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Icon Deluxe
Copyright 1995, by Brian Tietz
INSTALLATION:
Installation is a simple procedure. To do so place the files IconDeluxe
and IconDeluxe.guide wherever you want them (I recommend SYS:Tools). Then
move IDHelpFile into the S: directory. Make sure that you have AmigaGuide
or MultiView in your SYS:Utilities drawer (they're needed for online help)
and you're ready to go.
COPYRIGHT:
The registered version is copyrighted and may not be distributed, so
please do not allow it to be pirated. Ten dollars isn't much, so anybody
who wants or uses it can afford it. If you use IconDeluxe, please register
and encourage me to write more cheap but high-quality Amiga software.
The public version is full-featured and is not "cripple-ware." It does
have a short delay before saving the icon, to remind and encourage the user
to register. It's not long, just long enough to contemplate the hundreds
of hours I spent writing this program when I should have been studying so
you could harvest the fruits of my labors. Do you feel guilty yet? Hee
hee... The demo is freely distributable and perfectly usable, so please
spread it around.
REGISTERING ICON DELUXE:
Icon Deluxe was written by me in my spare time while attending college.
I wrote it because of frustration with the icon editor that comes on the
extras disk. I disliked the fact that it enforces the 80x40 size limit,
since that means you can't edit existing icons which are larger than that,
not even to cut them down to size, and there are many, especially for
games, that are larger than the size limit. I also didn't like the fact
that the enlarged pixels are still too small to work with easily, that you
can't insert text into the bitmap, that you can't click select icons to
edit, that you can't cut and paste blocks, and the list goes on. There are
other icon editors in the public domain, but all the ones I saw had as many
problems as the Commodore one.
I figured that many other users and developers probably felt the same
frustration, so I set out to write an icon editor which is powerful and
easy to use. I think I've accomplished this. If you think so too, you can
reward me for the hundreds of hours I spent writing it by sending a small
contribution of $10. If you have done so already, I would like to express
my thanks to you, as that $10 fed me for a week. If you have not
registered, think of all the time I spent writing this for you, and how
nice it would be to help out a poor student who's struggling to get by. In
return, I will send you the registered version of Icon Deluxe, which does
not include the save delay which is in the demo version. Additionally,
although I don't anticipate there being any bugs, since I thoroughly tested
every bit of code, I'm only human so there might be some bug reports or
requests for additional features. If so, I'll send the upgrade to all
registered users. For bug reports or feature requests, I can be reached on
the internet at btietz@ucsd.edu.
If you live outside the United States, please send an extra $5, since
postage costs more.
If you would like to get the source code to Icon Deluxe, send an extra
$5. The source is very well commented so beginning programmers should
have no trouble understanding and learning from it, and even skilled
programmers might find it useful or at least interesting.
Send cash or check to:
Icon Deluxe
Brian Tietz
10520 Castine Ave.
Cupertino, CA 95014
Thanks in advance!