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- Super Trash
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- Super Trash is freeware. all usual Freeware terms and conditions apply.
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- Introduction
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- Super Trash is an advanced desktop Trash Can, written in 100% hand-written
- machine code. It is designed in such a way that it is as user-friendly as possible.
- There are no complicated menu options or preferences, and if there are any that you
- do not entirely understand, use !Help.
- Super Trash supports Interactive Help. Simply load it from the ‘Apps’ directory.
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- Installing Super Trash
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- Before Super Trash will run, !TrashWork needs to be ‘seen’ by the filer. Simply
- open the directory that !TrashWork is located in. If you own a hard disc, this could
- be in the area denoted for temporary files.
- !Trash Can can be placed anywhere on the hard-disc. The only area where Super
- Trash ever needs to write to is !TrashWork. Therefore !Trash Can could be installed
- on a read-only network drive.
- If you do not own a hard-disc, install the two programs on one floppy disc and use
- the Immediate preference (see later for explanation). The only reason I suggest this
- is that it will take a long time to move a file from one floppy to another, involving
- many disc swaps.
- If you wish to use Super Trash whenever you start up the computer, all you need do
- is load Super Trash when the programs are in the correct place on your disc and
- create a desktop boot file (see page 109 of your computer manual for an explanation
- of how to do this).
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- Basic Usage
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- To use Super Trash in its simplest form, simply drag the file or selection of files to
- the dustbin icon. The files will then be moved to the TrashWork directory. As
- supplied, Super Trash will use the multi-tasking filer and move the files into the
- dustbin. All of Super Trash’s options can be configured to your liking however. To
- view the Trash directory, Click SELECT on the dustbin icon, and ADJUST will
- close it. This is how files can be ‘salvaged.’
- If you wish to delete a file/files without having to see the Immediate option, you can
- simply hold down the Delete key when the files are dragged to the dustbin icon. The
- file/files will then be deleted. The delete options will still have effect though - you
- will be warned before deletion if that option is set.
- To open the Erase Disc window quickly, simply click Select on the Trash Can with
- the Shift key held down.
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- The Main Menu
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- Info This gives information about Super Trash.
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- Statistics This window shows you information about the Trash area,
- such as the number of files in it and the size of the files. It is here that the maximum
- size of the Trash directory can be corrected. When the directory reaches this size the
- Trash will be emptied. The default is 1 Megabyte. Press RETURN or Click
- SELECT on OK to accept the new settings. The Trash will then be recounted.
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- Immediate Selecting this menu option will cause all the files dragged to
- the icon to be deleted straight away. They will not be moved into the dustbin.
- Alternatively press Ctrl-I which has the same effect as clicking on immediate. The
- computer will beep to acknowledge the action.
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- Erase Disc Selecting this (or Ctrl-D) opens a window which allows you
- do delete a whole disc quickly. Simply drag a file/directory from the disc which you
- wish to wipe to the ‘Object’ icon. This then finds the disc’s name. If Super Trash
- cannot find the disc’s name, you will be informed. If you prefer, you can type in the
- name of the disc into the icon below the ‘Object’ icon. To start deleting, click on
- OK. You will be asked to confirm your action since wiping the disc is a pretty major
- thing to do. Clicking on Cancel cancels everything.
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- Empty Trash Selecting this (or Ctrl-E) will empty the trash directory.
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- Prefs... Selecting this (or Ctrl-P) will open the Preferences window.
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- The Preferences Window
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- It is from this window that the configuration of Super Trash can be altered. To save
- the settings click on Save, or press Ctrl-S. Clicking on OK, or pressing RETURN
- will just accept them. Saving the preferences also saves the Max Size setting.
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- Check Trash Size
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- This option enables counting of the dustbin. When selected, the trash is counted
- each time a file is dragged to the icon and if the trash size exceeds the Max Size, it
- will be emptied. If there are a lot of files in the dustbin, this may take a few seconds,
- and therefore an hourglass is displayed while Super Trash is counting the trash.
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- Warn before deletion
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- This option, when selected, will warn you before the trash is deleted. This is handy
- if you drag the wrong file to the Trash icon, since you can Cancel the operation.
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- Warn before Emptying
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- This is the same as above except that you will be warned before the Trash is emptied.
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- No deletion allowed
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- With this option enabled, no files will be deleted. They will, however, still be placed
- in the dustbin.
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- Use Hotkeys
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- When selected, the buttons such as Ctrl-I and Ctrl-E are enabled. You may want
- them turned off if another more important program uses these keys.
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- Immediate
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- This is as on the menu option.
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- Multi-task filer operations
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- This is perhaps the most useful preference. When selected the RISC-OS 3 filer will
- be used to delete or move the files dragged to the dustbin icon. Although this is
- slow, you can carry on using the computer at the same time. When it is not selected,
- it uses the RISC-OS 2 method of copying files. This is much faster than the OS 3
- method however you cannot use the computer at the same time.
- Clicking on the arrow next to this option reveals a menu. these options decide how
- the multi-tasking file moving etc. works. See page 14 of the computer manual to see
- what they do.
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- If you would like to receive the latest version of Super Trash, or report bugs etc.
- write to :
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- Miles Carter
- 25 Beechwood Crescent
- Chandlers Ford
- Hants.
- SO5 1PE
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- Remember to enclose a Stamped Addressed Envelope and a disc.
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