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From: wilson@csli.STANFORD.EDU (Nathan Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Using Textedit in Paint programs
Message-ID: <6019@csli.STANFORD.EDU>
Date: 19 Oct 88 18:45:27 GMT
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Reply-To: wilson@csli.UUCP (Nathan Wilson)
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In a similar vein, I am interested in doing TextEdit like stuff
for a free drawing program that I've been slowly working on
for about two years now, mostly for my own amusement but
ultimately for general consumption.  The original text editing
hacks that I came up with were truely brain damaged and are
in desperate need of rewriting.  They did, however, do multiple
fonts, sizes, and styles.  I've been reading all the stuff on
Capps and don't think I can use it since I really want to
distribute the final product with complete source.  If this is
incorrect, please tell me and I'll run out and buy it (or could
someone just send me the source? (-:)  If I can't use it,
does anyone have any pointers to free source for a better than
TextEdit package or anything to help me get started on writing
one myself.  I need it to support multiple fonts etc. and redraw
reasonably politely.
          Thanks in advance,
                     Nathan Wilson
PS I would like to receive wish lists for graphics editors.  I
make no promises but I love to receive mail.  Also does anyone
have some code for free rotation of bitmaps lying around
getting dusty?