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THIS IS A COPYRIGHTED F1 LICENCEWARE DISK AND MAY NOT BE COPIED EXCEPT FOR
YOUR OWN, PERSONAL USE.
How to use C.L.Index
C.L.Index is arranged in drawers and files. If you follow the drawers you
should find what you need. I suggest that you open the disk icon, then open
the first directory and read its contents. Then follow the drawers down.
The text files can be read either from this disk or from another Workbench
disk. If you are unsure of how to use this text reader, some instructions
follow. Use the cursor up and down keys to move up and down the file for
now.
System Requirements
C.L.Index itself runs on any Amiga with Kickstart 2.04 or above. The
information contained within refers to AmigaDOS 2.04 but is compatible with
version 3 of the operating system If you have an O/S 3 machine, please
remember that your machine has more CLI commands than previous releases.
The disk itself will run on a single drive machine but if you intend to use
AmigaDOS seriously an extra drive, floppy or hard, is almost essential.
Using PPMORE
PPmore is the most common PD text reader. You will find it in use in all
sorts of places - even Magazine coverdisks! Some, however use the
terrible
text reader, MMPP so it is documented later on. At the top left is a close
gadget. You click there to quit. Alternatively, you can click the QUIT
gadget at the bottom right hand corner of the screen. Click on the gadgets
PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN to scan the text. LINE UP and LINE DOWN do the same
job but line by line. Press HELP for a command summary. HELP, QUIT or the
close gadget return to this text. I suggest you use HELP now so you can
discover all of its features.
At the top right of the screen you will see a number with a % sign next to
it. This indicates how far through the document you are. Most files are
one page long. if they are more than one page long this number will read
75% or similar. Most of the command help texts are just one page long.
If you do not like the font used, hold down the right mouse button and
select the menu item "Settings/Change Font...". Two other fonts are shown.
Topaz 8 is the only suitable font as Topaz 9 is too big. If you want to use
C.L.Index with this font at all times, select "Settings/Save Settings" from
the menu. Note that this only changes the text font,
not
the font used
on the main Workbench screen.
CLI Commands
A CLI window has been provided at the bottom of the screen for you to try
out the commands. If you find it too small, move it upwards by dragging its
title bar then resize it with the sizing gadget. if you are unsure as to
what these gadgets are, I suggest you read the first chapter of the "Using
the Amiga Workbench" manual. If you close the CLI window, either by typing
EndShell, EndCLI, x (a special alias provided in this window), clicking on
the close gadget or pressing Ctrl-\, either double click on the CLI icon on
the side of the Workbench screen or select "Execute Command" from the first
Workbench menu then enter NewCLI or NewShell. It must be said now, BE
CAREFUL WITH THE CLI COMMANDS! Always keep the C.L.Index disk write-
protected and always work with a backup copy. To make a backup copy now,
follow these instructions. You can just type everything into the CLI window
that has been conveniently provided :-).
First, find a blank disk. Not the DPAINT Art Disk, not the Amiga Format May
Coverdisk, ESPECIALLY not your Workbench disk but a BLANK disk. The reason
for this is that as media gets old it loses its quality - like an old video
tape. To make sure you don't get any errors you need brand new disks
whenever possible. The Amiga Format Coverdisk has been stuck to the front
of a magazine, manhandled by everybody in the newsagent's and left in a disk
box. Is that going to be as good quality as when you bought it? And as for
Workbench and Dpaint, I think you might just want to keep them! Anyway, as
soon as you are finished, type this in the CLI window. You will have to
click on it first to activate it. (If you have two drives skip this bit).
MAKE SURE THAT THE C.L.Index DISK IS WRITE PROTECTED AT ALL TIMES!!!!!!!!!!!
You say :
Diskcopy Df0: TO Df0:
The Amiga says :
Place SOURCE disk ( FROM disk ) in drive Df0:
Press <RETURN> to continue
So you MAKE SURE THE C.L.Index DISK IS WRITE-PROTECTED then press the Return
(or Enter) key after putting it in the drive.
And the Amiga grinds away for a bit then asks you to :
Place DESTINATION disk ( TO disk ) in drive Df0:
Press <RETURN> to continue
Now you put your blank disk in the drive and press Return again.
This will happen a few times then, in the end your Amiga will dutifully
report :
Diskcopy finished.
* OK? Now you have a backup of your C.L.Index disk to use INSTEAD of the
* master copy. Reboot now and read the rest of this file from your backup
* disk.
I SAID REBOOT NOW AND READ THE REST WITH YOUR
BACKUP
DISK!!!!!!
Hello again if you have just rebooted.
If you have two disk drives, make sure the C.L.Index is write-protected then
put a blank disk in the external drive and C.L.Index in the internal drive.
Click on the CLI window at the bottom of the screen and type the following.
Diskcopy Df0: To Df1:
EXACTLY as it is written. A backup will be made of the C.L.Index disk. It
is important to make a backup copy of this disk because if you accidentally
Delete an important file or Format the disk, you won't be able to use it any
more! And we wouldn't want that, would we? (DON'T SAY WE WOULD!! ;^}
Now please read the text with *'s next to it, just above here.
Always use the backup copy of this disk. You should only use the original
to make another backup. Don't worry about it using up a disk - what would
you rather have... a disk or C.L.Index? (OK, maybe I should rephrase that!)
Print All
In every drawer on the disk you will see an icon entitled
Print_All
. This
is a program to print out every file in that directory. It saves you from
having to load up each file in turn and print it out manually. You just
double click on the
Print_All
icon to start it off. Make sure that your
printer is connected, turned on and a piece of paper is inside it. Also
make sure that the correct Printer Preferences are set up first (from the
About and Usage window). Once the printer has finished printing, press the
RETURN key (a prompt will come up) to print the next file. Thanks to John
for suggesting this idea.
Help!
If you have problems, CLIndex's help file may help you. Simply ensure that
the Shell window is selected (click once inside it with the left mouse
button) then press the key marked HELP (it is above the cursor keys). A
small help file will be shown. It will not help with all problems but it
aids with some of the simple, common difficulties. Click on its close
gadget to exit the help window.
I hope you enjoy using C.L.Index!
Michael Richmond
UNAUTHORISED COPYING OF THIS DISK IS ILLEGAL! PIRACY IS KILLING THE
AMIGA - DO YOU WANT THAT ON YOUR CONSCIENCE?