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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 43.1 | Double Click | UTROP1::TRAMONTINA | | Wed Apr 20 1988 03:33 | 7 |
| re.0
Try double clicking the fontwindow, it will open and show you all
fonts you can choose from. The same aplies to the selection of the
different fill paterns.
Renato
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| 43.2 | That's the ticket! | VINO::BHAMILTON | Buzz Hamilton | Wed Apr 20 1988 11:15 | 5 |
| YES!!! Thank you...
The documentation seems to have blown it on this point.
I can't believe how much less frustrated I feel now!
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| 43.3 | Look no Pictures | MINDER::KENT | But there's no hole in the middle | Wed May 11 1988 07:38 | 7 |
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I am having similar problems to .0 but with blocks and ICONS. Can
anyone tell me how to go about creating an ICON and then loading
it into a picture.
Paul.
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| 43.4 | Block/Icon Blits | DOOZER::MAUDE | John S. Maude EDU Services Reading UK | Wed May 11 1988 14:02 | 25 |
| Hi Paul,
Re .3 :-
In the VDI is a call vro_copyform (ie. copy raster opaque)
which will blit a block from memory to the required position on
the screen. This call is resolution dependent, what you have to
do is setup two memory definition blocks with the required parameters
and then issue the call. One of the parameters in the definition
block is the address of your block of memory containing the bit
pattern for your icon/sprite. This pattern can be created in numerous
ways, the technique I use is to draw my pattern using NEOCHROME,
then cutout a block and dump it out to a file as a set of dc.w
statements an option in NEOCHROME. I then incorporate these statements
in my source code and setup my memory definition blocks and then
issue the vro_copyform call. I developed this technique from reading
the chapter on Raster Operations in the series of Antic Articles
labled Professional GEM - these articles are somewhere on the net
but I've forgotten where. Using this technique I've successfully
been able to place multi-coloured icons in Dialogue Forms, this
technique can also be used to create great animations and is the
only one that I know of that handles more than two colours easily.
John
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| 43.5 | Look NO ICONS | MINDER::KENT | But there's no hole in the middle | Wed May 11 1988 17:24 | 8 |
| re -1
Thanks for the info but I am just a simple Project Manager. Most
of that explanation was mningless to me. Is there no way of creating
ICONS or blocks from within DEGAS. I inherited this copy with the
machine I bought. I have no manual. Help !
Paul.
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| 43.6 | Blocks is easy | COMICS::KEY | The electric monk | Thu May 12 1988 14:13 | 8 |
| To create a block, hit ESC while viewing the picture. Two crosshairs
will appear. Half-click the left button and drag the cursor to form
a rectangle round the graphic you want to make into a block. Let
go of the button, and you have your block, ready to use for drawing,
painting, distorting etc. Now if only Degas had a Neochrome-style
jacknife...
Andy
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| 43.7 | More on DEGAS icons | VINO::BHAMILTON | Buzz Hamilton | Thu May 12 1988 16:53 | 15 |
| further info..
An 'icon' is just a small block. DEGAS blocks are stored in files
with a .BL? extension. To load a block you click on the BLOCK item
in the top menu bar. Then you double-click on load. A standard file
selector box will show up looking for files with .BL?. On my disk
an ASTERISK.BL3 file is in the BLOCKS folder. Doubleclicking or
click on file and click on OK (or some such) will load the block.
Then you click on the BLOCK box in the main menu. Finally use the
right mouse button to get to your drawing screen and every time
you push the left mouse button an 'icon' will be placed.
The previous reply tells how to create your own icon or block. To
reuse later you would save it under the block dropdown menu.
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| 43.8 | What is the maximum number of fonts? | TENERE::JARDIN | | Wed Sep 14 1988 03:37 | 10 |
| Do you know if there is a limit in the number of fonts that Degas
Elite can handle?
e.g is it limited to the number of slots that are shown when double
clicking on the font window?
Also: The manual insists that the assign.sys be an ascii file did
anyone try an other type of file and what are the symptoms?
Pierre
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