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Short description of ApfelImg, as of: 18.09.1996
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ApfelImg is an external picture module for Thing from Version 1.08 on;
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it calculates random fractal tiles, which then fill Thing's desktop.
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Using it is easy: Copy APFELIMG.OVL into Thing's start directory and
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rename it to THINGIMG.OVL (the original module of this name should be
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saved elsewhere first, or re-named). If desired one can also create an
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APFELIMG.INF (you will find an explanation about this in the sample file
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in this directory). Those using a computer with a 68020 CPU or better
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should use the faster APFEL020.OVL in place of APFELIMG.OVL.
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If you now open Thing's 'Configuration...' dialogue ('Extras' menu),
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activate 'Use image' in the 'Background image' area on the 'Desktop' page
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and quit the dialogue with 'OK', then instead of a finished picture a
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random portion of the well-known fractal graphic will be calculated.
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Depending on the computer type, size of the portion and set picture size
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this can easily take several minutes. If one has set the 'Centre image'
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option, then only a small picture in the centre of the desktop will be
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displayed, of course. For tiling the whole desktop area, 'Centre image'
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must not be active. The 'Use image palette' option as well as the image
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'File' have no meaning when ApfelImg is used.
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Of course ApfelImg is not a particularly meaningful module, specially as
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it is not exactly fast in action. But it illustrates nicely that, with
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external modules, Thing is not limited just to loading ready-made
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pictures. Someone could also design a module, say, to load a random image
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from a pool of graphics (a kind of 'Picture of the day' module).
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Anyone interesting in writing their own image module for Thing (that of
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course can also load quite 'normal' pictures of a given format), should
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get in touch with me. A basic condition, though, is that the finished
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module should be freeware, and in its original condition (i.e. before
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copying to the Thing folder) is not called THINGIMG.OVL. Any INF-file
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included may also not be called THINGIMG.INF, since these two names are
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reserved for the module by Thomas K<>nneth included with Thing.
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My address:
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Thomas Binder
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Johann-Valentin-May-Stra<72>e 7
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64665 Alsbach-H<>hnlein
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EMail: binder@rbg.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de (InterNet)
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gryf@hrz.tu-darmstadt.de (ditto)
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Thomas Binder @ HD (MausNet, no mails > 16K!)
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