[Coco] OT:my video

Wayne Campbell asa.rand at gmail.com
Sat Mar 29 16:37:35 EDT 2014


he video is up. I added some info to this one, in the description box below
the video. The link is: http://youtu.be/1dD0O3iur5w

Wayne



On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 1:27 PM, Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for all the input guys. I have worked out how to make the "tabs"
> look better, and have arrived at a solution. I now use a 3rd overlay for
> the tab heading line. By sandwiching it between the outer and inner
> overlays, and setting the middle and outer overlays to be 1 and 2 lines
> down from the inner, I create the effect. It isn't perfect, but it looks
> better than -'s and +'s. The next video upload will show what that looks
> like.
>
> The problem I am dealing with now is using the PALETTE function of GFX2.
> You will see in the video how the colors are not right, and I am at a loss
> for what I am doing wrong. I will put my palette statements below, and when
> the video in on youtube, you can use this list as a guide for how I am
> setting the colors.
>
> The source is about 14K, but I will send a copy to anyone who requests it
> in PM if they want to see if they can help with the colors.
>
> Wayne
>
> These are my best guesses as to which colors are which
> RUN GFX2("PALETTE",0,63)  \!white
> RUN GFX2("PALETTE",1,9)  \!blue
> RUN GFX2("PALETTE",2,3)  \!dark gray
> RUN GFX2("PALETTE",3,18)  \!green
> RUN GFX2("PALETTE",4,36)  \!red
> RUN GFX2("PALETTE",5,54)  \!yellow
> RUN GFX2("PALETTE",6,46)  \!magenta
> RUN GFX2("PALETTE",7,58)  \!cyan
> RUN GFX2("PALETTE",8,56)  \!light gray
> RUN GFX2("PALETTE",9,8)  \!dark blue
> RUN GFX2("PALETTE",10,0)  \!black
> RUN GFX2("PALETTE",11,16)  \!dark green
> RUN GFX2("PALETTE",12,32)  \!dark red
> RUN GFX2("PALETTE",13,48)  \!dark yellow
> RUN GFX2("PALETTE",14,33)  \!dark magenta
> RUN GFX2("PALETTE",15,28)  \!teal
>
> At one point I reversed the sets putting dark first, and I am not sure I
> turned it back around completely.
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> William,
>> OOOPS.... My bad. Been working in graphics mode a lot lately LOL
>>
>>
>>
>> Bill Pierce
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: William Astle <lost at l-w.ca>
>> To: coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Sat, Mar 29, 2014 1:02 pm
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] OT:my video
>>
>>
>> On 14-03-29 10:59 AM, Bill Pierce wrote:
>> > Another alternative would be to create your own font. Use the "special"
>> chars
>> from 128 and up. These are not used on stock os9 fonts and used as
>> foreign &
>> special chars in most custom fonts
>> > You would then have to supply the font with the installation as well as
>> load
>> the font in program init. All doable from basic09 from gfx2. There are
>> several
>> font editors in the coco archives.
>>
>> That only works on a graphics screen, in which case the line command
>> would work, too.
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