PAINT

	If you should fancy doing some artistic creation on the Psion Series 
	3 try using this.

	PAINT is my  graphics program based on an outline by Bill Aitken in 
	his book "Serious Programming on the Psion Series 3". It is not 
	entirely bug free and sure could benefit from a mouse!  However it 
	does enable screen sized pictures and also Icons to be produced 
	(Including its own Icon.)

	I  welcome comments from anyone on this program, especially ways of 
	improving it. If anyone  produces a masterpiece using PAINT I would 
	love to see it.

	Each feature is accessed via the menu key and exited via the Esc key. 
	If you are faced with a totally blank screen just press MENU which 
	should reassure you that your machine has not died. 
	It is best to save full screen pictures with a .PIC extension and 
	icons with a .ICN extension, if you wish to edit them later.
	The program is an OPA application and can be installed like other 
	applications via "Psion-I" once the files are copied to suitable 
	directories.
	Copy Paint.OPA to an \APP\ directory.
	Copy Paint.ICN to an \OPD\ directory.
	Copy Paint.WRD to an \WRD\ directory if you wish.

**MENU**
	FUNCTIONS       Use "Menu" or "Psion" & hot key to access the 
	available functions in PAINT. When finished with each function press 
	Escape (sometimes two or three times).

CURSOR  The cursor is moved around the screen using the arrow keys 
	(No mouse or mouse driver available yet I regret.)

**FILES**
NEW     clears the screen for a new picture.
LOAD    loads an existing picture with the extension .PIC
SAVE    saves the on screen picture to any given file name.
DELETE  deletes any named file.
EXIT    quits (closes down) the PAINT program.

**TOOLS**
LINE    Lines are drawn by pressing Enter at the start and end of each line.
TRIANGLE         Triangles are drawn by pressing Enter to start the Enter 
	again at the first corner then Enter again at the second corner to 
	complete the triangle.
BOX     Enter defines the top left hand or bottom right hand corner of the 
	box, open it out using the arrow keys, then press Enter to complete 
	it.
ELLIPSE First give the required number of vertices, the more the smoother 
	(and slower) the drawing. Use the arrow keys to find the centre, 
	then press Enter to start, sweep out a box with the arrow keys to 
	define the size and shape of the ellipse then press Enter to have 
	it drawn.
FILL    move the cursor inside an enclosed shape to be filled and press 
	Enter. If the fill is not complete repeat this procedure in the 
	unfilled area.
BRUSH   The brush is moved around using the "arrow" keys and applied to 
	the canvas by holding down the "Shift" key. The brush size can be 
	adjusted by using the "<" & ">" keys. A clear brush makes a good 
	erasor.

**ICONS**
ZAP     brings up a cleared grid for your icon creation. Move around the 
	grid using the arrow keys and toggle pixels black/clear with the 
	enter key.
OPEN     opens an existing Icon file with the extension .ICN.
WRITE    saves the icon, use extension .ICN.
KILL     deletes any chosen icon file.

**TEXT**
TEXT    enables text to be edited and inserted in various appearances.
FONT    allows selection of the limited range of fonts.
STYLE   Add the numbers together to achieve the style you desire.

**SPECIAL**
MODE    Enables selection of Graphics and Text modes.
DUMP    Enables screen dumps to serial or parallel printer (Epson compatible) 
	via the Link 3 cable.
BORDER  Adding the numbers allows various border options to be added to your 
	picture.
VERSION gives the version number of this program.

Well that's it!
It's free, have fun,
Tony Sutton
CIS: 100112,465