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Command: File/Save or Load/Weaving < FSW or FLW>
Purpose: Preserve and retrieve weaving and total environment.
Information:
Weaving filename has format [name].PWV; suffix stands for
Patternland WeaVing. File contains:
current warp, weft, and tieup limits
threading with color & symbol selections
weft harness combinations with colors and symbols
treadling
tieups
color video palette for EGA/VGA (also default
color set to maintain compatibility)
warp and weft multi-symbol sets for text modes
250 program settings, including all toggle
settings and program colors
Also saved is the Title Line if one exists. Title line
filename has format [weaving name].PTL.
Comments:
A weaving file IS the current Patternland configuration.
When Patternland loads, it looks for a several files,
including "Patland.PWV". Patland.PWV provides the
environment for beginning a weaving with the correct
settings for your system. When you save and reload a
weaving, all program settings are restored.
If you upgrade to an EGA or VGA system, you must choose
Setup/Displays/[your display] before the new features will
be available. Then resave the weaving to avoid repeating
the process.
Patternland also checks the command line for a .PWV filename
to load instead of "Patland.PWV". No /switch is required.
To load another weaving/environment on startup, type:
PWS [filename]
See Also: Setup/Save
Setup/Displays
File/Write
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Command: File/Save or Load/Warp < FSA or FLA>
Purpose: File just the threading with warp colors & symbols.
Information:
Warp filename has format [name].PWA; suffix stands for
Patternland WArp. File contains:
current warp limit
threading
warp color & symbol selections
Comments:
You can experiment with different threadings by saving and
reloading a warp separately. You can also maintain the
current settings by saving and reloading warp and weft
files separately instead of as a whole weaving file.
See Also: File/Save or Load/Weft
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Command: File/Save or Load/Weft < FSE or FLE>
Purpose: File harnesses, treadling, and colors and symbols.
Information:
Weft filename has format [name].PWE; suffix stands for
Patternland WEft. File contains:
current weft limit
weft harness combinations
treadling (but not the tieups)
weft color & symbol selections
Comments:
You can experiment with different wefts by saving and
reloading a weft separately. You can also maintain the
current settings by saving and reloading warp and weft
files separately instead of as a whole weaving file.
See Also: File/Save or Load/Warp
File/Save or Load/Recording
File/Save/Loom Weft
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Command: File/Save or Load/Tieup < FST or FLT>
Purpose: File treadle tieups only.
Information:
Tieup filename has format [name].PTU; suffix stands for
Patternland TieUp. File contains:
number of tieups
Tieup harness combinations
Comments:
You can experiment with different tieups by saving and
reloading a tieup only. For the new tieup to transform your
current weft harness combinations using the current
treadling, you must select Edit/Tieup/Edit, then ESC and
confirm that you want the weft rewoven when the prompt asks
your permission.
See Also: File/Save or Load/Weft
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Command: File/Save or Load/Colors < FSC or FLC>
Purpose: File EGA/VGA color video palettes only.
Information:
Colors filename has format [name].PCL; suffix stands for
Patternland CoLors. File contains:
default color set for backwards compatibility
EGA and VGA palette selections
Comments:
You can experiment with different color arrangements by
saving and reloading video palettes only. However, saving
and loading a video palette does not affect the color
printer output. To make the printed output match the video
display as closely as possible, create Print Mix files to
accompany your video palettes.
See Also: Display/Palettes
File/Save or Load/Print Mix
Print/Color Palette Mixer
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Command: File/Save or Load/Symbols < FSS or FLS>
Purpose: File the multi-symbol sets only.
Information:
Symbols filename has format [name].PSM; suffix stands for
Patternland SyMbols. File contains:
warp and weft symbol sets
Comments:
The default symbol set uses line drawing characters for the
first 5 symbols, each one representing a thicker thread,
since the symbol number is also the graphic variable
magnification SIZE. The symbols above 5 are the same as
NumSet.PSM symbols (see below). The default symbol set is
on diskette as "Threads.PSM".
A second multi-symbol set consists of the numerals 1-9
followed by characters A-G. The purpose is to indicate the
variable magnification factor for each thread since the
symbol selection is also the variable magnification for
display and printed graphics. This symbol set is provided
on diskette under the name "Numbset.PSM".
A third visually oriented set of characters is provided in
the file CharSet.PSM.
You will probably want to use a different selection of
symbols for text mode multi-symbol displays or printing.
The Threads.PSM set requires the IBM graphic character set
in your printer to print as displayed.
See Also: Edit/Symbols/Warp or Weft/Select Symbol Set
Display or Print/Text Options/Warp or Weft Multi-Sym
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Command: File/Save or Load/Print Mix < FSP or FLP>
Purpose: File the color printer palette mix.
Information:
Print Mix filename has format [name].PMN; suffix stands for
Patternland Mix Numbers. File contains:
palette name
16 color names
Yellow/Magenta/Cyan/Black strikes per color
Comments:
Patternland looks for and loads the file "Patland.PMN"
everytime it starts up. This file initially is identical to
"Palette.PMN" and enables the color mix printing to match
the default screen colors. Another file, "Spectrum.PMN"
provides an example of a different printer palette used to
produce some of the Patternland sample printouts. Loading a
printer palette does not affect the video display. You can
adjust the video EGA/VGA palette to match you printer output
and save and load matching video and printer mixes.
To make your color mix the default palette loaded each time
the program starts, simply save it under the name
"Patland.PMN". An alternative method is to append a line:
#73 '\pathname\palettename' {do not include .PMN}
to the Patland.pdv file using File/Write.
Patternland also checks the command line for a /c option to
see if you want a special color printer palette; to load
"mycolors" palette on startup you would type:
PWS mycolors/c
See Also: Print/Color Palette Mixer
Setup/Printers
File/Save or Load/Colors
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Command: File/Save or Load/Design < FSD or FLD>
Purpose: File the design screen only.
Information:
Design filename has format [name].PGD; suffix stands for
Patternland Graphic Design. File contains:
size of design board
pattern on design board
Comments:
The Design board is used to create a graphic design which
can be converted to a weaving by the Weave Wizard, or to
enter Threading Blocks for the Block Weave feature. Note
that the Design Board colors are IDENTICAL to warp for the
same range, since the design board represents WARP pattern.
Warp color selections are NOT saved in the ".PGD" file. To
save color selections for use in Patternland, you must save
and reload a related weaving or warp file. However, for
compatibility with Patternland Pattern Grapher the colors
are actually saved in the file for the use of Pattern
Grapher only.
See Also: Edit/Design
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Command: File/Save or Load/Recording < FSR or FLR>
Purpose: File the Options/Loom/Record Rows sequence recorded.
Information:
Recording filename has format [name].PSQ; suffix stands for
Patternland SeQuence. File contains:
the order of weft rows woven with Record Rows ON
Comments:
You can use the sequence recorder to preserve what you
actually did at the loom using a Computer-Aided-Weaving
device, or you can create the new weft during simulation
mode weaving.
During the weaving process, you must save your recording at
the end of each session and reload before resuming weaving.
Note: You CANNOT ADD or DELETE weaving rows before your
highest recorded row during the process of recording. The
recording simply saves row numbers; if you delete one, the
recording will be corrupt.
See Also: File/Save/Loom Weft
Options/Loom/Record Rows
Options/Loom/Setup/Simulation with Sound
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Command: File/Save/Loom Weft < FSL>
Purpose: Save Options/Loom/Record Rows as a weft file.
Information:
Loom Weft filename has format [name].PWE; suffix stands for
Patternland WEft. File contains:
weft limit determined by Recording
weft harness combinations in order woven
treadling in order woven (but not the tieups)
corresponding weft color & symbol selections
Comments:
File/Save/Loom Weft is the LAST step in using the sequence
recorder controlled with Options/Loom/Record Rows. Once you
have preserved what you actually did at the loom or in
simulation, you create an actual weft file--then reload it
as weft with File/Load/Weft. You can then view the
resulting weaving and perhaps save it as an entire weaving
file with File/Save/Weaving.
Note: You need to have the same weft in memory as was there
during the recording process to create the corresponding
Loom Weft file. You could also experiment with creating new
wefts using an unrelated sequence, but the results would
likely be haphazard.
See Also: Options/Loom/Record Rows
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