Re: HELP: W-I-D-E text file

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

Dave Althoff <dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us> wrote:

> HELP!
> 
> [text 175 wide, 45 lines per page; how to get this onto an ImageWriter II
> landscape?]
>
> EGOEd Lite and Teach both use the TextEdit toolset, and neither seems to
> support wide pages.

With TextEdit, what you see on the screen is not what you get on the
printout.  The application uses TextEdit to redraw the text into the
rectangle provided by the printer driver (derived from the page
dimensions), so they _should_ be able to print wide text.  Ignore the
fact that the text wraps around onscreen.

(I can't easily test this because I don't have any way to print from my
IIgs since my ImageWriter II wore itself out.)

> Do I need to break this thing up into pages and do it with GraphicWriter?

The only issue with GraphicWriter is that it cannot handle more than 32K
of text at a time.  You could set up multiple text fields and split the
text as required.

> Do I need to abandon GS/OS and use Sideways (I have that available as well,
> but I have never used it)?

That should work, but I've never used it so can't offer any advice.

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David Empson
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