Merge is a utility for maintaining and combining application or !System directories.
From time to time, Acorn may release new modules or modify existing applications to provide new or enhanced facilities. To ease the problems of updating applications Acorn supplies the Merge utility to manage this process.
Startup the Merge application by double clicking on it. A dialogue box like this will appear (it may be easier to see if you enlarge this text box):
Drag the master application to anywhere in the Merge dialogue box. The upper box (for the master application) should change to show a path name containing your master application. You should now drag the application which you wish to add to or consolidate with your master application. The pathname for this will appear in the lower box. (If you use a purely floppy based system you may have to change discs during this process. If there are no problems the applications will be consolidated and the message "Application updated" will appear. If there are problems, you should read the error messages and take appropriate actions. The only common error message you may see is "disc full" which should not occur if you are merging onto a new disc. If you have additional files on the master disc you should move them elsewhere.
If an error occurs Merge will report "Update failed. Correct problem then drag the ...". Once you have resolved the problem you can restart the merge process.
When Merge is finished you can quit the application either by menuing on the Merge window and selecting QUIT or by selecting the CLOSE (☓) icon on the window.
