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Twitcher : Version 0.10
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Twitcher is an application which slightly modifies the way the Risc OS
desktop works and in particular the way that the task manager works.
It should work with RISC OS 3.5 or above, though has only been tested
on RISC OS 3.5. It has been compressed to use as little memory as
possible, but the Source code is included.
Background
==========
Around March 1996 Acorn Clan members where asked to make suggestions
about how the desktop could be made better. One idea was to split the
task manager menu up in to different sections. This is what Twitcher
does. It replaces the standard Acorn icon with a newer, fancy icon
and IMHO a better menu structure.
Clicking SELECT on this icon opens the normal task window display but
clicking with MENU opens up a different, simplier, menu structure and
clicking with ADJUST toggles the icon bar.
New menu
========
The new menu structure is as follows;
Main menu
---------
Info => <About the Operating system window>
Command line => <Command sub menu>
Display help <Run interactive help>
Shutdown ^F12 <Shutsdown the desktop>
Command sub menu
----------------
Task window ^F12 <Opens a task window>
New task => <New task menu>
*Commands F12
Exit
All the commands that are on the standard acorn menu do the same job
except that Twitcher gives you the option of whether or not to shut
the desktop down (Though this is configured off by default).
Twitcher has the desktop save state option removed as it can cause
confusion, especially with the new Boot structure.
Dragging items on
=================
When items are dragged on to the Twitcher icon, Twitcher checks to
see whether a command has been defined. If it has been then Twitcher
issues that command to the operating system. If there isn't a command
defined then Twitcher issues the standard command.
Configuration
=============
To keep memory requirements down there is no wimp front end for the
configuration of Twitcher. All you need to do is edit the
!Twitcher.!Setup file in a text editor.
Instructions are included in the file.
Copyright
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Twitcher is copyright David McCormack, 1997 and can be freely distributed.