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Short: ARexx For Beginners (& Others) .guide
Author: bunton@acay.com.au (Frank Bunton)
Uploader: bunton@acay.com.au (Frank Bunton)
Version: 2.0
Type: docs/help
Replaces: (this is the first Aminet release)
Requires: Amigaguide or Multiview (See note for WB1.x below)
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:
This is a set of Amigaguide documents containing (approximately):-
54 Articles
3 Appendices
1 Glossary
228 Example ARexx scripts
There is about 1.24 megabyte of data so a HARD DRIVE will be required.
It is aimed at the beginner in ARexx but can also be used by more
experienced programmers as a reference.
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.
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)
---------------------------------
* It is NOT a replacement for the ARexx manual.
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.
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!!
What "ARexx For Beginners" IS:-
-------------------------------
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.
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.
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.
Frank Bunton bunton@acay.com.au http://www.acay.com.au/~bunton
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14598 5504 62.2% 15-Mar-97 06:24:44 +01.GETTING_STARTED
9386 3653 61.0% 15-Mar-97 06:27:10 +02.PROGRAM_ELEMENTS
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2869 1295 54.8% 13-Mar-97 15:09:38 +04.NUMBERS_&_STRINGS
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77 75 2.5% 06-Apr-95 10:07:04 +Example5-1.rexx
66 66 0.0% 06-Apr-95 10:08:16 +Example5-2.rexx
104 94 9.6% 06-Apr-95 10:08:52 +Example5-3.rexx
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228 144 36.8% 06-Apr-95 10:10:20 +Example5-5.rexx
114 83 27.1% 06-Apr-95 10:10:46 +Example5-6.rexx
107 80 25.2% 06-Apr-95 10:11:14 +Example5-7.rexx
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449 207 53.8% 14-Dec-94 14:32:54 +Example7-1a.rexx
336 237 29.4% 25-Oct-96 16:10:22 +Testprogram.guide
677 419 38.1% 07-Mar-97 11:32:36 +INDEX
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1297 694 46.4% 21-Mar-97 11:22:42 +Installation_Notes
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3461 1335 61.4% 14-Mar-97 16:58:30 +Help
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110 97 11.8% 26-Feb-97 15:34:18 +Index-Demo.script
496 271 45.3% 13-Aug-94 16:44:52 +INDEX.info
13448 3790 71.8% 19-Mar-97 16:18:12 +Index.Text
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39661 5688 85.6% 19-Mar-97 16:13:48 +Index.Text-3
15404 5418 64.8% 21-Mar-97 12:24:26 +READ_ME_FIRST!!
18469 6595 64.2% 21-Mar-97 12:37:28 +Using_ARB
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