Editorial

Life certainly hasn't been boring round here since the last issue.
The good side of it was Christmas; I hope you all enjoyed the
break as much as we did and thanks to everyone who sent us
cards. It's a shame the holiday goes so quickly though.

But before that was the 'down' side as anyone who has spoken or
written to me since the last issue, or takes Red Herring, will
know. Guess who went down with chickenpox just after the last
issue went out? There was me thinking I had flu! So I had to have
two weeks of doing absolutely nothing and then take it easy until
the beginning of 1992, 6 weeks in all.  I'd like to thank everyone
who sent get well cards and also give a huge 'thank you' to
everyone who rallied round with contributions for this issue after
getting begging notes from me saying "I'm ill, please help!". If
it hadn't been for your help, this issue would have been really
late!!

Well, enough of my November/December, what's new this issue?

Firstly, the news section has been revamped yet again. I hope
you'll find the changes useful.

Secondly the PC version now runs in a choice of colours (thanks
again to Graham Cluley who is being very patient and helpful each
time I say "couldn't you do this to the program too?") and will
also have a 'page backwards' option, if not by this issue, then by
the next one.

There'll be another change next issue. I've decided to bring all
three versions into line and get rid of the screenshots section
which we have only ever got running on the ST version. The
questionnaire showed that this was the least popular section of
the magazine, they're getting increasing difficult to capture with
programs being more heavily protected as time goes on, plus I can
think of better ways to use the space! It'll mean more room for
reviews, hints and solutions - so long as they're sent in, of
course! Again, I hope you'll approve of the change.

Now, I'm trying to bump up the circulation of SynTax, as always,
so I'm planning to do a 'best of' compilation covering the
magazine so far and put it into the public domain. I think some
people are wary of sending off for a disk when they have no idea
what they're going to get for their money. If you've sent in
contributions in the past that have been used in previous issues,
please let me know as soon as possible if you would NOT want me
to use them in this project. If you don't object, I'll assume
it's okay. All contributions will be acknowledged and credited on
the disks, of course. Cheers!

Well, here's to a healthy, happy and successful 1992 to you all.

                                  All the very best,

                                             Sue