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-
- This utility is a desktop frontend for Twin (the brilliant text editor from
- Acorn). Any file may be loaded into Twin by dragging the file onto the
- RunTwin icon. If a Basic file is dragged onto the icon then Basic is entered
- and the command TWINO8 is performed. This means if your Basic program has any
- line which uses line numbers (ie GOTO's or GOSUB's) then this will produce an
- error. But it is very bad programming practice to use GOTO's and GOSUB's
- anyway (there is no need for them in BASIC 5), and you ought to be shot.
-
- Also the filetypes Text, Data and Basic are noticed when double clicked on.
- However as Basic programs may want to be run by double clicking on them
- instead of loading them into Twin the menu entry 'Twin Basic' allows this. If
- the entry is ticked then double clicking on a Basic program will load it into
- Twin, if it is not ticked then the program will be run.
-
- There is a difference between dragging a file onto the iconbar and double
- clicking on the file. When a file is dragged onto the iconbar the current
- directory is changed to the directory containing the file but this does not
- happen when a file is double clicked on. If the directory changing succeeded
- (it can fail if performed on the DeskFS: for example) then Twin is entered
- with the command *Twin <leafname> instead of *Twin <fullname> which is the
- case if the directory changing failed or the file was double clicked on.
-
- To enter Twin without loading a file click on the iconbar icon. If you click
- with 'Select' then Twin will be entered directly. If you click with 'adjust'
- then Twin will be entered via BASIC.
-
- Although I have tested this program fairly thoroughly I offer no guarentee
- what so ever. But please report any bugs found to me at
-
- Ian Ashley,
- 14 Whitelands Avenue,
- Chorleywood,
- HERTS.
- WD3 5RD
-
- This program is in the public domain and may be freely copied as long as no
- charges are made for it and this file is left unchanged. You may use the
- source of parts of it in your own programs as long I am credited.
-
- Yours,
- Ian Ashley (Pop Mobility Freak)
-