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- !Help file for the !Pointer application
-
- Program !Pointer
- Author M. Hendrix
- Version 2.10
-
- !Pointer is based around the EasyWimp
- program by M. Ironmonger as published in
- the RiscUser of July 1990.
-
- The problem:
-
- When you are editing text in !Edit - or
- any DTP or Word Processing package for
- that matter - it seems that the pointer
- is always in the way; obscuring a part
- of the text. So, when you want to read
- the text you have to move the pointer
- around. Additionally, it is nice to be
- able to move the pointer with greater
- accuracy (by using the cursorkeys) in
- for example !Draw. To prevent that two
- applications need to be installed to
- cater for both problems one application
- now does the trick.
-
- Installing:
-
- Double click on the pointer-icon in the
- Filer-window { (sub)-directory }. The
- application will install itself on the
- icon-bar.
-
- Usage:
-
- * Click 'Menu' over the !Pointer-icon to
- open a menu.
-
- You have only one option: "Quit" which
- obviously quits the application.
-
- * Click 'Select' or 'Adjust' over the
- !Pointer-icon to open a window.
-
- In the window you can set four options:
-
- -> Seconds until pointer disappears
- (default: 1 second): When the mouse
- remains unused longer than the entered
- time the pointer disappears. As soon as
- one of the mouse-buttons is pressed or
- the mouse is being moved even the
- slightest bit the pointer immediately
- re-appears.
-
- -> Speed in x-direction (Ctrl + Cursors)
- (default: 2 OS units): This is the
- number of OS-units by which the pointer
- is moved (to the left or the right) when
- either left or right cursor key in
- combination with [Ctrl] is pressed.
-
- -> Speed in y-direction (Ctrl + Cursors)
- (default: 2 OS-units): This is the
- number of OS-units by which the pointer
- is moved (up or down) when either up or
- down cursor key in combination with
- [Ctrl] is pressed.
-
- -> Turbo Multiplier (Shift-Ctrl + Cursors)
- (default: 2): When pressing a cursor key
- in combination with [Shift-Ctrl] the
- pointer is moved with it's speed
- multiplied by this value. I.e.: by
- default the pointer will move twice as
- fast.
-
- General Notes:
-
- * Notice that the pointer will not be
- moved when the !Pointer-window is open
- or if any application has gained the
- caret. In the latter case the cursorkeys
- will affect the position of the caret as
- would be expected.
-
- * Unlike other similar applications this
- application does NOT poke values into
- the mouse- or keyboard-buffers. It also
- does not detect the cursor-key-presses
- under interrupt or via vectors. The
- cursor-key-presses are reported to this
- application via the WIMP (i.e. the
- 'legal' way). This makes the application
- much safer to use and just as fast.
-
- * This program is based upon the
- EasyWimp application publised in
- RiscUser (Jul 1990). In order to make
- the program do what it does some
- alterations to the original EasyWimp
- source code where neccesary.
-
- * !Pointer is a Public Domain
- application and subject to copyright.
- Copyrights will not be regarded
- infringed as long as the application
- (including related files) remains as is.
- Please copy freely.
-
- * Send any suggestions, enhancements,
- bugs to:
-
- M. Hendrix
- Bergeijkstraat 17
- 5043 BD Tilburg
- The Netherlands
-
- mhe@gpa.fuji-ef.nl