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!Merge/!Help
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| Tape/disk: | Home » Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Greaseweazled » adfs_PC_Emulator_1.adf |
| Filename: | !Merge/!Help |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0981 bytes |
| Load address: | FFFFFF42 |
| Exec address: | E5BB8898 |
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File contents
Using !Merge --------------- !Merge is a utility for maintaining and combining application or !System directories. From time to time, Acorn may release new modules or modify existing applications to provide new or enhanced facilities. To ease the problems of updating applications Acorn supplies the !Merge utility to manage this process. Startup the !Merge application by double clicking on it. A dialogue box like this will appear:- +---------------------------------------------------+ | | | +------------------------+ | | Master application: | | | << Upper box | +------------------------+ | | | | +------------------------+ | | New application: | | | << Lower box | +------------------------+ | | | | Drag the original application into | << Messages | this window | | | +---------------------------------------------------+ Drag the master application to anywhere in the !Merge dialogue box. The upper box (for the master application) should change to show a path name containing your master application. You should now drag the application which you wish to add to or consolidate with your master application. The pathname for this will appear in the lower box. (If you use a purely floppy based system you may have to change discs during this process. If there are no problems the applications will be consolidated and the message "Application updated" will appear. If there are problems, you should read the error messages and take appropriate actions. The only common error message you may see is "disc full" which should not occur if you are merging onto a new disc. If you have additional files on the master disc you should move them elsewhere. If an error occurs !Merge will report "Update failed. Correct problem then drag the ...". Once you have resolved the problem you can restart the merge process. When !Merge is finished you can quit the application either by menuing on the !Merge window and selecting QUIT or by selecting the CLOSE (�) icon on the window.
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To| 000000f0 20 65 61 73 65 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 6f 62 6c 65 | ease the proble| 00000100 6d 73 20 6f 66 0a 75 70 64 61 74 69 6e 67 20 61 |ms of.updating a| 00000110 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 41 63 6f 72 |pplications Acor| 00000120 6e 20 73 75 70 70 6c 69 65 73 20 74 68 65 20 21 |n supplies the !| 00000130 4d 65 72 67 65 20 75 74 69 6c 69 74 79 20 74 6f |Merge utility to| 00000140 20 6d 61 6e 61 67 65 20 74 68 69 73 0a 70 72 6f | manage this.pro| 00000150 63 65 73 73 2e 0a 0a 53 74 61 72 74 75 70 20 74 |cess...Startup t| 00000160 68 65 20 21 4d 65 72 67 65 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 |he !Merge applic| 00000170 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 62 79 20 64 6f 75 62 6c 65 20 |ation by double | 00000180 63 6c 69 63 6b 69 6e 67 20 6f 6e 20 69 74 2e 20 |clicking on it. | 00000190 41 20 64 69 61 6c 6f 67 75 65 20 62 6f 78 0a 6c |A dialogue box.l| 000001a0 69 6b 65 20 74 68 69 73 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 61 70 |ike this will ap| 000001b0 70 65 61 72 3a 2d 0a 0a 20 20 20 2b 2d 2d 2d 2d |pear:-.. +----| 000001c0 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |----------------| * 000001e0 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2b |---------------+| 000001f0 0a 20 20 20 7c 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |. | | 00000200 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | * 00000220 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 7c 0a 20 20 20 7c 20 20 | |. | | 00000230 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000240 20 20 20 20 2b 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d | +-----------| 00000250 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2b 20 20 |-------------+ | 00000260 20 7c 0a 20 20 20 7c 20 20 4d 61 73 74 65 72 20 | |. | Master | 00000270 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 3a 20 7c 20 20 |application: | | 00000280 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000290 20 20 20 20 20 20 7c 20 20 20 7c 20 20 3c 3c 20 | | | << | 000002a0 55 70 70 65 72 20 62 6f 78 0a 20 20 20 7c 20 20 |Upper box. | | 000002b0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 000002c0 20 20 20 20 2b 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d | +-----------| 000002d0 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2b 20 20 |-------------+ | 000002e0 20 7c 0a 20 20 20 7c 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | |. | | 000002f0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | * 00000310 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 7c 0a 20 20 20 7c | |. || 00000320 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000330 20 20 20 20 20 20 2b 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d | +---------| 00000340 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2b |---------------+| 00000350 20 20 20 7c 0a 20 20 20 7c 20 20 20 20 20 4e 65 | |. | Ne| 00000360 77 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 3a 20 7c |w application: || 00000370 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000380 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 7c 20 20 20 7c 20 20 3c | | | <| 00000390 3c 20 4c 6f 77 65 72 20 62 6f 78 0a 20 20 20 7c |< Lower box. || 000003a0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 000003b0 20 20 20 20 20 20 2b 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d | +---------| 000003c0 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2b |---------------+| 000003d0 20 20 20 7c 0a 20 20 20 7c 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | |. | | 000003e0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | * 00000400 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 7c 0a 20 20 | |. | 00000410 20 7c 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 44 72 61 67 20 74 68 | | Drag th| 00000420 65 20 6f 72 69 67 69 6e 61 6c 20 61 70 70 6c 69 |e original appli| 00000430 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 20 20 20 20 |cation into | 00000440 20 20 20 20 20 7c 20 20 3c 3c 20 4d 65 73 73 61 | | << Messa| 00000450 67 65 73 0a 20 20 20 7c 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |ges. | | 00000460 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 74 68 69 73 20 77 69 | this wi| 00000470 6e 64 6f 77 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |ndow | 00000480 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 7c 0a 20 20 20 | |. | 00000490 7c 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 || | 000004a0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | * 000004c0 20 20 20 20 7c 0a 20 20 20 2b 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d | |. +------| 000004d0 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |----------------| * 000004f0 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2b 0a 0a |-------------+..| 00000500 44 72 61 67 20 74 68 65 20 6d 61 73 74 65 72 20 |Drag the master | 00000510 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 74 6f 20 61 |application to a| 00000520 6e 79 77 68 65 72 65 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 21 |nywhere in the !| 00000530 4d 65 72 67 65 20 64 69 61 6c 6f 67 75 65 20 62 |Merge dialogue b| 00000540 6f 78 2e 20 54 68 65 0a 75 70 70 65 72 20 62 6f |ox. 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The only| 00000780 20 63 6f 6d 6d 6f 6e 20 65 72 72 6f 72 0a 6d 65 | common error.me| 00000790 73 73 61 67 65 20 79 6f 75 20 6d 61 79 20 73 65 |ssage you may se| 000007a0 65 20 69 73 20 22 64 69 73 63 20 66 75 6c 6c 22 |e is "disc full"| 000007b0 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 6e 6f | which should no| 000007c0 74 20 6f 63 63 75 72 20 69 66 20 79 6f 75 20 61 |t occur if you a| 000007d0 72 65 20 6d 65 72 67 69 6e 67 0a 6f 6e 74 6f 20 |re merging.onto | 000007e0 61 20 6e 65 77 20 64 69 73 63 2e 20 49 66 20 79 |a new disc. 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