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MouseCMD V1.0
(C) 1988
by Bruce Schuldt
This file tells what MouseCMD is, and what it does.
"Demo.doc" tells how to run a quick demo that demonstrates many of MouseCMD's
features.
"Setup.doc" explains MouseCMD's features in more detail and explains how to
configure it in your own way.
ABOUT MouseCMD
==============
MouseCMD is a utility that allows you to execute commands or enter text at a
click of the mouse button. This is done by introducing simulated keystrokes
into the input stream, appearing to the system that commands are being
entered from the keyboard.
It is designed to be part of your normal working environment, residing on the
workbench screen, either full-size, or shrinking to an out-of-the-way "tiny-
window", waiting to be reactivated with a mouse click.
You define the commands in a configuration file. When you "RUN MouseCMD
config.file" (config.file is an example filename) your commands are loaded
and attached to "buttons" in the MouseCMD window. Then, when a button is
clicked, its command text is sent to virtually any window you wish to select.
The command text can consist of almost any sequence of keys, or combinations
of keys, just as if you were typing from the keyboard. It is even possible to
invoke programmed function keys, and to use control-keys and escape
sequences. This allows mouse input to programs previously controlable only
through the keyboard.
MouseCMD FEATURES
=================
MouseCMD consists of a window enclosing 16 definable "buttons". 10 of the
buttons are attached to "fixed" commands--commands which are initially
defined in the configuration file, and which don't change further. The other
6 are "variable" and may be defined, then changed at will.
Each of the 16 buttons can have up to 10 definitions. In practice, you have
up to 10 sets of fixed-commands and 10 sets of variable commands. You can
cycle through the fixed sets and variable sets independently. Each set's
buttons use a different color scheme to help you more easily keep track of
which command set you're using. You may assign your own color schemes, if you
wish.
MouseCMD's output can easily be re-directed to any window on the Workbench
screen that accepts keyboard input.
When the full-size command window gets in your way by using too much screen
area, you can invoke its "tiny-window" by clicking on the title bar. The tiny
window sleeps until you click in its window area, reactivating the main
window and closing the tiny window.
MouseCMD stays as inobtrusive as possible by always being inactive. That is,
the window inactivates itself immediately after any command button is clicked
so that, for example, you can click a command button, then immediately finish
typing the line, without having to click on the output window to re-activate
it.
Rather than just sleeping while waiting for your input, current free system
memory is displayed and updated once every second in MouseCMD's title bar.
This feature is switchable, however, if you prefer the program to sleep.
To further investigate MouseCMD, "Run Type Demo.doc".
* * * *
This program is released into the public domain, and is freely
redistributable as long as it is not sold for profit, and as long as I
receive proper credit for its authorship. The source (in C) is available for
$10.
I can be reached at:
630 SW Coral, Junction City, OR 97448
(503) 998-6418 (voice)
or
leave a message on Plink to:
BRUCE*S
(but I don't check in real often)