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RiscUtils/!RuInstall/Install/!Help/Help/Text/Help/Controls
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File contents
- RISCutils
- Controlling which components of RIScutils are active and which are not.
� The controls for Configuring the various components can be found in RISCutil's !Run file. Although only Text based, it is set out in a very simple / user-friendly way, both of the package's testers were able to make full use of the controls the first time they used the file, both without and help from me.
� The !Run file is split in to 2 distinct parts. The top half can be altered by the user, and is there so that RIScutils can be configured, and its various parts set to be active or not active. The bottom half *should not under any circumstances be altered by you the user*. This half is for the programs use only, and RIScutils may not function properly if it is altered. To avoid confusion the point where the User's area ends and the programs area starts is clearly marked.
N.B. It must be noted that most users will not need to alter the run file regularly once they have set-up RIScutils for their computer. And that having all the components active and not using some, will generally cause no problems (the Backdrop component is an exception).
- Using the Run file to configure RISCutils generally
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The user area / top half of RISCutils contains 10 general 'configuration' lines, and depending on the contents of these lines RISCutils will Set each of it's components to be either active or not active when run.
Each of these lines starts with the word 'Set', then contains the name of one of RISCutils's components, and then the setting as to whether or not that is or isn't set to be active when RISCutils is run.
The various options for the settings of the general configuration lines are :
Y or y
To make a component active. And :
N or n
To make a component 'in-active'.
- For Example
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If you 'no' longer want the 'Command_Record' component to be active, simply change the configuration line "Set Command_Record", to read 'Set Command_Record N' or 'Set Command_Record n'.
And vice versa, if 'yes' you do want the "Command_Record" component to be active, simply change the text to read 'Set Command_Record Y' or 'Set Command_Record n"
N.B. **No** spaces are allowed after a component's setting (E.g. 'Y' or 'N')
So if the configuration line for the 'Backdrop' component read "Set Backdrop Y ", an error would be caused when RIScutils was run. Be careful of this, it is deceiving as even if there are any spaces present causing an error, they still cannot be seen, and can only be found by using the caret.
- Configuring specific components of RISCutils
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Please read the Help Files 'Key-State' and 'Backdrop' if the following confuses you.
At the very bottom of the User Area in RISCutils's run file, there are options to further configure RISCutils's 'Check_KeyBoardState' and 'BackDrop' components.
These 2 configuration lines read :
'Set Check_KeyBoardState_Version '
'Set BackDrop_Version Cycle '
And on each line, there should be entered one of the options for that component
- For the line 'Set Check_KeyBoardState_Version' the options are as follows :
Normal
Fast
KeyPad
If the line reads 'Set Check_KeyBoardState_Version Normal', the 'Normal' version of the 'Check_KeyBoardState' component is used. This means that all keypresses on the keyboard can be detected, but Keypad keypresses are not distinguished from main KeyBoard Keypresses. So someone pressing '5' on the main area of the keyboard would set 'KeyboardState' to '5', as would a Keypress of '5' on the keypad set 'KeyboardState' to '5'.
If the line reads 'Set Check_KeyBoardState_Version Fast', the 'Fast' version of the 'Check_KeyBoardState' component is used. This means that *most* keypresses on the keyboard can be detected (for instance the keypress's of the Function keys cannot be detected). And as with the 'Normal' version, Keypad keypresses are not distinguished from main KeyBoard Keypresses. But the command is carried out faster.
If the line reads 'Set Check_KeyBoardState_Version KeyPad', the 'KeyPad' version of the 'Check_KeyBoardState' component is used. This means that all keypresses on the keyboard can be detected. And *unlike* with the other 2 versions, not only can Function key keypress's be detected, but Keypad keypresses can also be distinguished from main KeyBoard Keypresses. But the command is carried out the slowest of all the versions.
N.B. PLease note the speed difference in the versions of the commands in *very* minimal, and the 'Fast' version should only be used if speed is very important and it will recognize all the key you want it to.
The demo !SpeedTest will demonstrate the difference in speed between the 3 versions, and show the difference's in what keypress's each version will and will not recognize.
- For the line 'Set Backdrop_Version' the options are as follows :
Random
Cycle
The difference's between these 2 versions of the Component are explained in the Help File 'Backdrop'.
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N.B. If an error 'File -etc Not Found' is given, check the spelling of the component specific settings.
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Be carefu| 00000990 6c 20 6f 66 20 74 68 69 73 2c 20 69 74 20 69 73 |l of this, it is| 000009a0 20 64 65 63 65 69 76 69 6e 67 20 61 73 20 65 76 | deceiving as ev| 000009b0 65 6e 20 69 66 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 61 72 65 20 |en if there are | 000009c0 61 6e 79 20 73 70 61 63 65 73 20 70 72 65 73 65 |any spaces prese| 000009d0 6e 74 20 63 61 75 73 69 6e 67 20 61 6e 20 65 72 |nt causing an er| 000009e0 72 6f 72 2c 20 74 68 65 79 20 73 74 69 6c 6c 20 |ror, they still | 000009f0 63 61 6e 6e 6f 74 20 62 65 20 73 65 65 6e 2c 20 |cannot be seen, | 00000a00 61 6e 64 20 63 61 6e 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 62 65 20 |and can only be | 00000a10 66 6f 75 6e 64 20 62 79 20 75 73 69 6e 67 20 74 |found by using t| 00000a20 68 65 20 63 61 72 65 74 2e 0a 0a 2d 20 43 6f 6e |he caret...- Con| 00000a30 66 69 67 75 72 69 6e 67 20 73 70 65 63 69 66 69 |figuring specifi| 00000a40 63 20 63 6f 6d 70 6f 6e 65 6e 74 73 20 6f 66 20 |c components of | 00000a50 52 49 53 43 75 74 69 6c 73 0a 98 98 98 98 98 98 |RISCutils.......| 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