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Table of contents
Introduction
Preface
Requirements
Installation
Usage
Basics
Requesters
The File Requester
The Directory-Requester
The Screenmode-Requester
The Font-Requester
The Color-Requester
Entry fields
Sub-Records
Mark Songs
Control Codes
The Main Screen
The Records Window
The Pull-Down-Menu
The Record Control Window
The Song Control Window
The Note Window
The CD-Player
The Search-Window
The Selection-Window
The 'Change file'-Window
The Printing-Window
The File-Manager
The List Screen
The Pull-Down-Menu
The List Window
The Settings Screen
The Pull-Down-Menu
The Program Settings Window
The Printer Settings Window
The F-Key Settings Window
The Mixed Settings Window
The Screens Settings Window
The Path Settings Window
Introduction
Preface
Welcome to "MusicManIII V3.00"
MusicManIII is a program, to help you managing your LP-, MC-,
CD- and Single collection. Powerful features as Searching,
Selecting, List Viewing, Printing and many more will help,
i.e. print Covers for your MCs.
If you own many music articles and you need fast access to an
album or song, or if you are often asked "Do you own 'ABC'
from 'XYZ'?", you will soon love MusicManIII.
You are often searching for songs with a certain length?
Or for a song having a playing time up to (at least of)
anything?
Why don't you ask MusicManIII?
Just have a look on MusicManIII, you will not regret.
Much fun and success with MusicManIII!
Andreas Mair
Requirements
MusicManIII requires at least the following configuration:
- Amiga computer with any processor of the Motorola 680x0
series
- 1.0MB RAM
- Kickstart and Workbench V37 (AmigaDOS V2.04)
- reqtools.library V38
Recommended configuration:
- Amiga computer with at least MC68020 processor
- Harddrive
- cdplayer.library (if you want to use the integrated CD
player)
- xpkmaster.library
- xpk Sublibraries of your choice (if you want to create
packed backups)
Installation
Please uses the supplied install program.
Usage
Basics
In MusicManIII three screens may be opened:
- the main screen
- the list screen
- the preferences screen
There will be opened different windows on these screens.
After starting MusicManIII you will see the record window,
which gives you information of an album. Optionally the
windows "Record control", "Song control", "Note" and CD
player" may be open. One of these windows active, you will
get the pull down menu of the main screen while pressing and
holding the right mouse button. This pull down menu will be
described later.
If you select in this pull down menu "File" and then "Show
list..." (or shorter: "File/Show list"), the list screen and
the list window will open. In this window all records of the
current file are displayed one below the other. This screen
may also be configured, so that it will not open but all
windows that should open on it will use the main screen
instead.
Selecting "Preferences", "Set" and "Program", "Printer", "F-
Keys" or "Mixed" (or shorter: "Preferences/Set/Program" etc.)
will open the preference screen. This screen may also be
configured, so that windows that should open on it will open
on the main screen.
Requesters
MusicManIII takes use of man requesters of the
"reqtools.library" by Magnus Holmgren.
Following chapters will explain the usage of the used
requesters. If you have already work with the
"reqtools.library" and if you are familiar with its usage,
you may skip this part. All others will learn the basic
usage. For detailed information you should look up the
original documentation.
The File Requester
The file requester is used if you have to enter a file- and
path name. Following gadgets are available:
ListView-Gadget
In the big ListView-Gadget the contents of directories are
shown. You may change the appearance of this list with the
preference program for the "reqtools.library".
Files and directories are displayed in different colors.
Directories are marked with "drawer" in the right column,
too. In the right column of files the size is shown.
Pressing the left mouse button above a directory name twice
will show this directory afterwards. Pressing the left
mouse button twice above a filename will close the requester
and return the filename (including path name) to
MusicManIII.
Pattern
This entry field displays the current pattern. The ListView-
Gadget displays files only if they match this pattern.
Normally you do not have to edit this patterns because
MusicManIII offers you a pattern that fits the current
situation, for example only display preferences or
MusicManIII files.
You will find more about patterns in your AmigaDOS manual.
Entry fields
Beyond the "pattern" entry field two more entry fields are
present. The above one contains the path name shown in the
ListView-Gadget, the other one contains the current
filename. Entering a non-existent filename in the filename
field and pressing "OK" will create a new file.
Get
The current directory is read in again.
.info
This option lets you activate or deactivate the displaying
of ".info" files.
OK
Closes the requester and returns the selected file to
MusicManIII.
Volumes
A list of all available drives is shown in the ListView-
Gadget. Pressing the right mouse button above the requester
has the same effect.
Parent
This will bring you back to the parent directory.
Example
You are in "SYS:".
You click the left mouse button above "Prefs" and will
find yourself in "SYS:Prefs".
Click with the left mouse button in "Parent" to get back
to "SYS:".
Cancel
Closes the requester without returning anything to
MusicManIII.
The Directory-Requester
This requester looks like the file requester, so only the
differences are explained:
ListView-Gadget
Only directories are displayed clearly and can be selected.
Files are ghosted.
Pattern, .info
These gadgets are not available.
Entry fields
Only the path name gadget is available.
OK
Closes the requester and returns the selected path to
MusicManIII.
New, Volumes, Parent, Cancel
These gadget have the same functionality as in the file
requester.
The Screenmode-Requester
In this requester you can select the screen mode, the number
of possible colors and the width and height of the screen.
Following gadgets will help you:
ListView-Gadget
Here you will find all possible screen modes. Press the left
mouse button on the mode of your choice to select it.
Overscan
Select the overscan mode of your choice:
- Regular size
- Text size
- Graphics size
- Maximum size
Width
Enter the width of your choice in the entry field or choose
the option "Default" to get the default width.
Height
Enter the height of your choice in the entry field or choose
the option "Default" to get the default height.
Colors
Select the number of colors you like to have.
Autoscroll
If this option is active and the screen's height and/or
width is greater than the visible part of the screen, the
visible part will be scrolled depending on the position of
your mouse.
OK
Closes the requester and uses the changes.
Cancel
Closes the requester without using the changes.
The Font-Requester
In this requester you can select the font of your choice:
Following gadgets will help you:
ListView-Gadget
All available fonts are displayed. The number behind the
font's name is its the size.
Entry fields
The left entry field displays the name of the currently
selected font. The right one shows the size. If you want to
use a size which is not shown in the list you can enter it
in that entry field. The wanted size will be calculated.
Attention:
If you choose to large fonts, it may happen that some
windows will not fit in the screen. In this case the font
"topaz" with size 8 will be used.
Bold, Italic, Underline
You may set the text attributes "bold", "italics" and
"underlined" with these options.
The Color-Requester
In this requester you can change the colors. Following
gadgets are available:
Palette Colors
This gadget displays all available colors. Press the left
mouse button above the color you want to change.
Copy
Press the left mouse button above the color that should be
copied to the already selected color.
Swap
Press the left mouse button above the color that should be
exchanged with the already selected color.
Spread
Press the left mouse button above the color you want to
spread to. The color will spread from the first to the last
color.
Red, Green, Blue
Use this to set the colors wanted values.
OK
Closes the requester and uses the colors.
Undo
Undoes all made changes.
Cancel
Closes the requester without using the changes.
Entry fields
This chapter describes the entry fields used in MusicManIII.
You are confronted with entry fields every time you do an
input, for example songs or interpreters. In MusicManIII a
user friendly line editor is integrated to make this inputs
much more comfortable. The usage is compatible to the string
gadgets of the AmigaDOS while having additional features.
You will find a complete description of all keyboard commands
in the following:
Backspace
Deletes the character in the left of the cursor.
DEL
Deletes the character under the cursor..
CursorLeft
The cursor is moved one character to the left.
CursorRight
The cursor is moved one character to the right.
CursorUp
In the songs ListView-Gadget the cursor is moved one line
up. In strings gadgets the previous string gadget will be
activated.
CursorDown
In the songs ListView-Gadget the cursor is moved one line
down. In strings gadgets the next string gadget will be
activated.
Return, Enter
This leaves the current line.
If you've changed to the edit-mode with "Record/Edit"
before and you press one of these keys in a string gadget
the cursor is moved to let you enter the first song.
If you are already entering songs and you are in the most
right column (depending on your preferences) the edit-mode
will end.
ESC
Undoes all changes to the current line before leaving it.
Please read the previous paragraph to learn which gadget
is activated afterwards.
TAB
Leaves the current line.
Pressing TAB at the most right column in the songs
ListView-Gadget (depending on your preferences) will add
songs to the current list.
Shift+CursorLeft
Moves the cursor to the beginning of the line.
Shift+CursorRight
Moves the cursor the end of the line.
Shift+CursorUp
Moves the cursor to the first song of the current side.
Shift+CursorDown
Moves the cursor to the last song of the current side.
Shift+Backspace, right Amiga+Backspace
This will delete all characters from the current cursor
position to the beginning of the line.
Shift+Del, rechte Amiga+Del
This will delete all characters from the current cursor
position to the end of the line.
Shift+TAB
This leaves the current line and jumps to the previous
entry field.
Ctrl+CursorLeft
Moves the cursor to the beginning of the current word.
Ctrl+CursorRight
Moves the cursor to the beginning of the next word.
Ctrl+CursorUp
Moves the cursor to the first line of side a.
Ctrl+CursorDown
Moves the cursor to the first line of side b.
Ctrl+1, Ctrl+2, Ctrl+3
Changes the edit mode for the current line:
1: abc=abc
2: abc=ABC
3: abc=Abc
These functions are only available while editing songs.
You'll find more information on edit modes in chapter...
Ctrl+c
Exchanges the character left of the cursor with the
character under the cursor.
While typing at high speed it may happen that one enters
two letters the wrong way. Use this feature to correct
them.
Ctrl+i
Toggles between insert and overwrite mode.
Ctrl+k
This will delete all characters from the current cursor
position to the end of the line and puts it into a buffer
which can be inserted by pressing Ctrl+y.
Ctrl+q, rechte Amiga+q
Undoes all changes to the current line.
Ctrl+w
This will delete the word the cursor is placed in.
Ctrl+x, rechte Amiga+x
This deletes the contents of the current line.
Ctrl+y
This inserts the text cut with Ctrl+k.
Ctrl+u
This delete from the current cursor position to the
beginning of the line.
rechte Amiga+z
Changes the character under the cursor: lower case to
upper case and vice versa.
Alt+CursorLeft
If you are in the songs ListView-Gadget the cursor will
placed in previous left column.
Alt+CursorRight
If you are in the songs ListView-Gadget the cursor will
placed in next right column.
F-Tasten
The text set in the "F-Key" preference window is inserted.
HELP
This will show all supported shortcuts.
Shift+HELP
This will display the definition of the F-Keys.
Ctrl+HELP
If you are about to enter an interpreter or a type, this
shortcuts will open a window displaying all already
entered interpreters or types. Use the cursor keys to
select the wanted and press Return to put in the entry
field. Pressing Esc to cancel this function.
This function is only available if the options "Use
MusicManIII.Art" and "Use MusicManIII.Int" in the
"Program" preference window are active.
Sub-Records
MusicManIII offers the possibility of creating sub-records
for a record. It's useful if you want to manage double CDs.
In MusicManII every CD had to be created as a standalone
record, but now with MusicManIII you only have to create a
record and to create a sub-record for the second CD.
Sub-records are available in all modes. There is a maximum of
255 sub-records.
Mark Songs
This function should make it easier to manage medleys. In
existing CD bases there are only two ways for entering
medleys: first enter the medley name and in the following
lines enter the songs. Or you only enter the medley name.
Method 1 has the disadvantage that if you print a sorted list
of songs the songs of the medley are split. Method 2 has the
losing of information as disadvantage.
This is where "Mark Songs" comes in: enter your medleys with
name and songs, select the color (= number) for marking by
using "Song/Mark/Change color" and select for every medley
song "Song/Mark/Mark: xx". All songs marked with the same
color are managed as an unit, that means in the above
mentioned example only the medley name is used for sorting
and all contained songs would follow directly. The medley
name is the first song marked with the color.
The number of possible markings depends on the number of
colors of the main screen. On a screen with 4 colors 3 colors
are useable. The background color removes the dependency of a
song to a medley. If you want to enter more than 3 medleys
you have to increase the number of colors in the "Screens"
preference window.
Control Codes
MusicManIII uses ESC control codes for printer functions not
accessible with the "printer.device" by sending them directly
to the printer. These control codes may differ from printer
to printer. Predefined are codes needed for the "Epson LQ-
570+" (ESC-P2) printer. If your printer offers the Epson mode
(ESC-P2) no problems should occur. Otherwise you have to look
up and enter the control codes yourself.
A control code is a set of ASCII codes. You may enter them as
characters in quotations (e.g. "A"), hex number with a "$"
(e.g. $0D) or as decimal number (e.g. 27). The codes have to
be separated by commas.
As almost all control codes start with ESC you do not have to
enter it as a number (27) but you can enter ESC instead.
Example:
ESC, "M", 15
These control codes make 20cpi character width active in the
"Epson LQ-570+" printer.
The Main Screen
On the main screen the records window is always opened:
The Records Window
This window contains following entry fields:
Interpreter
The interpreter of the album. The maximum length is 30
characters.
Title
The album's title. Maximum length: 30 characters. This field
is deactivated in the single mode.
No.
The number of the album. Maximum length: 5 characters. This
field is set automatically while creating records. This
number must not be the same as the number of the record. It
is used while printing to have a consistent numbering no
matter what the sorting order's like.
If you want to load a record having a specific number, just
click into the "?"-Gadget and type the wanted number in the
opened window.
Recorded
The recording year with a maximum length of 4 characters.
While creating records this field is set to the current
year. This field is only available in the MC mode.
Released
The releasing year with a maximum length of 4 characters.
Type
The type of music of the album. Maximum length: 20
characters. This field is only available in the MC mode.
Tape
The name of the cassette. Maximum length: 10 characters.
This field is only available in the MC mode.
Additionally following gadgets are available:
Length
This field contains the calculated playing time of the shown
side.
Playing time
The rectangle contains the calculated playing time of the
whole album. In the MC mode you can set the length of the
cassette by using the Cycle-Gadget.
Dolby
With this Cycle-Gadget you can set the Dolby noise
reduction. This field is only available in the MC mode.
Source
With this Cycle-Gadget you can set the source used for
recording. This field is only available in the MC mode.
Recording methode
Here you can select the wanted record method of a CD. This
gadget is only available in the CD mode.
Cassette type
Select the wanted type of you MC. This gadget is only
available in the MC mode.
A Side / B Side
With this gadget you can select the side to show. This
gadget is not available in the MC mode.
Sub-record
With this scroll bar you can select the sub-record to show.
You will find more information on sub-records in chapter
"Sub-Records" on page 12.
^
Increases the record number. The number is increased by
(from right to left) 1, 10, 100, 1000 or 10000.
v
Decreases the record number. The number is decreased by
(from right to left) 1, 10, 100, 1000 or 10000.
F
This will show the first record.
G
This will get (load) the record with the shown number.
L
This will show the last record.
The big range with the scroll bar on the right is used to
enter the songs of an album. Every album may have a maximum
of 255 songs with 30 characters each.
The range is split into five pieces:
The first column on the left contains the number of the song
with a maximum of 3 characters. Additionally it contains the
marking of the song. You will find more information on
marking in the chapter "Mark Songs" on page 13. The second
column contains the song's name, the third the song's length
with a maximum of 5 characters (including ":"). To enter the
counter instead of the length (that is to not include ":"
automatically) you have to change the setting for "Counter
instead of Length" to "Counter" in the "Program" preference
settings. The next column contains the "beats per minute"
(BPM) with a maximum length of 3 characters. The last column
is the "special" column. It can be used to enter additional
information such as the interpreters of the songs of a sample
CD or the composers. A maximum of 30 characters is available.
To edit a song's name, length, the BPM or the special entry
press the left mouse button above the corresponding column of
the song. Pressing the left mouse button above song's number
the corresponding song is made the current one, that is it
will be displayed with an other color and the functions of
the "Song" pull-down-menu and of the song control window use
it for there operations.
The Pull-Down-Menu
The pull-down-menu is displayed if you press the right mouse
button. The screen's title will change and "Project Record
Song File Macros Settings" is shown. If you move the mouse's
cursor onto one of these words while still pressing the right
mouse button more menu items will appear depending on the
mouse's position. These items may display sub-item or start
functions if you release the right mouse button above them.
If an item's name ends with "..." it means that selecting (=
releasing the mouse button) it will open a dialogue window.
If it ends with "?" it means that this is an option that may
be set active (with a checkmark) or inactive (without a
checkmark). The status toggles every time you select this
item. If an item's name displays ">>" at its right side it
means that sub-items will appear if you keep holding the left
mouse button while you point at it.
After explaining the basics of using pull-down-menus the
single items will be explained.
Project
Following items are available:
Create MC
This function is not yet available.
Import
This function is not yet available.
Export
This function is not yet available.
Print
The "Printing" dialogue will be opened. You can output the
record(s) on your printer or in an ASCII file. This window
is explained in chapter "The Printing-Window" on page 33.
About
More sub-items are available:
File
This will display the current mode, filename, number of
records in this file, number of records of all files of
the current mode, the number of selected records and the
input done with "Lent to".
Program
The program's name, version, copyright and the name of the
ARexx port are displayed.
Author
The program's name, version, copyright and the authors
name and address are displayed.
User
The registered version will display name, address and
registration number of the user.
The demo release will display the name of the FD series
the key was created for and the limits for records and
files that are supported and the day of expire, if any.
Distribution
The current distribution notes are displayed.
Iconify
All windows on the main screen and the main screen itself
are closed and as much memory as possible is freed.
Additionally a small window named "MusicManIII" is opened
on the workbench. To get back into MusicManIII activate the
window with a mouse click and then press the right mouse
button. To quit MusicManIII directly press the left mouse
button above the window's Close-Gadget and confirm the
security check.
Help-Mode
This will toggle the help mode. With the help mode set
active selecting functions (menu items, gadgets) will show
an explaining help text for it.
Close Workbench
With this option you may close the workbench and free some
memory. If there is a program's window opened it can't be
closed. If there happens an error while opening or closing
MusicManIII will tell you in a message.
Quit Program
This will quit MusicManIII after a security check. If you
change the current record and didn't save it yet,
MusicManIII will save it, ask you or do nothing, depending
on your settings. Changed settings will be saved too.
Record
The following items are available:
Load
A window will open where you can enter the number of the
record you want to load.
Save
This will save the shown record. This item is only
available if the record has changed.
Lend
A window will open where you can enter the name of the
person you lent the current album to. Returning an empty
string will set the field to "Nobody".
Enter
The edit mode is activated. The cursor is set into the
"Interpreter" entry field and you can jump to the next
entry field by pressing TAB or CursorDown. Press SHIFT+TAB
or CursorUp to jump to the previous entry field. Press
RETURN to jump to the entering of first song. As long as
you use TAB to jump to the next line songs will be added.
Press RETURN to quit the edit mode. Please note that RETURN
only has this function if the next entry field is in the
next line and not if there are still columns to skip to
(the number of available columns depends on your settings).
Clear
This will clear all entry fields, sub-records and songs.
Create
All entry fields, sub-records and songs are cleared and the
edit mode (see above) is activated. If you press RETURN to
quit the edit mode the record will be saved. The record is
sorted into the file so that the sorting order for
interpreter and title still is OK. The entry field "No." is
set to the new numbers of records.
Sub-record
This items displays two sub-items:
Create
A sub-record is appended.
Delete
The shown sub-record is deleted. If it's the last one it
can't be deleted with this function. Use "Record/Delete"
therefor.
You'll get more information on sub-records in chapter "Sub-
Records" on page 12.
Delete
The current record will be deleted after a security check.
Copy
This function is not yet available.
Undo
This function is not yet available.
Control window
This option will toggle the record control window. The
status of this option is saved in the preferences and is
available after the next program start. The record control
window is described in the chapter "The Record Control
Window" on page 25.
Note window
This option toggles the note window. The status of this
option is saved in the preferences and is available after
the next program start. The note window is described in the
chapter "The Note Window" on page 27.
CD-Player
This option toggles the CD player. The status of this
option is saved in the preferences and is available after
the next program start. The CD player is described in the
chapter "The CD-Player" on page 28.
Song
The following items are available:
Mark
Following sub-items are shown:
Mark
The current song is marked with the number of the color
shown behind "Mark". You'll find more information in
chapter "Mark Songs" on page 13.
Change color
You can change the color songs are marked with in the
color requester. You'll get more information in chapter
"The Color-Requester" on page 8.
Append
A new song is appended to the existing list. A maximum of
255 songs are allowed per side.
Insert
A new song is inserted before the current song. A maximum
of 255 songs are allowed.
Delete
This deletes the current song.
Up
The current song is moved up a position in the list.
Down
The current song is moved down a position in the list.
Control window
This option will toggle the song control window. The status
of this option is saved in the preferences and is available
after the next program start. The song control window is
described in the chapter "The Song Control Window" on page
26.
File
The following items are available_
Load
A window is opened to open another MusicManIII file and to
change the mode. This window is described in chapter "The
'Change file'-Window" on page 32.
Show list
The list window is opened. Depending on your settings it
will open on the additionally opened list screen or on the
main screen. This window is described in the chapter "The
List Screen" on page 36.
Sort
This function is not yet available.
Search
The "Search"-window will open. You can search for
interpreters, titles, songs, song length, types and free
time. You'll get more information in the chapter "The
Search-Window" on page 29.
Selection
More menu items are displayed:
Create
The "Select"-window will open. You can select
interpreters, titles, types and releasing years. This
window is described in chapter "The Selection-Window" on
page 31.
Free
The selection is freed. You'll working with the whole file
afterwards.
Save as
You can save the selection to another file. Chose path and
filename in the file-requester. The new created file will
be added to the files list so that you can open it later.
You'll get more information on the file-requester in the
chapter "The File Requester" on page 3.
Create
Additional items will be shown:
- MusicManIII.Int
- MusicManIII.Art
These functions are not yet available.
Save
Additional items will be shown:
- Index
- MusicManIII.Int
- MusicManIII.Art
These function are not yet available.
Manager
The "File-Manager"-window will open. You can add, delete,
reorganise files, make backups, append files to the current
file and change filename and path. You'll find more
information in chapter "The File-Manager" on page 35.
Macros
These functions are not yet available.
- Start learning
- Stop learning
- Assign Macro
- Load
- Save
Settings
The following items are available:
Create Icons
With this option you can chose whether to create icons to
new created MusicManIII files or not.
Therefor the following icons are needed in
"ENV:MusicManIII/":
- def_MC.info
- def_CD.info
- def_Lp.info
- def_Single.info
Set
The following sub-items pop up:
Program
The Program-Settings-Window will open. It'll be described
in the chapter "The Program Settings Window" on page 41.
Printer
The Printer-Settings-Window will open. It'll be described
in the chapter "The Printer Settings Window" on page 43.
F-Keys
The F-Key-Settings-Window will open. It'll be described in
the chapter "The F-Key Settings Window" on page 44.
Mixed
The Mixed-Settings-Window will open. It'll be described in
the chapter "The Mixed Settings Window" on page 45.
Depending on your settings for the preferences screen these
windows will open on the preferences screen or on the main
screen.
Last saved
The settings saved in the file
"ENVARC:MusicManIII/MusicManIII.Prefs" are set.
Default
The settings saved in MusicManIII itself are set. The
settings "number of files", "filename" and "number of
records" aren't changed.
Load
Select the MusicManIII settings you want to set in the file-
requester. You'll find more information on the file-
requester in the chapter "The File Requester" on page 3.
Save
The current settings are saved in
"ENV:MusicManIII/MusicManIII.Prefs" and
"ENVARC:MusicManIII/MusicManIII.Prefs".
Save as
Select the file the current settings should be saved in in
the file-requester. You'll find more information on the
file-requester in the chapter "The File Requester" on page
3.
The Record Control Window
The following functions are available:
Load
A window will open where you can enter the number of the
record you want to load.
Create
All entry fields, sub-records and songs are cleared and the
edit mode (see above) is activated. If you press RETURN to
quit the edit mode the record will be saved. The record is
sorted into the file so that the sorting order for
interpreter and title still is OK. The entry field "No." is
set to the new numbers of records.
Delete
The current record will be deleted after a security check.
Clear
Alle Eingabefelder werden gelöscht bzw. auf "0" gesetzt.
Alle Songs werden ebenfalls gelöscht.
Enter
The edit mode is activated. The cursor is set into the
"Interpreter" entry field and you can jump to the next entry
field by pressing TAB or CursorDown. Press SHIFT+TAB or
CursorUp to jump to the previous entry field. Press RETURN
to jump to the entering of first song. As long as you use
TAB to jump to the next line songs will be added. Press
RETURN to quit the edit mode. Please note that RETURN only
has this function if the next entry field is in the next
line and not if there are still columns to skip to (the
number of available columns depends on your settings).
Save
This will save the shown record. This item is only available
if the record has changed.
Undo
This function is not yet available.
Lend to
A window will open where you can enter the name of the
person you lent the current album to. Returning an empty
string will set the field to "Nobody".
Note
This option toggles the note window. The status of this
option is saved in the preferences and is available after
the next program start. The note window is described in the
chapter "The Note Window" on page 27.
Copy
This function is not yet available.
Create SR
A sub-record is appended to the current record.
You'll find more information on sub-records in the chapter
"Sub-Records" on page 12.
The Song Control Window
Following functions are available:
Mark
The color-requester will open where you can select the color
you want to use to mark the current song. You'll find more
information on the color requester in the chapter "The Color-
Requester" on page 8. Read the chapter "Mark Songs" on page
13 to learn more about marking songs.
Append
A new song will be appended to the existing list. A maximum
of 255 songs is allowed.
Insert
A new song will be inserted the existing list before the
current song. A maximum of 255 songs is allowed.
Delete
This will delete the current song.
Up
The current song is moved up one position in the list.
Down
The current song is moved down one position in the list.
The Note Window
In MusicManIII it is possible to add a note to every record.
These notes can be up to 255 lines long with 255 characters
each line. You can anything you want as a note, e.g. what's
necessary for you but MusicManIII does not yet support.
The note is displayed in the big ListView-Gadget. To alter
the it click into the "Edit"-Gadget. The editor set in the
environment variable "EDITOR" will be started. Close the
window by using the "OK"-Gadget the use the changes or by
using "Cancel" to use them not.
The CD-Player
MusicManIII now also contains a simple CD player. If your
Amiga is equipped with a CD-ROM drive, you can play music
CDs. The available gadgets are described in the following:
|>
Start playing.
[]
Stop playing
||
Toggle pause mode.
<<
Fast backward.
>>
Fast forward.
|<
Jump to the previous song.
>|
Jump to the next song.
^
Eject CD.
Read in
The length of the songs of the inserted CD are read and
copied into the songs ListView-Gadget.
The Search-Window
In this window you can enter search patterns to find a
specific record. You can enter patterns for the following
fields:
Interpreter
The wanted interpreter.
Title
The album's title. This entry field is not available in the
Single mode.
Song
The wanted song.
Length
The song length to search for. Enter the length and end your
entry with "+" to find lengths greater or end with "-" to
find lengths lower than your entry. To find the exact length
you'll have to enter only the wanted length.
Type
The wanted type of music.
Free time
This entry field is only available in the MC mode. A
cassette is looked for that only has the entered time free.
End your entry with "+" to find free times greater or end
with "-" to find free times lower than your entry. To find
the exact free time you'll have to enter only the wanted
length.
You'll find more information on patterns in your AmigaDOS
manual.
Furthermore the following gadgets are available:
Range
Select the range to search:
Beginning-End
Searches the whole file from the first to the last record.
Beginning-current Position
Searches the file from the beginning to the current record.
current Position-End
Searches the file from the current record to last one.
Direction
The direction of searching:
Forward
Searches from the lower to the upper limit.
Backward
searches from the upper to the lower limit.
File(s)
This function is not yet available.
After you've done all your entries end settings press "OK" to
start searching or press "Cancel" if you don't want to
search.
If a record is found you are asked if it is the wanted and
you want to stop searching or if you are looking for another
one and therefor want to continue searching. If no record is
found the record shown before searching was started is shown
again.
The Selection-Window
With this function you can select your file, i.e. you don't
have to work with the complete file but with a selection. Use
the following gadget to create your selection:
Interpreter, Title, Type, Released
Enter a valid pattern. You'll get more information on
patterns in your AmigaDOS manual.
Start selection with "OK". Press "Cancel" if you don't want
to select. To work with whole file again you have to free the
selection. Use "File/Selection/Free" or
"Project/Selection/Free" if you are on the list screen.
The 'Change file'-Window
In this window you can change the current file and mode.
Chose the wanted mode by clicking the corresponding gadget
"LP", "MC", "CD" or "Single". Then select the wanted file in
the ListView-Gadget.
Press "OK" to load the selected file or "Cancel" to abort.
The Printing-Window
Use this function to output the shown record or the current
file on your printer or in an ASCII-file. Following gadgets
are available:
Quality
Select the wanted quality of printing:
- (N)LQ
- Draft
You can set the default of this gadget in the "Printer"
settings window.
80 chars/line (Std=69)
Use this option if you want to print with a condensed
writing. If this option is active in a line of a MC cover 80
characters instead of 69 are printed. You can set the
default of this option in the "Printer" settings window.
Sort-Mode
This function is not yet available. The output is always
sorted for interpreters and titles.
Select
This function is not yet available.
Output to
You can chose if you want output to the printer or into a
file. If output goes to a file you can enter a filename in
the "Filename" entry field. The default is the path name and
filename of the current file with the suffix ".prt" instead
of ".mm3".
Filename
Enter the path name and filename or select it in the file-
requester that opens if you press the "?" gadget.
Mode
Select what you want to output:
Record
The current record is output. In the MC mode the printing
can be used as a MC cover.
List
All records of the current file are output as a list. The
first column shows the number of the record (that one you
entered in the "No.:" entry field). Then the interpreter,
title and type are output. You can disable the output of
the number in the "Printer" settings window.
In the MC mode the output for each record uses two lines.
The first one contains the data of the A side, the second
one those of the B side without repeating number or play-
ing time.
In the single mode the first song name is output instead
of the title.
Format
This function is not yet available.
What to output
This function is not yet available.
Range
This function is not yet available.
Print
This will start the output. The "Printer" window is closed
afterwards.
Settings
The "Printer" settings window will open. You'll find more
information on this window in the chapter "The Printer
Settings Window" on page 43.
Cancel
Closes the "Printer" window without printing.
The File-Manager
The List Screen
On this screen a window will open showing the current file as
a list. This screen contains the following pull-down-menu:
The Pull-Down-Menu
Project
Selection
Additional sub-items are shown:
Create
The "Select"-window will open. You can select
interpreters, titles, types or the year of release. This
window is described in the chapter "...
Free
The selection is freed. Afterwards you will work again
with the whole file.
Save as
Use this function to save the current selection to a file.
Chose the wanted path and filename in file-requester. The
newly created file will be appended to mode's file list so
that you can load it later. You'll find more information
on the file-requester in the chapter "The File Requester"
on page 3.
First record to show
A window will pop up where you can enter the number of the
record you want to be displayed in the first line of the
list.
Show first page
Use this to display the list beginning with the first
record.
Show last page
Use this to display the list ending with the last record.
How much records are shown above depends on the screen's
height and the font's height.
Information
A window will open displaying the following information:
Records
The number of records in the current file.
Selected
The number of selected records.
Interpreter, Title, Type, Released
The patterns for the selection are shown.
Help-Mode
This will toggle the help mode. With the help mode set
active selecting functions (menu items, gadgets) will show
an explaining help text for it.
Quit
The window and screen are closed without loading a new
record.
The List Window
In this window the contents of the current file is listed.
The first column will show the number of the record, the
second one contains the interpreters, the next one the title
of the album and the last one shows the type of music.
In the Single mode the first song is displayed instead of the
album's title.
In the MC mode each record is displayed in two lines. The
first one contains the data of the A side, the second one
displays those of the B side without showing the record's
number twice.
If you move the mouse's pointer above the list, the record
under the pointer is hilighted. Press the left mouse button
to close the window and the screen and load that record in
the record window.
The following gadgets are present:
<<<<
Moves back 1000 pages.
<<<
Moves back 100 pages.
<<
Moves back 10 pages.
<
Moves back 1 page.
>
Moves forward 1 page.
>>
Moves forward 10 pages.
>>>
Moves forward 100 pages.
>>>>
Moves forward 1000 pages.
The Settings Screen
This chapter describes the various settings of MusicManIII.
The settings are done in four windows which are described in
the following.
Each window contains three gadget with the same function:
Save
This will close the screen and the window. The settings are
saved in ENV:MusicManIII/MusicManIII.Prefs" and
"ENVARC:MusicManIII/MusicManIII.Prefs".
Use
This will close the screen and the window. The settings are
saved in ENV:MusicManIII/MusicManIII.Prefs".
Cancel
This will close the screen and the window without saving the
settings.
Each window contains the same pull-down-menu, too, which is
described in the following:
The Pull-Down-Menu
Project
Open
The file-requester will open where you can select the file
which MusicManIII settings are to be set. You'll find more
information on the file-requester in the chapter "The File
Requester" on page 3.
Save
The current settings are saved in
"ENVARC:MusicManIII/MusicManIII.Prefs" and
"ENV:MusicManIII/MusicManIII.Prefs".
Save as
The file-requester will open and you can select the file in
that the current settings should be saved. You'll find more
information on the file-requester in the chapter "The File
Requester" on page 3.
Quit
The window and screen are closed without using the changes.
Edit
Default
The settings saved in MusicManIII itself are set. The
settings "number of files", "filename" and "number of
records" aren't changed.
Last saved
The settings saved in the file
"ENVARC:MusicManIII/MusicManIII.Prefs" are set.
Undo all
All changes made in the current settings window are undone.
Undo
The last made change is undone.
Options
Create Icons
With this option you can chose whether to create icons to
new created MusicManIII files or not.
Therefor the following icons are needed in
"ENV:MusicManIII/":
- def_MC.info
- def_CD.info
- def_Lp.info
- def_Single.info
The Program Settings Window
In this window's upper left group you can select the mode and
file that should be opened after starting MusicManIII. First
click on "LP", "MC", "CD" or "Single" to chose the mode and
then select the wanted file on the ListView-Gadget.
In the upper right group the following gadgets are present:
Startup
Here you can select the behaviour of MusicManIII after
starting up:
Load first
Load the first record.
Load last
Load the last record.
Append
You may start entering a new record.
Show list
Open the list window.
Save-Mode
Here you can select MusicManIII's behaviour if a record has
been edited but not saved yet, but after the current action
the changes would be lost. The following possibilities are
available:
Automatic
Records are always saved automatically.
Ask
This will remind the user whether he wants to save the
record now or not.
User
The user has to care for saving the records himself.
MusicManIII does not warn if changes will get lost.
Input-Mode
Here you can set MusicManIII's behaviour if you have to
enter songs and special-fields:
abc=abc
MusicManIII will not alter your inputs.
abc=ABC
MusicManIII will alter your inputs to upper case.
abc=Abc
MusicManIII will alter every first letter of a word to
upper case.
Close Workbench
Here you can set whether MusicManIII should close the
Workbench at start-up or not. A closed Workbench will give
you a little more memory. If closing fails, because some
programs have still opened windows on it, an error message
will be given.
Case Sensitive
Use this option to set whether MusicManIII should search and
select case sensitive or not. If this option is active
"Text" and "TEXT" are different words.
Input Song Length
Here you can set whether you want to enter the song's length
or not.
Input BPM
Here you can set whether you want to enter the "beats per
minute" (BPM) to each song or not.
Input Special fields
Here you can set whether you want to enter the special field
to every song or not.
In the lower group you can do the following settings:
Input Length/Counter
Here you can set whether you want to enter the MC's counter
or the song's length in the MC mode. If the settings is
"Length" your inputs will automatically inserted a colon.
Use MusicManIII.Int
This function is not yet available.
Use MusicManIII.Art
This function is not yet available.
Auto-Load records
Use this option to specify whether you want records to load
automatically or not. If this option is on every time you
change the record's number with the arrow gadget the record
with the new number gets loaded. That means you do not have
to use the "G"-gadget anymore.
The Printer Settings Window
In the Printer Settings Window you can change settings for
printing. The following gadgets are available:
Quality
The Quality of printing:
(N)LQ
Draft
Print record numbers
Use this option to set whether record numbers are to output
or not.
Print list numbers
User this option to set whether record numbers are to output
in the list mode or not.
80 chars per line (Default=69)
Use this option to set whether a condensed writing should be
used for printing or not. If this option is on 80 characters
instead of 69 are printed in one line of a MC cover.
Skip Perforation
Use this option to set whether the perforation of fanfold
paper should be skipped or not.
Center printing
Use this option to set whether you want to print your lists
centred or not.
ESC-Codes
MusicManIII uses some function of the printer directly
without the "printer.device" because the "printer.device"
does not support them. You'll find more information on ESC
codes in the chapter "Control Codes" on page 14. Currently
the following codes are used:
Condensed
This control code should set a font with 20cpi (Characters
per inch) on your printer. It is used to print 80 instead
of 69 characters in one line of a MC cover.
The F-Key Settings Window
In this setting window you can define your F-Keys. You can
define any text on them that should be inserted if you press
that key in an entry field.
The following gadgets are available:
F1-F10
Enter the wanted text here. Please check the "Qualifier"-
Gadget to enter the text for the right qualifier.
Qualifier
Select the qualifier that has to be pressed together with
the F-Key here. The following qualifiers are available:
- None
- Shift
- Ctrl
- Alt
- right Amiga
Print F-Keys
This function will print the current F-Key definition on
your printer after performing a request.
The Mixed Settings Window
In this window you can set the values of the Cycle-Gadget
- Sources
- Dolby
- Playing times
- Cassette types
- Recording methods
in the main window. The usage is equal for every group:
ListView-Gadget
Select the wanted entry here.
String-Gadget
Alter the selected entry here.
New
Use this to add a new entry and then enter the text in the
String-Gadget.
Del
This will delete the selected entry.
Up
Use this to move the selected entry up one position in the
list.
Down
Use this to move the selected entry down one position in the
list.
Additionally the following two gadgets are available:
Screen Preferences
A window will open where you can pre-set the screens
MusicManIII uses. You'll find a description of this window
in the chapter "The Screens Settings Window" on page 46.
Path Preferences
A window will open where you can set the help's, macro's and
file's path. You'll find a description of this window in the
chapter "The Path Settings Window" on page 47.
The Screens Settings Window
In this window you can define the screens MusicManIII uses.
The following gadgets are available:
Main screen, List screen, Prefs screen
Select the screen for that you want to change the settings.
Screenmode
The Screenmode-Requester opens where you can select the
wanted screenmode. This gadget is only available if the
option "Open on main screen" is on. You'll find more
information in the chapter "The Screenmode-Requester" on
page 5.
Font
The Font-Requester opens where you can select the wanted
font. This gadget is only available if the option "Open on
main screen" is on. You'll find more information in the
chapter "The Font-Requester" on page 7. This gadget is not
available if the option "Open on main screen" is on.
Colors
The Color-Requester opens where you can set the screen's
palette. You'll find more information on the chapter "The
Color-Requester" on page 8. This gadget is not available if
the option "Open on main screen" is on.
Open on main screen
If this option is on the depending screen will not open but
all windows that are to open on it are opened on the main
screen. This option is not available if you are doing the
settings for the main screen.
Public Screen
Use this option if you want the screen to be a public
screen. On public screens other programs can open there
windows.
The following screen names are used:
Main screen: "MMIII"
List screen: "MMIII_List"
Preferences screen: "MMIII_Prefs"
Clone Workbench
If this option is on the screen will be opened with the same
settings as the Workbench.
OK
This closes the window and uses the changes.
Cancel
This closes the window without using the changes.
The Path Settings Window
In this window you can set the paths MusicManIII should use.
You can enter the path name by using the keyboard or you can
select it by using the Directory-Requester that pop up when
you click in the "?"-Gadget. You'll get more information on
the usage of the Directory-Requester in the chapter "The
Directory-Requester" on page 5.
MusicManIII allows you to pre-set the following paths:
Default Path
The path to your MusicManIII files.
Help Path
The path to the MusicManIII online help file.
Macro Path
The path to your MusicManIII-ARexx-Pograms.
Close the window with "OK" to use the changes or with
"Cancel" to lose the changes.