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- Release Notes (31st January 1993)
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- This is version 2·24 of DrawPlus. As well as the inevitable bug fixes, a
- number of new features have been added. DrawPlus now possesses all of the
- features of RiscOS 3 Draw, apart from the two features in previous versions
- of Acorn Draw that previous versions of DrawPlus did not have. Work that
- one out if you can!
-
- The changes are summarised below; refer to the documentation file for more
- information.
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- 1. Transformed text and sprite objects are supported (RiscOS 3 only). Text
- objects, sprites and groups containing them can now be rotated, skewed
- and flipped in the same way as path objects. Transformed text objects
- can be edited.
-
- 2. Some types of Vector object (i.e. replicates and radiates) can be
- displayed and manipulated (moved, copied etc). It is not possible to
- change the parameters of such an object, or to extract the original
- object.
-
- 3. Text-to-path conversion works with both the RiscOS 2 and RiscOS 3 font
- managers. When using RiscOS 3, both disc and ROM fonts can be
- converted.
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- 4. The font table is handled more intelligently. This should result in
- smaller Draw files, especially if you have a lot of fonts.
-
- 5. A few extra keystrokes have been added. The 'Del' and 'Copy' keys
- delete and copy the selection, respectively, in the same way as '^X' and
- '^C'. The '^f1' key causes DrawPlus to give up the caret if it
- currently holds it: this allows keystrokes to reach another application
- which is trapping hotkeys (e.g. Menon).
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- 6. Colour dithering, Iconise and Save Desk are supported for RiscOS 3.
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- 7. Printing via Laser Direct shouldn't crash the machine if the print is
- interrupted by pressing Escape or any other error.
-