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bbs.zio@tsoft.sf-bay.org (James Elkinton) writes:

> Hi.  I am an absolute NEWBIE at C, and I need to make a specialized TYPE 
> command, the purpose of which is to give the ability to view SkyPix still 
> pictures from the CLI.  The current way I am doing it is:
> 
> setfont iff 1tl
> type <filename>
> setfont <original font, usually Topaz 8>
> 
> This works very well!  But I would like to make or get a command that 
> does it for me, so that all I have to do is type:
> 
> SPType <filename>
> 
> and it does it for me.  Any and all ideas, tips, sourcecode, etc would be 
> most appreciated.
> 
> 
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> James Elkinton (bbs.zio@tsoft.sf-bay.org)

And BTW..........
 
I have received GOBS of letters saying "Make a Script", and explaining 
how to do it.  If I wanted a script, I would have asked for a script.  
This, by the nature of its use, must not be a script.  It must be in C, 
or assembler, or something of that sort.  I would rather have C tho, 
since I don't want to mess around with assembler yet.  I am having enough 
of a time with C!

Once again,  NO SCRIPTS PLEASE!!!!  This command is destined to be a c 
directory command.


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bbs.zio@tsoft.sf-bay.org (James Elkinton) writes:

>bbs.zio@tsoft.sf-bay.org (James Elkinton) writes:

>And BTW..........
> 
>I have received GOBS of letters saying "Make a Script", and explaining 
>how to do it.  If I wanted a script, I would have asked for a script.  
>This, by the nature of its use, must not be a script.  It must be in C, 
>or assembler, or something of that sort.  I would rather have C tho, 
>since I don't want to mess around with assembler yet.  I am having enough 
>of a time with C!

>Once again,  NO SCRIPTS PLEASE!!!!  This command is destined to be a c 
>directory command.

I second this, as the info/knowledge on how to change font in a shell
would be most welcomed by me, as it would open up a lot of opportunities
o do various wild, interesting things. I agree, though, with the 
responders consensus on a script (with e/x flag set) being the most
easonable and elegant solution, whereas a C version would be much
harder(of course, a c program that simply executed the corresponding\
commands wouldn't count).

Hi, anyway. I guess this ought to hang out in .programmers, but whenver
somebody approached this subject there, nothing happened. 

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In article <XV7ZTB3w165w@tsoft.sf-bay.org>, bbs.zio@tsoft.sf-bay.org (James Elkinton) writes:
>bbs.zio@tsoft.sf-bay.org (James Elkinton) writes:
> [stuff about Type command that does fonts...]
>
>And BTW..........
>
>I have received GOBS of letters saying "Make a Script", and explaining
>how to do it.  If I wanted a script, I would have asked for a script.
>This, by the nature of its use, must not be a script.  It must be in C,
>or assembler, or something of that sort.  I would rather have C tho,
>since I don't want to mess around with assembler yet.  I am having enough
>of a time with C!
>
>Once again,  NO SCRIPTS PLEASE!!!!  This command is destined to be a c
>directory command.

Question: Why are you against using a script?  If you simply create the
script, put it in C:, and do a "protect c:script +s", you only need to
type the name, just as you would for any other command, such as DIR or
LIST.  Is there some reason a script won't do the job?  Are you running
a version of the OS older than 1.3???

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Quoted from <1992Nov10.134528.6281@daimi.aau.dk> by pilgrim@daimi.aau.dk (Jakob G}rdsted):

> I second this, as the info/knowledge on how to change font in a shell
> would be most welcomed by me, as it would open up a lot of opportunities

    If you can get ahold of a pointer to the conunit for the device
    for the shell's console (and I imagine it's possible, but in the
    case where I had to change the font I was also the opener of the
    device, so it was easy to get the conunit), then look at:

        <devices/conunit.h>

    and the fields:

        cu_XMax
        cu_YMax
        cu_XRSize
        cu_YRSize

        cu_Font
        cu_AlgoStyle
        cu_TxFlags
        cu_TxHeight
        cu_TxWidth
        cu_TxBaseline

    The first four there are labeled as "read-only", so it's dodgy to
    go changing them. If there's some sequence that can be sent to the
    console to make it reset its font information, I'd like to know
    what is it. Then you could just SetFont() the console window and
    reset the console.

>       Jakob Gaardsted   .    .  | The fourth time you stumble across a posting
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Script called 'special'

    setfont iff 1tl
    type []
    setfont <original font, usually Topaz 8>

Make it executable

    protection special +s

And make an alias

    alias SPtype special []

Or is this totally wrong for what you want to do?

ps...hope I didn't completely mess-up the syntax. Get the idea?

Jim 8')s
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