Xref: utzoo comp.sys.att:3713 unix-pc.general:1031 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!uunet!labrea!rutgers!att!bakerst!cgh!amanue!jr From: jr@amanue.UUCP (Jim Rosenberg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,unix-pc.general Subject: Re: icon editor for unixpc Message-ID: <292@amanue.UUCP> Date: 9 Jul 88 05:55:15 GMT References: <788@rphroy.UUCP> Reply-To: jr@amanue.UUCP (Jim Rosenberg) Organization: Amanuensis Inc., Grindstone, PA Lines: 37 In article <788@rphroy.UUCP> tkacik@rphroy.UUCP (Tom Tkacik) writes: >Does anybody know of a font editor, or icon editor that can be used to put >rastor images in to a C program? > >I am in the process of writing the Mahjongg game for the UNIX PC, and >am having just a little difficulty :-) in making the required tiles. >I have designed them using Paint_Power, (and they look suprisingly good), >but now I need to generate the C code for initializing the tile array. You *AREN'T* gonna like this ... There's a program I've heard of that does exactly this kind of thing, but under DOS. It's some kind of mouse-driven graphics editor that emits C code to draw the picture. In theory if you had a DOS machine you could port the code, assuming you had translations for / implementations of the primitives. They have a version for Metawindows and for Turbo C, Microsoft C, and a couple of others. The company is called Courseware Applications, Inc. 475 Devonshire Drive, Champaign IL 61820, (217) 359-1878. The product is called Drawbridge. I saw an ad in Dr. Dobbs, I think, and sent for a flyer. The flyer isn't very helpful in deciding what the thing can really do. This is more a "draw" program than a "paint" program -- i.e. it appears to be object orient rather than straight bit-mapped, and of course the fact that it runs under DOS is a pain in a tender place. The version for MetaWindows costs $129! But the versions for Turbo C, etc. cost only $49. Well, as I say, this probably won't help you, but I thought I would pass it along. Probably your best bet is to either find or crack the format for paint power. I know nothing about either the product or the company except what I read in their flyer. -- Jim Rosenberg CIS: 71515,124 decvax!idis! \ WELL: jer allegra! ---- pitt!amanue!jr BIX: jrosenberg uunet!cmcl2!cadre! /