On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, Peter Reid wrote:
> I'm still using MC 2.2.5 for my current development work and this
> doesn't support painting on Mac or Win (which are what I have
> available). I tend to develop as much as possible on the Mac & then
> tweak things on the Win system.
>
> I tried MC 2.3B1 and whilst this does support painting, it also
> disrupts my current project. For example, I simulate the use of
> Netscape on an intranet and in one example a pseudo Netscape frame
> border displays nicely in MC 2.2.5 but is transparent in MC 2.3B1!
Sounds like a bug, or at least an incompatibility. You should send in
a bug report to [EMAIL PROTECTED], including your stack (or a
subset of it) that shows the problem if possible.
> Also, I'm not keen on using a Beta version of a product to deliver my
> current project to my customers, which is why I'd rather stick with
> MC 2.2.5 until I know MC 2.3 is solid and I have the time to deal
> with odd effects like the one above.
>
> To be honest, trying to paint over a tiny cursor design using the
> paint tools (in MC 2.3B1) without any form of zoom is rather
> torturous to say the least!
That's why it has one: control-click (command-click on MacOS) opens a
magnifier window.
> Is there no way of preparing an external image prior to importing
> that would ensure the right use of black & white? I have a fairly
> comprehensive set of graphics tools for Mac & PC, surely something
> can be done without having to 'paint' over the cursor designs??
It's possible, just not easy. Most graphics packages fill the entire
256 color colormap in a GIF image with bogus colors. You can tell if
yours does this with "put the colors of image 1" after importing an
image. If the result is three lines long (0,0,0 and 255,255,255 and
some other color that's transparent), you've got a image that will
work as a cursor. Otherwise, you'll have to paint on the image to
enable MetaCard's built-in color counting system to digest the
colormap down to what is actually required.
Regards,
Scott
> Best regards
>
> Peter
>
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> Peter Reid
> Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK
> Tel: +44 (0)1509 268843 Fax: +44 (0)1509 264986
> E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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