Options Specbox

       Click on Options to enter

Item: Def 1C FP
Type: Action Bar
Desc: Enters the screen where you can
define the current 1 colour fill
pattern.
Opts: Fill Pat (MM), Define (DM)

Item: Def 16C FP
Type: Action Bar
Desc: Same as above, but 16 colour fill
patterns, not 1 colour patterns. Note
that in resolutions other than lo-res,
a 16-colour fill pattern may be
defined, but it obviously cannot be
used since those resolutions (med & hi)
don't have 16 colours. If you do try to
use it in Med. or Hi res., a single
colour Atari Logo fill pattern is used
instead - this is non-defineable.
Opts: Fill Pat (MM), Define (DM)

Item: HotSpot
Type: Toggle Bar
Desc: If you have this option switched
on when you enter the work screen, a
bar will appear either at the top or
the bottom of the screen containing a
limited magnifying area as well as a
Colour Selector and the Co-ordinates of
the mouse cursor. See the HotSpot
description in this manual. Note that
the presence of the HotSpot will slow
down response times considerably, so it
is advised that it is only used where
short precision work is needed or when
the use of the co-ordinates is
required. The co-ordinates may have a
origin other than the top left corner
of the screen. Select this Origin using
the Origin Item on the Options Specbox.
See also the Ruler Option.
Opts: Origin (OS), Ruler (OS)

Item: ? Canvas ?
Type: Action Bar
Desc: This displays a little bit of
info about Canvas. Click any mouse
button to return to the Main Menu.
Opts: None

Item: Mirror
Type: Icon Selector
Desc: Most of the Modes may be
'mirrored' off the edges of the screen
(or off the edges of the Window if it
is on) by using this option. Normally,
there is no mirror - that is the left
hand icon. Modes which are not affected
by Mirror are: Polygon (when using
User-defined), Fill, Arc, Block, Text,
Segment and Zoom.
Opts: Most Modes (MM), Window (MM)

Item: Origin
Type: Toggle
Desc: When you switch on the Origin
button, you will be taken to the
current work screen where you may
choose the co-ordinate origin to be
displayed on the HotSpot. In the top
left corner you will see a readout of
the co-ordinates which the mouse is
pointing to. Press the right button to
Cancel.
Opts: HotSpot (OS)

Item: Ruler
Type: Toggle Bar
Desc: When Ruler is switched on, the
HotSpot will also display a 'rough'
ruler readout next to the cursor
co-ords. This value is the distance in
pixels between the last point where a
mouse button was clicked and the
current mouse co-ordinates.
Opts: HotSpot (OS)

Item: Screen
Type: Infobar
Desc: Canvas supports multiple numbers
of work screens ie. you can have more
than one picture in memory at once. To
choose which screen you wish to edit,
you must use this option. The number of
screens available will vary depending
on the amount of free RAM your Atari ST
has. Typically, when no accessories are
present, there are 5 screens on a 520,
20 on a 1040 and many more on a Mega!
Opts: Animate Screen (AM), and just
about Everthing else!

Item: Write Mode
Type: Icon Selector
Desc: This option effects the output of
all the modes except Sprite and Zoom.
Replace simply replaces whatever was
under, say, a box for example, with the
current box attributes (fill pat,
colour, rounded, rainbow etc.). X-Ray
plots all pixels which are not of the
background colour - this may be useful
for placing one thing on top of another
without spoiling any of the
surroundings (very useful with the
Block and Text Modes). EOR performs a
logical Exclusive-OR operation on each
pixel plotted. Finally, Inv-X-Ray plots
only pixels of the background colour.
Opts: Almost everything!