FSM Control Panel Extension Release Notes October 1, 1990 =========================================================================== The FSM CPX is used to modify the EXTEND.SYS required by FSM-GDOS. To execute the FSM CPX, double-click on the Font Manager CPX in the Control Panel. Before being displayed in the window, the CPX will search for the EXTEND.SYS file on the startup device. This will be either A:\ or C:\. The information in the file will be used as the current attributes of the CPX. For example, the fonts found in the EXTEND.SYS file will be displayed in the active menu of the CPX. In addition, the CPX will search the Font Path specified by the EXTEND.SYS to locate all of the available fonts which will be displayed in the inactive font menu. Symbol and Hebrew Fonts will NOT be displayed in either menu. If the EXTEND.SYS file doesn't exist, the attributes will be set to their defaults. For example, the Font Path Default will be "C:\". MAIN MENU of FSM CPX COMMANDS ( MAIN MENU ) Clicking on the popup ' Outline Font Manager' will display the 5 commands/options possible. They are: ( Please See "Command Summary" for a more detailed description of these commands ). 1) Outline Font Setup 2) Show Active/Inactive Fonts 3) Save 'EXTEND.SYS' 4) Make Width Tables 5) Activate/Deactivate Font(s) CURRENT TYPE OF FONT DISPLAYED ( MAIN MENU ) This message line will display either 'Active Fonts' or 'Inactive Fonts'. The type of fonts displayed in the font menu will duplicate the message line. FONTS ( MAIN MENU ) The fonts displayed are either 'Active' or 'InActive' Fonts based on the message line. Active fonts are fonts that will be included in the EXTEND.SYS file. Double-clicking on a font will display a viewer( OK, wot should we call it? ) for modifying the point sizes ( See Point Size Options ). Single clicking on a font will select it. To select multiple fonts, you can Control-Click or rubber-band the desired fonts. Single clicking a font alone will select one font, but will deselect all other selected fonts. To deselect a font, you can SHIFT-CLICK and rubber-band the desired fonts. Clicking outside of the font menu or pressing UNDO will also deselect all of the fonts. ( Except the ARROW and SLIDER buttons ). POINT SIZE OPTIONS ( MAIN MENU ) Double-Clicking on a font will display a viewer to modify the font's point sizes. The viewer will display: 1) The current font name. For long font names, arrows are available to scroll through the font name. 2) Current Point Sizes 3) ADD POINT SIZE BUTTON Clicking on this will bring up a viewer to add a single point size to the existing list. 4) DELETE POINT SIZE BUTTON The button will only appear if the user has selected the point sizes. Clicking on this button will remove the selected point sizes. 5) USE DEFAULTS BUTTON Clicking on this button will SET the point sizes for this font to the current DEFAULT point sizes. 6) OK/CANCEL buttons OK: Exit with the new attributes set. Cancel: Restore the attributes to their former settings. SAVE/EXIT BUTTONS ( MAIN MENU ) 1) SAVE BUTTON: This button will save the current attributes into the EXTEND.SYS file. 2) EXIT BUTTON: This button will exit the CPX. 3) CLOSE WINDOW:This button will exit the CPX. IF a change was made to the attributes, the user will be prompted to save the EXTEND.SYS. COMMAND SUMMARY ( OUTLINE FONT MANAGER POPUP ) The commands/options possible from the popup menu: 1) Outline Font Setup Display a viewer that allows the user to modify the font caches, symbol fonts, hebrew fonts, width tables, font paths and default point sizes. The default point sizes is the same as the one above with several minor differences. This one allows you to set ALL fonts to the default point sizes. This function does not have an UNDO feature. 2) Show Active/Inactive Fonts Show the Active or Inactive Fonts in the font menu. The Symbol and Hebrew Fonts do not appear in the font menu. 3) Save 'EXTEND.SYS' Save the 'EXTEND.SYS' file. The EXTEND.SYS file will be written out to either 'A:\' or 'C:\'. 4) Make Width Tables Create Width Table files for those fonts in the existing EXTEND.SYS. The width tables created will be good only for the current video resolution. FSM-GDOS must be installed in order for this menu item to appear. 5) Activate/Deactivate Font(s) Activate or Deactivate the selected fonts in the font menu. The selected fonts will be removed and the font menu will be recreated and redrawn.