				PAINT

		A Printer-Art Editor for the PC

			by Dave Tutelman


This program, written in Turbo Pascal Version 1.0 (yup, real old),
is a screen-based editor for generating "printer art" on a line printer.
You use the program to generate or edit an on-screen, shaded-pixel
representation of a printer page (80 x 66).  You can then send a text
version to the printer, or to a .LST file for later printing.  The text
version substitutes printable ASCII characters (of greater or lesser
density) for the shaded pixels.

Included in this distribution is:
	README		This file.
	PAINT.PAS	The main Pascal file.
	PIXEL.PAS	"Included" file of Pascal graphics routines.
	PTUTILS.PAS	"Included" Pascal file.
	PTFILE.PAS	ditto
	PTFANCY.PAS	ditto
	*.PIC		A number of encoded (source) pictures for PAINT.
	*.LST		Printer-ready pictures for PAINT.

The program can be used either from the Turbo Pascal integrated environment
or from the command line (as a .COM file).


INSTRUCTIONS

The PAINT screen consists of a "page area" of 66 x 80 "shaded pixels",
and a "command menu area".

To use the PAGE AREA:
   -	The fast-blinking cursor is a "brush", one print-position in size.
   -	The brush can be moved in EIGHT directions, not just 4.  The
	cursor keys control horizontal and vertical movement; the other
	keys on the cursor keypad control diagonal movement.  (E.g. -
	the "Home" key moves the cursor up/left one position.)
   -	The brush can take one of 6 values:
		0	Neutral, or no-change.
		1	Blank.
		2	Light.
		3	Medium.
		4	Darker.
		5	Darkest.
	You can set the brush value by pressing a numeric key 0-5.
   -	As the brush is moved around in the page area, it paints its value
	on each print position it visits.  (If its value is zero, the
	brush leaves print positions unchanged.)
   -	Use the above instructions to paint a picture in the page area.
	(You can also use some fancier constructs from the command menu,
	like "mirror" and "fill".)

To use the COMMAND MENU:
   -	A command is selected by pressing the key corresponding to the
	capitalized letter in the menu.
   -	You are prompted for a confirmation and/or further information.
   -	In the "Fill" command, "darker" refers to the shade on the PRINT,
	not on the SCREEN.
   -	In the "Print" command, the default is to scroll the ASCII-text
	picture to the PC screen (CON:).  You can also send it to a file
	of arbitrary name, or to the printer (PRN:).
   -	The "Save" and "Load" commands deal with a "live" (editable)
	version of the picture, not a print-ready version.  However, it
	too is legal ASCII text, not a [more efficient] binary
	representation.

I encourage you to play with the features for a few minutes before using
them on a "real" picture.

					Dave Tutelman
					November 2, 1987
