On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 10:45 AM, Norman Dunbar <nor...@dunbar-it.co.uk>wrote:
> Hi Dave, > > > The main problem I'm having with the ATC sim idea is that I would need to > > design and use a custom miniature font, and then draw it somewhere else, > > then AND/OR it into the video display to allow planes to overlap, since > > there's no transparent backgrounds in QDOS. > > Does OVER 1 (or OVER -1) not work for you? *blush* See, told you the memory was duff! That's why I'm doing this! :) <snip> > > Someone suggested I do an eBook reader. Any merit to that? > The EPUB (popular) ebook format is basically zipped up XHTML files. So > you would need to write an XHTML "browser" first then tag on the EPUB > stuff. > > You would need to be able to handle links and images etc. > > I was thinking of doing one in assembler under the PE at some point in > the future - most of the EPUB readers of a software nature on Linux > (where the source is available) make lots of calls to support libraries. > So they would need converting too. > The mark-up is easy, but the handling of graphics would be a challenge for me. Also, some books are password protected and have encryption and I have no idea how the QL is for standard encryption systems. Dave _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
