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^2H I N T S F O R B E T T E R P R O G R A M M I N G .
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^5 To start with, here are a couple of commands that (again) are not in
^5the Amos Manual.
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^2 Amos Lock Amos Unlock
^5 Amos Lock disables the <LEFT AMIGA + A> from being used together to
^5toggle between different programs in memory. This in effect stops the
^5Amiga multi-tasking on more than one program.
^5 Amos Unlock enables these keys.
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^2 Request Off Request On
^5 This command will turn off the System Request box that pops up from
^5time to time to tell you that your disk is write protected etc. You
^5will probably have found out by now that you cannot always get back
^5to to your program after one of these boxes has appeared.
^5 Request On turns the box on again.
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^4 This next tip solved a problem that was occurring in some programs
^4where we needed to stop the user moving the mouse around clicking all
^4over the screen while certain other things were being transacted eg
^4an animation sequence where unwanted movement of the pointer could
^4cause glitches to appear in your display. (a glitch is a corruption
^4of the graphic display which can include flickering, bits of bobs
^4left on screen etc)
^2 Use Limit Mouse with the same start and finish coordinates to limit
^2the mouse to a single pixel until you want it to move freely again.
^4 eg Limit Mouse 160,100 to 160,100
^1 To free the mouse pointer, use Limit Mouse without coordinates.
^4 This use of Limit Mouse is very useful if you have a bob attached to
^4your pointer as it will not cause the image to shudder as it would if
^4you use X Mouse, Y Mouse.
^2 Thanks to Paul of Technical Fred Software for solving this problem.
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^2 If you have tried messing about with the Amos commands and found
^2something interesting, please let us know!
^2 It proves that you shouldn't assume anything, ie that Limit Mouse
^2has to have different start and end coordinates to work. The above
^2tip proves otherwise!
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