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PDScheme/Atterer/!Crib/!Help
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| Tape/disk: | Home » Recent acquisitions » Acorn ADFS disks » adfs_AcornUser_199609.adf » Extras |
| Filename: | PDScheme/Atterer/!Crib/!Help |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 04C4 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
���������������������� Help file for �Crib� ���������������������� Written on 4-4-1996 by Richard �Strider� Atterer. This program is in the public domain. The author cannot be held responsible for anything! This program is not an application that multitasks on the desktop.� Before you run it by double-clicking on its icon in a directory display you� must install a RAM disc and copy a text file into its root directory. When� the program is finished it will save a Draw file with a correctly scaled� bitmap to �RAM:CribImage�. You may ask yourself why I wrote this program when you can achieve the same� result with any word processor. The reason is that the word processor will� use outline fonts, and these are hard to read when the characters are very� small. Additionally, some printers (especially dot matrix printers) will� give better readable characters when these consist of thin lines. If the characters appear too faint on your printer (this will be the case� with all �write white� laser printers), you should try switching on �thick� lines�. This will use bold characters. So far, I hope this program will allow you to spend more time on computing and less� on studying... Yours, Richard Atterer
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Help f| 00000020 69 6c 65 20 66 6f 72 20 94 43 72 69 62 95 0a 20 |ile for .Crib.. | 00000030 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 |................| 00000040 98 98 98 98 98 98 0a 0a 57 72 69 74 74 65 6e 20 |........Written | 00000050 6f 6e 20 34 2d 34 2d 31 39 39 36 20 62 79 20 52 |on 4-4-1996 by R| 00000060 69 63 68 61 72 64 20 90 53 74 72 69 64 65 72 91 |ichard .Strider.| 00000070 20 41 74 74 65 72 65 72 2e 0a 54 68 69 73 20 70 | Atterer..This p| 00000080 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 69 73 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 |rogram is in the| 00000090 20 70 75 62 6c 69 63 20 64 6f 6d 61 69 6e 2e 0a | public domain..| 000000a0 54 68 65 20 61 75 74 68 6f 72 20 63 61 6e 6e 6f |The author canno| 000000b0 74 20 62 65 20 68 65 6c 64 20 72 65 73 70 6f 6e |t be held respon| 000000c0 73 69 62 6c 65 20 66 6f 72 20 61 6e 79 74 68 69 |sible for anythi| 000000d0 6e 67 21 0a 0a 54 68 69 73 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 |ng!..This progra| 000000e0 6d 20 69 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 61 6e 20 61 70 70 6c |m is not an appl| 000000f0 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 74 68 61 74 20 6d 75 6c |ication that mul| 00000100 74 69 74 61 73 6b 73 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 64 |titasks on the d| 00000110 65 73 6b 74 6f 70 2e a0 0a 42 65 66 6f 72 65 20 |esktop...Before | 00000120 79 6f 75 20 72 75 6e 20 69 74 20 62 79 20 64 6f |you run it by do| 00000130 75 62 6c 65 2d 63 6c 69 63 6b 69 6e 67 20 6f 6e |uble-clicking on| 00000140 20 69 74 73 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 69 6e 20 61 20 64 | its icon in a d| 00000150 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 64 69 73 70 6c 61 79 |irectory display| 00000160 20 79 6f 75 a0 0a 6d 75 73 74 20 69 6e 73 74 61 | you..must insta| 00000170 6c 6c 20 61 20 52 41 4d 20 64 69 73 63 20 61 6e |ll a RAM disc an| 00000180 64 20 63 6f 70 79 20 61 20 74 65 78 74 20 66 69 |d copy a text fi| 00000190 6c 65 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 69 74 73 20 72 6f 6f 74 |le into its root| 000001a0 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 2e 20 57 68 65 6e | directory. When| 000001b0 a0 0a 74 68 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 69 73 |..the program is| 000001c0 20 66 69 6e 69 73 68 65 64 20 69 74 20 77 69 6c | finished it wil| 000001d0 6c 20 73 61 76 65 20 61 20 44 72 61 77 20 66 69 |l save a Draw fi| 000001e0 6c 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 20 63 6f 72 72 65 63 |le with a correc| 000001f0 74 6c 79 20 73 63 61 6c 65 64 a0 0a 62 69 74 6d |tly scaled..bitm| 00000200 61 70 20 74 6f 20 94 52 41 4d 3a 43 72 69 62 49 |ap to .RAM:CribI| 00000210 6d 61 67 65 95 2e 0a 0a 59 6f 75 20 6d 61 79 20 |mage....You may | 00000220 61 73 6b 20 79 6f 75 72 73 65 6c 66 20 77 68 79 |ask yourself why| 00000230 20 49 20 77 72 6f 74 65 20 74 68 69 73 20 70 72 | I wrote this pr| 00000240 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 77 68 65 6e 20 79 6f 75 20 63 |ogram when you c| 00000250 61 6e 20 61 63 68 69 65 76 65 20 74 68 65 20 73 |an achieve the s| 00000260 61 6d 65 a0 0a 72 65 73 75 6c 74 20 77 69 74 68 |ame..result with| 00000270 20 61 6e 79 20 77 6f 72 64 20 70 72 6f 63 65 73 | any word proces| 00000280 73 6f 72 2e 20 54 68 65 20 72 65 61 73 6f 6e 20 |sor. The reason | 00000290 69 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 77 6f 72 64 |is that the word| 000002a0 20 70 72 6f 63 65 73 73 6f 72 20 77 69 6c 6c a0 | processor will.| 000002b0 0a 75 73 65 20 6f 75 74 6c 69 6e 65 20 66 6f 6e |.use outline fon| 000002c0 74 73 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 73 65 20 61 72 |ts, and these ar| 000002d0 65 20 68 61 72 64 20 74 6f 20 72 65 61 64 20 77 |e hard to read w| 000002e0 68 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 63 68 61 72 61 63 74 65 |hen the characte| 000002f0 72 73 20 61 72 65 20 76 65 72 79 a0 0a 73 6d 61 |rs are very..sma| 00000300 6c 6c 2e 20 41 64 64 69 74 69 6f 6e 61 6c 6c 79 |ll. Additionally| 00000310 2c 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 73 20 |, some printers | 00000320 28 65 73 70 65 63 69 61 6c 6c 79 20 64 6f 74 20 |(especially dot | 00000330 6d 61 74 72 69 78 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 73 29 |matrix printers)| 00000340 20 77 69 6c 6c a0 0a 67 69 76 65 20 62 65 74 74 | will..give bett| 00000350 65 72 20 72 65 61 64 61 62 6c 65 20 63 68 61 72 |er readable char| 00000360 61 63 74 65 72 73 20 77 68 65 6e 20 74 68 65 73 |acters when thes| 00000370 65 20 63 6f 6e 73 69 73 74 20 6f 66 20 74 68 69 |e consist of thi| 00000380 6e 20 6c 69 6e 65 73 2e 0a 49 66 20 74 68 65 20 |n lines..If the | 00000390 63 68 61 72 61 63 74 65 72 73 20 61 70 70 65 61 |characters appea| 000003a0 72 20 74 6f 6f 20 66 61 69 6e 74 20 6f 6e 20 79 |r too faint on y| 000003b0 6f 75 72 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 20 28 74 68 69 |our printer (thi| 000003c0 73 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 74 68 65 20 63 61 |s will be the ca| 000003d0 73 65 a0 0a 77 69 74 68 20 61 6c 6c 20 90 77 72 |se..with all .wr| 000003e0 69 74 65 20 77 68 69 74 65 91 20 6c 61 73 65 72 |ite white. laser| 000003f0 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 73 29 2c 20 79 6f 75 20 | printers), you | 00000400 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 74 72 79 20 73 77 69 74 63 |should try switc| 00000410 68 69 6e 67 20 6f 6e 20 94 74 68 69 63 6b a0 0a |hing on .thick..| 00000420 6c 69 6e 65 73 95 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 77 69 6c |lines.. This wil| 00000430 6c 20 75 73 65 20 62 6f 6c 64 20 63 68 61 72 61 |l use bold chara| 00000440 63 74 65 72 73 2e 0a 0a 53 6f 20 66 61 72 2c 0a |cters...So far,.| 00000450 49 20 68 6f 70 65 20 74 68 69 73 20 70 72 6f 67 |I hope this prog| 00000460 72 61 6d 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 61 6c 6c 6f 77 20 79 |ram will allow y| 00000470 6f 75 20 74 6f 20 73 70 65 6e 64 20 6d 6f 72 65 |ou to spend more| 00000480 20 74 69 6d 65 20 6f 6e 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 69 | time on computi| 00000490 6e 67 20 61 6e 64 20 6c 65 73 73 a0 0a 6f 6e 20 |ng and less..on | 000004a0 73 74 75 64 79 69 6e 67 2e 2e 2e 0a 0a 59 6f 75 |studying.....You| 000004b0 72 73 2c 20 52 69 63 68 61 72 64 20 41 74 74 65 |rs, Richard Atte| 000004c0 72 65 72 0a |rer.| 000004c4
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