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#Wordworth

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#196746From: Richard DanielMay 12, 1995 2:26 PM
Asha, Wasn't that demo on Amiga Format not supposed to be able to run off the hard disk? – I think I remember reading it somewhere. If you buy the spell check and manual of them it gaves an install program, I think. —Richard Daniel
#196767From: Asha DeVelderMay 12, 1995 6:33 PM
Richard, >Wasn't that demo on Amiga Format not supposed to be able to run off the hard disk? – I think I remember reading it somewhere. If you buy the spell check and manual of them it gaves an install program, I think. You may be right, but as it sits it's not enough of a demo to give one a real feel for the program. I'm going to try assigning the libraries to where they are on the harddrive (in a separate directory) but I suspect I'll be buying the full program sooner or later unless someone else comes out with a superior wp SOON…. Skimming through the Redwoods on AutoPilot Asha
#196850From: Alan SircombeMay 13, 1995 5:30 AM
Asha, Just for info I managed to get the Amiga Format demo version of Wordworth to run from a hard disk, the only problems I had were that it expected the fonts to reside in WWFonts: on the Ram disk. Getting the libraries assigned correctly was not too much of a problem. Also you were stuck with the limited CG fonts installed because they were installed to RAM:WWfonts and I could not figure out a way to change this since they did not supply the install fonts program (not suprising really). Using the utility Snoopdos 3 was very usefull in achieving this since you could see what Wordworth was looking for when run. Alan (Via Autopilot,Gloucestershire,UK)
#196902From: Asha DeVelderMay 13, 1995 7:25 PM
Alan, >Just for info I managed to get the Amiga Format demo version of Wordworth to run from a hard disk, the only problems I had were that it expected the fonts to reside in WWFonts: on the Ram disk. Getting the libraries assigned correctly was not too much of a problem. Also you were stuck with the limited CG fonts installed because they were installed to RAM:WWfonts and I could not figure out a way to change this since they did not supply the install fonts program (not suprising really). I'd appreciate it if you'd explain how you did it. Putting the fonts (WWFonts) in RAM: isn't a problem, but I can't figure out how to tell WW to find the libraries! I copied them to libs:, didn't work, reassigned libs: to where the WW libs were, didn't work…sigh…. It's looking more and more like I'll be picking up this package, but I would like to play with it a bit before I do. Any help gratefully appreciated! 🙂 P.S. Don't have Snoopdos…. Skimming through the Redwoods on AutoPilot Asha
#196984From: Alan SircombeMay 14, 1995 4:36 PM
Asha, Since I did this for a friend, some time ago, on his A500 + GVP harddrive I have'nt got the info readily to hand. From what I remember I copied the following directories (WWFiles,WWTools,Catalogs) from the Wordworth AFC disk to sys: and the WWFonts directory to RAM:. Try that and let me know how you get on. Alan (Via Autopilot,Gloucestershire,UK)
#197153From: Asha DeVelderMay 16, 1995 1:04 AM
Alan, >Try that and let me know how you get on. Have saved the message and will give it a try. I'm swamped with mail and other projects at this moment, but when I try it I'll be sure to post back with the results (or lack thereof)…THANKS! 🙂 Skimming through the Redwoods on AutoPilot Asha