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  2.                     DROP v1.01 (Oct 1990)
  3.                      ⌐ Warner H.Hepping
  4.                      
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  6. Purpose:      Rotates Draw-files about 2 axes in 3D.
  7.               (Draw can do the other one!).
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  9. Specs:        Fully machine-coded for speed!
  10.               Rotates about 2 axes with adjustable perspective.
  11.               Full filetransfer-implementation!                       
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  13. Instructions: Double-click the !Drop icon in the directory-
  14.               viewer. The Drop-icon will install itself on the
  15.               icon-bar.
  16.               Drop a Draw-file onto it. Rotate it and save it back
  17.               to !Draw or a directory-viewer.
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  19. Options: 
  20.  
  21.     Warnings:  !Drop will warn you whenever something needs
  22.                caution. If you don't want this, switch warnings
  23.                off.
  24.     DataOpen:  When switched on, Drop will load a drawfile if
  25.                you double-click it in a directory-viewer.
  26.                (Only if !Draw wasn't loaded BEFORE !Drop).
  27.     Show:      !Drop will try to give you an impression of the
  28.                file you are about to rotate/ have just rotated.
  29.                Display in single-width lines and no area-fills or
  30.                colours for speed!
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  32.     Stats:     Shows the statistics about your drawfile:
  33.                Number of groups, pathobjects, textobjects
  34.                move-absolute, draw-absolute and beziers
  35.                are currently being shown.
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  37. Errors:       'No Pathdata found': An attempt was made to rotate
  38.               a file containing no path data. Drop will refuse ro
  39.               rotate it because it can't rotate sprites or textual
  40.               data.
  41.  
  42.               'No room in RMA': Drop claims and releases RMA space
  43.               to rotate in. If not enough RMA space is available,
  44.               Drop will complain and cancel calculations.
  45.  
  46.               'Corrupt Drawfile': The loaded file bears no resemblance
  47.               to a drawfile and is rejected. (Also applies to drawfiles
  48.               with a higher versionnumber than the current one; 2.01).
  49.  
  50.               'Drop has suffered..': Something awfull happened and Drop
  51.               has to quit immediatly! Care has been taken to avoid
  52.               such situations, but if they occur, just restart Drop
  53.               and try again.
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  55. Remarks:      Rotating drawfiles containing drawings with 2D perspective
  56.               will give really awfull results! Best results will be
  57.               obtained if you use FLAT drawings without perspective.
  58. ----------------------------------------------------------------------       Bugs:         Selecting 'Rotate' a few times will distort your
  59.               image considerably. If you make a mistake in entering
  60.               rotation-angles, and rotate it, please reload the 
  61.               drawfile to do the correct rotation.
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  63.  
  64. If you have any remarks, complaints or insults you would like
  65. to address to me, write to:
  66.  
  67.                         Warner H.Hepping
  68.                         Kochstraat 128
  69.                         9728 KH Groningen
  70.                         the Netherlands.
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