@DATABASE "TIPic.guide"
@(c) "1998 Stefan Blixth"
@$VER: "TIPic 0.22ßeta (01-12-98) by Stefan Blixth"
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@NODE "Main" "TIPic 0.23 - Documentation"
@NEXT "intro"

 @{b}TIPic 0.23@{ub} - Copyright © 1998 Stefan Blixth, OnyxSoft

 - User Documentation -

 @{" Introduction " LINK "intro"   } - What is TIPic?
 @{" Requirements " LINK "req"     } - What does it need to run?
 @{" Usage        " LINK "usage"   } - How to use TIPic.

 @{" What's new ? " LINK "news"    } - What is new in this version?
 @{" History      " LINK "history" } - The history of this program.
 @{" Future       " LINK "future"  } - What can we see in the crystal-ball?
 @{" Copyrights   " LINK "copy"    } - Legal mumbo-jumbo..

 @{" Author       " LINK "author"  } - Person behind this program.
 @{" Thanks to..  " LINK "thanks"  } - My best regards to..

@ENDNODE

@NODE "intro" "TIPic 0.23 - Introduction"
@PREV "main"
@NEXT "req"

 @{b}@{u}Introduction@{uu}@{ub}

 TIPic is a picture viewer for Texas Instruments (TI) 8x graphical calculators.
 Supported formats right now is : TI82, TI83, TI85 & TI86.


 Q : Why did I make this program ?

 A : I couldn't find any program on the Amiga that could show/convert
     pictures from my beloved TI83. (I had to use Macintosh-emulation to do so).
     So I decided to make an own program on the Amiga.. And here it is ;-)



 @{b}@{u}Features@{uu}@{ub}

 This programs features :

 · Show TI8x pictures (that is it's main point) ;-)

 · Export the pictures as ILBM pictures.
 · Fast and easy to use.
 · Drag & Drop support..


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@NODE "req" "TIPic 0.23 - Requirements"
@PREV "intro"
@NEXT "usage"

 @{b}@{u}Requirements@{uu}@{ub}

 This program needs following stuff:

 · An Amiga (ohh gosh, you can't mean that) :-)
 · AmigaDOS 2.04 or higher..
 · Asl.library...


 That's it !.. And a little memory to :-)

 This program has been tested on following systems with success:

 Amiga 4000 (AmigaDOS 3.1, CyberStorm MkII, CV3D, 2 Mb Chip/64 Mb Fast),
 Amiga 3000 (AmigaDOS 3.1, Standard, 2 Mb Chip/ 4 Mb Fast),
 Amiga 1200 (AmigaDOS 3.0, BlizzardPPC/040, 2 Mb Chip/32 Mb Fast)


@ENDNODE

@NODE "usage" "TIPic 0.23 - Usage"
@PREV "req"
@NEXT "news"

 @{b}@{u}Usage@{uu}@{ub}


 @{u}Show a picture :@{uu}

 @{b}(I)@{ub}   - Use shortcut-key (@{b}Amiga-O@{ub}) to open the ASL-window
         choose the file you want to view....

 @{b}(II)@{ub}  - Or use mouse and pick "@{b}Open@{ub}" from the menu..

 @{b}(III)@{ub} - Or @{b}Drag & Drop@{ub} the file at TIPic's window..

 
 @{u}Save a picture (as ILBM picture) :@{uu}

 @{b}(I)@{ub}   - Use shortcut-key (@{b}Amiga-S@{ub}) to open the ASL-window
         choose name for the file you want to export as ILBM picture.

 @{b}(II)@{ub}  - Or use the mouse and pick "@{b}Save@{ub}" from the menu..


 @{u}Quit the program :@{uu}

 @{b}(I)@{ub}   - Use shortcut-key (@{b}Amiga-Q@{ub}) to quit the program..

 @{b}(II)@{ub}  - Or use the mouse and pick "@{b}Quit@{ub}" from the menu..





 @{u}Using TIPic from CLI/Shell :@{uu}
 
 In this version you can also start TIPic with an argument (if you want to)
 This argument should be the path+name of the file

 ex) TIPic ram:mario.83i

 If no argument is presented, TIPic will start as normal.
 And if the path and/or file name is wrong, the GUI will simply not show up and
 an error message will be shown. 
     
@ENDNODE

@NODE "news" "TIPic 0.23 - What's new?"
@PREV "usage"
@NEXT "history"

 @{b}@{u}What's new@{uu}@{ub}

 · Added CLI/Shell support (argument)
 · Fixed a stupid bug when drag & drop'ed a folder.
   (thanks J-C Perrier for reporting this)
 · Fixed so the latest filename used is showing in the ASL-requester.


@ENDNODE

@NODE "history" "TIPic 0.23 - History"
@PREV "news"
@NEXT "future"

 @{b}@{u}History@{uu}@{ub}

 · 08-06-1998 - First public ßeta-release (0.11ßeta)..

 · 19-11-1998 - (Release 0.22ßeta)

              · The whole program was rewritten.                
              · Added a better GUI.
              · Fixed a lot of bugs in the loader section..
              · Added ILBM-saver..
              · Drag & Drop support..
              · Added a guide documentation.
              · + numerous of other things ;-).

 · 01-12-1998 - (Release 0.23)

              · Fixed, so the latest filename used is
                shown in the ASL-window..

              · Added CLI-argument support, so it's
                possible to start TIPic from CLI using
                argument.

              · Fixed a bug when drag & drop folders..

              · Fixed yet another stupid bug ;-)

@ENDNODE

@NODE "future" "TIPic 0.23 - Future"
@PREV "history"
@NEXT "copy"

 @{b}@{u}Future@{uu}@{ub}

 · Add ILBM import.

 · Add multi-select (and multi Drag & Drop).

 · Direct communicate with the graphical calculator.

 · Fix bugs.. (Yeah, they are there I know that..)

 · You could write a letter to me and tell me what you are missing,
   and I see if I can make your wish come true ;-)

@ENDNODE

@NODE "copy" "TIPic 0.23 - Copyright & Disclaimer"
@PREV "future"
@NEXT "author"

 @{b}@{u}Copyright and Disclaimer@{uu}@{ub}

 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this 
 program provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are 
 preserved on all copies.

 No guarantee of any kind is given that the programs described in this 
 document are 100% reliable. You are using this material at your own risk. 
 The author cannot be made responsible for any damage which is caused by 
 using this program.

 This package is freely distributable, but the copyrights still apply. 
 This means that you can copy it freely as long as you don't ask for a more 
 than nominal copying fee.

 Permission is granted to include this package in Public-Domain collections,
 Aminet (CD's) etc. etc. The package may be uploaded to Bulletin-
 Board-Systems or FTP servers.
 
@ENDNODE

@NODE "author" "TIPic 0.23 - About the author"
@PREV "copy"
@NEXT "thanks"

 @{b}@{u}About the author@{uu}@{ub}

 My name is Stefan Blixth, and I have been a fanatic Amiga-user
 for 8 years or so ;-).. (I won't trade it in for anything in the world).

 I'm currently studying electric engineering at University of Karlstad, Sweden.

 On my sparetime (when there is no exams in sight), I'm trying to
 program some useful (I hope) tools on my Amiga..

 You can see some of my and Daniel Westerberg's work at our homepage :
 @{b}www.alfaskop.net/~onyxsoft@{ub}


 If you want to contact me for some reasons about this program, or
 any other reasons ? ;-) try following :

 Personal email : @{b}develin@alfaskop.net@{ub} (prefered)
 OnyxSoft email : @{b}onyxsoft@alfaskop.net@{ub}

 OnyxSoft Homepage : @{b}www.alfaskop.net/~onyxsoft@{ub}

 
 You can also find me "live" on IRC (mostly IRCNET)...
 Look for the name @{b}Develin@{ub} on the channels: "#AmigaSwe" or "#Oops!"..


 Or trough ICQ :

 NICK : Develin
 UIN  : 15055136

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@NODE "thanks" "TIPic 0.23 - Thanks to.."
@PREV "author"

 @{b}@{u}Thanks to@{uu}@{ub}

 Wouter van Oortmerssen........ For the best language ever made - AmigaE.

 Jason R Hulance............... For the EasyGUI system together with Wouter.

 Jean-Charles Perrier.......... (Author of AmiTI), For helping me with the
                                TI - communication, and for AmiTI ofcourse ;-)                          

 Daniel 'Deniil' Westerberg.... Thanks for the special version of your image-plugin,
                                and helping me with the stupid bugs I made ;-)

 Anders Ericsson............... For ßeta-testing, thanks mate.


@ENDNODE

@NODE "Index" "Index of this documentation"

 @{b}@{u}Index (A-Z)@{uu}@{ub}

 @{" Author               " LINK "author"     }
 @{" Copyright            " LINK "copy"       }
 @{" Features             " LINK "intro"      }
 @{" Future               " LINK "future"     }
 @{" History              " LINK "history"    }
 @{" Introduction         " LINK "intro"      }
 @{" Main-page            " LINK "main"       }
 @{" Requirements         " LINK "req"        }
 @{" Thanks to..          " LINK "thanks"     }
 @{" What's new ?         " LINK "news"       }
@ENDNODE