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- Version History for !FontMGR (in brief)
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- 0.00 Initial alpha testing version.
- 0.01 My own personal use and hence testing version.
- 1.xx The BASIC application that was distributed
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- 2.00 The new version, much improved and written in C.
- 2.xx public release version.
- 2.55 The last verson of !FontMGR release one, almost
- no bugs at all and many users.
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- Version History for !FontMGR2
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- 0.00 Beta-failure version - DO NOT USE!
- 0.02 Working version with bugs... nice!
- 0.03 Only a few bugs.
- 0.04 No more bugs? Perhaps!
- Public shareware release.
- Setting of a system variable <F$Running>.
- Corrected the crashing problem with the author info.
- Corrected all the 'button click/task quit/machine crash' RO3 errors.
- Implemented "font hunt" system in scripts.
- 0.043 Several minor bugs fixed.
- Works with RiSC PC under initial light testing.
- 0.05 Random ordering of groups by user.
- Change typeface from the application.
- Functions with no groups present.
- Rescaleable windows.
- Confirmed by two 'testers' that it functions under RO3.5.
- 0.06 FontView (for viewing fonts!)
- Optimisation for size of application. (unfortunately now 96k)
- Bar at the bottom for progress.
- No more significant changes to the main application.
- 0.07 FontPages for viewing multiple fonts and for printing sheets of font examples.
- FontMgr2's main menu changed to accomodate FontView and FontPages in it.
- New Author info window; far more cool.
- Improved 'application info' window.
- Ability to keep your fonts external to !FontMGR2 (see !Help file)
- 0.072 Ability to save setting in FontPages
- Data transfer system fixed, so that you can drag things to editors on the iconbar and they will accept the incomming script.
- 0.073 FontPages can now export pages of fonts as draw paths via the main menu.
- 0.09 FontHunt has undergone some incredible speed improvments! which were needed.
- The progress bar appears for font hunts.
- A small window appears during font booting with it's own little progress bar for background font hunts.
- Some minor bugs removed from !FontMGR2.
- Some minor bugs removed from FontPages.
- New Impression Style manual written.
- 0.10 Fonts scanner for documents written as a utility called "DocScan" off the main menu (awesome!)
- !FontMGR2 runs DocScan when a file is dropped in (very useful)
- 0.101 Added some textual information to various text files.
- 0.11 First implementation of "MaTricks" - don't get too carried away!
- 0.112 Creates and maintains a directory in the scrap dir for keeping the default info and also it's own scrap files.
- 0.12 Added FontLocus utility to define the location of fonts stored external to FontMGR2.
- 0.122 File sprite given double pixel border in line with style guide.
- If !FontMGR2 can't find font locus -> go internal!
- 0.13 Bug removed that buggers up group ordering occasionally and,
- a bug removed from activating fonts @ startup time. (sorry about that 1!)
- 0.14 Attempt made at doing RiscPC (RiscOS 3.5) WIMP display information enabled <- failed. This bit will have to wait until I have the machine itself.
- 0.141 (another) bug in !BootFonts removed.
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- Future:
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- - RiSC PC options, but only when I have a Risc PC on which to develop it (century away...)
- - A util for printing sheets of charcters and their assigned key-cuts (maybe)
- - A util for getting font cache information and other such info.
- - Expansion of !FontPages for exporting a text file of fonts in DDF format or plain text.
- - Additional file formats for DocScan ASAP!
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- Any suggestions for future development will be gladly accepted and all reasonable ideas will be considered for the next versions.