psrc@pegasus.ATT.COM (Paul S. R. Chisholm) (04/07/89)
<"Would you like me to summon Data so he could offer a few dozen synonyms?"> In article <2271@maccs.McMaster.CA>, cs3b3aj@maccs.McMaster.CA (Stephen M. Dunn) writes: > I'm currently using PC-Write 2.71 and am quite happy with it. However, > before upgrading to 3.xx, I have a couple of questions about version 3: > - Does it support more than the 20 or 21 fonts in one printer definition > file that 2.71 allows? If not, does it allow you to switch between two > or more printer files within one document? I don't think so; fonts are handled pretty much the same way as they are in 2.71. > - My printer definition is highly customized; if I switch to 3.xx, will I > be able to either directly use it or convert it easily, or will I be > forced to junk it? Let me quote from "PC-Write Upgrade Notes, Version 2.71 to Version 3.0": "Width Table Changes "If your widths are in order by character code, you can use a shortcut. After the first character width on a line, you don't need the comma, character code, and equal sign. For instance: @A:32-17,33=20,34=22,35=18 becomes @A:32=17=20=22=18 "Ranges are no longer allowed in width tables. For instance, the following width table entries are now invalid: '2'-'5'= 6, 48 - 56 =8 "Multiple width sequence n,n,n=N format has also been dropped." A lot of the % and & commands have changed, but not the @ commands. >Stephen M. Dunn, cs3b3aj@maccs.McMaster.CA Paul S. R. Chisholm, AT&T Bell Laboratories att!pegasus!psrc, psrc@pegasus.att.com, AT&T Mail !psrchisholm I'm not speaking for the company, I'm just speaking my mind.