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-
- This is an application dock program which is similar to backdrop utilities,
- in that it allows application icons to be arranged in a nice way and the
- applications to be started without having to deal with directory windows.
- The design is similar to the Application Dock that forms part of the NeXT
- Step system on NeXT computers.
-
- How to use it:
-
- Simply drag an application or a directory on one of the square buttons on
- the right side of the desktop.
-
- If you dragged an application:
- o its icon is show on the button
- o double-clicking on it starts the application
- o double-clicking with shift held down opens its directory
-
- If you dragged a directory:
- o the name is shown on the button.
- o as most names are to long to fit in one row, the application dock tries to
- split the names at a sensible position, e.g. directory names as NewFiles
- are split into 'New' and 'Files'.
- o double-clicking on it opens the directory
-
- You may define keyboard shortcuts for each entry in the dock, so that you
- are able to start them by one keystroke (if no other application intercepts
- the shortcut). Simply follow the submenu arrow of the Shortcut option on the
- main menu. The item is ticked if there is already a shortcut for the
- corresponding application/directory. Now select the key and the state of the
- control keys (none, Shift, Ctrl or Ctrl-Shift) and confirm the selection by
- clicking OK. You may cancel an existing shortcut by clicking on Off.
-
- Choosing 'Insert' causes one free button to be inserted before the button
- over which Menu was clicked.
-
- Choosing 'Delete' causes the button over which Menu was clicked to be
- deleted.
-
- Choosing 'Save' from the menu causes the dock to be saved and be stored
- permanently.
-
- Note that if you have many applications in the dock, loading may take some
- time, as the dock utility executes the !Boot file of the applications in the
- dock (if they have not already be seen by the filer).
-
- If you want the dock to be loaded automatically at start-up, just add the
- following line to your !Boot file:
-
- DeskTop run <Path where your !AppDock is located>.!AppDock
-
- This application is shareware, i.e. it may be copied freely, provided that
- no part of it is deleted or changed and that it is not sold for profit.
-
- Author:
-
- Martin Wuerthner
- Jahnstrasse 18
- W-7034 Gaertringen
-
- (Germany)