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- Help for !!FastDesk
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-
- !!FastDesk speeds up mounting of a disc by 'cacheing'
- the icons and booting information in two large files
- instead of the usual many little files. These two files
- can then be loaded a lot faster than many small ones.
- e.g. with 'App1', mounting now takes 5s instead of 9s.
-
- To install !!FastDesk, copy the !!FastDesk application
- onto the disc (or into the directory) you want it on,
- rename it (see below), and then run it (by double-
- clicking it's icon).
-
- You will be asked for each application on the disc in
- turn if you want to process (include) that application's
- files in the !!FastDesk files. Hit 'Y', or click Select
- to add applications. After that, the disc should be
- mounted faster.
-
- It is preferable that you rename the application when
- you copy it elsewhere, as it only 'works' the first time
- it is 'seen'. As a general convention, rename it to
- the name of the disc or directory you put it in, e.g.
- If in the root of disc 'App1', rename to !!App1
- If in a directory 'SmallApp', rename to !!SmallApp
- Note that it is necessary to precede the name with the
- '!!', so that it is the first application the filer
- 'sees', or it will be ineffective.
-
-
- If you add more applications to the disc later, then
- just re-run !!FastDesk to update it.
-
-
- NOTES: To make it work in several places properly:
- Rename the application (by clicking Menu over
- it's icon, and choosing
- 'App FastDesk ⇨ Rename'
- from the menu that appears. You can change
- it's name to anything you like, just so long
- as you leave the '!!' at the start of the name
- (It MUST be the first application the filer
- 'sees' when you open the directory or mount
- the disc !!FastDesk is on)
-
- Applications that run files or do anything
- 'nasty' in their !Boot files may cause errors
- when mounting (e.g. Attempting to load a file
- causes problems, as the !boot code is now in the
- !!FastDesk application directory, NOT where it
- THINKS it is!)- If this occurs, re-run !!FastDesk,
- and click Adjust or hit 'N' when asked if you
- want to include the offending application's boot
- information- This means that mounting will be
- slightly slower (though still faster than before).
- !!FastDesk now fakes the 'Obey$Dir' variable, so
- it is unlikely that any applications will cause
- you trouble.
-
- To make life easier when examining the !!FastDesk
- !Boot file, each application's !Boot code is
- preceded by "Application xxxx's !Boot follows:"
- -Thus, each application's !Boot code can be easily
- found, and any offending code can be swiftly dealt
- with.
-
- When compiling the !Boot files from other
- applications, !!FastDesk will replace <Obey$Dir>
- with the full pathname of the application's
- directory.
-