From: rtmd30@email.sps.mot.com (Greg Ferguson)
Subject: TeachText font mod posting
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Organization: Motorola
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 07:22:35 GMT

In article <1hpkndINNhn3@cuda.add.itg.ti.com>,
wstrain@azure.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Jeff Strain) wrote:
> 
> In article <rtmd30-281292194146@220.1.50.175>, rtmd30@email.sps.mot.com (Greg Ferguson) writes:
> |> In article <rrgd50-281292125403@222.5.80.3>, rrgd50@email.sps.mot.com
> |> (Chris Terwilliger) wrote:
> |> > 
> |> > I know I've seen this before, but can't find my reference to it.
> |> > How do you change the default font in TeachText?????
> |> > 
> |> 
> |> Oh Chris, how quickly you've strayed... I've only been gone a year and
> |> already you seek others for answers... :-)
> |> 
> |> I'm not in the office this week but I'll log-in to my Mac and forward you a
> |> copy of TeachText that's already modified for Monaco font. I have the mod
> |> instructions on our server also, so I'll send that to you too.
> |> 
> |> Greg Ferguson
> |> Programmer/Engineer
> |> Desktop Networking System
> |> SPS, World Marketing
> |> Motorola, Inc.
> 
> Greg,
> 
> Could you post the mod instructions here as well?
> 

Ok, I've attached it to the end of the message. If I remember right, the
addresses have changed, but the bytes to search for are the same.

However, I've been reprimanded for not mentioning that BBEdit will smoke a
heavily modified TeachText any day. BBEdit is free, fast, has great options
and is extendable. You can get your free copy from SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU.
Excuse me now, I have to go say 50 hail-BBEdit's or I'll get my beta cut
off. :-)

Greg Ferguson
Programmer/Engineer
Desktop Networking System
SPS, World Marketing
Motorola, Inc.

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From: uunet!emr.ca!knguyen
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Subject: About Text Editor for posting
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 12:37:00 -0400

Hi,
Michael Hecht in Digest-16 says :
Reply to    RE>What Editor is good?
>What text editor do you all use for composing articles?

I tried Edit II for a while, but the lack of automatic word wrap drove
me nuts. I finally switched to Microsoft Word 5.0. I've set up my
default Normal style to be Courier 10 pt. with a right margin at 6
inches. That gives me word wrap at about 75 columns, which is what it's
set to in Nuntius. Works for me!

--Michael
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I answer to you basing on  the digest-16, so the format is different from
rn.
The question about Text Editor for posting is one of my painstaking
seaching. At last, I decide why not using TeachText, but it has no Monaco 9
which is the most, most favorite typeface and size I like. Obviously, I'm
not programmer ,so I post my request on comp.sys.mac.apps thinking that
maybe I will find one helper somewhere.
At last, one guy from Germany whose name is Frank Probul is the author of
"MiniSystem-Installer-1.0b1" (Sumex/util). He sent me a concise, accurate
instructions how to create TeachText of Monaco 9. Asking about 75-column
width, he says that it needs rewrite the s/w, but autowrapping can be done
by resizing the window (!). Anyway, from now on I use "my TeachText monaco
9" for posting from Nuntius. I did make my custom TeachText successfully
with Resedit.
One more thing is about "local selection" in doing follow-ups as an option
in Nuntius. I know Peter will never answer me about this, won't you ?
Here's my request and the answer from Frankie :
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|> How can you set your preferred typeface and size ? For example, I would 
|> like to have Monaco size 9 in every window of TeachText. The reason is 
|> I want to use TeachText as text editor for editing posting in Nuntius; 
|> furthermore my favorite typeface and size is Monaco 9. 

Changing the font an size in TeachText:

Copy TeachText, rename it for the font you want like "TeachText Monaco 9"
Open this TeachText with ResEdit.
Open CODE-Resource 1.

CHANGE FONT:

Search for "0001 A887" at offset $4A88 (or near this address)
  0001: Font ID,
  A887: TextFont Trap ID
change the ID for the font you want: documented in Inside Mac 1, Page 219
   2: NewYork
   3: Geneva
   4: Monaco
 $14: Times
 $15: Helvetica
 $16: Courier

SIZE:

Search for "000C A88A" at offset $4A88 (or near this address)
  000C: size,
  A88A: TextSize Trap ID
change the size, documented in Inside Mac 1, Page 219
  0009:  9-Point
  000A: 10-Point
  000C: 12-Point
  000E: 14-Point
  0012: 18-Point

Save and exit. That's it.
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Hope this help.
 
       Khanh Kim, Nguyen
       internet : knguyen@emr.ca
       cc:mail: knguyen@cc2smtp.emr.ca

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