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Windows Debate

    26-Nov-90 17:46:35
Sb: #3949-Windows Debate
Fm: Jane R. Hansen 72377,3621
To: Syndesis 76004,1763
The downloadable fonts for Windows are not by MicroSoft, but by third-party developers like Bitstream. Bitstream solutions only work with Windows or certain programs that they wrote an installation program for. Any third-party developer on the Amiga could do the same if they really wanted to. (create downloadable fonts for programs to use, and I assume a downloader, as well). The current programs, however, do not support the use of downloadable fonts very well. You CAN write a program that edits the startup-sequence. You can parse to check to see if the information you want is there, it is possible to check and see what devices are mounted. Nevertheless, it isn't fool-proof, but then the programs that edit the AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS and WIN.INI aren't foolproof either. I haven't looked through the Docs that come with the A3000 (That's what's current) so I can't give an honest comparison. However, the Docs that come with Windows do not describe the WIN.INI file very well. — Jane H. (Writing, it's easier read than done.)