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- Title: ALTTAB
- Author: Christopher Martin <cpm@hermes.net.au>
- Version: 0.20
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- Supplier: Christopher Martin <cpm@hermes.net.au>
-
- Shareware: No
- Machine: Archimedes
- Operating system: RISCOS 3
- Memory requirements:
- Peripherals needed:
- Other s/ware needed:
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- File names: alttab.zip
- Unarchived files: 8
- Unarchived size: 26 kbytes
- Omissions:
- See also: COOLSWITCH
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- Description:
-
- AltTab is an itty-bitty task switcher which provides a facility similar to that
- on another operating system, where using the keyboard combination <Alt>-<Tab>
- allows the user to easily switch programs. When I have a lot of windows
- obscuring each other, I just hold <Alt> and press <Tab> to quickly flip through
- them all to find the one I want.
-
- *** Stop press: Since version 0.19, AltTab even works with menus!
- This version adds no functionality; it merely uses one less
- instruction than 0.19. So if you already have 0.19 and don't
- care much about the source-code, it probably isn't worth
- downloading for one measly instruction.
-
- I hope AltTab will be a useful alternative to !CoolSwitch. In the tradition of
- CoolSwitch, source is included. The AltTab module is nearly one-tenth the size,
- and hence has a far simpler operation. I find it much easier for quickly
- locating buried windows, without having to worry about which task owns what
- window, and without disturbing the layering of the window-stack.