tkacik@rphroy.UUCP (Tom Tkacik) (07/07/88)
Does anybody know of a font editor, or icon editor that can be used to put rastor images in to a C program? I am in the process of writing the Mahjongg game for the UNIX PC, and am having just a little difficulty :-) in making the required tiles. I have designed them using Paint_Power, (and they look suprisingly good), but now I need to generate the C code for initializing the tile array. Does such a program exist? It can't be possible that I have to do this by hand. Tom Tkacik tkacik@gmr.com
jr@amanue.UUCP (Jim Rosenberg) (07/09/88)
In article <788@rphroy.UUCP> tkacik@rphroy.UUCP (Tom Tkacik) writes: >Does anybody know of a font editor, or icon editor that can be used to put >rastor images in to a C program? > >I am in the process of writing the Mahjongg game for the UNIX PC, and >am having just a little difficulty :-) in making the required tiles. >I have designed them using Paint_Power, (and they look suprisingly good), >but now I need to generate the C code for initializing the tile array. You *AREN'T* gonna like this ... There's a program I've heard of that does exactly this kind of thing, but under DOS. It's some kind of mouse-driven graphics editor that emits C code to draw the picture. In theory if you had a DOS machine you could port the code, assuming you had translations for / implementations of the primitives. They have a version for Metawindows and for Turbo C, Microsoft C, and a couple of others. The company is called Courseware Applications, Inc. 475 Devonshire Drive, Champaign IL 61820, (217) 359-1878. The product is called Drawbridge. I saw an ad in Dr. Dobbs, I think, and sent for a flyer. The flyer isn't very helpful in deciding what the thing can really do. This is more a "draw" program than a "paint" program -- i.e. it appears to be object orient rather than straight bit-mapped, and of course the fact that it runs under DOS is a pain in a tender place. The version for MetaWindows costs $129! But the versions for Turbo C, etc. cost only $49. Well, as I say, this probably won't help you, but I thought I would pass it along. Probably your best bet is to either find or crack the format for paint power. I know nothing about either the product or the company except what I read in their flyer. -- Jim Rosenberg CIS: 71515,124 decvax!idis! \ WELL: jer allegra! ---- pitt!amanue!jr BIX: jrosenberg uunet!cmcl2!cadre! /
clb) (07/11/88)
In article <292@amanue.UUCP>, jr@amanue.UUCP (Jim Rosenberg) writes: + In article <788@rphroy.UUCP> tkacik@rphroy.UUCP (Tom Tkacik) writes: +>Does anybody know of a font editor, or icon editor that can be used to put +>rastor images in to a C program? +> +>I am in the process of writing the Mahjongg game for the UNIX PC, and +>am having just a little difficulty :-) in making the required tiles. +>I have designed them using Paint_Power, (and they look suprisingly good), > > There's a program I've heard of that does exactly this kind of thing, but > it runs under DOS. The program "fatbit" from the STORE! does something like what you describe. You can diddle individual bits until you like the icon, then output the 'c' data array for use with rastop. Hope this helps. -- CLBrunow - KA5SOF Loci Products, POB 833846-131, Richardson, Texas 75083 clb@loci.uucp, loci@killer.uucp, loci@csccat.uucp
gsarff@ssdis.UUCP (gary sarff) (07/12/88)
In article <788@rphroy.UUCP>, tkacik@rphroy.UUCP (Tom Tkacik) writes: > Does anybody know of a font editor, or icon editor that can be used to put > rastor images in to a C program? You need a program called fatbits. It is available from "The STORE", a source of stuff for unixpc's via uucp. If you don't have access to the store I can get it for you (I used to have fatbits but I seem to have erased it). -- Gary Sarff {uunet|ihnp4|philabs}!spies!ssdis!gsarff To program is human, to debug is something best left to the gods. "Spitbol?? You program in a language called Spitbol?" The reason computer chips are so small is that computers don't eat much.
fst@mcgp1.UUCP (07/12/88)
In article <292@amanue.UUCP>, jr@amanue.UUCP (Jim Rosenberg) writes: > In article <788@rphroy.UUCP> tkacik@rphroy.UUCP (Tom Tkacik) writes: > >Does anybody know of a font editor, or icon editor that can be used to put > >rastor images in to a C program? > You *AREN'T* gonna like this ... > There's a program I've heard of that does exactly this kind of thing, but > under DOS. ... AT&T has a font/icon editor program for the 3B1. It is called FONTastic. I played with a pre-release copy about two years ago. Could someone at AT&T give a better description on this product and its availability? [Okay guys; the cat is out of the bag, no denying it now :-) ] So far as I remember it worked well and it is mouse based. Yours -- Fariborz ``Skip'' Tavakkolian UUCP ...!uw-beaver!tikal!mcgp1!fst
alex@umbc3.UMD.EDU (Alex S. Crain) (07/13/88)
In article <149@ssdis.UUCP> gsarff@ssdis.UUCP (gary sarff) writes: >You need a program called fatbits. It is available from "The STORE", a source >of stuff for unixpc's via uucp. If you don't have access to the store I can >get it for you (I used to have fatbits but I seem to have erased it). I always need a new toy. could someone post/email this thing if its not too big? It sounds neat/useful/fun, but I can't swing long distance to the STORE right now. ThanX -- :alex. Systems Programmer nerwin!alex@umbc3.umd.edu UMBC alex@umbc3.umd.edu
gmark@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Stewart) (07/14/88)
In article <1077@umbc3.UMD.EDU>, alex@umbc3.UMD.EDU (Alex S. Crain) writes: > In article <149@ssdis.UUCP> gsarff@ssdis.UUCP (gary sarff) writes: > > >You need a program called fatbits. It is available from "The STORE", a source What ever happened to ICONOCLAST from the STORE!? It was apparently written to work on 3.0, but doesn't make the "working" icon changes permanent in 3.51. I seem to remember guesses on how to fix this by changing the install script, but it doesn't seem to work. Does anyone have the details on how to fix it, OR a copy that will work on 3.51 or later? - Mark G. Mark Stewart ATT_BTL, Naperville, Ill. ix1g266 ixlpq!gms (312)979-0914 (please include phone in response)