scratchpad(1)

     NAME
          scratchpad - Display PostScript text "playground"


     SYNTAX
          scratchpad [ toolkit options ] [ -debug ]


     DESCRIPTION
          scratchpad lets you play and experiment with fonts in the
          Display PostScript system.  You can align, resize, rotate,
          and slant text. You can also experiment with font outlines.
          You can select any font that is available in the Display
          PostScript extension.

          After scratchpad starts, it presents an option panel and a
          drawing window. You can load a preexisting file with the
          Load button, or you can start from scratch. Double-clicking
          on the left mouse button while in the drawing window
          produces a text cursor that allows you to enter text. All
          typed text appears on the screen.

          To change the font or size, click on the "Show Font Panel"
          button of the Option panel. The Font Panel lets you select a
          different font and size. If the font you select has not been
          used recently, it will be loaded from disk. Loading from
          disk may take a moment, so you may notice some initial delay
          when you return to the drawing window.

          To produce outlined text, click on the "Outline Text" toggle
          before you type.

          Select Mode:

            To select a character or characters, either click on the
            desired character with the left button, or hold the left
            button and drag out a selection region. To append to the
            current selections, use the right button. You can move a
            selected character by clicking and dragging it. Several
            commands can be used to modify selected characters. For
            example, changing the font in the Font Panel automatically
            changes the selected characters to the new font.

            In all other modes, select mode may be temporarily re-
            enabled by holding down the CTRL key.  The CTRL key must
            be held down for the entire time of the operation (whether
            it be a drag, click, or double click).

          Realign Mode:

            Characters that have been resized or scrolled can be
            restored to their previous state using Realign. This
            operator takes all selected characters and returns them to
            their original state on the same line.

          Delete Mode:

            To delete a selected character, click on it while in
            delete mode. If no characters are selected, select mode
            may temporarily be enabled by pressing using the CTRL key
            and selecting characters. In addition, clicking on an
            unselected character or dragging out a selection box
            without the CTRL key pressed will subsequently delete any
            affected characters.

          Rotate, Resize, and Scale modes:

            Select the Rotate, Resize, or Scale mode. The mouse
            pointer turns into a cross-hair glyph.

            Click the left button once to set the anchor point. The
            pointer glyph will then change to denote the selected
            mode.

            Hold the left mouse button and drag the pointer on a
            control point to perform the operation.


     LOADING, SAVING, AND PRINTING
          The Load, Save, and Print buttons allow documents to be
          stored or retrieved from disk. Load and Save ask you to
          enter the file name, while Print requests the file name or
          printer name, depending upon the destination.

          While it is possible to print to a file, this file is not
          loadable by the program, and is suitable only for PostScript
          printer output. The Save option stores information in a
          format which can be used by Load.

          If you use Print while "send to printer" is selected, the
          output is sent to the default printer specified by the
          PRINTER environment variable.  You can optionally specify a
          different printer.


     DIAGNOSTICS
          Specifying the -debug option opens up a text context on
          stdout. All PostScript sent to the Display PostScript
          extension will be displayed on the screen.


     BUGS
          The pointer sometimes is not updated correctly.  Race
          conditions can result in error states when text is selected.
     AUTHOR
          Adobe Systems Incorporated


     NOTES
          PostScript and Display PostScript are trademarks of Adobe
          Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain
          jurisdictions.

          Copyright (c) 1990-1991 Adobe Systems Incorporated.  All
          rights reserved.