From: gmoody_at_gmx.net
Date: Sun Feb 22 2004 - 07:41:21 PST
Hi DJ,
I haven't followed this thread very closely, but have you tried Paperback 2
(http://www.thefedors.com/pobox/)?
It resizes the window optimally for whatever screen (and orientation) it is
displayed on, from MP100s to MP2100 and eMates. You can change the display
fonts and sizes for varying lighting conditions (I *hate* the tiny fonts in
classic format!). Easy to use. It does not use the Copperfield engine,
but one developed by David Fedor, one of the original Newton developers at
Apple. The Paperback engine can be included in each book made, or you can
compile a blank book with the engine, put it in the Extensions folder
(about 4K), and every book loaded without the engine included will use the
engine in the blank book automatically.
Everything I do is in this format now.
Just a thought.
Regards,
Gary
Original Message:
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From: DJ Vollkasko DJ_Vollkasko_at_gmx.net
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 14:06:22 +0100
To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
Subject: [NTLK] Intertext - maybe; Universal Newton Book Format
(wasMulti-format book packages)
>Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 21:52:55 -0800
>From: Dale Steele <dtsteele_at_mac.com>
>Subject: [NTLK] Multi-format Books?
>
>Does the double page format option I get with the intertext journals
>count? I was surprised to have several format options available when
>I downloaded a couple of these books and the two page version looks
>very slick on my upgraded emate. There was at least one other format
>available to me in the package but I didn't test it.
Send me a copy pls. and let me take a look, I'm not sure. Sounds
interesting, though... Might be the thing we're looking for.
>Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 22:40:28 +1300
>From: Tony Kan <tony.kan_at_clear.net.nz>
>Subject: Re: [NTLK] Multi-format book packages (was Reformating Newton
>
>Just been thinking about this multi-format thang. What is the "universal"
>format option offered by Newton Press? Is this the sought after
>multiformat?
"Universal" is a lowest-common-denominator format. It works on all Newton
machines, but doesn't use the screen optimally, though (maybe on NOS 1.x?).
Even im NOS 2.0 I prefer classic to universal, and with NOS 2.1 formats the
loss is even greater. It's just using too small a window to be really
enjoyable, might as well use a Palm. ;=}
Better are the double-universal formats available to MP2k and eMate - it's
two universal pages next to each other, mimicking a proper books double
page spread. Haven't seen this in real life yet, as I've only got a MP 130.
And yes, classic does it well - nice column width (not too long, not too
short) makes for speedy reading without much skipping yer eyes about.
So, sorry - universal doesn't really cut it for me.
Cheers,
DJV.
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