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Dear AZ,
OD FRIBBLECHOPS
I wouldn't mention this except that as I'm not an AZ editor, and I don't
have all the AZ stuff, I thought I might have a legitimate claim on the
goodies! (If I'm quick enough that is), and I must say that the Supp. Disk
#1 looks very tempting. (OD FRIBBLECHOPS was the password to the hidden
prize in issue 2, hidden in the LIBS drawer)
Now I might be the nosey sort who goes looking in Libs directories just in
case, but I don't expect something for nothing, and on this disk you can
find the first two articles on structured program design, all neatly
formatted, paginated and colour coded. Hope you like them.
Part 1 is imaginatively entitled Structure.Asc, and Part 2 continues this
theme as Data_Structure.Asc, a moving tale of passion...
In the articles I mention a program that will be designed as a part of the
series; the following chain of events that led me to a program choice...
Zed - The F1 Amoszine Text Editor (snappy title huh?)
[1] I started off by thinking about a little text filter program (probably
using C - oops sorry) that would take a text file and make sure that all the
lines used your tab and margin settings (then I wouldn't have to worry about
Transwrite Jr. putting long lines in the text - it was word-wrapping).
[2] I got hold of a modem and the comms software came with a full screen
editor using coloured text, but only one pageful.
[3] When I proof-read the disk I came across your instructions for inserting
colour control codes in text files.
[4] My Pascal assignment at college was to design a text formatting program
to print text with user selectable margins and line lengths with embedded
control codes.
[5] There was a succession of impressive thunder storms.
Now I can take a hint; the great thunder-god Amos was obviously more than a
little put-out about my original choice of language, so to make ammends I
figured I should spread a little happiness and provide a program that will
enable the readers to produce text files in the Amoszine format while
viewing those files as they would appear in the mag.
OK., that's enough waffle, here's the program spec.
Program specification for Zed - The F1 Amoszine Text Editor:
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This program will allow the user to edit text files while they are viewed as
they would appear within the Amoszine magazine.
The program will make use of standard drop-down menus, a toolbar and keyboard
shortcuts to access the following options (in no particular order):
Fade on/off
Select text colours
Text justify left/centre
File load/save/new
Insert/overwrite select
The program will also provide for full screen editing. This in combination
with overwrite mode will allow the user to easily create logos and titles.
The program will be designed in such a way that extra features may be added
as program 'modules' with little, or preferably no modification being
necessary to the main program.
The program will accept as input, and save as output, standard ASCII text.
The design for this program is complete, and will be incorporated
into the articles after some basic ground work has been covered.
As the program progresses to source code, this could be included on the
disk - if most of the readers use the final program it could help save you
some time formatting the text files; what a wonderful prog!
My ambition here is for you to be able to tell AZ readers hand on heart that
Zed is THE text editor to use for contributing, and it'll be FREE!
Well, that's it for now. Ta ta
P.S. There are a couple of routines in the Source directory for Pro
using Interface.
Steve Pullinger (AZ Proof reader)