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- Short: ARexx For Beginners (& Others) .guide
- Uploader: bunton@acay.com.au (Frank Bunton)
- Author: bunton@acay.com.au (Frank Bunton)
- Requires: Amigaguide or Multiview (See note for WB1.x below)
- Version: 2.1
- Replaces: docs/help/arexxbegn20.lha
- Type: docs/help
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- Distribution: * Commercial Magazines and CDs must request permission
- from author to include demo version.
- * Non commercially, the Demo version can be distributed
- anywhere.
- * Aminet CDs & Fish CDs may include Demo version.
-
- Description:
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- This is a set of Amigaguide documents containing (approximately):-
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- 54 Articles
- 3 Appendices
- 1 Glossary
- 230 Example ARexx scripts
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- There is about 1.24 megabyte of data so a HARD DRIVE will be required.
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- It is aimed at the beginner in ARexx but can also be used by more
- experienced programmers as a reference.
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- The articles and glossary are heavily cross referenced making it easy
- to jump from the article to an explanation of terminology or to another
- article for further information.
-
- This Aminet release (Demo Version) has a lot of the articles ENCRYPTED.
-
- Those paying the SHAREWARE fee will receive instructions for accessing
- the encrypted parts.
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- NOTE for users of Workbench 1.3 and earlier.
-
- An earlier version of ARexx For Beginners that uses a hypertext
- program that is NOT Amigaguide or Multiview is available on request
- for users of Workbench 1.3 and earlier.
-
- This is on 2 disks so it can be managed without a hard drive
-
- What "ARexx For Beginners" is NOT:- (See below for what it IS)
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- * It is NOT a replacement for the ARexx manual.
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- While every ARexx instruction and function is covered,
- "ARexx For Beginners" is not intended to be a full and definitive
- description of the format of all these instructions and
- functions. If you want that sort of thing then read the ARexx manual.
-
- * It is NOT a description of how to use the ARexx commands that
- are available in other programs. The format of those commands
- is not a part of ARexx but a part of those other programs
-
- To try to describe how to use commands available in all the
- programs that use ARexx would be an impossible task. There are
- just too many of them!
-
- So, if you want to know how to use, say, Directory Opus commands
- for ARexx scripts then you will have to read the Directory Opus
- manual.
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- If you already know how to use ARexx itself and want to know how
- to use commands specific to other programs, then "ARexx For
- Beginners" is NOT for you!!
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- What "ARexx For Beginners" IS:-
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- What "ARexx For Beginners" DOES attempt to do is to provide the beginner
- with an introduction to the use of ARexx by providing information and
- examples of the ARexx instructions and functions in a way that takes the
- user through various instructions and functions and their main options
- without getting too tied up in their format.
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- In my experience, most beginners cannot quickly understand the formats
- given in texts about ARexx. By following through these notes, it is hoped
- that the beginner can become familiar with the main options of most
- instructions and functions without needing to worry about formats.
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- So... whereas I may not always give you the FULL story about
- an ARexx instruction or function all in the one article I WILL
- attempt to cover it all by the time you have read through to the last
- article. However, if you want the full story all at once, all you need
- to do is double click on the highlighted references to follow through
- to later articles and read the whole story.
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- Frank Bunton bunton@acay.com.au http://www.acay.com.au/~bunton
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