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/*
**
** $VER: NoClick.doc 1.2 (22.9.95)
** NoClick 1.0
**
** documentation
**
** (C) Copyright 1994/1995 by Roland 'Gizzy' Mainz
** All Rights Reserved
**
*/
===================== NoClick 1.2 documentation ========================
===========================================================================
A simple tool to be used with Kickstart 3.x, written by
Roland 'Gizzy' Mainz, freeware, all rights reserved.
No guarantee of any kind is made that the programm described below in this
document is 100% reliable. You use this material on your own risk.
=========================== Misc ==========================================
===========================================================================
Trackdisk clicking was a reason for sleepless nights.
So I've looked for utilities including a 'noclick' option.
Some were found - one got large amounts of memory, one crashes,
another one causes Enforcer hits.
So I've written my own version, including turn on, turn off trackdisk
clicking for any unit (allows also non 3.5 drives), selecting the device
and info version, WB multiselect support (e.g. project icons) etc.
Note that this tool requires V39 exec because exec pool functions are used.
=========================== Installation ==================================
===========================================================================
After unpacking this archieve:
Workbench:
- Drop the 'NoClick' icon in your favorite drawer (like
"SYS:Utilities/").
Shell:
- Unpack this archieve at "SYS:Utilities/"
and add the following statements at your "S:user-startup" startup file:
Assign NoClick: SYS:Utilities/NoClick
path NoClick: ADD
OR
- Drop/Copy the 'NoClick' file in your favorite directory
(like "Sys:Utilities").
=============================== Usage =====================================
===========================================================================
NAME
NoClick -- NoClicking utility
FORMAT
NoClick [DEV|DEVICE] <devicename> [UNIT] <deviceunit> [NOCLICK|OFF]
[CLICK|ON]
TEMPLATE
DEV=DEVICE,UNIT/N,NOCLICK=OFF/S,CLICK=ON/S
TOOLTYPES
DEV
DEVICE
UNIT/N
NOCLICK/S
OFF/S
CLICK/S
ON/S
PURPOSE
Turns trackdisk clicking feature off.
SPECIFICATION
Turns off the trackdisk.device click feature off.
Use the DEV or DEVICE option to select another, trackdisk.device
compatible device.
UNIT option is used for selecting the requested device unit.
NOCLICK or OFF options turns off clicking,
CLICK or ON turns clicking on.
Whenever NOCLICK / OFF or CLICK / ON switches are missing,
NoClick puts out the current status of the noclick flag on
the stdout stream if started from shell or using a requester
if started from Workbench.
BUGS
Setting both CLICK and NOCLICK switches is not valid,
the current behaviour is that the noclick flag will be set.
This will be fixed.
=============================== TODO ======================================
===========================================================================
- AmigaGuide document "NoClick.guide".
- Localisation of NoClick.
- INFO/S switch to force information output after noclick flag status
change.
- Fixing some simple bugs (see BUGS section above).
- Installer script
============================== SOURCE =====================================
===========================================================================
NoClick source may be recompiled (using DICE-C) by executing NoClick.c.
====================== About old Version 1.1 ==============================
===========================================================================
There is an old version outside, only given to friends.
The only differences between V1.1 and this version V1.2 are
- Forbid() / Permit() pair when changing trackdisk's noclick flag
- Status information output
- Code cleanup
- SAS/C compiling statements removed because I don't have SAS/C :-(
=========================== Author's Request ==============================
===========================================================================
By releasing this program I do not place any obligations on you,
feel free to share this program with your friends (and enemies).
If you want to blame me, report any bugs, or wants a new version
send your letter to:
Roland Mainz
Hohenstaufenstra▀e 8
D-52388 N÷rvenich
GERMANY
EMAIL is also available:
If you don't find a file "email.changed" in this archieve,
my email address is:
mainz@mats.gmd.de
The entire "NoClick" package may be noncommercially redistributed,
provided that the package is always distributed in it's complete form
(including it's documentation). A small copy fee for media costs is okay
but any kind of commercial distribution is strictly forbidden!
Comments and suggestions how to improve this program are generally
appreciated!
Thanks to Matt Dillon for his DICE, and Olaf 'Olsen' Barthel for his
help, ideas and some text clips from his documentations.