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- Short: ARexx For Beginners (& Others) .guide
- Author: bunton@acay.com.au (Frank Bunton)
- Uploader: bunton@acay.com.au (Frank Bunton)
- Version: 2.1
- Type: docs/help
- Replaces: docs/help/arexxbegn20.lha
- Requires: Amigaguide or Multiview (See note for WB1.x below)
-
- Distribution: * Commercial Magazines and CDs must request permission
- from author to include demo version.
- * Non commercially, the Demo version can be distributed
- anywhere.
- * Aminet CDs & Fish CDs may include Demo version.
-
- Description:
-
- This is a set of Amigaguide documents containing (approximately):-
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- 54 Articles
- 3 Appendices
- 1 Glossary
- 230 Example ARexx scripts
-
- There is about 1.24 megabyte of data so a HARD DRIVE will be required.
-
- It is aimed at the beginner in ARexx but can also be used by more
- experienced programmers as a reference.
-
- The articles and glossary are heavily cross referenced making it easy
- to jump from the article to an explanation of terminology or to another
- article for further information.
-
- This Aminet release (Demo Version) has a lot of the articles ENCRYPTED.
-
- Those paying the SHAREWARE fee will receive instructions for accessing
- the encrypted parts.
-
- NOTE for users of Workbench 1.3 and earlier.
-
- An earlier version of ARexx For Beginners that uses a hypertext
- program that is NOT Amigaguide or Multiview is available on request
- for users of Workbench 1.3 and earlier.
-
- This is on 2 disks so it can be managed without a hard drive
-
- What "ARexx For Beginners" is NOT:- (See below for what it IS)
- ---------------------------------
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- * It is NOT a replacement for the ARexx manual.
-
- While every ARexx instruction and function is covered,
- "ARexx For Beginners" is not intended to be a full and definitive
- description of the format of all these instructions and
- functions. If you want that sort of thing then read the ARexx manual.
-
- * It is NOT a description of how to use the ARexx commands that
- are available in other programs. The format of those commands
- is not a part of ARexx but a part of those other programs
-
- To try to describe how to use commands available in all the
- programs that use ARexx would be an impossible task. There are
- just too many of them!
-
- So, if you want to know how to use, say, Directory Opus commands
- for ARexx scripts then you will have to read the Directory Opus
- manual.
-
- If you already know how to use ARexx itself and want to know how
- to use commands specific to other programs, then "ARexx For
- Beginners" is NOT for you!!
-
- What "ARexx For Beginners" IS:-
- -------------------------------
-
- What "ARexx For Beginners" DOES attempt to do is to provide the beginner
- with an introduction to the use of ARexx by providing information and
- examples of the ARexx instructions and functions in a way that takes the
- user through various instructions and functions and their main options
- without getting too tied up in their format.
-
- In my experience, most beginners cannot quickly understand the formats
- given in texts about ARexx. By following through these notes, it is hoped
- that the beginner can become familiar with the main options of most
- instructions and functions without needing to worry about formats.
-
- So... whereas I may not always give you the FULL story about
- an ARexx instruction or function all in the one article I WILL
- attempt to cover it all by the time you have read through to the last
- article. However, if you want the full story all at once, all you need
- to do is double click on the highlighted references to follow through
- to later articles and read the whole story.
-
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Frank Bunton bunton@acay.com.au http://www.acay.com.au/~bunton
-
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- ============================= Archive contents =============================
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- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
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- 54272 18392 66.1% 07-Jan-98 15:59:16 +Glossary
- 3461 1334 61.4% 07-Jan-98 15:59:44 +Help
- 222 161 27.4% 26-Feb-97 15:41:02 +Index-Demo.guide
- 110 97 11.8% 26-Feb-97 15:34:18 +Index-Demo.script
- 496 271 45.3% 13-Aug-94 16:44:52 +INDEX.info
- 15603 5544 64.4% 13-Jan-98 09:19:40 +READ_ME_FIRST!!
- 18503 6600 64.3% 13-Jan-98 09:23:08 +Using_ARB
- 1762 853 51.5% 21-Mar-97 08:33:56 +Path_Setting
- 1627 344 78.8% 21-Mar-97 08:27:36 +Path_Setting.info
- 1680 374 77.7% 21-Mar-97 08:27:12 +Articles_01-10.info
- 18674 6399 65.7% 07-Jan-98 11:16:30 +03.COMMAND_UTILITIES
- 677 419 38.1% 07-Jan-98 16:05:40 +INDEX
- 2196 337 84.6% 21-Mar-97 13:42:56 +INDEX.info
- 1309 700 46.5% 14-Jan-98 11:26:12 +Installation_Notes
- 1627 342 78.9% 21-Mar-97 08:27:32 +Installation_Notes.info
- 13459 3791 71.8% 07-Jan-98 16:27:50 +Index.Text
- 49507 7251 85.3% 18-Mar-97 09:18:44 +Index.Text-2
- 39661 5688 85.6% 19-Mar-97 16:13:48 +Index.Text-3
- 14598 5504 62.2% 07-Jan-98 11:15:42 +01.GETTING_STARTED
- 9386 3652 61.0% 07-Jan-98 11:16:08 +02.PROGRAM_ELEMENTS
- 23496 8267 64.8% 07-Jan-98 11:18:02 +07.SYMBOLS_INTRO
- 57 57 0.0% 01-Jun-95 10:04:36 +Example3-3
- 466 235 49.5% 13-Aug-94 16:51:12 +Example3-3.info
- 202 168 16.8% 02-Aug-95 13:01:38 +Example3-3.rexx
- 83 83 0.0% 14-Dec-94 14:11:32 +Example6-1.rexx
- 114 83 27.1% 06-Apr-95 10:10:46 +Example5-6.rexx
- 107 80 25.2% 06-Apr-95 10:11:14 +Example5-7.rexx
- 51 51 0.0% 06-Apr-95 10:11:46 +Example5-8.rexx
- 55 55 0.0% 02-Aug-95 14:03:28 +Example5-9.rexx
- 572 154 73.0% 14-Dec-94 14:29:04 +Example7-1.rexx
- 449 207 53.8% 14-Dec-94 14:32:54 +Example7-1a.rexx
- 336 237 29.4% 25-Oct-96 16:10:22 +Testprogram.guide
- 202 153 24.2% 17-May-95 10:01:20 +Example3-1.rexx
- 219 166 24.2% 01-Jun-95 10:29:50 +Example3-2.rexx
- 77 75 2.5% 06-Apr-95 10:07:04 +Example5-1.rexx
- 66 66 0.0% 06-Apr-95 10:08:16 +Example5-2.rexx
- 104 94 9.6% 06-Apr-95 10:08:52 +Example5-3.rexx
- 164 120 26.8% 02-Aug-95 13:53:28 +Example5-4.rexx
- 228 144 36.8% 06-Apr-95 10:10:20 +Example5-5.rexx
- 2200 439 80.0% 21-Mar-97 14:25:40 ARexx_For_Beginners.info
- 8999 3265 63.7% 07-Jan-98 10:49:46 +App-C_ASCII_CODES
- 363160 363160 0.0% 14-Jan-98 12:15:16 +ARB-Coded.c
- 3881 1627 58.0% 14-Jan-98 11:35:00 +arexxbegin.readme
- 1627 347 78.6% 21-Mar-97 08:27:40 +arexxbegin.readme.info
- 2869 1294 54.8% 07-Jan-98 11:17:00 +04.NUMBERS_&_STRINGS
- 10383 3789 63.5% 07-Jan-98 11:17:24 +05.INFO_TO_WINDOW
- 3491 1599 54.1% 07-Jan-98 11:17:44 +06.CENTRING_TEXT
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