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Kennedy/!AutoDesk/!Help
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| Filename: | Kennedy/!AutoDesk/!Help |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0470 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
UK Help file for AutoDesk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Last updated 25-Jun-1994. Name : Board Purpose : Help with desktop saving Author : Nick Kennedy Version : 1.00 (25-Jun-1994) You probably know about Desktop boot files. If you don't, I would advise a good look at your user guide before reading further, or this won't make any sense. What you may well not know, is that there is a function to save them automatically. I did not know this myself until I saw it in the RISC-OS 3 PRMs. There is a system variable called SaveDesk$File which holds the name of a file which the task-manager will write when you use Exit or Shutdown. This program eases the use of this feature, since it uses a desktop interface rather than the CLI. Simply drag the icon to wherever you keep your boot file, and click on Set. Bear in mind that for autobooting to work : a) There must be a file called !Boot in the root directory of your default filing system. b) This filing system must have opt 4,2 set. AutoDesk allows this with its autoboot option. c) The configuration option Boot must be set. The autoboot option will set this as well.
00000000 55 4b 20 48 65 6c 70 20 66 69 6c 65 20 66 6f 72 |UK Help file for| 00000010 20 41 75 74 6f 44 65 73 6b 0a 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e | AutoDesk.~~~~~~| 00000020 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 00000030 7e 7e 7e 0a 4c 61 73 74 20 75 70 64 61 74 65 64 |~~~.Last updated| 00000040 20 32 35 2d 4a 75 6e 2d 31 39 39 34 2e 0a 0a 4e | 25-Jun-1994...N| 00000050 61 6d 65 20 20 20 20 3a 20 42 6f 61 72 64 0a 50 |ame : Board.P| 00000060 75 72 70 6f 73 65 20 3a 20 48 65 6c 70 20 77 69 |urpose : Help wi| 00000070 74 68 20 64 65 73 6b 74 6f 70 20 73 61 76 69 6e |th desktop savin| 00000080 67 0a 41 75 74 68 6f 72 20 20 3a 20 4e 69 63 6b |g.Author : Nick| 00000090 20 4b 65 6e 6e 65 64 79 0a 56 65 72 73 69 6f 6e | Kennedy.Version| 000000a0 20 3a 20 31 2e 30 30 20 28 32 35 2d 4a 75 6e 2d | : 1.00 (25-Jun-| 000000b0 31 39 39 34 29 0a 0a 20 20 59 6f 75 20 70 72 6f |1994).. 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Th| 00000280 69 73 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 65 61 73 65 73 |is program eases| 00000290 20 74 68 65 20 75 73 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 69 73 | the use of this| 000002a0 20 66 65 61 74 75 72 65 2c 20 73 69 6e 63 65 20 | feature, since | 000002b0 69 74 20 75 73 65 73 20 61 20 64 65 73 6b 74 6f |it uses a deskto| 000002c0 70 0a 69 6e 74 65 72 66 61 63 65 20 72 61 74 68 |p.interface rath| 000002d0 65 72 20 74 68 61 6e 20 74 68 65 20 43 4c 49 2e |er than the CLI.| 000002e0 20 53 69 6d 70 6c 79 20 64 72 61 67 20 74 68 65 | Simply drag the| 000002f0 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 74 6f 20 77 68 65 72 65 76 65 | icon to whereve| 00000300 72 20 79 6f 75 20 6b 65 65 70 20 79 6f 75 72 0a |r you keep your.| 00000310 62 6f 6f 74 20 66 69 6c 65 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 63 |boot file, and c| 00000320 6c 69 63 6b 20 6f 6e 20 53 65 74 2e 20 42 65 61 |lick on Set. 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