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From: star@fluke.UUCP (David Whitlock)
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Subject: Screen width for 'ED'
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Date: Mon, 18-Nov-85 11:14:25 EST
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Subject:		Just a few Questions
TO:			bobp@amiga.UUCP

I just received my developers package last week and the manuals cleared up alot
of questions that I had earlier.  The sample program "Simple Window and Screen"
was sweet and I mastered that technique within an hour.  I know that time for
examples is at a premium for the remainder of the manual, but the start-up time
required for each and every developer to master the basics of Intuition adds
weeks to the time it takes to get good software out.

I have been reading net.micro.amiga since day one and appreciate your comments
I would like for you to post some other simple routines, which expand upon
"Simple Window and Screen" to include construct of gadgets and all of the other
etcs. like menus, pulldowns.  I am not saying that you do the work for the
developers, but others
who are in love with the Amiga, will spend the wee hours in study.  The examples
just speed up the learning curve (why re-invent the wheel).

Anywho... I have a few simple questions.


1.	When listing out to my printer, a Panasonic KX-P1093, I can't get a
	full line of code.  An Example is the "MAKE" file on the Lattice C
	disk.  When using 'ED', any code that expands beyond the screen width
	is truncated to the next line.  This is exactly what appears on my
	printer.  Any clues?  I've tried just about everything.

2.	How would you get a 'DIR opt a' listing to "prt:".  If I say
	"DIR > prt:" no sweat... but "DIR opt a > prt:" returns an error.

3.	Is there any way to have 80 colums appear on the screen using 'ED'.
	I probably know the answer... but I am so use to a 80 terminal, that
	60+ colums is difficult to swallow.  Also, I noted that 'SCREENS' will
	not allow 80 colums either,  one solution would be to use a different
	font and higher resolution, but I haven't mastered that technique yet.


Best Regards,


David Whitlock