Adventurer #03 30 апреля 1996

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System - Description of the editor graphic fonts - MACH v2.4.

     (C) Kotov AV (CAV Inc.)



                MACH 2.4



     As I promised in a previous
issues of the journal, Tell about the features
work with the program MACH 2.4.

     Without a description of the copyright to this
program, had it a little tricky. (By the way, recently appeared 
another innovation: the program can be delivered the source of 
some of its power, most often player, or driver - examples of 
such programs is: DMM, the new players to the ASM and ST etc.) 

     In this article I will describe the principles of working 
with MACH, and the texts of the print driver and font file 
format, you may see in one of the following numbers.


     So get started. For those who have not seen
ADVENTURER N 2 clarifies that MACH is
editor graphic fonts. (FIRST!
I know of at SPECCY).
After downloading the program main menu appears. Walk briefly 
on his options: 


                MAIN MENU

 MAKE SYMBOL - create a symbol
 EDIT SYMBOL - symbol-editing
 DELETE SYMBOL - delete character
 MAKE MACRO SYMBOL - copies one

                      symbol in another
 DEFINE MACH AND EFF - Sizing

                  and effects, arising

                  the derivation of the symbol
 MACH SYMBOL (SHOW) - view symbol

                 with the established effect it
 LIST MAKED SYMBOLS - show all (almost)

                      created characters
 LOAD FONT FROM FDD - download the font from

                      Disk

 SAVE FONT TO FDD - write to disk
 SELECT DRIVE - choice of working drive
 ERASE FONT FROM MEM - memory cleaning

                       Editor
 DEMO OF PRINT - show a demo to labels

                 set, which is in

                 currently in memory

                 Editor
 EXIT - on the idea of ​​an exit to DOS,

                 but the machine just hangs



     Now consider in more detail
each of the menu options:

     MAKE SYMBOL When selecting this option
there is a window like this:



             WHAT YOU WANT:


             GIVE ME SYMBOL

             GIVE ME CODE



      From this plate you choose, or
GIVE ME SYMBOL, if you wish to enter
generated character from the keyboard or
GIVE ME CODE, if you decide to create
symbol of the code (you can create a complete set of characters 
- all 255), then You will be asked to enter either a symbol or 
code symbol. If everything is correct, then

is entered into the editor.

     The editor is a box on the left
editing, right - News
field with a hint of kladisham management.
Under the edit-box is a string, which shows how much space
creating or editing a symbol.

Control buttons in the editor:


  Q, A, O, P - move on to the field Editing
            tion.

  SPACE - postoenie line from the last

            marked position before the cursor

  Enter - fill the contour symbol

  U - removal of the last command with

            command buffer, ie removal

            last operation

  0 - the last movement is marked
            Noah position the cursor position

  V - look at the symbol

  EXT - Exits

     When you exit edit mode
you are given a plate of this kind:



             RELAY SAVE DATA


             YES, OFCOUSRE

             NO, UNDO



     You can otkazatsya from established
character (NO, UNDO) or write it in
memory (YES, OFCOUSRE).


     EDIT SYMBOL mode is very similar to
Mode MAKE SYMBOL: there the same menus, same queries, the edit 
box. But you can not enter into this mode if

you choose a character or dial the code, which has no data. Ie 
This option ONLY for editing existing characters.


     DELETE SYMBOL: command to delete a character, sign the 
form: 



             WHAT YOU WANT:


             GIVE ME SYMBOL

             GIVE ME CODE



     Ie is the same as for previous
commands. In general, all the teams working with
odinichnymi symbols, give the plate
and specifically on this issue I do not dwell.



     MAKE MACRO SYMBOL In fact, if
translate word for word this command, it
should be to create makrosimvola, but
it works somehow as copying
The landmark to another. Ie you can,
say, a symbol "F" to copy the image
"S" symbol, and though the character code will be
as for the "F" - will mark symbol
"S". In general, this copy of the symbol.


     DEFINE MACH AND EFF Task effect
output symbol for the option MACH SYMBOL
(SHOW). There are 7 kinds of effects. After
selecting a plate appears to
specify the size of the symbol:



                 MACH


               FOR X:

               FOR Y:



     You can specify the size of the symbol of X
and Y (but in my opinion, here it does not matter). After that 
will sign with a question that you go to do: turn on or turn 
off the effect. And finally, the plaque effects:



                 MODE


             NORMAL

             OUTLINE

             TONED

             TONED-OUT

             SWEEMING

             SHADED

             SHADED-OUT



 NORMAL - symbol looks like you have it

          created.
 OUTLINE - if you do when you create a character

          used the fill, then selecting

          this effect, you will see only

          circuit symbol.
 TONED - toned mesh character.
 TONED-OUT - toned mesh sim
          parish with a dedicated circuit (Toles
          Leanin one).
 SWEEMING - filled symbol with tinted

            circuit.
 SHADED - filled with character with a shadow.
 SHADED-OUT - not filled with the symbol of the shadow.


     After you select the effect it peacefully returning to the 
main menu. Yes, I almost forgot effect it can have only one. 
When choosing a different effect, an old canceled.



     MACH SYMBOL (SHOW) In this mode,
You can see how the look with
the effects of your character (s), pomasshtabirovat them, in 
general, in every way poizvraschatsya. 


     LIST MAKED SYMBOLS Shows
created symbols in order of their creation
(Russian letters NO!). This mode,
and in general all the modes at which the output symbols, can 
"hang" machine if the font file will fail.


     LOAD FONT FROM FDD download the font from
disc. Time and desire to check how
This option works off of a disk error
I was not, but if the disk in drive
No, the gentle message appears:
R Tape loading error 0:1


     SAVE FONT TO FDD entry on the font
disc. Frankly, I'm not much chasing
MACH and have not tried, as he writes to the disk.
But one thing I can say for sure: the size of the loaded file 
will depend on how much you nasozdavali characters and no.



     SELECT DRIVE Select the drive. Attention! Do not use this 
command if you have to drive anything is missing or not

closed - the program in 99 cases of hanging.


     ERASE FONT FROM MEM Removing TOTAL
font from memory. Before deleting you
be asked whether you want it. In fact,
all operations that modify the collection, ask
confirmation.

     DEMO OF PRINT Print demonadpisi.
Printed text of those symbols, which
is currently the editor and so
effect, which was last selected.


     EXIT assumed that this output
in DOS or BASIC, but this option does not work, or rather, she 
hangs the machine. So go to RESET (possibly in the next

I will give the room a piece of program code,
responsible for the exit, and comment
it).


     As I mentioned earlier, such
programs need to supply the driver or
print, or the text of this driver and a description of the file 
format. Due to lack of time to leave this issue of the 
magazine, I do not managed to prepare all the necessary 
material, so wait - as soon as possible time ADVENTURERe will 
continue the topic.


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