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From: micke@slaka.sirius.se (Mikael Karlsson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Snap Release II
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Date: 22 Nov 89 00:05:36 GMT
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Ok folks, what would you like to see in the next release of Snap?
Here are some suggestions and thoughts.

o Saving graphics.
  Important. Does anyone have a good iff.library? If not, how about some
  nice example code?

o Prepending and appending characters is a common request.
  Very important! But how should it work? Should the text be modified
  before it's put in the clipboard or should the prepending and appending
  happen at insert-time?
                                _clipboard_
                               |           |
            TxED ------------> |   Hello   |
   "Hello"<                    |           |------------> TxED/Snap
            Snap ---Modify---> |  >Hello   |
                               |___________|

                                _clipboard_
                               |           |
                               |           |------------> TxED "Hello"
   "Hello"- TxED/Snap -------> |   Hello   |
                               |           |---Modify---> Snap ">Hello"
                               |___________|

  How to select modified vs. original text? Remember that it's possible
  to select any qualifier to use with Snap. There's no "spare" qualifier
  to use for modified Snaps. Would it be enough with an extra insert key?
  How to select what to prepend and append? I've considered environment
  variables (SnapPrepend & SnapAppend).

o Converting to a handler and a loader with some help texts.
  Not critical but it would be nice to get it done.

o Recognizing text with an extra blank line between the rows (e.g. Browser).
  Shouldn't be too hard as long as there's a row above or below to sync with.
  Any other ways of checking this? Peter?

o Compileability(:-) with Lattice.
  No big deal.

o Recognizing proportional fonts.
  Probably not useful. Tell me what you think.


So, tell me what you think. Any other ideas?

Mikael Karlsson, Lovsattersvagen 10, S-585 98  LINKOPING, SWEDEN
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