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Videotitler Icon

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#5532From: SyndesisOct 18, 1988 6:31 PM
Yup, VideoTitler does reference DF0:, and it's hard-coded. I've never tried it, but I'm sure you could hot-patch the program with something like FileZap, changing the 'DF0:'s to 'VTR:' or something, then using ASSIGNs to set VTR: to the hard disk directory where you put the program.
#5590From: Bill ForcadeOct 19, 1988 6:52 PM
Dear Mr./Ms. Syndesis; Well, actually, I believe VideoTitler's references to df0: would have to be called soft-coded. VideoTitler gathers its path to look for things, as well as various other default settings, from a file in the devs directory which is called ".titler" . That file is a pure ASCII file which can be read and modified with ED. I have changed all the df0:'s and df1:'s to dh1: so that my system is quite happy running Videotitler from the hard disk alone without the appearance of any requestors asking me to please insert disk so-and-so. Since my defaults are set just the way I want them I would not need to modify the program. My problem is with the Icon for Videotitler (the "Videotitler.info" file). I seem to be unable to get the program to run properly by clicking on the icon. The program starts running normally, but just seems to hang after loading the font tables. If on the other hand, I open a CLI and type two commands ("CD DH1:Videotitler" and "Titler"), everything runs absolutely perfectly. My problem is in trying to figure out how to get the program to run correctly from the icon. I don't know enough about Icons to know what they do, or what I should do to make them work.
#5618From: SyndesisOct 20, 1988 12:41 PM
I didn't know about the .titler file, but it sounds like you've got the solution. As for the icon, you try entering a new higher value for the stack, as shown by using the Info menu option from the Workbench. Try values from 10000 to 30000. Sorry – this is John Foust, not Mr. Syndesis. Mrs. Syndesis isn't here right now. I think she looks like Mel Harris or Jane Seymour, but I haven't found her yet. 🙂
#5660From: Dale SchlottOct 21, 1988 4:46 AM
You really must find her soon! (Mrs. Syndesis that is) I'm only 36, (about 10 years older than you, I believe) and all the women I meet are divorcees that have become so liberated they believe women are very much superior to men!. You really must hurry!! 😉
#5674From: SyndesisOct 21, 1988 7:20 PM
Send me their phone number. I'm very willing to be taken care of. I'll take care of the kids, do the wash, the cleaning, the bills, the lawn, the garden, you name it, if I can just stay home. I don't wanna grow up, I don't want to wear a tie… 🙂 Give me a liberated woman any day! I want someone who fights back.