kagle@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Jonathan C. Kagle) (01/04/87)
Has anyone heard about the {already/soon-to-be/never} released TextCraft
Plus? I have read of numerous beta versions floating around, but nothing seems
to be very final. Also, will there be free or reduced-cost upgrades to regist-
ered TextCraft Minus owners?
Many thanks,
Jonathan C. Kagle
[P.S. No flames about TextCraft, please. I know of it's numerous flaws, but I'mnot thrilled with Scribble! [sic] either.]lachac@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (Gerard Lachac) (01/06/87)
In article <1933@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> kagle@batcomputer.UUCP (Jonathan C. Kagle) writes: > Has anyone heard about the {already/soon-to-be/never} released TextCraft >Plus? I have read of numerous beta versions floating around, but nothing seems >to be very final. Also, will there be free or reduced-cost upgrades to regist- I've used TC+ before. Nothing spectacular. A souped up minus, with a preferences colored screen (I like the old colors), a mail merge, df1: accessable, and standard pointer (sorry no more flying bird!) I kinda think it's no reall BIG deal. Now if it supported fonts, then we would have something to wait for!!! -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Isn't fun the best thing to have?" lachac@topaz.rutgers.edu
ford@kenobi.UUCP (Mike Ditto) (03/04/88)
Does anybody else have Textcraft Plus? Does anybody else hate it as much as I do? It's a complete heap of garbage, even compared to original Textcraft. Does anybody disagree? Does anybody want me to double the traffic of comp.sys.amiga by describing the more glaring bogosities of Textcraft Plus? (Don't worry, I don't have time, anyway.) -=] Ford [=- "Well, he didn't know what to do, so (In Real Life: Mike Ditto) he decided to look at the government, ford%kenobi@crash.CTS.COM to see what they did, and scale it ...!sdcsvax!crash!kenobi!ford down and run his life that way." -- Laurie Anderson
campbell@cbmvax.UUCP (John Campbell SW) (03/08/88)
In response to an earlier posting regarding Textcraft Plus: * Does anyone else own Textcraft Plus? The answer is a resounding yes, a few thousand through the upgrade program alone. I therefore conclude that there are poeple in addition to myself who feel that Textcraft Plus is an improvement over Textcraft. * Does everyone feel it is a "bogus" piece of software? Try reading the March/April Issue of Info. It was given a four star review, and in summary said that it was excellent for the novice. It is a good product for the audience for which it is intended. It is not targetted for every user, and may not have the features YOU need. In summary, please do not crowd the group with derogatory and unsubstantiated comments about any product. We are all busy and would prefer to help each other with advice, hints, reviews, and suggestions. Thanks, John Campbell Worlwide Software and Product Support Manager Commodore International Limited These are my opinions, not the statements or representations of Commodore. But I do get to use their VAX!
fgd3@jc3b21.UUCP (Fabbian G. Dufoe) (03/11/88)
In article <3427@cbmvax.UUCP>, campbell@cbmvax.UUCP (John Campbell SW) writes: > In response to an earlier posting regarding Textcraft Plus: > > * Does anyone else own Textcraft Plus? > > The answer is a resounding yes, ... > > * Does everyone feel it is a "bogus" piece of software? > > In summary, please do not crowd the group with derogatory and unsubstantiated > comments about any product. We are all busy and would prefer to help each > other with advice, hints, reviews, and suggestions. > > Thanks, > > John Campbell > Worlwide Software and Product Support Manager > Commodore International Limited I received my copy of Textcraft Plus through the upgrade program this week. My first reaction was very favorable. The documentation, although simplistic, covers the program's features pretty well. It's good documentation for novice users, I think. As I worked with Textcraft Plus I felt it was markedly better than the original Textcraft. Almost all the complaints I had about Textcraft were fixed. Textcraft Plus offers better control of headers and footers, it runs in a window on the Workbench screen (so you can get at other applications), and it has a provision for automatically including the time and date. The date function has a small bug, however. The manual says it will print the current date. In fact it prints the preceding date. Still, I was pleased with the program until I tried to print a multi-page document. Textcraft Plus doesn't handle page length properly--at least with my printer. I modified my printer driver to see what the problem was. I entered a short test document with a page length of 6, top margin of 1 and bottom margin of 1. Textcraft Plus sends the following codes to the printer.device: Code name Description aSHORP0 Normal pitch aSGR0 Normal character set aSUS0 Normalize the line aCAM Clear margins aSLPP Set form length (Parms[0] == 6) aSHORP2 Elite on (Parms[0] == 2) aDEN2 NLQ on (Parms[0] == 2) At this point it begins sending newlines and text. All would be well except there aren't enough newlines to take care of the top and bottom margins. Well, you say, that's why we set the form length. Wrong! How is the printer supposed to figure out that it should go to a new page after four lines? It can't if you don't set the top and bottom margins. Needless to say, the program is totally useless to me if I can't solve this problem. Does anybody have any suggestions? Has anyone else experienced a similar problem? In particular, if you have one of the printers for which Commodore supplied a printer driver can you print multi-page documents on continuous form paper with correct spacing? I also have an asthetic objection to the program: the right and bottom borders on the main text window are too big. They don't need to be any bigger than is required for the resizing gadget. The display would look better if the borders were made thinner. --Fabbian Dufoe 350 Ling-A-Mor Terrace South St. Petersburg, Florida 33705 813-823-2350 UUCP: ...gatech!codas!usfvax2!jc3b21!fgd3