Interface - "What are the program designers (for the envelopes to see the text).

     (C) Dr. Laser


         What are the DESIGNERS


               - You see, I'm a designer ...

               - I see that it is not Smith.


                                  Anecdote


     When I first saw the e-zine, you envied the skill
its creators. I also wanted to create a similar wrapper to cram 
in it their own texts. But - alas! programming I did not know 
how (and honestly, and now do not know how).


     Fortunately, there were good people who cared about such 
as I, and created the program designers, especially designed 
for this purpose. O have I I want to tell in this article.


     The first program that got
my eye was "TXT_VIEW" Dmitry
Bekkerman. It is a function of "Load
file. "need to write there name
your file and activate this feature.
Then, when you run
"TXT_VIEW", it will load your
text.

     Following program, which I
I want to tell you, it's TEXT DESIGNER v 1.
0. Here is you can not just sew
listalku, but also set the font size and
keys. And in the next version
(1. 99) appeared brings up a menu where you can change the text 
color paper, save text to disk or print it.


     Where was steeper prog
ZX-WINWORD v 1. 3 (then I got
Version 2. 1, but for lack of time I
was not able to poyuzat). It can be set
Color not only the entire text, but the individual lines and 
insert into it sprites. But then I got ... question:

"What to do next with this text?" True, the kit includes the 
prog VIEWER-DESIGNER for converting text into

stand-alone unit, but it is too
cumbersome, consisting of three files. K
Besides, this program has a bug: In preview mode the text out 
of it already impossible, on what keys are pressed

(Except for RESET, of course). Fortunately, the emergence of 
prog UNIVERSAL VIEWER solve this problem.


     And now, following the adage "The best
finally leave, I will describe two prog,
which, in my opinion, are by far the best designers.

     First - TEXT MAKER of applications to
Journal FUNeral # 1. Without exaggeration,
You can say that she can do everything
that the above are able to bend,
plus much more. You can specify the size of
Font for individual rows, the text color
(And made it much easier and
more convenient than a ZX-WINWORD 'e), we can
insert sprites and even background music.
Very comfortable operation: supports
all joysticks and even a mouse. In the finished block is an 
icon and an arrow that You can draw yourself. But there are 
drawbacks. Colors in the main menu selected so that the 
black-and-white monitor personal not visible. In addition, the 
maximum block size is 31k. To help 'and that is enough but for 
the more monumental works ... 

     Familiarity with the second - SPECTRUM
GUIDE started for me, when attached to ADV # 7, I found version 
1. 0 of this bend. In general, it's nothing special from

itself is not represented, but there was one
cool feature - hypertext. Therefore, I
began to actively juzat it. True, the first
I was hard to deal with her team, so I loaded her help in
ZX / IBM EDITOR and still figured out that by
anything. And in ADV # 10 Version 2. 0 of this
bend. There simply heaps of opportunities.
You can make colored text, insert
their own fonts, sprites, music (yes, so
to, for example, on the same page playing a melody on the 
second - the other on third - none at all). You can include

in the text mashinnokodovuyu procedure that
user (if he wants to) be able to run. But the disadvantages are 
many. Management keyboard only, in the final block is not a 
transition to black and white mode, because Why not read most 
of the help 'as well. You can not just read it apart from SG: 
there is no unloading of the text. A deal with him as with 
version 1. 0, too, did not work: the file is compressed. Even 
the BEST VIEW, which I usually looked packed text / images, 
this time was powerless. 

     And to finish this article I want to paraphrase the words 
Tarapunki known satirist: "dvi Yakbi tsi bend yak-nebudu 
peremishati, that zrobiti one normal, is an interface, a yak 
TEXT MAKER 'well, the team yak at SPECTRUM GUIDE, Bulo bi 
Garnier. 


     P. S. Was about to finish the article,
When I caught the eye of FUNeral # 1.
5, from which I learned that the group
DELIRIUM TREMENS - creators TEXT
MAKER 'but this has released a new prog
Class DELIRIUM PROFESSIONAL PAGE MAKER v
1. 0, which implements many of the features that I would like 
to see in Ideally, the designer. So the wait continued.