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MergeDraw v1.56 � Robert Thornburrow, 1994. Made exclusivly for Archimedes World. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- MergeDraw supports Acorn's interactive help application supplied on ROM in RISC OS 3 machines, and on applications disk 1 on RISC OS 2 machines. This program has not been tested on RISC OS 2 or RISC OS 3.5 machines, so the program may not work with these versions. However it has been tested on RISC OS 3.11, and works fine. I cannot be held responsable for any loss of data in using this program. As recommended with all applications, make sure that any work is saved first. What is MergeDraw? ------------------ MergeDraw is a program which makes the creation of 'merged' draw files very easy indeed. See the examples directory for a better outline of what the program can produce. If you have a draw file which is completely made up of lines (a line art file) you can use this program to merge all the paths into one single path, reducing file size. If there are colours overlapping, it will become transparent in the overlapping region. The examples directory. ----------------------- Each file in this directory is under two parts. There is the 'Original' which was produced in Draw, then there is the 'Edited' produced by MergeDraw. The results from MergeDraw are possible to do in Draw, but will require a great deal of time and effort, and the results may not be as good. How to load MergeDraw. ---------------------- Loading is in the usual RISC OS manner. Double click on the icon in the filer window. After a short pause, the icon will apear on the right hand side of the icon bar. Using MergeDraw. ---------------- NOTE: IF YOU WANT TO USE FONTS IN YOUR FILE, YOU MUST CONVERT THEM INTO PATHS FIRST. DO THIS BY PRESSING MIDDLE BUTTON IN THE DRAW WINDOW, AND SELECT > CONVERT TO PATH. Drag a draw file on to this icon, and you will be presented with a save box. Either type in a full filename, then press RETURN, or drag the icon to a filer window (the better way). After a couple of seconds the file will appear in the filer window. You can now load it into Draw. NEW FEATURE IN VERSION 1.56!!! - If you loose the save box, but haven't saved the file, click ADJUST over the MergeDraw icon to open the last save box. If you click MENU over the icon, then you will be presented with this menu. +-----------+ | MergeDraw | +-----------+ | Info > | - Leads to a standard information box | Quit | - Quits the application. See note below! +-----------+ WARNING!!! If you select the quit option, any unsaved work will disapear! That's about all... Thanks to Jon Ribbens for the WimpExtension module... I hope you enjoy using MergeDraw.
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Robert Thornbu| 00000020 72 72 6f 77 2c 20 31 39 39 34 2e 0a 4d 61 64 65 |rrow, 1994..Made| 00000030 20 65 78 63 6c 75 73 69 76 6c 79 20 66 6f 72 20 | exclusivly for | 00000040 41 72 63 68 69 6d 65 64 65 73 20 57 6f 72 6c 64 |Archimedes World| 00000050 2e 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |..--------------| 00000060 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |----------------| * 00000090 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a |---------------.| 000000a0 0a 4d 65 72 67 65 44 72 61 77 20 73 75 70 70 6f |.MergeDraw suppo| 000000b0 72 74 73 20 41 63 6f 72 6e 27 73 20 69 6e 74 65 |rts Acorn's inte| 000000c0 72 61 63 74 69 76 65 20 68 65 6c 70 20 61 70 70 |ractive help app| 000000d0 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 73 75 70 70 6c 69 65 |lication supplie| 000000e0 64 20 6f 6e 20 52 4f 4d 20 69 6e 0a 52 49 53 43 |d on ROM in.RISC| 000000f0 20 4f 53 20 33 20 6d 61 63 68 69 6e 65 73 2c 20 | OS 3 machines, | 00000100 61 6e 64 20 6f 6e 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 |and on applicati| 00000110 6f 6e 73 20 64 69 73 6b 20 31 20 6f 6e 20 52 49 |ons disk 1 on RI| 00000120 53 43 20 4f 53 20 32 20 6d 61 63 68 69 6e 65 73 |SC OS 2 machines| 00000130 2e 0a 0a 54 68 69 73 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 |...This program | 00000140 68 61 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 62 65 65 6e 20 74 65 73 |has not been tes| 00000150 74 65 64 20 6f 6e 20 52 49 53 43 20 4f 53 20 32 |ted on RISC OS 2| 00000160 20 6f 72 20 52 49 53 43 20 4f 53 20 33 2e 35 20 | or RISC OS 3.5 | 00000170 6d 61 63 68 69 6e 65 73 2c 20 73 6f 0a 74 68 65 |machines, so.the| 00000180 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 6d 61 79 20 6e 6f 74 | program may not| 00000190 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 73 65 | work with these| 000001a0 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 73 2e 20 20 48 6f 77 65 | versions. Howe| 000001b0 76 65 72 20 69 74 20 68 61 73 20 62 65 65 6e 20 |ver it has been | 000001c0 74 65 73 74 65 64 20 6f 6e 0a 52 49 53 43 20 4f |tested on.RISC O| 000001d0 53 20 33 2e 31 31 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 77 6f 72 6b |S 3.11, and work| 000001e0 73 20 66 69 6e 65 2e 0a 0a 49 20 63 61 6e 6e 6f |s fine...I canno| 000001f0 74 20 62 65 20 68 65 6c 64 20 72 65 73 70 6f 6e |t be held respon| 00000200 73 61 62 6c 65 20 66 6f 72 20 61 6e 79 20 6c 6f |sable for any lo| 00000210 73 73 20 6f 66 20 64 61 74 61 20 69 6e 20 75 73 |ss of data in us| 00000220 69 6e 67 20 74 68 69 73 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d |ing this program| 00000230 2e 20 20 41 73 0a 72 65 63 6f 6d 6d 65 6e 64 65 |. As.recommende| 00000240 64 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 6c 6c 20 61 70 70 6c 69 |d with all appli| 00000250 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 2c 20 6d 61 6b 65 20 73 75 |cations, make su| 00000260 72 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 61 6e 79 20 77 6f 72 6b |re that any work| 00000270 20 69 73 20 73 61 76 65 64 20 66 69 72 73 74 2e | is saved first.| 00000280 0a 0a 57 68 61 74 20 69 73 20 4d 65 72 67 65 44 |..What is MergeD| 00000290 72 61 77 3f 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |raw?.-----------| 000002a0 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 0a 4d 65 72 67 65 44 72 |-------..MergeDr| 000002b0 61 77 20 69 73 20 61 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 |aw is a program | 000002c0 77 68 69 63 68 20 6d 61 6b 65 73 20 74 68 65 20 |which makes the | 000002d0 63 72 65 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 27 6d 65 72 |creation of 'mer| 000002e0 67 65 64 27 20 64 72 61 77 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 |ged' draw files | 000002f0 76 65 72 79 0a 65 61 73 79 20 69 6e 64 65 65 64 |very.easy indeed| 00000300 2e 20 20 53 65 65 20 74 68 65 20 65 78 61 6d 70 |. See the examp| 00000310 6c 65 73 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 66 6f |les directory fo| 00000320 72 20 61 20 62 65 74 74 65 72 20 6f 75 74 6c 69 |r a better outli| 00000330 6e 65 20 6f 66 20 77 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 0a 70 |ne of what the.p| 00000340 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 63 61 6e 20 70 72 6f 64 75 |rogram can produ| 00000350 63 65 2e 20 20 49 66 20 79 6f 75 20 68 61 76 65 |ce. 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I| 00000400 66 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 61 72 65 20 63 6f 6c 6f |f there are colo| 00000410 75 72 73 20 6f 76 65 72 6c 61 70 70 69 6e 67 2c |urs overlapping,| 00000420 20 69 74 20 0a 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 63 6f 6d 65 | it .will become| 00000430 20 74 72 61 6e 73 70 61 72 65 6e 74 20 69 6e 20 | transparent in | 00000440 74 68 65 20 6f 76 65 72 6c 61 70 70 69 6e 67 20 |the overlapping | 00000450 72 65 67 69 6f 6e 2e 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 65 78 61 |region...The exa| 00000460 6d 70 6c 65 73 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 2e |mples directory.| 00000470 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |.---------------| 00000480 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 0a 45 61 63 68 20 66 |--------..Each f| 00000490 69 6c 65 20 69 6e 20 74 68 69 73 20 64 69 72 65 |ile in this dire| 000004a0 63 74 6f 72 79 20 69 73 20 75 6e 64 65 72 20 74 |ctory is under t| 000004b0 77 6f 20 70 61 72 74 73 2e 20 20 54 68 65 72 65 |wo parts. There| 000004c0 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 27 4f 72 69 67 69 6e 61 | is the 'Origina| 000004d0 6c 27 0a 77 68 69 63 68 20 77 61 73 20 70 72 6f |l'.which was pro| 000004e0 64 75 63 65 64 20 69 6e 20 44 72 61 77 2c 20 74 |duced in Draw, t| 000004f0 68 65 6e 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 |hen there is the| 00000500 20 27 45 64 69 74 65 64 27 20 70 72 6f 64 75 63 | 'Edited' produc| 00000510 65 64 20 62 79 0a 4d 65 72 67 65 44 72 61 77 2e |ed by.MergeDraw.| 00000520 20 20 54 68 65 20 72 65 73 75 6c 74 73 20 66 72 | The results fr| 00000530 6f 6d 20 4d 65 72 67 65 44 72 61 77 20 61 72 65 |om MergeDraw are| 00000540 20 70 6f 73 73 69 62 6c 65 20 74 6f 20 64 6f 20 | possible to do | 00000550 69 6e 20 44 72 61 77 2c 20 62 75 74 20 77 69 6c |in Draw, but wil| 00000560 6c 0a 72 65 71 75 69 72 65 20 61 20 67 72 65 61 |l.require a grea| 00000570 74 20 64 65 61 6c 20 6f 66 20 74 69 6d 65 20 61 |t deal of time a| 00000580 6e 64 20 65 66 66 6f 72 74 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 74 |nd effort, and t| 00000590 68 65 20 72 65 73 75 6c 74 73 20 6d 61 79 20 6e |he results may n| 000005a0 6f 74 20 62 65 20 61 73 20 67 6f 6f 64 2e 0a 0a |ot be as good...| 000005b0 48 6f 77 20 74 6f 20 6c 6f 61 64 20 4d 65 72 67 |How to load Merg| 000005c0 65 44 72 61 77 2e 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |eDraw..---------| 000005d0 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 0a 4c |-------------..L| 000005e0 6f 61 64 69 6e 67 20 69 73 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 |oading is in the| 000005f0 20 75 73 75 61 6c 20 52 49 53 43 20 4f 53 20 6d | usual RISC OS m| 00000600 61 6e 6e 65 72 2e 20 20 44 6f 75 62 6c 65 20 63 |anner. Double c| 00000610 6c 69 63 6b 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 69 63 6f 6e |lick on the icon| 00000620 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 0a 66 69 6c 65 72 20 77 69 | in the.filer wi| 00000630 6e 64 6f 77 2e 20 20 41 66 74 65 72 20 61 20 73 |ndow. After a s| 00000640 68 6f 72 74 20 70 61 75 73 65 2c 20 74 68 65 20 |hort pause, the | 00000650 69 63 6f 6e 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 61 70 65 61 72 20 |icon will apear | 00000660 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 72 69 67 68 74 20 68 61 6e |on the right han| 00000670 64 0a 73 69 64 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 69 63 |d.side of the ic| 00000680 6f 6e 20 62 61 72 2e 0a 0a 55 73 69 6e 67 20 4d |on bar...Using M| 00000690 65 72 67 65 44 72 61 77 2e 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |ergeDraw..------| 000006a0 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 0a 4e 4f 54 45 |----------..NOTE| 000006b0 3a 20 49 46 20 59 4f 55 20 57 41 4e 54 20 54 4f |: IF YOU WANT TO| 000006c0 20 55 53 45 20 46 4f 4e 54 53 20 49 4e 20 59 4f | USE FONTS IN YO| 000006d0 55 52 20 46 49 4c 45 2c 20 59 4f 55 20 4d 55 53 |UR FILE, YOU MUS| 000006e0 54 20 43 4f 4e 56 45 52 54 20 54 48 45 4d 20 49 |T CONVERT THEM I| 000006f0 4e 54 4f 0a 50 41 54 48 53 20 46 49 52 53 54 2e |NTO.PATHS FIRST.| 00000700 20 20 44 4f 20 54 48 49 53 20 42 59 20 50 52 45 | DO THIS BY PRE| 00000710 53 53 49 4e 47 20 4d 49 44 44 4c 45 20 42 55 54 |SSING MIDDLE BUT| 00000720 54 4f 4e 20 49 4e 20 54 48 45 20 44 52 41 57 20 |TON IN THE DRAW | 00000730 57 49 4e 44 4f 57 2c 20 41 4e 44 0a 53 45 4c 45 |WINDOW, AND.SELE| 00000740 43 54 20 3e 20 43 4f 4e 56 45 52 54 20 54 4f 20 |CT > CONVERT TO | 00000750 50 41 54 48 2e 0a 0a 44 72 61 67 20 61 20 64 72 |PATH...Drag a dr| 00000760 61 77 20 66 69 6c 65 20 6f 6e 20 74 6f 20 74 68 |aw file on to th| 00000770 69 73 20 69 63 6f 6e 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 79 6f 75 |is icon, and you| 00000780 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 70 72 65 73 65 6e 74 | will be present| 00000790 65 64 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 20 73 61 76 65 20 62 |ed with a save b| 000007a0 6f 78 2e 20 0a 45 69 74 68 65 72 20 74 79 70 65 |ox. .Either type| 000007b0 20 69 6e 20 61 20 66 75 6c 6c 20 66 69 6c 65 6e | in a full filen| 000007c0 61 6d 65 2c 20 74 68 65 6e 20 70 72 65 73 73 20 |ame, then press | 000007d0 52 45 54 55 52 4e 2c 20 6f 72 20 64 72 61 67 20 |RETURN, or drag | 000007e0 74 68 65 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 74 6f 20 61 0a 66 69 |the icon to a.fi| 000007f0 6c 65 72 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 28 74 68 65 20 |ler window (the | 00000800 62 65 74 74 65 72 20 77 61 79 29 2e 20 20 41 66 |better way). Af| 00000810 74 65 72 20 61 20 63 6f 75 70 6c 65 20 6f 66 20 |ter a couple of | 00000820 73 65 63 6f 6e 64 73 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 |seconds the file| 00000830 20 77 69 6c 6c 0a 61 70 70 65 61 72 20 69 6e 20 | will.appear in | 00000840 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 72 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 |the filer window| 00000850 2e 20 20 59 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 6e 6f 77 20 6c |. You can now l| 00000860 6f 61 64 20 69 74 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 44 72 61 77 |oad it into Draw| 00000870 2e 0a 0a 4e 45 57 20 46 45 41 54 55 52 45 20 49 |...NEW FEATURE I| 00000880 4e 20 56 45 52 53 49 4f 4e 20 31 2e 35 36 21 21 |N VERSION 1.56!!| 00000890 21 20 2d 20 49 66 20 79 6f 75 20 6c 6f 6f 73 65 |! - If you loose| 000008a0 20 74 68 65 20 73 61 76 65 20 62 6f 78 2c 20 62 | the save box, b| 000008b0 75 74 20 68 61 76 65 6e 27 74 0a 73 61 76 65 64 |ut haven't.saved| 000008c0 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 2c 20 63 6c 69 63 6b | the file, click| 000008d0 20 41 44 4a 55 53 54 20 6f 76 65 72 20 74 68 65 | ADJUST over the| 000008e0 20 4d 65 72 67 65 44 72 61 77 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 | MergeDraw icon | 000008f0 74 6f 20 6f 70 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6c 61 73 74 |to open the last| 00000900 20 73 61 76 65 0a 62 6f 78 2e 0a 0a 49 66 20 79 | save.box...If y| 00000910 6f 75 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 20 4d 45 4e 55 20 6f 76 |ou click MENU ov| 00000920 65 72 20 74 68 65 20 69 63 6f 6e 2c 20 74 68 65 |er the icon, the| 00000930 6e 20 79 6f 75 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 70 72 |n you will be pr| 00000940 65 73 65 6e 74 65 64 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 69 |esented with thi| 00000950 73 20 6d 65 6e 75 2e 0a 0a 2b 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |s menu...+------| 00000960 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2b 0a 7c 20 4d 65 72 67 65 44 72 |-----+.| MergeDr| 00000970 61 77 20 7c 0a 2b 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |aw |.+----------| 00000980 2d 2b 0a 7c 20 49 6e 66 6f 20 20 20 20 3e 20 7c |-+.| Info > || 00000990 20 2d 20 4c 65 61 64 73 20 74 6f 20 61 20 73 74 | - Leads to a st| 000009a0 61 6e 64 61 72 64 20 69 6e 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 69 |andard informati| 000009b0 6f 6e 20 62 6f 78 0a 7c 20 51 75 69 74 20 20 20 |on box.| Quit | 000009c0 20 20 20 7c 20 2d 20 51 75 69 74 73 20 74 68 65 | | - Quits the| 000009d0 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 2e 20 53 65 | application. Se| 000009e0 65 20 6e 6f 74 65 20 62 65 6c 6f 77 21 0a 2b 2d |e note below!.+-| 000009f0 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2b 0a 0a 57 41 52 |----------+..WAR| 00000a00 4e 49 4e 47 21 21 21 20 20 49 66 20 79 6f 75 20 |NING!!! If you | 00000a10 73 65 6c 65 63 74 20 74 68 65 20 71 75 69 74 20 |select the quit | 00000a20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 2c 20 61 6e 79 20 75 6e 73 61 |option, any unsa| 00000a30 76 65 64 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 64 69 |ved work will di| 00000a40 73 61 70 65 61 72 21 0a 0a 0a 54 68 61 74 27 73 |sapear!...That's| 00000a50 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 61 6c 6c 2e 2e 2e 0a 0a 54 | about all.....T| 00000a60 68 61 6e 6b 73 20 74 6f 20 4a 6f 6e 20 52 69 62 |hanks to Jon Rib| 00000a70 62 65 6e 73 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 57 69 6d |bens for the Wim| 00000a80 70 45 78 74 65 6e 73 69 6f 6e 20 6d 6f 64 75 6c |pExtension modul| 00000a90 65 2e 2e 2e 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 49 20 68 6f 70 65 20 |e........I hope | 00000aa0 79 6f 75 20 65 6e 6a 6f 79 20 75 73 69 6e 67 20 |you enjoy using | 00000ab0 4d 65 72 67 65 44 72 61 77 2e |MergeDraw.| 00000aba
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