| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1192.1 | Be careful!!!!! | BHAJEE::SURAUF | | Sat Oct 19 1991 15:23 | 6 |
| Brian,
be carefully! EASYTEXT is a commercial Software, which sold here in
Germany by MARKT - UND TECHNIK VERLAG in Munich. the Software ist NOT
PD oder Shareware. Please do not run in Problems.
/Rolf
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| 1192.2 | Shareware Version Is Legit | RGB::ROST | I Had A Torrid Affair With Geraldo | Mon Oct 21 1991 10:28 | 8 |
| Re: . -1
The copy I have is clearly marked shareware. It is apparently a
somewhat less-than-full-featured version that was released as a demo.
It does include instructions on how to order a registered copy form the
UK developers.
Brian
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| 1192.3 | Hmmmm. | SUOSW3::SURAUF | | Mon Oct 21 1991 13:10 | 4 |
| Hmm.. Maybe a double Productname.
Thanks Brian
/Rolf
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| 1192.4 | It Works, But... | RGB::ROST | I Had A Torrid Affair With Geraldo | Wed Oct 23 1991 10:50 | 25 |
| I've been playing a bit with Easytext and it's a simple but useful
program if your DTP needs are humble. There's a lot it *won't* do,
but for knocking off the odd flyer, etc. it's worth having around.
It has some built-in fonts you can run with, but it has considerably
more power if you also have GDOS and some GDOS fonts.
Text file importation in the version I have is limited to 1st Word, and
graphics must be Degas hi-res format (.PI3). Since I don't have Degas,
I was in a bit of a quandary until I found another PD program called
PICSWITCH which takes any of various drawing formats (Neochrome, Degas,
MacPaint) and converts them to any *other* format in any resolution. So
you could convert low-res Neo pictures to hi-res Degas for loading into
Easytext.
Simple? No, it's actually pretty ridiculous, but for my DTP needs
(practically zilch!) it's perfect. Even without the tutorial, it was
easy enough from the "going at it" section of the docs to get up and
running.
For those who would like a copy of Easytext and/or Picswitch, check in
this directory:
RGB::DISK$CRETE:[rost.atari.world]
Brian
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| 1192.5 | newer (but by no means new) version of picswitch | REGENT::LOMICKA | Roy Lomicka | Thu Oct 24 1991 06:52 | 2 |
| The version of picswitch that you posted in RGB::DISK$CRETE:[rost.atari.world]
is not the current version. See DECUK::"/usr/support/jwb/st/picsw7.arc".
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| 1192.6 | How'd you do it? | SKIVT::HEARN | Time will tell... | Thu Oct 31 1991 10:14 | 12 |
|
Brian,
I tried a copy from atari@atari.archive.umich.edu and
all I can get it to do is "hang" when I try to access the drop
down menu's... I've got GDOS and an folder (GDOS.SYS for fonts)
the only thing I can seem to do is ctrl-l (load) the example
file w/ picture (quite nice too). Any thoughts? I've got a
1040ST w/ 1 M, a hard disk, floppys...
Rich
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| 1192.7 | May Be GDOS Related | RGB::ROST | Bill Graham, RIP | Thu Oct 31 1991 11:16 | 13 |
| I don't have GDOS, so that may be part of the problem. My copy was
from the same source as yours and seems to work OK (I've only created one
drawing on it so far).
The way the menus work is kind of confusing, as each click on an entry
*toggles* is state, rather then selecting it.
One hassle I've come across is that the screen shows either the top
half or bottom half of the page, and I can't seem to drag frames across
the boundary, i.e. anything you place on the page must fit *entirely*
in one half, so you can't do whole-page graphics.
Brian
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| 1192.8 | Ah - the dim light burns brighter... :^) | SKIVT::HEARN | Time will tell... | Thu Oct 31 1991 16:55 | 17 |
|
Brian,
I suspect I'm not "following" how to use the "toggle" feature...
I did try it without GDOS - didn't seem to change anything - so
it just may be that I'm misunderstanding how it works.
FYI - I do remember seeing Easytext say that EZT----- (something
or other) was not loaded (when GDOS loaded the fonts) and that
frames would not be able to be moved. Maybe that's what you've
run into...
Tnx,
Rich
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| 1192.9 | Getting there... :^) | SKIVT::HEARN | Time will tell... | Fri Nov 01 1991 09:34 | 16 |
|
Brian,
Just wanted to let you know - I've got it "working"
(now to read the manual on how to use it :^) with GDOS &
I like the ability to use the different fonts!
My biggest problem seems to have been trying to run it from
my hard drive - seems Easytext just don't want any part of
it - at least this "demo" version. I made a floppy up that
says boots with GDOS and easytext on it - seems to function
as I'd expect it to (a little weird with that toggle type
functionality, but other than that fine).
Tnx agn,
Rich
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