Read Me(BigText) Read Me(BigText) NAME Bigtext - print big text using X11 fonts DESCRIPTION The BigText program is used to print big text banners using X11 fonts. A long time ago, when text terminals were the norm, and graphical desktops were the pipe-dreams of wealthy R&D labs, there were programs to print big banners on chunky, noisy, ascii line printers. ## ####### ## ########## ## ### ## ## ## ## ## # ## # # ## ## ## ## ## ## ### ###### ## ### ### ## ##### ## ### ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ###### ## ## ## ## # ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ### ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ##### ### ## ## ## ## ### ## ## ### ### ## ## ### ## #### ## ## # ## ## ## ## ### ## # # ## ### # ## #### ## # ####### ### ###### #### #### ## ## ## ## ### ## ## ### ## ##### I wrote BigText because I wanted to put "warning" in big fancy letters in one of my source files. And all the banner programs I could find were too big, or too small, or too ugly. With BigText all you have to do is use xlsfonts(1) or xfontsel(1) to choose a font, and then run bigtext(1) to get any banner text you want. ARCHIVE SITE The latest version of BigText is available on the Web from: URL: http://bigtext.sourceforge.net/ File: bigtext.html # the bigtext page File: bigtext-1.1.README # Description, from the tar file File: bigtext-1.1.lsm # Description, LSM format File: bigtext-1.1.spec # RedHat package specification File: bigtext-1.1.tar.gz # the complete source File: bigtext-1.1.pdf # Reference Manual This Web page also contains a few other pieces of software written by me. Please have a look if you are interested. BUILDING BIGTEXT Full instructions for building BigText may be found in the BUILDING file included in this distribution. It is also possible to build BigText on Windows using the Cygwin (www.cygwin.com) or DJGPP (www.delorie.com/djgpp) environments. Instructions are in the BUILDING file, including how to get native Windows binaries. COPYRIGHT BigText version 1.1 Copyright (C) 2004 Peter Miller This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA. It should be in the LICENSE file included with this distribution. AUTHOR Peter Miller E-Mail: millerp@canb.auug.org.au /\/\* WWW: http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~millerp/ RELEASE NOTES This section details the various features and bug fixes of the various releases. For excruciating and complete detail, and also credits for those of you who have generously sent me suggestions and bug reports, see the etc/CHANGES.* files. Version 1.1 (2-Nov-2004) * Ther are two internal fonts ("fixed" and "variable") so BigText can be used without XFS being available. * There is a -rotate option so that long or wide text can be written down the page. * There is a -list option which lists the available fonts. Reference Manual BigText Read Me(BigText)