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- RIPGRAF CHANGES
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- NOTE: As of February 28, 1995 my support BBS will no longer be
- operating. It will be some time before I start a new BBS.
- My _ONLY_ mailing address is the PO BOX one (see the end of
- this text file)
-
- 0.90 - 04 Feb 1995
-
- -Added object resizing, let me know if you have any problems using it.
- Note, you can force a object drag by hitting the SHIFT key while
- clicking on an object, this was added for objects so small that no
- matter where you click you select a handle and the program thinks
- you want to resize rather than drag it.
-
- NOTE: The resizing isn't working perfectly yet, no matter which handle
- you grab it is treated as though it was the lower right handle. You
- cannot resize objects negatively (flip it on it's axis).
-
- -Added a new editing feature. If one or more objects are selected you
- can change the colors by clicking on the palette, you can change the
- line thickness by clicking on either thickness gadgets and you can
- change the fill pattern. You can't change button colors this way, you
- must use the button requester (double-click on the button).
-
- -Added a palette requester. It allows you select a color either using
- the three RGB sliders or by the EGA color number. There are only 64
- colors available in the EGA palette (each color register has four
- possible settings; Off, 1/3 Bright, 2/3 Bright, and Bright) 4x4x4=64
- The rip slider is good for noting useful colours (skin color is 39
- for example)
-
- -Palette requester color order re-arranged from 0.90beta
-
- -You can enter ESC characters in the rip file prefix/suffix by typing
- a "^" (shift 6) character where ever a Escape char ($1B) is need. The
- "~" character is also used to signify an end of line (write a CR and
- a LF)
-
- -The right mouse button can be used for selecting the background color
- in the toolbar, the left mouse button is used for selecting the forground
- color. You no longer have to click on those two color gadgets (foreground
- and background) before selecting a color. If your familiar with using
- DPaint and other bitmap paint programs this should be a more comfortable
- method of selecting colors (I know it was for me).
-
- -The right mouse button (when not over the color palette gadget) can
- be used in the toolbar to toggle from the edit tools to drawing tools
- and will back you out of sub-tools (instead of clicking on the 'Back'
- gadget)
-
- -Added a menu option to ALWAYS display the location and size of the text
- window. Go to the 'Tools' menu and select the "Text Window Display"
-
- -Fixed the problem RIPTERM (the IBM program) had with wrap around characters
- in text commands (like RIP_TEXT & RIP_BUTTON). The program will now
- _NEVER_ split a text string in two with a wrap around character.
-
- -Added a requester to show which tools are not functional yet.
-
- -Fixed the menu command key function. It now works for everything in the
- menu while the mouse is on the drawing area.
-
- -Added an "are you sure" requester when you quit. This will only occur if
- some objects are onscreen. You can either quit, save then quit
- or cancel.
-
- -Added a a load requester which will appear when objects are already
- onscreen. You have the option to 'clear the screen first', 'append to' or
- 'cancel'. Appending means that whatever you load will be added to the
- END of the object already loaded (it will appear that the new objects
- are drawn over top of the existing objects)
-
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- 0.82 - 30 Nov 1994
-
- Fixed the problem some people had while loading rip files with text
- to close to the top of the screen. RIPGRAF was creating negative
- coords. It will now not allow you to put text off the top of the screen.
-
- ==========================================================================
- 0.81 UPDATE - 11 Oct 1994
-
- Fixed the problem with underline hotkey flag (for buttons) not being saved.
-
- Fixed the problem with the .ICN extension in buttons being shortened to
- .IC when you save (after a load)
-
- Fixed the problem with button label orientations reverting to "center"
- after loading.
-
-
- RIPGRAF/RIPCOMM/HYPERANSI REGISTRATION MAILING ADDRESS:
-
- M.NELSON
- P.O. BOX 53
- SARNIA, ONTARIO
- CANADA N7T 7H8
-
- REGISTRATION FEES FOR THE ABOVE THREE PROGRAMS ARE $30,$15, and $25 US
- DOLLARS RESPECTIVELY.
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