Re: A86: Re: Displaying multiple lines of text...


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Re: A86: Re: Displaying multiple lines of text...




I already did such a program.
If somebody wants it, i will send it to the list


>From: "David Phillips" <david@acz.org>
>Reply-To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
>To: <assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org>
>Subject: A86: Re: Displaying multiple lines of text...
>Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 18:11:17 -0600
>
>
>I had an idea to write a program to view "text files" in the small 
font.
>There'd be a computer converter to convert a normal text file, and 
possibly
>an on-calc converter for basic programs (yes, the ones you type in to 
cheat
>on all your tests, but are too big in that font).  I figured it'd 
support
>stuff like tabs to allow for easy formatting without taking up much 
space.
>Maybe compression with Bloat.
>
>I wasn't sure how to handle word wrap.  It would seem easiest to do it 
in
>the conversion program, so as not bloat/slow down the viewer.  But I 
need a
>table of how wide the small font chars are.  Does anyone have this 
info?  Is
>there interest in such a program?
>
>
>>
>> Referring to this previous post, what is the easiest way to display 
the
>> text formatted? Entering a lot spaces would be too hard and tedious
>> because they don't take up the same amount of space as letters. My 
plan
>> is to print out some text about chemistry in columns to organize the
>> data. there will be multiple "pages" of information. Any help would 
be
>> greatly appreciated.
>
>
>

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