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- Here are a few miscellaneous notes on the HeliOS user interface.
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- Restoring the screen display
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- Sometimes an errant program will damage the HeliOS screen display graphics
- by overwriting them in some way.
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- There is a simple way of repairing the damage using the "Redo" function.
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- At the top of the screen display you will see the "Redo" button which is
- a nice fast option for mouse users.
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- There is also a menu option for those who prefer using menus, and for the
- keyboard enthusiasts there is the command "Amiga-R" to do the same thing.
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- If you want to force your program to redo the screen graphics from within
- its code, you can use the FSTATUS command.
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- FSTATUS will rebuild the display and refresh the status information, and
- you can use this command if you wish by typing it in at the command lines.
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- Versatile program control
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- The HeliOS V6 software has been designed to have:
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- 1. A fast and easy gadget interface
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- 2. A fully featured menu system
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- 3. A comprehensive set of keyboard commands.
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- 4. Powerful editor macro functions
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- 5. Good user-configurability.
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- Whatever your preferences you should be able to get around faster and more
- easily using the HeliOS V6 software than with most other Amiga programming
- language user interfaces.
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- However, we are interested in hearing the views of anyone who can suggest
- further enhancements to the HeliOS user interface, so let us know if you
- have any good ideas on this subject.
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- Enhanced menu operation
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- The HeliOS V6 menus make use of layout to group related functions, the
- menu items are well spaced, and there are keyboard equivalents for
- all functions.
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- We have deliberately avoided using sub-menus where possible, improving
- accessibility and ease of operation.
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- Note that in contrast to standard Amiga menus, HeliOS menus have the
- following extra features:
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- 1. They can make use of ANY command keys, not just a single Amiga key.
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- 2. Command keys are all user specifiable from within the software or via
- an ASCII config file.
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- 3. All menu texts are user specifiable via an ASCII config file.
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- Responding to requesters
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- Keyboard control of PROCEED/CANCEL requesters is via the "y" and "n" keys,
- for those who do not want to leave the keyboard.
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