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Readme for "MegaClip" version .01
OBLIGATORY DISCLAIMER:
The author takes no responsibility for any loss of
data, hardware failure or other misfortune that
may befall the user as a direct or indirect result
of using this software. Use of the software
constitutes acknowledgement of, and agreement to
the above.
Hi. This is the first release of MegaClip and it
is still basically a beta. I'm looking for feedback
as to how useful the program is, which features need
work, and what new features or options would be
useful. Also, does the layout make sense? How would
you improve it? And of course... I love to hear about
whatever bugs, crashes, or whatever else you encounter.
Basically, if anyone who is currently using another
clipboard utility (ManyClip, other?) tries MegaClip
and does not switch to it full time, I want to know
WHY!!!
MegaClip is currently freeware and will remain so until
at least version 1.0. In the future, I may create a
shareware or commercial version with _additional features_
if there seems to be enough interest/demand.
Finally, I did not include any sort of installation
utility with this release, but hey... if you found and
downloaded this thing, I imagine you can create a
program object for yourself. I suggest placing it
(or a shadow) into your startup folder.
Contents:
- Introduction
- Using MegaClip
- Known bugs
- Future plans
- Contacting the author
Introduction:
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MegaClip is a utility to manage multiple OS/2 PM
clipboards. It is inspired in part by the IBM EWS
program "ManyClip", as well as by a Windows 3.1
program I used Looong ago (but have forgotten the
name of now). MegaClip's key feature over ManyClip
is its ability to handle bitmaps and metafiles in
addition to text. Other benefits include the ability
to view more than one clipboard at a time (multiple
windows), to view details about the clip (date, time,
size, etc), and to 'hold' one clip in the system
clipboard -- even while copying other clips. Clips
may be stored within the main program window or placed
directly on the desktop and it is possible to turn
off 'Auto-Retrieve' so that only desired clips are
retained. These features are briefly explained below.
*Note: MegaClip currently saves only the last 20 clips
when the program is closed. More options are on the
way....
Using MegaClip:
---------------
- Show/Hide Container
LOCATION: main window popup menu
toggles visibility of information window
- Free floating clips
LOCATION: main window popup menu
toggles clip location between desktop and
MegaClip window -- which may then (optionally)
be resized -smaller- until it acts like a
toolbar.
- Auto retrieve
LOCATION: main window popup menu
toggles automatic clipboard retrieval when a
new item is placed in system clipboard.
- Retrieve now
LOCATION: main window popup menu
Copies system clipboard to a new clip.
- Place in clipboard
LOCATION: clip's popup menu
*SHORTCUT: double click anywhere in the clip
Copies selected clip to system clipboard.
- Hold in clipboard
LOCATION: clip's popup menu
holds the current clip in system clipboard,
even after another item is copied by the user.
- Save as...
LOCATION: clip's popup menu
Allows clip to be saved in user specified
location.
- Remove
LOCATION: clip's popup menu
Removes/Destroys/Deletes the selected clip.
(Gets rid of it!)
- Find...
LOCATION: _TEXT_ clip's popup menu
Find's text in the current clip ONLY. (so far)
Selected text will automatically appear in the
find dialog.
*Note: 'Replace' is only enabled if clip is
currently being edited.
- Edit text
LOCATION: _TEXT_ clip's popup menu
allows text in the clip to be edited. Clip
background will turn yellow to indicate editing
is in progress. 'Edit text' must be selected
again for changes to take effect.
- Wrap text
LOCATION: _TEXT_ clip's popup menu
toggles text wrapping on/off
- Keep proportional
LOCATION: _BITMAP_ clip's popup menu
toggles proportional display of bitmap.
(Default is scaled to window size)
- View [Icon or Name or Text or Detail and Mini icons]
LOCATION: Container (information) window popup menu
selects desired display view
- Hide
LOCATION: Container (information) window popup menu
Hides the container window
- Cascade diagonally
LOCATION: toolbar
cascades the open clips diagonally
- Cascade vertically
LOCATION: toolbar
cascades the open clips vertically at full horizontal
width
- Tile
LOCATION: toolbar
tiles open clips
- Minimize
LOCATION: toolbar
minimizes open clips
- Up/Down arrows
LOCATION: toolbar
Moves up/down to next available clip and opens
unopened clip windows.
- Find active clip
LOCATION: toolbar
Locates (opens and/or brings to front) the clip
that is currently active in the system clipboard.
- Exit
LOCATION: toolbar, menus
Closes the program and saves current clips
Known bugs:
- Metafiles display as black windows.
*note: clipboard operations still work,
it is just a display problem.
- Minimized clips do not restore properly at startup
- Container window sometimes does not arrange icons
properly or corrupts the scrollbar when changing
views
Future plans:
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Planned Improvements (near term):
- Search finds text in ALL clips
- Settings notebook with default values for items
(proportional, wrap text, etc)
- Options for maximum memory usage by clip Type,
and maximum disk usage by clip Type.
- better threading (clipboard retrieval, file operations)
- Printing
- Keyboard accelerators
- Clip's name user modifiable
Planned Improvements (eventually, maybe...)
- 'Send to' option (e-mail)
- drag/drop operations
- multiple item selection in container
Contacting the author:
---------------------
Dan Libby
dandaman@aloha.com
http://cjb.ico.net/~dan
Last resort: 408-637-5210