88 lines
2.5 KiB
Gnuplot
88 lines
2.5 KiB
Gnuplot
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Alpha Plot - brought to you by MasterDisk
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TYPE & DRAW SWITCHES
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CTRL-T WILL DIRECTLY ENTER THE TYPING MODE FROM DRAWING MODE.
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CTRL-D WILL DIRECTLY ENTER THE DRAWING MODE FROM TYPING MODE.
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EXITING ALPHA PLOT
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CTRL-@ HAS BEEN ADDED AS A QUIT-KEY. <RESET> AND CTRL-C ALSO WORK,
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BUT COULD LEAVE A CURSOR IMPRINT ON YOUR PICTURE. ALWAYS SAVE BEFORE
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QUITTING ALPHA PLOT.
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DRAWING WITH PADDLES
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A PDL-0 BUTTON-PRESS CAUSES ZERO OFFSET (SAME AS <RETURN> IN KEY
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MODE).
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A PDL-1 BUTTON-PRESS DRAWS A LINE & CANCELS OFFSET (SAME AS "-" IN KEY
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MODE).
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APPLE COLOR BUGS
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COLOR LINES (NOT SOLIDS) ON COLOR BACKGROUNDS OFTEN PRODUCE STRANGE
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EFFECTS DUE TO APPLE'S COLOR-GRAPHICS HARDWARE. RESULTS DEPEND ON
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WHICH COLORS YOU ARE ARE USING...
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GREEN-ORANGE OR VIOLET-BLUE COMBINATIONS WILL MAINTAIN TRUE COLORS,
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BUT LINES WILL BE THICK AND STAIR-STEPPED. OTHER COMBINATIONS WILL
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PRODUCE A MIXTURE OF COLORS.
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FOR MOST APPLE GRAPHIC APPLICATIONS, BLACK IS THE BEST BACKGROUND
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"COLOR".
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RELOCATING COLOR SECTIONS WILL PRODUCE INACCURATE COLORS IF YOU MOVE
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OTHER THAN 14 PLOTS LEFT OR RIGHT (ARROW KEYS). MOVING SEVEN PLOTS
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LEFT OR RIGHT WILL PRODUCE COMPLEMENTARY COLORS!
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TYPING NOTES
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CTRL-E PRINTS A LEFT SQUARE BRACKET ([). CTRL-F PRINTS A BACKSLASH
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(\). CTRL-I PRINTS AN UNDERSCORE (_).
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LOWER CASE VERSIONS OF THE THREE SPECIAL CHARACTERS ABOVE, AS WELL AS
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@, ] AND ^,WILL PRODUCE SOME NICE ASCII CHARACTERS YOU MAY NOT BE
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FAMILIAR WITH. ALSO...
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CTRL-B PRINTS ALPHA PLOT'S CAPS CURSOR. CTRL-P PRINTS THE LOWER-CASE
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CURSOR.
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THE LAST NORMAL CHARACTER TYPED ON A NON-BLACK BACKGROUND MAY APPEAR
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INCOMPLETE. TYPE A SPACE OR CTRL-J TO FIX IT.
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TO INCLUDE DESCENDERS, ALPHA PLOT'S INVERSE BLEEDS AT THE TOP INSTEAD
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OF THE BOTTOM. IF YOU WANT, ADD A WHITE LINE TO THE TOP OF YOUR
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INVERSE CHARACTERS.
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AND WE SHOULD MENTION...
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IF YOU ARE USING ALPHA PLOT AND WANT TO EXECUTE A DOS COMMAND (FOR
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EXAMPLE, UNLOCK A PICTURE FILE), YOU MUST EXIT ALPHA PLOT (CTRL-@ OR
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<RESET>), TYPE THE COMMAND, AND THEN 'RUN ALPHA PLOT'.
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SCRUNCH WILL SAVE THE MOST SPACE ON IMAGES CONTAINING MUCH BLACK OR
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WHITE.
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THE X & O OF THE XO CURSOR WILL BECOME DOTS AT THE EDGE OF THE
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SCREEN.
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R WILL NOW ROTATE THE DRAWING CURSOR FROM DRAWING MODE.
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SIDEWAYS PICTURES MAY BE EASILY CREATED WITH ALPHA PLOT BY TURNING
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YOUR MONITOR ON ITS SIDE (LEFT OR RIGHT OPTIONAL).
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