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Short: Screen Flipper
Author: James L Boyd/Allan Vesraevel
Uploader: splayer@attcanada.ca
Type: util/misc
Version: 1.3
F l i p s i d e - v1.3
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Flipside is a tiny little PD utility (would be much smaller
in ASM, but what the heck, source is included if someone
wants to do it). Its job is simply to flip between public
screens when the middle mouse button is pressed, for those
who don't want to run MCP, MCX or anything big like that just
to do this job.
Just put it into the WBStartup drawer (or your user-startup,
if you prefer, you weirdo), and send it a ctrl-c command to
quit (use XOpa [hit Task, Signal, OK] or similar).
The only drawback is that you can't run it alongside other
programs that make use of the middle mouse button. But there
aren't exactly many of those...
It was written in Blitz (great language once you know what NOT
to do!) because several people pointed out that there didn't seem
to be anything similar available (!).
As for the name, the only relevant part is the "Flip" part - the rest
just sounds good (and it's a Breeders tune :)
Thanks to Patrick (tracerb) and all those who risked their lives
testing it :)
"Enjoy"...
Installation:
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1) Dump Flipside into your C: dir.
2) Fire up your favorite text editor.
3) Now, just before C:IPrefs add this line:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Run >NIL: C:Flipside
C:IPrefs
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
That's It! On your next boot it will become activated.
**** If you try to run Flipside from Workbench it will promptly crash!! *****
James L Boyd - Mastermind, original code (jamesboyd@all-hail.freeserve.co.uk)
Allan Versaevel - GFX Card guy who fixed and added some code (splayer@netcom.ca)
History
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1.0 - ?
1.1 - Aminet Release
1.2 - Fixed a bug that showed up on GFX cards. CPU loop occured.
Now works with GFX cards and AGA/ECS/OCS
- Program Priority is set to 2. Higher than most apps run at.
That way you can flip screens as screens as fast as you want,
even while rendering! :)
1.3 - Flipside is now CLI only. Had to do this to make Flipside OS 3.9
friendly.