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Filename: PDScheme/Atterer/!SwitchF/UK-Help
Read OK: ✔
File size: 1412 bytes
Load address: 0000
Exec address: 0000
File contents
SwitchFont automatically adjusts itself to the configured country.
Languages available: English, German

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written 2nd-4th of June 1994 by Richard Atterer
small bug fixed on 22nd of June
internationalisation added on 24th of June

This program is Freeware and so may be copied and spread freely as long as�
no modifications are made (except for saving one�s own choices) and no�
profit is made in the spreading, but I keep the copyright. Under no�
circumstances may this program be sold as an �extra� together with�
commercial software without my written permission (contact me).


First of all I want to say that this program is my �Bet I can do it better��
version of �FontsPlus� by Simon Burrows (as some of you may have noticed).�
My SwitchFont doesn�t work with RISC OS 2, but on the other hand it needs�
less memory (that was the main reason, because I think 64K is too much just�
to alter Font$Path now and then) and provides a nice window. Furthermore,�
you can have a maximum of 30 font dirs and no errors are produced when the�
limit is reached...


SwitchFont V1.00 (for RISC OS 3.00 onwards):
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RISC OS 3 offers excellent outline font facilities, along with an�
intelligent system to allow programs to use the fonts available on a�
system. However, there are still some weak points, especially when many�
outline fonts have to be maintained:
If you have fonts on different disks and want to have them available (i.e.�
to appear in �Font name� submenus and the like), you need to boot each one�
of them (if they contain applications like �!Fonts�), or set up Font$Path�
to boot them all. In both cases, once you have them available they can be�
removed again only with the FontRemove command, which is not very�
comfortable. Furthermore, the displaying of a font submenu can take quite�
long and the menu will be very big.

Usage of SwitchFont:
Drag directories containing the different font directories onto the�
SwitchFont icon. These directories can be applications such as �!Fonts�,�
but you MUST make sure that the different font families are in the�
application directory itself (e.g. �!Fonts.Selwyn�). Normally it is more�
convenient to use normal directories, so you can choose their name (e.g.�
create a directory called �Handwritng� and copy into it all font families�
that look like handwriting). It doesn�t matter where these directories are;�
they can be on different disks. DON�T drag individual font directories,�
such as �Selwyn�, to the icon bar. If you have made something wrong, you�
can remove the directory from SwitchFont�s list by selecting it in the�
REMOVE subdirectory. The maximum possible number of directories is 30 (ROM�
fonts included).
If you press Select or Adjust over the icon bar icon, the program opens a�
window with the names of the font directories, each with an option icon to�
its left. At the top of the list are always the ROM fonts, which are always�
selected and thus available (and which can�t be removed either), below them�
your directories. In order to make them available or not available, click�
on the appropiate name, and the fonts of the directory will appear in your�
font menu if it�s name is ticked in the window.
Note: In the font menu itself, the fonts will be �mixed up�, i.e. sorted�
alphabetically. There�s no possibility to show the directory names there�
and the fonts in further submenus.

In order to save your selections, that is the names of the directories and�
information on which of them are ticked, choose SAVE from the icon bar�
menu, and the application will attempt to save them in �!SwitchF.Choices�.
Note: If you have for one reason or another lost the �Choices� file (which�
means you get an �File ... not found� error when you try to run�
SwitchFont), create an empty file called �Choices� of the type �Obey�, run�
SwitchFont, make your selections, save them, AND RUN IT ONCE MORE.


I have written SwitchFont as a �module task�, which has the following�
advantages:
- It needs very little memory (altogether 6 KBytes!)
- It �survives� soft resets, i.e. resets without the Ctrl key down. After
  such a reset, SwitchFont�s icon will be on the icon bar.
- After you have chosen QUIT, it is still in memory, and can be restarted by
  issuing the command �SwitchFont� from the NEW TASK submenu of the task
  manager (DOES NOT WORK if you press F12 and enter the command). In order
  to remove it completely from workspace, type �RMKill SwitchFont�.

One more thing: You will get a �Buffer overflow� error when you try to open�
a menu containing a font submenu and have selected more than 10 font�
directories. This is not an error of my program, but a limitation of RISC�
OS 3 (could also be caused only by the ROM apps � too lazy to test it).


I hope this program will help you a bit or eight!

Yours,
Richard Atterer on 04-06-1994, 23.47h



P.S. Sory four my englisch-mistakes

If you want to contact me, try �!SwitchF.Contact�...

� Copyright 1994 by �Strider� Richard Atterer

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