The final instalment in the Icon Toolkit series includes an icon designer. This program allows the user to design 5 icons at a time. These groups of Icons can then be merged together to form a larger file consisting of up to 255 icons. On loading the program a 16 x 16 grid is displayed along with a menu The cursor is moved using the cursor keys. Pressing the space bar fills a block with the current pen Selecting the f2 key turns erase mode on or off In erase mode pressing SPACE erases the current block Other menu options allows the user to change the pen or ink colours. Icon designs can also be inverted or mirrored. Finally files containing 5 icons can be loaded or saved to tape or disc. To use more than 1 set of 5 icons in a program type: 10 memory [address-1] 20 load "set0", [address] 30 load "set1" , [address]+(1*320) 40 load "set2", [address]+(2*320)The variable [address] can be a number from 368-40999Popular Computing Weekly |