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MachII - Mouse Accelerator with Hotkeys. Version 2.0 04-23-88.
This program may be freely distributed but may not be used in any
commercial product without prior written permission.
Source available. Shareware donations accepted.
For those who hate doc files, just type "run MachII" and then
"Cancel" the "Can't Open Configuration File!". Now activate the
clock window with your mouse and press the right button. The
requester displayed has all of your options and hotkeys. Change
them to what you like and save it. AND TRY THIS; hit Alternate-
Escape then Amiga-F1 then type (for example) "diskcopy df0: to df1:"
then hit Alternate-Escape again. Now press Amiga-F1. Also look at
F1 in the requester. Read on if you're still interested.
FEATURES
Hotkeys 20 macros activated with the Amiga- or Ctl-Amiga-
Function keys or by typing the first few letters
of the macro.
Accelerator Speeds up mouse movements. Adjustable.
PopCli Execute a NewCLI or any other command.
Screen Blanker Blank the screen after an adjustable period of
time.
SunMouse Activate a window by moving the mouse into it.
ClickToFront Move a window to the front by clicking in any
part of it.
Screen Shuffler Use Left_Amiga-M to push ANY screen to the back.
Clock Title bar clock with memory watcher.
Alarm Set an alarm.
Beeper Beep every 15 minutes. Adjustable.
Meter Maintain online costs. Adjustable rates.
Qualifier Accum Accumulate qualifiers to be added to a key.
All features may be turned off. Unused hotkeys are passed through
and may be defined on the fly. Configuration saved to disk.
NOTES:
1. All special keys and qualifiers except Amiga and Ctl-Amiga
Function keys may be changed on the command line.
The defaults are the Escape key qualified with:
Alternate Begin/End a macro definition.
Shift-Alternate Begin accepting macro name.
Control-Amiga Popup requester.
Amiga Execute command string.
2. When used in hotkey macros, function key numbers are
single digits. This means that 0 is F10, 1 is F1, 9 is F9.
UPDATES:
2.0 This is a major rewrite of Mach 1.6. Although it can still
do everything that the old one could (and more), the method
of setting your variables and hotkey macros has changed. It
is about 8k larger (about 20k) but if this is to big, you can
always use the old Mach. The nicest thing about this version
is the ability to define a hotkey macro on the fly and if
needed, edit it in a string gadget. There are now 20 hotkeys,
the Amiga-Function keys and the Ctl-Amiga-Function keys.
Bug fix: The accelerator works properly with ProWrite.
May also help when using PageSetter.
OVERVIEW:
MachII is a utility program that provides many optional features
for both CLI and WorkBench users. Your own configuration may be saved
to disk. Each function key may be used as a hotkey and hotkeys may
be defined on the fly. To do this, simply hit Alternate-Escape, an
Amiga-Function or Ctl-Amiga-Function key and then type your macro.
You will be prompted for these by messages in the clock and by beeps.
You may use any keys including qualifiers, arrow keys and numeric
keypad keys. When finished, hit Alternate-Escape again. You may now
use your macro by hitting the Amiga-Function or Ctl-Amiga-Function key
or by hitting Shift-Alternate-Escape, enough characters to uniquely
match the macro followed by return. You may also edit the macro in a
string gadget by hitting Control-Amiga-Escape or by activating the
clock window and pressing the right mouse button.
A configuration file is not neccessary but without one you will get
the defaults. You will also get a "Can't Find Configuration File"
requester. After you have setup your macros and other variables,
save this to the file s:mach.config.
USAGE:
Run MachII [?ltfwmprn]
Most people will not need any arguments. These are provided for
those who find a key combination that conflicts with another
program or who want the clock in a different location or want a
different config file.
Arguments: All optional. Any order.
? Display help.
-lnnn Clock left edge. Default = 296.
-tnnn Clock top edge. Default = 0.
-fname Load configuration file "name". Default = s:Mach.config.
-w Disable auto clock to front.
-mCALRSk Change the macro begin/end key combination to the
string following -m. -mAE is the default Alternate-ESC.
-pCALRSk Change the PopCli/Command string key combination to the
string following -p. -pLE is the default Left_Amiga-ESC.
-rCALRSk Change the requester key combination to the string
following -r. -rCLE is the default Control-Left_Amiga-
ESC.
-nCALRSk Change the macro invoking key combination to the string
following -n. -nSAE is the default Shift-Alternate-ESC.
C = Control.
A = Alternate.
L = Left-Amiga.
R = Right-Amiga.
S = Shift.
k = Desired key
T = Tab.
E = ESC.
D = Del
B = Backspace.
H = Help.
F = F1. (F1 only!)
0-9 = Numeric pad 0-9.
- = Numeric pad -.
. = Numeric pad ..
e = Numeric pad Enter.
Usage eg. Run MachII -l270 -fs/wp
After it is running, you may either activate the clock with the mouse
and press the right button or press Control-Left_Amiga-ESC. This will
pop up a requester jammed full of gadgets. All options and hotkeys
may be modified here.
The gadgets are:
1st ROW
left: Toggle between Amiga and Control-Amiga hotkeys.
center: Clear all hotkey definitions.
center: Abort a macro definition.
right: Change the maximum macro size.
2nd ROW
Select each hotkey.
3rd ROW
Hotkey definitions.
4th ROW
Left_Amiga-ESC execute string.
5th ROW
left: Activate/deactivate SunMouse.
center: Activate/deactivate ClickToFront.
right: Activate/deactivate Screen Shuffler.
6th ROW
left: Activate/deactivate Qualifier Accumulator.
center: Toggle clock.
center: Toggle online meter.
right: Reset online meter.
7th ROW
left: Select blanking interval. (0-99 minutes)
center: Select beep interval. (0-999 minutes)
center: Set the alarm time. 24 hour format.
center: Select online rate. ($00.00 - $99.99)
right: Change the acceleration rate. (0-9)
8th ROW
Configuration file name.
9th ROW
left: Done.
center: Load configuration file.
center: Save configuration file.
right: Remove MachII.
Hotkeys:
There are 20 hotkeys. 10 are the Amiga-Function keys and 10 are the
Ctl-Amiga-Function keys. In the requester you can select each hotkey
with the Fn gadgets and toggle the Ctl-Amiga/Amiga gadget.
The hotkey macros may be edited in the string gadget. The default
maximum macro size is 255 characters but this may be changed in the
size gadget. You cannot change the size while you are creating a new
macro and the new macro size will not take effect until you select
"Done". This controls the size of dynamic buffers which are allocated
only during macro definition or when the requester is up. The actual
macros take up only as much space as they need.
Macros are invoked either by hitting the Amiga- or Ctl-Amiga-Function
key or by hitting Shift-Alternate-Escape and then type some of the
first letters of the macro and then return. The first macro found
that matchs will be executed. If none is found there will be a beep.
See the overview for defining hotkey macros.
The escape character "\" may be used for the following:
\N Newline.
\T Tab.
\E Escape.
\D Del.
\B Baskspace.
\H Help.
\u Up arrow.
\d Down arrow.
\l Left arrow.
\r Right arrow.
\0 Number pad 0.
.
.
\9 Numeric pad 9.
\. Numeric pad ".".
\- Numeric pad "-".
\e Numeric pad ENTER.
\F1 Function key 1.
.
.
\F0 Function key 10.
Qualifiers modify the character immediately following these:
\C Control.
\S Shift.
\A Alternate.
\L Left-Amiga.
\R Right-Amiga.
Function keys not assigned to a hotkey string are passed through.
Accelerator:
The accelerator speeds up mouse movements.
Its speed is set 0 - 9.
0 = no acceleration. (I use 4).
NewCLI:
The Left-Amiga and ESCape combination will create a NewCLI.
You need to have NewCLI and Run in the c: directory. The NewCLI
will have the same size stack as MachII. You can change the command
in the execute string gadget.
A full window example is "NewCLI CON:0/0/640/200/MyCLI".
Screen Blanker:
After 5 minutes of no mouse or keyboard activity, the screen will
go blank. You can change this default in the Blanking gadget.
0 disables blanking.
Sun Mouse:
The window that the pointer is over becomes the active window
after the first mouse movement. To be able to drag icons, the
Sun Mouse is disabled while the left button is held down.
Turn on or off with the SunMouse gadget.
Click To Front:
You can click in any part of a window and bring it to the front.
Turn on or off with the ClickToFront gadget.
Screen Shuffler:
Left_Amiga-M will push the front screen to the back instead of
pushing workbench to the back. Left_Amiga-N will still bring the
workbench to the front. This is useful if you have more than two
screens on at once, especially if they don't have screen depth
gadgets.
Turn on or off with the Amiga-M gadget.
Clock:
MachII has a title bar clock that displays available memory and the
time. You can change its left edge position with -lnnn and the top
edge with -tnnn. The clock is updated every second and brings itself
to the front (if covered up) every 4 seconds except when the left
button is held down. Sometimes this covers up information in the
title bar so if you don't like this use the option -w. This disables
the auto upfront and adds an (almost) invisible depth gadget.
Activate the clock with the mouse and press the right button to
pop up the requester.
Turn on or off with the Clock gadget.
Alarm:
You may set 1 alarm time in 24 hour format. When it goes off, it
will beep longer than the interval beeper and the screen will
flash.
Beeper:
MachII has a beeper (to keep you awake) which defaults to a 15
minute interval. Change this in the Beeping gadget.
Meter:
MachII has an online cost meter. Use the Meter gadget to toggle
between the meter and the clock. Use the Reset gadget to reset
the meter. The rate that it uses may be set in the Online Rate
gadget. The meter runs continuously whether visible or not.
The default rate is $4.75.
Uninstall:
Use the Remove gadget to uninstall MachII.
EXAMPLES:
Run MachII -l328 -t190 -mCSE -fs:maconfig
This puts the clock at a left edge of 328 and a top edge of 190,
uses Control-Shift-Escape to begin/end hotkey macros and loads
your configuration from the file s:maconfig.
Run MachII -pLT
This sets the PopCli key combination to Left_Amiga-Tab.
Run MachII -ne -fs/wpcfig
This sets the macro invocation key to the keypad "Enter" key and
loads a configuration file in the s directory named wpcfig
Run MachII -mS. -rAH
This sets the requester popup key combination to "Alternate-Help"
and the macro invocation to "Shift-NumericPad ." .
Run MachII -rLRH
This sets the requester popup key combination to the "Left_Amiga-
Right_Amiga-Help".
Watch out that you don't have keys in conflict. The results of two
functions that are assigned to a single key combination is unknown
and is bound to cause headaches.
MISCELLANEOUS:
I have found that the hotkeys do not function properly with the
program Sili(Con:). When a string gadget (or any gadget anywhere)
is active, the SunMouse does not work.
Let me know if you find any incompatibilities.
MachII may fail to run for any number of reasons (e.g. no free
signals, insufficient memory). You will be informed of this if it is
started with the Run command. If started from RunBack or
RunBackGround (public domain program that will allow the CLI window
to close and available on Fred Fish disk # 65) MachII won't run and
you won't get any messages.
The NewCLI brought up by Left_Amiga-ESC will have a stack the same
size as MachII. Many programs that you may run from this CLI need a
larger stack so either run MachII with a larger stack or, after you
get a NewCLI, use the stack command to set your stack to a larger
value. If programs mysteriously crash when run from the NewCLI, it
may be caused by the stack size.
If the macro size is set too small and you try to load a config file
with longer macros, you will get a "Not A Mach Configuration File!"
message. If you set the size too small and then select "Done" then
activate the requester again, the macro size will be set to the
size needed for the largest macro.
SPECIAL FEATURE:
Many disabled people find it difficult if not impossible to
type key combinations such as Control-Shift-F1. MachII has
the ability to remember qualifiers that are pressed and add
them to the first non-qualifier key pressed. So you could for
example, type Control, Alternate, and then F1. The Control
and Alternate would be added to the F1 just as if they were
pressed at the same time. This is not for someone who doesn't
need it as it sometimes may cause unexpected results. If you
type Control and then change your mind, the Control will still
be added to the next key pressed. Pressing Caps Lock will
reset the qualifier accumulator.
Note that because most people will not want this, it defaults to
off unlike all the other features.
Turn on or off with the Qual Accum gadget.
Copyright 1988 by Brian Moats
Polyglot Software
10431 Ardyce Court
Boise, Idaho 83704
PeopleLink - BrianM
CI$ - 76167,2334
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