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- This is the Alpha version of the Gadget editor program, a product of
- a group effort from the Programmers Network founded by John T Draper (AKA Cap'n
- Crunch).
-
- The programmers network is a non-profit group dedicated to networking
- programmers all over the world into a small "Global Village" by Magic of
- telecommunications technology.
-
- The programmers Network is present on the WELL, Compuserve, Usenet,
- and BIX, and is most popular in organizing special programming projects
- involving groups of programmers. For more information, you can contact
- us at:
-
- SNAIL MAIL: John T. Draper
- 310 WestLine Dr, B210
- Alameda, Calif 94501
-
- MA Bell: (415) 769-1268
-
- WELL: crunch
- BIX: crunch
- Usenet: ihnp4!ptsfa!well!crunch
- Compuserve: 76703,4322
-
- Gadget editor information:
-
- Authors:
- 1. John Draper - Organizer
- 2. Ray Larson - Image and Intuitext editors
- 3. Brent Southard - Disk I/O
- 4. Dave Milligan - Menu handler
-
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- Using the Gadget editor
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- NOTE: This version works ONLY with DOS 1.2.
-
- 1. Type "EGad" the (gadget editor name) from CLI. You may optionally follow
- the command with a number of bitplanes to use for the screen and window
- (default is 2 - a normal workbench screen, max is 4 for 16 color medium
- resolution screens). The editor will open up a window and screen of the
- specified depth.
- 2. Select Gadget type: BOOLEAN, PROPORTIONAL, or STRING.
- 3. Next select the ACTIVATION flags from the Activation menu. Also select
- the gadget flags from the FLAGS menu. (See the Intuition manual for
- descriptions of the flags and their meanings.)
- 4. If you chose a PROPGADGET, then select the PropInfo flags in the Right
- most menu.
- 5. Using the RIGHT mouse button, Draw out the Gadget rectangle to the
- desired size, and make as many as you need. You will be prompted to
- type in a gadget name for each gadget you draw.
- 6. Pull down the "Utility menu" and choose "Add gadget" to actually
- connect them into the window.
- 7. If you want to edit images for the gadget, click on the gadget you
- you want to modify and then select "Edit Gadget Image"
- in the Utility menu. A requester will ask you to name it. The name
- will be the name of the C source image. When you have finished editing
- the image, select "Return Image" from the image editor "Project" menu,
- and you will be returned to the main gadget editor and the image installed
- in the selected gadget.
- 9. You may also edit the "Select image" same as "Edit Gadget Image".
- 10. You may add text labels to your gadgets by clicking on the gadget to
- modify and selecting "Add Intuitext" from the utility menu.
- 11. You can save the gadgets to disk, if desired, by selecting "Save Gadget
- File" in the file menu, and/or:
- 12. Select "Save as source" from the file menu to generate C data structure
- initializations which you can include in a program.
-
- It is important that you understand that this is an "Alpha" release
- and is not the final version. It IS in the stage where it can be a useful
- tool and valuable time saver.
-
- Please report any bugs you find, or better yet, fix them yourself
- (Source code is provided). The gt.l file is a Batch file that links
- all necessary modules, but is tailored for the ASDG board. An AZTEC
- makefile is also provided.
-
- Please report bugs to "net" conference on the WELL. I think it's topic
- 81.
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