WPerfect and Graphics
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The other day I was wondering why Word Perfect for the Amiga should not use the
"clean" box graphics utilized in the IBM version, instead of using those damn
asterisks. Since I had too much free time at that time, as an "intellectual
exercise" I decided to try to do it. Using the font editor, I modified the
Amiga font containing all those strange foreign letters which I have little use
for, into standard IBM (ugh!) graphic characters. I then used PrintDef to
change the font list so that my printer would recognize those characters and
print them. I then changed Word Perfect's key map to access these characters
using control characters. The only other thing I had to do was correct the way
WP's print driver accessed my printers alternate character set.
I can now type in boxes of all shapes and sizes and print them out!
Only goes to show how flexible and powerful Word Perfect can be…
and that a mind is a terrible thing to waste!
-RSL-
Sounds very interesting, and I am anxious to try to see if I can accomplish
what you have with WP and the font editor, etc. Could you explain the very
last step a bit more, i.e., how you altered WP's printer driver to access your
printer's alternate character set?
**Rich**