No SetFont in 1.3??

[Photon]

Running latest 1.3.3 rev 34.34. Checked Aminet.

Was it removed for this particular version (like some other useful things) or am I just expected of course it was there and it was never possible?

Looking for a command that changes topaz 8 to another 8 font. I wrote one, it works on all kickstarts, I'm curious if there was one. Cheers.

[malko]

This may help you
http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=1358803&postcount=5

[Matt_H]

See Fish disk 182.

[Photon]

Originally Posted by Matt_H

See Fish disk 182.

The great Dave! Works for 8x8 and maybe fonts up to 10 wide in CLI on KS1.3 and KS3.1.

1989, so before 2.0. And requires diskfont.library, which is on WB 1.2+. So my question remains: Why wasn't SetFont in 1.3(.3), like in later WB versions?

At least I seem to have confirmed that OpenDiskFont() works below V36 (and above V36).

This documentation mentions no version below 36.

[FlynnTheAvatar]

Originally Posted by Photon

At least I seem to have confirmed that OpenDiskFont() works below V36 (and above V36).

This documentation mentions no version below 36.

If there is no (V36) or other tag after the name, the function exists in every kickstart version. Just looked at the autodocs in the NDK-1.3, and the function is there.

[redblade]

Originally Posted by Photon

The great Dave!

I saw that too, I hope that Commodore supplied him with that copy of C++ in 1989 instead of having to pay for it out of his own pocket.

I wonder if Lattice gave Commodore discounts?

[mark_k]

The original Amiga C compiler sold by Commodore was Lattice C 3.03 if I remember correctly.

[Photon]

Originally Posted by FlynnTheAvatar

If there is no (V36) or other tag after the name, the function exists in every kickstart version. Just looked at the autodocs in the NDK-1.3, and the function is there.

Makes sense.

Some other nodes suggest some thought needs to go into its use below 2.0 tho, and probably the documentation is 2.0+ centric. A lot happened. Went from BCPL to C and a great rearrangement of the OS generally.

But maybe mostly Workbench-related and not Kickstart related? At least many 1.3 utilities are less trouble to make work on 1.3 than 2.0+ utilities. Very stable.

I think some dependencies were introduced along the way and the error handling for them evolved to be version specific.

Dunno if Dave used BCPL or C for this, and dunno if it was the one C= Amiga sold, or even an Amiga compiler.

In some ways this grows the mystery. Obviously software takes time to develop, and this utility wasn't ready or decided not to include in 1.3. But it would have sparked lots of creativity for sure!