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QuickWrite For Commodore Amiga, NEW FACTORY SEALED, New Horizons
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Similar to pictured, QuickWrite for the Commodore Amiga computers.
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Details from http://obligement.free.fr/articles/quickwrite.php:
QuickWrite Test
(Article written by Bruce Lepper and excerpt from Amiga News - March 1991)
The ProWrite Son
Transcript of Gold Disk should have made my case, but everything is compromised by the elevator (to go up and down in the text) that goes from right to left at the bottom of the screen instead of going up and down on the Right side like all the others!
(By the way, Addison Wesley has just published a book on the Amiga "standards", and we hope that the software of the future will all follow.We will know that if we simultaneously support "Amiga-right" and " S "a backup of the work in progress will take place. Whenever I do" Amiga-S "in QED, for example, I deeply thank Darren M. Greenwald who, with a mind-boggling wisdom and of his own, decided that" Amiga -S "means" Search "and so stands in front of me a request box that has at least the advantage of waking me from my little grindstone. Darren saves his text by pressing" Amiga -W "(for" Write ")).
The more and the less
Thanks to the programmer James Bayless for the function in QuickWrite which turns uppercase to lowercase and vice versa and which has an option to leave the first characters of the words in uppercase. Finally, I will be able to govern without too much difficulty the creeping capital letters of a Yeti who has let himself be too impressed by his schoolmaster and believes that a name (but not a first name) is always written in capital letters. This function is also effective for accented characters ÉÇÛÏÏ, éÇûèï.
Thanks also for the small query box that asks each time a non-ProWrite / QuickWrite text is loaded if I want the carriage returns at the end of each line or only at the end of the paragraphs.
Thanks for the option to save in Professional Page format. It's a shame that this does not include the size of the characters, but it's actually the biggest change compared to ProWrite: you have no control over the size of the characters, or the font, which is resolutely Topaz 8. Only the color of the text is editable.
On a high resolution screen, the Topaz 8 is really too small. The QuickWrite user will therefore need a large monitor, or very good eyes, or work in low resolution. And when it prints to PostScript using the New Horizons ProScript utility, it will not be able to output its text in Times, but still in ... Topaz 8. Under AmigaOS 2.0, you can change the font Of the system, and this problem may be solved, but we are not yet all ready to install AmigaOS 2.0.
Another big "lack" compared to ProWrite is the impossibility to manage drawings. It's text, and that's it! This does not bother me, but others will say that an Amiga word processor without the drawings is not a word processor worthy of the name. I would say that it is a very good idea to exchange the graphics for increased speed and maneuverability, and that the layout programs are there for the possible insertion of graphics.
The "modern" query box
We have not tested ProWrite 3.1 yet, but it is clear that QuickWrite borrows many of the novelties from its big brother. The New Horizons family has become really modern with its new "intelligent" file picker. It is a great word to say that this operation is no longer the refined inanity of previous versions, in which you had to click many times on gadgets and wait for endless moments before you can load a file. By pressing the "Alt" key at the same time as clicking on the "Back" gadget you even have a list of logical drives and logical assignments.
This coach succeeds my famous test "Ed: Test"; If you are in your drawer with the logical name of "Arts:" (its real name and address are "dh0: Anews / Articles / -Articles33") and you click on "Back" Not in "dh0:"). And you no longer have to go everywhere with the mouse: you can type the address of your file in the command line and you are there right away ...
A detail: the search function starts from the cursor position, and when it arrives at the end of the text, it asks you if you want to continue the search from the beginning of the text to the same cursor. I may not be typical, but when I do research on words I always forget to position the cursor at the head of the article. So that's another detail that I appreciate very much.
Macros with ARexx
You can make macros using ARexx. This is the first time I venture into this unknown world, and I am impressed with the simplicity and efficiency of this, at least under QuickWrite. My only macro is simple:
/ * Bold-Italic * / StyleBold StyleItalic
It is saved as "Macro_10" and automatically read by QuickWrite at startup. With it, I can transform a block of selected text into bold and italic by pressing "Shift-F10". What a pity that it is not possible to program directly F10 without having to press "Shift". A function key that requires two fingers is not, in my opinion, a function key, but a gymnastic exercise (look at the distance between "Shift" and the function keys. Have normal hands it takes two hands to get there).
Obviously, to run these macros, you need to own ARexx itself and launch Rexxmast before. But if all goes well, we will all have this language with our Workbench 2.0, if ever Commodore discovers how to adapt our machines.
Workbench 2.0
The system 2.0 arrives, even for us who do not have Amiga 3000, in the form of small details in software. In QuickWrite, we find the movement arrows in the text, paired in the lower right. On the left, two other arrows make it possible to change page quickly.
According to the manual, when you start QuickWrite under AmigaOS 2.0 (on Amiga 3000), it creates an "Application Icon" on the Workbench screen. If you click on this icon the QuickWrite screen will be placed in front of you. If you drag other icons on this icon, QuickWrite will automatically load these files.
QuickWrite adds an "AppMenu Item" named "QuickWrite" to the "Tools" menu of the Workbench. If you choose it, the QuickWrite screen will also be placed in front of the other screens.
Under AmigaOS 2.0, QuickWrite declares its screen "public". Other software that is able to open their windows on "public" screens can do this on the QuickWrite screen. For example, if you run QuickWrite a second time, it will open its windows on the first QuickWrite screen. You can take advantage of this mechanism to, for example, print with the first QuickWrite and edit a text with the second one. This will save a screen, and you will not be bothered by error message screens, etc. Which come to impose themselves from time to time when multitasking with multiple programs on multiple screens.
Almost all settings in QuickWrite are saved in a preferences file, and different users can create each of the icons to run Quickwrite preconfigured to their needs, or to the current task. Other features available are direct mail, page numbering, and the dictionary.
Dictionary
QuickWrite uses the French dictionary of ProWrite (130,000 words) to control, at your request, the spelling of a text. This dictionary seems less fast than that of Excellence !, and like all the spell-checkers I've tried, it has flaws.
For example, he knows the word "effective" perfectly. If you add an accent, it stops as it should on the word and signals it as erroneous. If you ask that he finds the word correctly spelled, he replies that he knows no word that resembles "effective". What a liar! Apparently, he can not see the resemblance between "e" and "é", which is very annoying for a French spell checker.
The same problem arises for all accented characters. Good news, its file of words added by the user is in ASCII and modifiable.
Problem printing
After doing some output tests on HP Laserjet and Commodore MPS 1270 (Epson compatible) I was unable to produce a correct output. On HP, the first lines are superimposed on each other and the following are odd, missing some spaces (that is, in some places, putting words at the tail leu leu), omitting the attribute Bold but recognizing the italic attribute, etc.
On MPS 1270, we find the same problems, associated with others of page length ... This must work correctly in the United States, but then in France it is as if the programmer was a real beginner. Or it is the tester, but I tried several adjustments without succeeding in having a correct output. So, while waiting for proof to the contrary, this program is to be used for the manipulation of the words on the screen but not for printing. It's too bad.
In conclusion
I am disappointed by the characters too small on my screen interlaced and especially by the problems of printing. Everything else is excellent.
Functionality: NEW FACTORY SEALED
Description:
============
Similar to pictured, QuickWrite for the Commodore Amiga computers.
Warranty and Returns:
=====================
We understand that there may be compatibility issues, space constraints, or it just doesn’t look perfect. This item can be returned within 10-days for ANY reason. However, shipping to and from is not refundable.
Shipping:
=========
- Other shipping methods are available – contact us for details.
- Combined shipping is available for most items – contact us for details.
- Local pickup is also available at no cost.
About Us:
=========
The Computer Preservation Group is dedicated to the preservation of historical computers. To help fund ongoing operations, select items are made available. Thank you for your support!
Stock#:C21094.LO#1.5
Details from http://obligement.free.fr/articles/quickwrite.php:
QuickWrite Test
(Article written by Bruce Lepper and excerpt from Amiga News - March 1991)
The ProWrite Son
Transcript of Gold Disk should have made my case, but everything is compromised by the elevator (to go up and down in the text) that goes from right to left at the bottom of the screen instead of going up and down on the Right side like all the others!
(By the way, Addison Wesley has just published a book on the Amiga "standards", and we hope that the software of the future will all follow.We will know that if we simultaneously support "Amiga-right" and " S "a backup of the work in progress will take place. Whenever I do" Amiga-S "in QED, for example, I deeply thank Darren M. Greenwald who, with a mind-boggling wisdom and of his own, decided that" Amiga -S "means" Search "and so stands in front of me a request box that has at least the advantage of waking me from my little grindstone. Darren saves his text by pressing" Amiga -W "(for" Write ")).
The more and the less
Thanks to the programmer James Bayless for the function in QuickWrite which turns uppercase to lowercase and vice versa and which has an option to leave the first characters of the words in uppercase. Finally, I will be able to govern without too much difficulty the creeping capital letters of a Yeti who has let himself be too impressed by his schoolmaster and believes that a name (but not a first name) is always written in capital letters. This function is also effective for accented characters ÉÇÛÏÏ, éÇûèï.
Thanks also for the small query box that asks each time a non-ProWrite / QuickWrite text is loaded if I want the carriage returns at the end of each line or only at the end of the paragraphs.
Thanks for the option to save in Professional Page format. It's a shame that this does not include the size of the characters, but it's actually the biggest change compared to ProWrite: you have no control over the size of the characters, or the font, which is resolutely Topaz 8. Only the color of the text is editable.
On a high resolution screen, the Topaz 8 is really too small. The QuickWrite user will therefore need a large monitor, or very good eyes, or work in low resolution. And when it prints to PostScript using the New Horizons ProScript utility, it will not be able to output its text in Times, but still in ... Topaz 8. Under AmigaOS 2.0, you can change the font Of the system, and this problem may be solved, but we are not yet all ready to install AmigaOS 2.0.
Another big "lack" compared to ProWrite is the impossibility to manage drawings. It's text, and that's it! This does not bother me, but others will say that an Amiga word processor without the drawings is not a word processor worthy of the name. I would say that it is a very good idea to exchange the graphics for increased speed and maneuverability, and that the layout programs are there for the possible insertion of graphics.
The "modern" query box
We have not tested ProWrite 3.1 yet, but it is clear that QuickWrite borrows many of the novelties from its big brother. The New Horizons family has become really modern with its new "intelligent" file picker. It is a great word to say that this operation is no longer the refined inanity of previous versions, in which you had to click many times on gadgets and wait for endless moments before you can load a file. By pressing the "Alt" key at the same time as clicking on the "Back" gadget you even have a list of logical drives and logical assignments.
This coach succeeds my famous test "Ed: Test"; If you are in your drawer with the logical name of "Arts:" (its real name and address are "dh0: Anews / Articles / -Articles33") and you click on "Back" Not in "dh0:"). And you no longer have to go everywhere with the mouse: you can type the address of your file in the command line and you are there right away ...
A detail: the search function starts from the cursor position, and when it arrives at the end of the text, it asks you if you want to continue the search from the beginning of the text to the same cursor. I may not be typical, but when I do research on words I always forget to position the cursor at the head of the article. So that's another detail that I appreciate very much.
Macros with ARexx
You can make macros using ARexx. This is the first time I venture into this unknown world, and I am impressed with the simplicity and efficiency of this, at least under QuickWrite. My only macro is simple:
/ * Bold-Italic * / StyleBold StyleItalic
It is saved as "Macro_10" and automatically read by QuickWrite at startup. With it, I can transform a block of selected text into bold and italic by pressing "Shift-F10". What a pity that it is not possible to program directly F10 without having to press "Shift". A function key that requires two fingers is not, in my opinion, a function key, but a gymnastic exercise (look at the distance between "Shift" and the function keys. Have normal hands it takes two hands to get there).
Obviously, to run these macros, you need to own ARexx itself and launch Rexxmast before. But if all goes well, we will all have this language with our Workbench 2.0, if ever Commodore discovers how to adapt our machines.
Workbench 2.0
The system 2.0 arrives, even for us who do not have Amiga 3000, in the form of small details in software. In QuickWrite, we find the movement arrows in the text, paired in the lower right. On the left, two other arrows make it possible to change page quickly.
According to the manual, when you start QuickWrite under AmigaOS 2.0 (on Amiga 3000), it creates an "Application Icon" on the Workbench screen. If you click on this icon the QuickWrite screen will be placed in front of you. If you drag other icons on this icon, QuickWrite will automatically load these files.
QuickWrite adds an "AppMenu Item" named "QuickWrite" to the "Tools" menu of the Workbench. If you choose it, the QuickWrite screen will also be placed in front of the other screens.
Under AmigaOS 2.0, QuickWrite declares its screen "public". Other software that is able to open their windows on "public" screens can do this on the QuickWrite screen. For example, if you run QuickWrite a second time, it will open its windows on the first QuickWrite screen. You can take advantage of this mechanism to, for example, print with the first QuickWrite and edit a text with the second one. This will save a screen, and you will not be bothered by error message screens, etc. Which come to impose themselves from time to time when multitasking with multiple programs on multiple screens.
Almost all settings in QuickWrite are saved in a preferences file, and different users can create each of the icons to run Quickwrite preconfigured to their needs, or to the current task. Other features available are direct mail, page numbering, and the dictionary.
Dictionary
QuickWrite uses the French dictionary of ProWrite (130,000 words) to control, at your request, the spelling of a text. This dictionary seems less fast than that of Excellence !, and like all the spell-checkers I've tried, it has flaws.
For example, he knows the word "effective" perfectly. If you add an accent, it stops as it should on the word and signals it as erroneous. If you ask that he finds the word correctly spelled, he replies that he knows no word that resembles "effective". What a liar! Apparently, he can not see the resemblance between "e" and "é", which is very annoying for a French spell checker.
The same problem arises for all accented characters. Good news, its file of words added by the user is in ASCII and modifiable.
Problem printing
After doing some output tests on HP Laserjet and Commodore MPS 1270 (Epson compatible) I was unable to produce a correct output. On HP, the first lines are superimposed on each other and the following are odd, missing some spaces (that is, in some places, putting words at the tail leu leu), omitting the attribute Bold but recognizing the italic attribute, etc.
On MPS 1270, we find the same problems, associated with others of page length ... This must work correctly in the United States, but then in France it is as if the programmer was a real beginner. Or it is the tester, but I tried several adjustments without succeeding in having a correct output. So, while waiting for proof to the contrary, this program is to be used for the manipulation of the words on the screen but not for printing. It's too bad.
In conclusion
I am disappointed by the characters too small on my screen interlaced and especially by the problems of printing. Everything else is excellent.
