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From: kim@amdahl.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: FastFonts 1.01 mini-review (and other updates)
Message-ID: <7647@amdahl.amdahl.com>
Date: Mon, 1-Jun-87 00:18:52 EDT
Article-I.D.: amdahl.7647
Posted: Mon Jun  1 00:18:52 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 2-Jun-87 04:22:33 EDT
References: <327@esunix.UUCP>
Organization: Amdahl Corporation,  Sunnyvale, CA 94086
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Keywords: fastfonts setfont screenblanker funkeys

In article <327@esunix.UUCP>, blgardne@esunix.UUCP (Blaine Gardner) writes:
> 
> I received my FastFonts V1.01 upgrade last week, here's a mini-review.
>  
> I would prefer a FunKey that would cycle through a list of screens,
> rather than screens and windows, but that's a minor nit-pick.

The Ctrl-Alt-n function that GRABBiT (Discovery Software) has does just
exactly this.  It will cycle thru all the screens you have opened in
sequence.  I don't use GRABBiT's other functions nearly as much as this
one, but this one alone was worth the price of the package!

BTW, I didn't use FunKeys too much when I got the FastFonts package, but
it didn't seem like thare was any "interference" between any of either
package's functions.

The reason I haven't added FunKeys to my list of normally used, resident
software is because it always opens a bloody window when it's invoked!
Come on people ... if you're going to be writing this kind of "hot key"
software, please provide a command line option, program variation, etc.
so that your program can be made to come up silently.  Please!

Sounds like I should be expecting an upgrade notice on FastFonts.  And
speaking of upgrades, the new, just-arrived issue of EA's DeluxeNews
has notices for upgrades on DeluxeVideo (to DV 1.2), and to the "improved"
version of DMCS.

The DVideo upgrade is the same deal as the DPaint upgrade was ($30 + $7
and the manual cover or original unprotected disk, for protected/unpro-
tected upgrades, respectively).  The DMCS upgrade (which I flamed at EA
for being "quiet" about recently), is only $7.50 and the LAST page of the
manual.  Glad to see them informing their customers this way ... I retract
my statement about sleazy business practices.  They also list 1.2 upgrades
for DPrint and InstantMusic.

I hear that the new version of Online! is shipping, and if you upgrade,
they'll send you a free T-shirt.

Jim Goodnow, of Manx, said v3.40b of the compiler should be available RSN
at the last BADGE meeting ... he has a C-compiler test suite now.

Aegis' Diga! communication package *is* shipping.  It's got a ton of features,
but is also ~150k big!  The VT100 emulation is the best I've seen so far,
and it supports XMODEM, YMODEM, (w or w/o CRC), Kermit, Compuserve-B, and
their "Doubletalk".  Much, much more ...

Scott Turner has mentioned that MetaComCo has an upgrade to their assembler
here a couple of times ...

Lotsa new (and improved) stuff out there to enjoy!

/kim


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