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Filename: !NewLook/!Help
Read OK: ✔
File size: 1473 bytes
Load address: 0000
Exec address: 0000
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File contents
Help on NewLook
===============

This program provides a 'new look' for computers fitted with RISC OS 3.10
(or later). It adds support for 3D appearance of windows, and for a
'textured' background to the desktop. The use of !NewLook replaces the use
of !SetIcons from the applications suite.

Setting up graphic design using !NewLook can use considerable amounts of
memory, typically 100-150K depending on screen resolution. These facilities
are not recommended if you frequently run short of memory. They may also
make your desktop slightly slower to redraw.

You should typically install !NewLook on your system by dragging it into the
root directory of your system disk. When you choose your desired settings
!NewLook writes the settings into an internal file, so putting it in your
root directory will apply the changes when you restart your computer.

Start the program by double-clicking on it, and a dialogue box will appear
with the following elements:

3D: if this is selected then window borders and various controls and gadgets
will appear in 3D.

Background texture: a choice of different background textures is provided -
try them and see which (if any) you like. The Random option chooses a
different one each day. The 'lighter' button makes them all slightly
lighter. The 'Try' button allows you to try a backdrop without setting the
other options, to make experimentation easier.

OK - this button takes the currently selected options, and applies them to
your desktop. It usually make the dialogue box disappear, but if you
adjust-click the box will stay.

Cancel - this button closes the dialogue box (and quits the application).

Save - This button does the same as OK, and also writes the current settings
into a file within this application. These settings will be reinstated
when the computer is 'seen' by the Filer.

Default - This button asserts some recommended settings into the dialogue
box.

There are different sets of 3D icons for low and for high resolution
screens. If you leave the application running over a mode change between
(for instance) mode 27 (VGA) and mode 12 (TV resolution), it will swap the
icons around at the mode change in order to keep things as neat as
possible. If you close !NewLook and then do such a mode change, however,
the result can look a little messy - particularly moving from high resolution
to low.

Making dialogue box buttons 3D is not something which can be applied globally to
the machine - it must be changed in the template file of each individual
application. The file ROMApps3D inside !NewLook contains replacement
template files for all ROM applications to give them 3D buttons etc. Loading
this does not affect tasks which are already running (eg. the filer, the
task manager). In order to get 3D dialogue boxes on these you must RMLoad
this file as part of your machine boot sequence, before the desktop starts
up. If you do this, you must also RMLoad the file BorderUtil, which is
required by the Window Manager in RISC OS 3.10, when operating with these
templates.

If you are using this application with a desktop boot sequence generated by
the Task manager's 'Save boot file' facility, then under some circumstances
the desktop background texture can get removed, and so mysteriously fail to
appear when the machine starts. The reason for this is that the saved file
can contain the line
  Pinboard
to initialise the Pinboard application. On its own, this line removes any
existing background texture. So, just delete this line using Edit, save the
file again and when the machine is reset the background texture will appear.

An example !Boot file, for a machine with a hard disc called :HardDisc,
might be:
  RMLoad adfs::HardDisc.$.!NewLook.ROMApps3D
  RMLoad adfs::HardDisc.$.!NewLook.BorderUtil
  Run adfs::HardDisc.$.DeskBoot
Create an Obey file containing this, save any desired desktop
applications as the file DeskBoot, type F12 and type the
*Commands:
  ADFS                        (set current filing system)
  Dir :4                      (set current drive)
  Configure Boot              (set computer to obey boot file at start)
  Configure FileSystem ADFS   (set startup filing system)
  Configure Drive 4           (set startup drive)
  Opt 4,2                     (set disc to obey !Boot file)
Now reset the computer by holding down Ctrl and pressing reset (a Hard
Reset), and the computer will execute your Obey file and enter the desktop.
If you have a SCSI hard disc then use SCSI in place of ADFS in the above,
and SCSIFSDrive in place of Drive. If you have no desktop startup file,
replace the last line of the !Boot file with the line
  Desktop
and the desktop will be started.

When you have installed your new look, you may find certain buttons
(particularly arrow and option buttons) reverting back to their previous
appearance. This can be caused by applications which load their own versions
of these buttons into the Wimp's sprite pool. In order to cure this you must
search inside any applications that your machine sees, looking for !Sprites
files which contain the sprites opton, optoff, radioon, radiooff. These can
be deleted using !Paint.

This application does not provide support for high resolution monochrome
screens.

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