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; Newsflash Issue No.19 - Startup Sequence
;
; Written by Martyn/Newsflash UK.
;
; Normally we try and keep the sequence as short as possible
; and never bother to comment it, but the aim is so that new
; users can have a look at what is going on and maybe try a
; few things out themselves.
;
; Users may also find that commenting their scripts is useful
; in the beginning if only to keep track of what`s happening.
;
; This file should also easily explain the utilities that are
; located in the C (command) directory, you can of course copy
; these to your own C dir and use them in the same way.
;
;
echo "0 p"
;
; ECHO is normally used to print a message on the screen, this
; time we have used control characters (which won`t show up on
; PPMORE) and this does the job of making the cursor the same
; colour of the background, making it invisble and is purely
; included to neaten things up - what a tidy soul I am :-)
c/border off
;
;ff >nil: siesta.font
;
; FF is the FAST-FONTS program, not only can we speed up text but
; also take advantage of using a better looking font that that horrid
; boring, smelly TOPAZ 80. The `m`s are a bit dodgy with the SIESTA.FONT
; but its nice to read and comfortable on the eyes.
; You can of course get the siesta font for your own use by knicking it
; out of the FONTS dir.
;
; The >NIL: bit is whats called `redirecting`, the NIL: device is just
; like a trashcan you can send any output to. For instance when you run
; Fastfonts, it prints "Fast fonts installed" and other information, but
; we can send this to the trash with >NIL: so no text is printed, rather
; like the QUIET command of COPY.
;
;
;
;
; Type the first little message onto the screen. The messages were
; prepared with TEXTPAINT, featured on Issue 10 of Newsflash. (very good!)
;
; The type command used is a nice one too, it scrolls the current text off
; screen and brings the new text on...
;
message
;
;
Version >nil: exec.library 36
If WARN
prog/openlook >nil:
Endif
; Openlook makes all the gadgets into fancy little 3D ones.
; This small utility doesn't run under Kickstart V2.0 so there is a
; check (version,if,endif). If the exec.library is smaller (older)
; than 36 the openlook command will be executed. Thanks for
; this little improvement to Francois Nico
;
;
;
;nf19pack (already run in startup-sequence)
; This pack contains all menufiles and the PPmore command to give you
; a fast access to all menus and articles in Newsflash. The utility I
; use for producing this pack of files was written as a in the house
; utility by Daniel Ockeloen, a talented Dutch programmer.
;
;
df0:c/assign s: ram:
; Because we`ve now got our commands in RAM: we have to tell the Amiga to
; stop searching the disk for the commands but look where we have put them,
; we do this using assign. So now where it used to look for the C dir on the
; disk it looks to ram: This is known as `assigning logical devices`.
; Because C: is a device, it holds the commands. There`s nothing stopping
; you copying your whole C dir to ram (if you`ve enough ram!) and assigning
; it with ASSIGN. Then you`ld have a hyper-quick CLI! Even better if you
; use a recoverable ram-disk...
;
df0:c/zoomwindows quiet
; a nice effect if there are windows opened...
;
df0:powermenu
;
; Let loose the menu...
;
; -=====================================================================-
;
; That`s all folks.. easy when you think about it... I hope this file has
; been of use to someone out there and it will encourage you to have a
; mess yourself and understand the CLI a little better, it really is quite
; easy to understand once you realise all the jargon is used to show off
; and be flash more than anything else..
; Seeya.. Martyn/Newsflash UK.
; -====================================================================-
; AFTER EXIT MENU SYSTEM NEWSFLASH:
df0:c/assign s: df0:s
df0:c/setmap ut
df0:menu2