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My Best Friend !MBF: What !Help didn't tell you
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Hotkeys ?
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• To select the 'directory under the pointer'
press Ctrl and Tab simultaneously
• To bring both desktop MBF and desktop Bin to the 'front'
press RIGHT HAND Alt, Shift and Ctrl simultaneously
• f11 opens the Task Manager window
• Tab simulates a double-click with SELECT
so Shift+Tab over a file will load it at least into !Edit
• SPACE simulates a double-click with ADJUST
so Shift+SPACE over a file will load it and close 'its' directory viewer
• Pressing B sends the window under the pointer to the 'Bottom'
• Pressing T brings the window under the pointer to the 'Top'
• Pressing C Closes the window under the pointer and
un/fortunately opens that window's parent window
Most of the above won't work if MBF doesn't get a 'key pressed' event
due to the current input focus owner intercepting the relevant codes.
You can withdraw the input focus from the current owner by
- 'killing the caret' from the MBF's Caret menu (click on Caret.Kill)
- pressing RIGHT HAND Alt and Ctrl simultaneously.
Miscellany
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• The directory sprite changes on a resolution change
• The missing hand
A double-click with SELECT or ADJUST on an application directory will open
it instead of run it if the button is held down after the second click
(ADJUST also closes application window's parent window)
• 'Friend' is singular, friends is VDU 7
• MBF's state is saved in various files in !MBF.State .
'Sensible defaults' will be assumed when some are missing.
• The Bin won't delete !MBF, any objects in the !MBF directory (except
when you click on 'empty' to empty !MBF.Bin) or a parent directory of !MBF.
This 'works' by path comparison, which means that if ADFS::Disc1.$.!MBF is
running, an ADFS:$.!MBF won't be binned/deleted, since it could have been
the one currently running (insert Disc1 & say: Filer_OpenDir ADFS:$)