From tribble@gphs.vuw.ac.nz Tue Apr 27 18:34:55 1993 Received: from rata.vuw.ac.nz by toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu (4.1/UCD.CS.2.2) id AA10297; Tue, 27 Apr 93 18:34:47 PDT Received: from tartarus.gphs.vuw.ac.nz by rata.vuw.ac.nz with SMTP id AA07247 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for ); Wed, 28 Apr 1993 13:34:30 +1200 Received: from erebus.gphs.vuw.ac.nz by tartarus.gphs.vuw.ac.nz (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA24249; Wed, 28 Apr 93 13:33:55 NZS Date: Wed, 28 Apr 93 13:33:55 NZS From: tribble@gphs.vuw.ac.nz (John Matthews) Message-Id: <9304280133.AA24249@tartarus.gphs.vuw.ac.nz> To: announce@cs.ucdavis.edu Status: RO to : announce@cs.ucdavis.edu. To Dan Zerkle, please post this on the Comp.Sys.Amiga.Announce news group. This should be the last update for a while, and it has significant improvements/bug fixes. (Yes, I know I said that last time :-) ) Let me know if you have any problems with it. TITLE MultiPrint VERSION 1.9 28-April-1993 This is an update to version 1.7 released on the 19th of April 1993. AUTHOR John Matthews 4 Wadham Grove, Tawa, 6203 Wellington New Zealand Phone 64 4 232-7805 Fax (by arrangement) email: Internet : tribble@gphs.vuw.ac.nz ( Irregular Monitoring ) DESCRIPTION MultiPrint is a program initially designed to print document files, and other text files, to as few sheets of paper as possible. It has since had other features such as bold/italic/font support, Compugraphic support, paragraph reformating and full justification added for improved flexability and readability. MultiPrint prints text files to multiple columns, on both sides of the sheet automatically, with no need to shuffle the pages. Pages are printed with a footer, with margins, page numbers, and with a gutter to allow easy stapling, or hole punching. NEW FEATURES Version 1.8 fixes a few bugs that crept into the last released version, and adds a few significant features. Bugs fixed : 1. Persistant bug with centering in non-reformatting mode fixed. 2. Fixed bug with inter-process communication, which caused the program to jam sometimes when aborted. 3. Aborting print fixed when a command-line option is misspelt, resulting in a non-existant file message. Maybe more. It's easier to debug with the preview option present. Uses less paper when printing to the screen. Changes : 1. Slight redefinition of command format. If you want to place formatting commands, in particular Justification and Centering, on their own line (they must start the line anyway or they will be ignored) without leaving a blank line, leave off the closing brace. Alternately, remember to leave the closing brace it there is supposed to be a blank line. 2. Improved preview function, to allow it to run on existing (public) screens, especially Workbench. 3. Improved preview to allow for large 'virtual' screens, in one direction (usually height) with autoscroll. 4. Added spoolling to disk, for those really large files, and background printing, where memory is required for other things. Version 1.9 fixes a few more bugs/misfeatures Bugs fixed : 1. Changed Footer options from xxxFootxxx back to xxxFooterxxx. My compiler has trouble with long string constants, so now some things are linked in as objects, and the template can be as long as necessary. 2. End-of-paragraph at end-of-page code was commented out during testing 3. LargeScreen option should now (correctly) only give you scrolling in one dimension in all displays. 4. Default Footers now give the name of the first file on a page, rather than the last. Changes 1. Made balancing the columns on last pages an option. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS MultiPrint requires 2.04 or higher. MultiPrint works best with page oriented printers, such as lasers and HP deskjets. A fast printer helps. MultiPrint provides better output with the use of Scalable fonts, and better italics/bold if you have a complete family (or more) of Scalable fonts. HOST NAME This version can be found as MultiPrint18.lha on amiga.physik.unizh.ch (130.60.80.80), where I uploaded it in the new directory. You could also try wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4). In New Zealand, you can try kauri.vuw.ac.nz. DIRECTORY Should end up in /pub/aminet/text/print, where the last version was put. FILE NAMES MultiPrint19.lha, MultiPrint19.readme PRICE MultiPrint is shareware, basically. If you find the program useful, or need anything added, and want to encourage me, a donation is welcome, but not essential. I would like to make enough money from MultiPrint to replace the Ink Cartridge I used most of in testing MultiPrint. Suggestion, US$20 or equivalent, NZ$ if you can get them. Any amount is fine though. Hey, here's ambition ... maybe I could make enough to buy a laser printer! :-) DISTRIBUTABILITY Shareware. Distribute to whoever, but if you plan to include it in a magazine's cover disk, or anything like that - let me know first. No matter what, leave the documentation intact.