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!WimpCLI by Mark Mahieu
version 1.01 (28-05-92)
!WimpCLI is a multitasking alternative to the current method of accessing the command line from the desktop. Rather than suspending the desktop and scrolling the screen up a line just to enter a command, !WimpCLI provides a window for entering *commands.
!WimpCLI also includes a screen saver utility with a user definable time limit (use the icon bar menu to change it). After this period of time has elapsed, the screen will be blanked to prevent monitor burn-in. A feature of this particular screen saver is that it shows a moving display - which stops people from switching the computer off in the assumption that it is not being used - while avoiding burn-in at the same time. Three displays are included, a fireworks display, a water fountain and 'walker'.
On the icon bar menu is an option called 'F12 replace'. When this is ticked, !WimpCLI will intercept F12 keypresses and bring up its *command window instead of the usual F12 method of operation. This window contains two writable icons, one for the command and one for its suffix. There is also a Help icon for gaining help on a command. To execute the command, press Return. You can execute a command on files simply by dragging them into the window.
If you call up the main menu from the *command window you will find that it contains several commonly used *commands. Choosing any of the entries from the main menu will enter it in the first writable icon in the *command window. Submenu entries are entered in the suffix icon. The menu structure itself is user-definable and is found in the file '!WimpCLI.menus'. Here is an example layout:
{settype,basic,sprite,text,obey,data,module,BBC font,palette,template}
{access,lwr~}
{adfs}
{ram}
{stamp}
{compact^}
{volume,64~}
{speaker,on,off}
{audio^,on,off}
{time}
{basic}
{modules}
Each line follows a simple format. They are surrounded by { and } to mark the beginning and end of the data. Each item is separated from the last by a comma. The first item appears on the main menu and any items after it appear on its submenu. If a main menu item is followed by a ^ then there will be a break in the menu after that item. This is useful for separating different types of commands. If a submenu item is followed by a ~ then it is writeable.
Other features are also user-definable. Options such as the time before the screen saver is invoked, which screen saver to use, whether or not to intercept F12 key-presses or not etc. are all on the icon bar menu, which also allows you to save your choices as the default. 00000000 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | |
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00000040 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | |
00000050 20 20 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 31 2e 30 31 20 | version 1.01 |
00000060 20 28 32 38 2d 30 35 2d 39 32 29 0a 0a 20 20 21 | (28-05-92).. !|
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