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Version History for !FontMGR (in brief)
0.00 Initial alpha testing version.
0.01 My own personal use and hence testing version.
1.xx The BASIC application that was distributed
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.
Version History for !FontMGR2
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.
Future:
- 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!
Any suggestions for future development will be gladly accepted and all reasonable ideas will be considered for the next versions.