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*** Gui4Cli 3.3 ***
Gui4Cli is an easy scripted language for creating & running GUIs.
Version 3.3 has no major changes from V3.2 - except for a fix of
the INSTALL script, various improvements on the guis and some small
bug fixes.
Version 3.2 had huge changes -
OLD USERS - Please read the changes file.
Variable handling has changed a little and may cause problems with
older guis.
INSTALLATION
Gui4Cli is made up of 2 files :
- Gui : which is a loader for Gui4Cli and it's scripts, and
- Gui4Cli : which is the main program.
All the other files are optional.
It is highly recommended that you click on the install icon and
let Gui4Cli install itself fully, but if you want the minimum
installation, you could copy the above two files in your c:
directory and be done with it.
You will not, however, be able to run most of the scripts..
The full installation will do the following :
1. Create a directory called Gui4Cli and copy Gui4Cli and all
the included scripts, manuals etc, into it.
2. Create an assignment to this directory, called GUIs:
3. Add the subdirectory GUIs:c to your default path
4. Add commands to you user-startup file for Nos 2&3 above.
5. Copy the Gui program to your c: directory.
6. Copy a graphic font to your fonts directory.
That's it..
Gui4Cli Setup
The GUIs: directory, where Gui4Cli will reside if you installed
it as recommended, has the following structure :
- GUIs:C
This dir contains some small pure CLI commands which are used
by the Dir.gc File Manager and other scripts.
- GUIs:Dir
This is a full application (a file manager) written in Gui4Cli.
- GUIs:Docs
Contains the manuals for Gui4Cli and the tutorial scripts
- GUIs:G4C
This is a directory where you can keep your own guis.
- GUIs:Tools
Contains various common scripts which are used by other guis and
which you can also use in your own guis. It also contains various
Icons, Images, ARexx scripts etc
- The Gui "loader" will be copied to the c: directory
- Gui4Cli itself will be in GUIs:
IMPORTANT :
Always start-up Gui4Cli using the c:gui program, as it will
make sure that Gui4Cli inherits your default system paths
even if started from the Workbench.
Always set the default tool of your Gui4Cli script icons to
"GUI", so that they are started up by c:gui, which is smaller
and faster. You can also make c:gui resident, if you want.
One of the best ways to start-up Gui4Cli is to write a small
script, setting your favourite editor, output etc and save it
in your WBStartup drawer. Give the script an icon with the
default tool set to GUI.
D. Keletsekis
November 1997
dck@prometheus.hol.gr