from0to7ineachoftheseblanks.
  73.                Example:'Color0:777'(White)
  74.                          'Color1:444'(L_Grey)
  75.                          'Color2:000'(Black)
  76.                          'Color3:222'(M_Grey)
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  78.           o    äRestoreColorsÇItem-
  79.                oNotimplemented.
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  81.           o    äSetCharÇItem-
  82.                oThisiswhereyouassignacharactertoacertain
  83.                color.Forexample,whenyouviewaTextPicture
  84.                in äTextÇformat,youmightseealotofspaces.
  85.                Youwouldmostlikelywantthespacestoshowup
  86.                white(orwhateverthebackgroundcolorwill
  87. be).So,inreferencetotheColorPallete
  88.                above,youwouldsimplyplaceaspacecharacter
  89.                insidethe'Color0'set.Whatifyouwantto
  90.                  makethecharacter'M'black?Simplyplacethat
  91.                characterintothe'Color2'set.
  92.               Example:'CharSet0:[______________]'(Space)
  93.                         'CharSet2:[M______________]'('M')
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  95.                Ofcourse,morethanonecharactercanbe
  96.                assignedtoacolor.Don'tforgettotreatupper
  97. caseandlowercasecharactersseparately!
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  99.      TrythisColorPalleteandCharacterSetwithJane.pic.
  100. (Jane.picshouldbeincludedwithüBitmapÇ)
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  102. ColorPallete(GreyScales)
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  104. Color0:777
  105. Color1:444
  106. Color2:000
  107. Color3:222
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  109. CharacterSet
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  111. CharSet0:[______________]
  112. CharSet1:[;:'.___________]
  113. CharSet2:[M)_____________]
  114. CharSet3:[HI_____________]
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  117.      IhopeeveryoneenjoysüBitmapÇ.Thenextversionshouldbeout
  118. inalittlewhile(onceIgetversion2.0ofPersonalPascal).
  119. Please,üBitmapÇispublicdomain,andisnottobesold.Oh,well,
  120. Ishallcallitaday.Takeiteasy.
  121.  
  122.                                      SeanBarnes
  123. CIS[76316,154]
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