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StarInfo/Rawle/!Elements/Adding
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| Filename: | StarInfo/Rawle/!Elements/Adding |
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| File size: | 077C bytes |
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File contents
ELEMENTS Jonathan Rawle, January 1996 Editing data files ------------------ The text and draw files can simply be edited when displayed, and saved back in the same place. Adding extra data files ----------------------- Not all elements have have draw and text files associated with them. But it is possible to add files for these elements. Within the !Elements directory, there are four subdirectories: Draw, Draw+, Text and Text+. � Each of these may contain up to 77 files (Acorn's restriction, not mine!) � There may be a file for a particular element in each directory (4 files in total). If, for example, there was a file called Hydrogen in both the Text and Text+ directories, then both files would be loaded when the text icon in the element data window is clicked upon. � There does not have to be a file for an element in Text or Draw, for there to be one in Text+ or Draw+. !Elements will look in both directories for files. This allows there to be at least one text and one draw file for each of the 109 elements. � The files can be of any type you wish- they could be DTP or sprite files, for example, or even applications or whole directories of files. � Files for elements with names longer than 10 characters can simply have their filenames truncated to 10 characters. For example, Praseodymium becomes Praseodymi. (The computer should truncate the filenames automatically. If not, have a look at !Configure, or type '*Configure Truncate on' at the command line.) You may have noticd that the text and draw icons in the element data window are 'greyed out' when no files exist. If you simply save new files, these icons will still be greyed out. To prevent this, you must click on the file 'Install' in the !Elements directory after you have created any new files. (If Elements is already loaded, it will not recoignise the new files until it is quit and re-loaded).
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Truncate on'| 000005d0 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 20 | at the command | 000005e0 6c 69 6e 65 2e 29 0a 0a 59 6f 75 20 6d 61 79 20 |line.)..You may | 000005f0 68 61 76 65 20 6e 6f 74 69 63 64 20 74 68 61 74 |have noticd that| 00000600 20 74 68 65 20 74 65 78 74 20 61 6e 64 20 64 72 | the text and dr| 00000610 61 77 20 69 63 6f 6e 73 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 |aw icons in the | 00000620 65 6c 65 6d 65 6e 74 20 64 61 74 61 20 77 69 6e |element data win| 00000630 64 6f 77 0a 61 72 65 20 27 67 72 65 79 65 64 20 |dow.are 'greyed | 00000640 6f 75 74 27 20 77 68 65 6e 20 6e 6f 20 66 69 6c |out' when no fil| 00000650 65 73 20 65 78 69 73 74 2e 20 49 66 20 79 6f 75 |es exist. If you| 00000660 20 73 69 6d 70 6c 79 20 73 61 76 65 20 6e 65 77 | simply save new| 00000670 20 66 69 6c 65 73 2c 20 74 68 65 73 65 0a 69 63 | files, these.ic| 00000680 6f 6e 73 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 73 74 69 6c 6c 20 62 |ons will still b| 00000690 65 20 67 72 65 79 65 64 20 6f 75 74 2e 20 54 6f |e greyed out. To| 000006a0 20 70 72 65 76 65 6e 74 20 74 68 69 73 2c 20 79 | prevent this, y| 000006b0 6f 75 20 6d 75 73 74 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 20 6f 6e |ou must click on| 000006c0 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 0a 27 49 6e 73 74 61 | the file.'Insta| 000006d0 6c 6c 27 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 21 45 6c 65 6d |ll' in the !Elem| 000006e0 65 6e 74 73 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 61 |ents directory a| 000006f0 66 74 65 72 20 79 6f 75 20 68 61 76 65 20 63 72 |fter you have cr| 00000700 65 61 74 65 64 20 61 6e 79 20 6e 65 77 20 66 69 |eated any new fi| 00000710 6c 65 73 2e 20 0a 28 49 66 20 45 6c 65 6d 65 6e |les. .(If Elemen| 00000720 74 73 20 69 73 20 61 6c 72 65 61 64 79 20 6c 6f |ts is already lo| 00000730 61 64 65 64 2c 20 69 74 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6e 6f |aded, it will no| 00000740 74 20 72 65 63 6f 69 67 6e 69 73 65 20 74 68 65 |t recoignise the| 00000750 20 6e 65 77 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 75 6e 74 69 6c | new files until| 00000760 20 0a 69 74 20 69 73 20 71 75 69 74 20 61 6e 64 | .it is quit and| 00000770 20 72 65 2d 6c 6f 61 64 65 64 29 2e | re-loaded).| 0000077c
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