Topic       : Documentation for Thing
Author      : Arno Welzel/Thomas Binder/TransAction
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Font Protocol                                                         Thing

From V 0.40 on Thing supports the most important functions of the Font 
Protocol, which was introduced by Christian Grunenberg.

Thing can also be installed as a font selector for other applications, 
although at present only ST-Guide (30/04/95 or later) as well as 
MultiStrip support this option. For successful operation the following 
criteria must be fulfilled:

 ∙ Thing must be running in parallel to the application -- either the 
   application runs as a desk accessory under Single-TOS or one is working 
   in a multitasking environment

 ∙ The environmental variable 'FONTSELECT' must be set to 'THING'

A brief description of the messages supported by Thing is given in: 

⇨ FONT_SELECT, FONT_CHANGED

For a complete definition of the Protocol (in German) contact Christian 
Grunenberg:

Email: Christian_Grunenberg@LB.maus.de (MausNet, no emails > 16Kb!)