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- Out to Lunch
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- Version 0.33
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- © Peter Gaunt, 1992
-
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- This application is in the Public Domain and may be freely
- distributed provided
-
- a) no charge is made other than to cover the cost of the medium
- b) all files, including this !Help file, are included
-
- If you run a Public Domain software library please obtain my permission
- before including this program in your lists or distributing it.
-
- Copyright remains with me at all times.
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- *** New to version 0.33 of Out to Lunch
-
- Will now include itself in RISC OS 3's desktop boot files. Otherwise the
- main code is identical to version 0.32
-
- Configuration has been speeded up.
-
- Includes a new display module "Sea Life" (this uses rather a lot of
- RAM if it is configured).
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- *** New to version 0.32 of Out to Lunch ***
-
- Configurable displays
- Configurable "sleep" and "no sleep" corners
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- *** Before Out to Lunch will run on RISC OS 2 the computer must have seen
- the !System application which must contain the 'Colours' module in
- its 'Modules' directory. On RISC OS 3 'Colours' is built into the ROM.
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- *** If you are replacing an earlier version of Out to Lunch please delete the
- old version first. Some of the files within Out to Lunch have changed
- their names. Simply copying this new version on top of the old one will
- leave you with redundant files on the disc.
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-
- This application provides a 'screen blanking' program to help prevent
- 'screen burn in' when your monitor is left on for long periods of time
- with an unchanging display.
-
- Other desktop programs will continue to run while Out to Lunch is blanking
- the screen. Thus printing and file transfer via the serial port (for
- example) will continue to work.
-
- Out to Lunch only works while you are using the desktop. If you run a
- non-multitasking application it will cease to function until you return
- to the desktop.
-
- The program runs as a module task and normally uses around 5k of memory. The
- amount used depends on the configured display; some may use a lot more than
- 5k.
-
- Because Out to Lunch is a module it will survive an exit and return to the
- desktop (via CTRL-SHIFT-f12 or 'Exit' from the Task Manager). It will also,
- in most circumstances survive a soft reset.
-
- After a pre-set time in which Out to Lunch detects no key presses or mouse
- movements it will blank out the screen, replacing it with a simple animation
- (which lets you know that your monitor is actually on!). If you press any
- key or move the mouse the desktop will reappear. The desktop will also
- reappear if another program opens a window on the top of the window 'stack'.
-
- The screen can also be blanked at any time by moving the pointer to the
- "sleep corner". After a few seconds delay Out to Lunch will blank the
- screen.
-
- If the pointer is moved to the "no sleep corner" of the screen then Out to
- Lunch will not blank the screen after the period of inactivity.
-
- The sleep and no-sleep corners are configurable and may be turned off
- altogether if required.
-
- The speed at which the animation runs will depend on how often other
- applications are polling the wimp. It will probably run very slowly, if
- at all, whilst printing from applications such as Impression.
-
-
- Configuring Out to Lunch
- ========================
-
- Running the Configure program
- -----------------------------
- Hold down one of the ALT keys when you double click !Lunch. Instead of
- running Out to Lunch the configuration program will run and open its window.
-
- If the window does not appear try again but this time hold down the ALT key
- for a couple of seconds after double clicking !Lunch
-
- Choosing the display
- --------------------
- The current display is shown in an icon at the top of the window. Click menu
- over this, or click Select on the arrow next to it, to show the list of
- displays available. Select the display you wish to use.
-
- Setting the 'Sleep' and 'No sleep' corners
- ------------------------------------------
- To set the 'sleep' corner click Select in a corner of the rectangle labelled
- 'sleep corner'. The corner will light up in red. The previously selected
- corner will be dimmed.
-
- To set Out to Lunch so that there isn't a sleep corner click Adjust on the
- currently selected sleep corner.
-
- Setting the 'no sleep' corner is done in the same way as setting the 'sleep'
- corner but using the rectangle labelled 'no sleep corner'.
-
- It is not possible to have the same corner selected for both 'sleep' and 'no
- sleep'.
-
- Setting the inactivity delay
- ----------------------------
- The inactivity delay is the time, in minutes, after which Out to Lunch will
- blank the screen. For example, if the time is set to 5 minutes then if you
- don't move the mouse or touch a key for 5 minutes the screen will be
- blanked.
-
- To set the delay click Select on the up and down arrows next to the delay
- icon. Clicking with Adjust reverses the actions of the arrows.
-
- Holding down a Shift key while clicking the arrows changes the time in steps
- of 10 minutes.
-
- The delay can be set to any value between 1 and 999 minutes.
-
- The time which you set is approximate. The exact time after which Out to
- Lunch will blank the screen depends on other applications polling the
- wimp frequently.
-
- Saving the configuration
- ------------------------
- Click OK to save the configuration. The configuration window will close and
- Out to Lunch will be run.
-
- Abandoning changes
- ------------------
- To abandon any changes you have made since running the configuration program
- click on the window's Close icon. Out to Lunch will then be run with its
- previous configuration.
-
-
- Quitting Out to Lunch
- =====================
- To close down the program open the Task display from the Task Manager's icon
- on the icon bar. You will find Out to Lunch listed under the Module tasks.
- Click 'Menu' over its name and choose 'Quit from the resulting menu. This
- closes down Out to Lunch as a task (and releases its workspace).
-
- This does not remove the module. Exiting from the desktop and then returning
- will restart the program. To kill the program entirely, close it down and
- then type "*RMKILL OutToLunch" via f12.
-
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-
-
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- Further displays may become available in future. It is possible to write
- your own. If you want to do this please contact me for details of the
- format. You need to have a knowledge of ARM assembly language in order to
- write displays though you do not need to know how to program the WIMP.
-
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-
-
- If you experience any problems with this application please feel free
- to contact me via email
-
- Prestel (014511332) Note - this is NOT my phone number!
- Telecom Gold (84:MAG10849)
- Arcade BBS (Tel. 081 654 2212, user #617)
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