mspacek@fquest.fidonet.org (Mark Spacek) (03/29/91)
I've never messed much with character sets on the ST. Never had any
installed but the system default. Never thought about it much. UNTIL, a
guy showed me a little program the other day. It was called MACINTOS, I
think. It was like 4270 bytes long, went in his auto folder, and changed
the font to a Mac-type font. It changed the font on the GEM menus on the
desktop and the font all through programs that were run. So..
I got to thinking about installing an ANSI character set to make a
VT-100 terminal work better with a PC ANSI BBS, etc. So, I'd kinda like
to get some feedback about what character set editors are out there.
And do you need a utility to install them, or is it possible to make a
free-standing little program like the MACINTOS thingy that does it all?
Are there any collections of fonts floating around (like maybe with an
ANSI set?). I did get the character set editor that came across
comp.binaries the other day. Thats a start. I guess send any info in
E-Mail, unless you think its something everyone would want to read.
Thanks
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----------------------------------------------------------------------mspacek@fquest.fidonet.org (Mark Spacek) (03/29/91)
mspacek@fquest.fidonet.org (Mark Spacek) writes: > I've never messed much with character sets on the ST. Never had any > installed but the system default. Never thought about it much. UNTIL, a > guy showed me a little program the other day. It was called MACINTOS, I > think. It was like 4270 bytes long, went in his auto folder, and changed > the font to a Mac-type font. It changed the font on the GEM menus on the > desktop and the font all through programs that were run. So.. > I got to thinking about installing an ANSI character set to make a > VT-100 terminal work better with a PC ANSI BBS, etc. So, I'd kinda like > to get some feedback about what character set editors are out there. > And do you need a utility to install them, or is it possible to make a > free-standing little program like the MACINTOS thingy that does it all? > Are there any collections of fonts floating around (like maybe with an > ANSI set?). I did get the character set editor that came across > comp.binaries the other day. Thats a start. I guess send any info in > E-Mail, unless you think its something everyone would want to read. > Thanks Uhh, regarding my just-now-posted message.. I forgot to mention that I am using a mono monitor. Thought that might make a difference. I think that Macintos program only runs on mono, but I'm not sure. Sorry about posting this twice like this.... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The preceding opinions are my own and not those of anyone else who might be registered on fquest.fidonet.org. All flames can be sent to alt.flames since we don't read that here. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
chuck@mrcnext.uiuc.edu (charles bridgeland) (03/30/91)
mspacek@fquest.fidonet.org (Mark Spacek) writes: > I got to thinking about installing an ANSI character set to make a >VT-100 terminal work better with a PC ANSI BBS, etc. So, I'd kinda like >to get some feedback about what character set editors are out there. >And do you need a utility to install them, or is it possible to make a ------------------ along the same line--is there any fast, easy, prepackaged way to get Uniterm to use a more standard character set? -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- chuck bridgeland---anarchoRepublican --don't forget, we surround _them_, not the other way around" chuck@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu hire me so I can quit this pit. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
hyc@hanauma.jpl.nasa.gov (Howard Chu) (03/30/91)
In article <chuck.670288605@mrcnext> chuck@mrcnext.uiuc.edu (charles bridgeland) writes: >mspacek@fquest.fidonet.org (Mark Spacek) writes: >> I got to thinking about installing an ANSI character set to make a >>VT-100 terminal work better with a PC ANSI BBS, etc. So, I'd kinda like >>to get some feedback about what character set editors are out there. >>And do you need a utility to install them, or is it possible to make a If you're a moderately competent programmer you can do this easily enough. You can link the font data in with your program, which is what this MACINTOS program you were talking about does. > along the same line--is there any fast, easy, prepackaged way to get >Uniterm to use a more standard character set? What do you mean by "more standard" ? Uniterm 2.0 does a full vt220 emulation; uses the standard vt series character set, and also comes with the ISO 2022 character set. You can't get more standard than that. If that's not a good enough answer for you, then redefine the question... -- -- Howard Chu @ Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA Disclaimer: How would I know, I just got here!
boyd@nu.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd) (03/31/91)
In article <4qukZ1w162w@fquest.fidonet.org>, mspacek@fquest.fidonet.org (Mark Spacek) writes: > > I've never messed much with character sets on the ST. Never had any >installed but the system default. Never thought about it much. UNTIL, a >guy showed me a little program the other day. It was called MACINTOS, I >think. It was like 4270 bytes long, went in his auto folder, and changed >the font to a Mac-type font. It changed the font on the GEM menus on the >desktop and the font all through programs that were run. So.. > I got to thinking about installing an ANSI character set to make a >VT-100 terminal work better with a PC ANSI BBS, etc. So, I'd kinda like >to get some feedback about what character set editors are out there. Neodesk 3.0 comes with a PD font editor, and a small auto program that can replace the system font at boot time. Alternately, you can use a different font just within Neodesk (but have the regular one when you run programs). Pretty nifty. -- ---------------------------------+------------------------------------- Mickey R. Boyd | "Kirk to Enterprise. All clear FSU Computer Science | down here. Beam down Technical Support Group | yeoman Rand and a six-pack . ." email: boyd@fsucs.cs.fsu.edu | ---------------------------------+-------------------------------------