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- DeskPatch Version 3.00
- ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- DeskPatch is a suite of programs which will
- improve the apperance and usage of the desktop
- by patching various parts the operating system.
-
- Licence
- ~~~~~~~
- DeskPatch is 100% RISC-FREE-WARE. It can be
- distributed freely provided that no modifications
- are made to any of the programs supplied.
-
- Disclaimer
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- No liability will be accepted for any damage to or
- lost of data as a result of using the applications
- supplied on the disc.
-
-
-
- D E S K P A T C H
- =================
-
- !Boot
- ~~~~~
- This is supplied as an example !Boot application to
- demonstrate how DeskPatch can be integrated into
- the boot-up sequence of your system.
-
- The DeskPatch applications should be loaded before
- the desktop is entered, therefore they should be
- installed from the !Run file inside the !Boot app.
- If you are not already using a !Boot application,
- but use a desktop (&FEA) !Boot file instead, then
- you should keep a copy of your original !Boot file,
- copy the example !Boot application to your root
- directory and append the original !Boot file to the
- 'DeskBoot' file inside the example !Boot application.
-
- !Desktop+
- ~~~~~~~~~
- This application will improve the look of standard
- applications held in ROM by replacing their window
- template files with professionally designed ones,
- supporting Acorn's new 3D style.
-
- Please note that the new templates will only work if
- the 'Windows3D' module is loaded before the desktop
- is entered! To do this, simple insert the line:
-
- Run DeskPatch:!Desktop+
-
- into the !Run file in your !Boot application.
-
- !Filer+
- ~~~~~~~
- This is the most impressive program in the suite,
- it offers you many additional features to the filer:
- solid icon drags, directory with icons, two-stage
- icons plus many more...
-
- Please refer to section: TECHNICAL INFORMATION for
- more information on the new features.
-
- !Pinboard+
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- To complement !Filer+, this program allows solid
- icon dragging on the pinboard.
-
-
-
- E X T R A G O O D I E S
- =========================
-
- !AutoFocus
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- This small application will automatically highlight
- the window the mouse pointer is currently over.
-
- !FancyDirs
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- This program demonstrates the 'fancy' directories
- facility offered by !Filer+. On running the program,
- a directory viewer containing 'fancy' directories
- will be displayed. All the icons are stored in the
- file named !TheIcons.
-
- This program needs !Filer+, therefore !Filer+ must
- be installed first!
-
- !TwoStage
- ~~~~~~~~~
- This program demonstrates the two stage icon facility
- offered by !Filer+. On running the program,
- a directory viewer containing sample directories
- with two stage icons will be displayed. All the icons
- are stored in the file named !TheIcons.
-
- This program needs !Filer+, therefore !Filer+ must
- be installed first!
-
- Backdrops
- ~~~~~~~~~
- This is a directory containing sample 'wallpapers'
- for the pinboard backdrop facility.
-
- They should be used with the Tile option!
-
-
-
- T E C H N I C A L I N F O R M A T I O N
- =========================================
-
- Fancy Directories
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Normal directories can now have their own icons,
- depicting their content. For example, if you have a
- directory containing letters, you can design an icon
- showing a mailbox. The format of a directory icon
- is simply a sprite with the name of the directory
- preceeded by a # (hash) character.
-
- For example, if you have a directory called 'Develop'
- just create a sprite named '#develop' and cache
- it in to the wimp sprite pool.
-
- The !FancyDirs application demonstrates this feature,
- just double click on it, and you can see sample
- fancy directories.
-
- Two Stage Icons
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- In addition to the ability to have fancy directory
- icons, !Filer+ also allows you to design a second
- icon for every object in the filer windows, so that
- when they are clicked on, instead of being inverted
- the second icon will be displayed instead!
-
- The format of the second stage icon is simply a
- sprite with the name of the object with a super-
- scripted '²' (Alt-2) added to the end of the name.
-
- For example, if you have an application called
- !Padlock, you can create two sprites, one called
- !Padlock, showing an unlocked padlock and a second
- called !Padlock², showing a locked padlock, and put
- them both in the !Sprites file. Now, when you click
- on the !Padlock application, the icon will change
- from an unlocked padlock to a locked one! Simple?
- Well, I am sure you will get the hang of it!
-
- The !TwoStage application demonstrates this feature,
- just double click on it, and you can see example
- directories with two stage icons.
-
- Bugs reports and Queries
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Please report any bugs you have found. If possible,
- please state your machine's hardware and software
- configurations. Please send any queries to:
-
- Ting Kuei
- Computer Education Centre
- King Alfred's College
- Winchester
- SO22 4NR
-
- BBS: Arcade #6, TWOC #219
-