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- Dear AZ,
-
- OD FRIBBLECHOPS
-
- I wouldn't mention this except that as I'm not an AZ editor, and I don't
- have all the AZ stuff, I thought I might have a legitimate claim on the
- goodies! (If I'm quick enough that is), and I must say that the Supp. Disk
- #1 looks very tempting. (OD FRIBBLECHOPS was the password to the hidden
- prize in issue 2, hidden in the LIBS drawer)
-
- Now I might be the nosey sort who goes looking in Libs directories just in
- case, but I don't expect something for nothing, and on this disk you can
- find the first two articles on structured program design, all neatly
- formatted, paginated and colour coded. Hope you like them.
-
- Part 1 is imaginatively entitled Structure.Asc, and Part 2 continues this
- theme as Data_Structure.Asc, a moving tale of passion...
- In the articles I mention a program that will be designed as a part of the
- series; the following chain of events that led me to a program choice...
-
- Zed - The F1 Amoszine Text Editor (snappy title huh?)
-
- [1] I started off by thinking about a little text filter program (probably
- using C - oops sorry) that would take a text file and make sure that all the
- lines used your tab and margin settings (then I wouldn't have to worry about
- Transwrite Jr. putting long lines in the text - it was word-wrapping).
-
- [2] I got hold of a modem and the comms software came with a full screen
- editor using coloured text, but only one pageful.
-
- [3] When I proof-read the disk I came across your instructions for inserting
- colour control codes in text files.
-
- [4] My Pascal assignment at college was to design a text formatting program
- to print text with user selectable margins and line lengths with embedded
- control codes.
-
- [5] There was a succession of impressive thunder storms.
-
- Now I can take a hint; the great thunder-god Amos was obviously more than a
- little put-out about my original choice of language, so to make ammends I
- figured I should spread a little happiness and provide a program that will
- enable the readers to produce text files in the Amoszine format while
- viewing those files as they would appear in the mag.
- OK., that's enough waffle, here's the program spec.
-
- Program specification for Zed - The F1 Amoszine Text Editor:
- ============================================================
-
- This program will allow the user to edit text files while they are viewed as
- they would appear within the Amoszine magazine.
-
- The program will make use of standard drop-down menus, a toolbar and keyboard
- shortcuts to access the following options (in no particular order):
-
- Fade on/off
- Select text colours
- Text justify left/centre
- File load/save/new
- Insert/overwrite select
-
- The program will also provide for full screen editing. This in combination
- with overwrite mode will allow the user to easily create logos and titles.
-
- The program will be designed in such a way that extra features may be added
- as program 'modules' with little, or preferably no modification being
- necessary to the main program.
-
- The program will accept as input, and save as output, standard ASCII text.
-
-
- The design for this program is complete, and will be incorporated
- into the articles after some basic ground work has been covered.
-
- As the program progresses to source code, this could be included on the
- disk - if most of the readers use the final program it could help save you
- some time formatting the text files; what a wonderful prog!
-
- My ambition here is for you to be able to tell AZ readers hand on heart that
- Zed is THE text editor to use for contributing, and it'll be FREE!
-
- Well, that's it for now. Ta ta
-
- P.S. There are a couple of routines in the Source directory for Pro
- using Interface.
-
- Steve Pullinger (AZ Proof reader)
-
-