[BLACKBOX] Casket on CPC, RtfConv, Latex

From: [at]} <Robert>
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:51:09 +0100

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Hi

I would just like to tell people that there is a new version of the 'Casket'
subsystem on the cpc page (http://www.zinnamturm.eu/downloadsAC.htm#Casket).

This subsystem is basically a reuseable Bitmap type, and some facilities that
use it. The Bitmaps can be read/saved as .pngs, .jpegs, etc using FreeImage.
They can also be saved efficiently as Views in .odc Documents by using Pac to
compress them.

Two notable clients are:

1) CasketRtfConv. This is an RTF (Rich Text Format) converter for copying
Documents to and from other programs such as Word, Wordpad, OpenOffice, etc.
This was originally written as CpcRtfConv in BlackBox 1.5. It does the same job
as the Oms Module HostTextConv, but with the major (to me!) advantage of
handling Unicode characters, not just 8-bit Ascii characters.
(The BlackBox 1.6 version of HostTextConv does now handle Unicode.)
A major advantage of the new Module over the Oms (1.6) one is that arbitrary
Views are now converted to Bitmaps, and copied to external programs. It can also
read RTF bitmaps, but this in not much practical benefit as Word etc do not
write bitmaps!
(Thanks to the people who suggested this feature a few months ago. Initially I
thought it had little benefit, but I now find it VERY useful.)

There are many other differences between this and the Oms version, so depending
on circumstances one may be much more useful than the other.

2) Latex. This is not new, but a new feature is that it now supports much higher
print quality than before. (Two Bitmaps are generated for each equation, one
suitable for screen display and a high resolution one for Laser printers.)

RtfConv 'knows' about Latex equations, and the high quality Bitmaps are exported
to Word (or Wordpad etc) so that they can also print equations in high quality.

Regards

Robert

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