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Manual/Page04
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Draw� TechWriter �� @� , Homerton.Medium Trinity.Medium T _ � 3 0 ��� - - _ � 3. The Backdrop Filing System � _ Y 3 � ��� � The Backdrop Filing System provided by Larger is an extension of the facilities offered � _ Y 3 � ��� � by RISC OS 3�s �Pinboard� utility. All of the functionality provided by Pinboard is d _ Y 3 � ��� q present in Larger, with many major extensions. T � 3 [ ��� # # � 0 What does it do and why use it? � � D 3 ��� � During the course of using your computer, you will probably find that there a few � � D 3 ��� � pieces of software you use much more than others. (Which packages these are � � D 3 ��� � obviously vary from user to user according to what he/she uses the computer for.) The � � D 3 ��� � backdrop filing system offers a fast way of accessing these commonly used programs. � � D 3 ��� n Applications, directories and data files can all be placed on the backdrop, where they � � D 3 ��� M can be run, examined or edited exactly as if they were in a filer window. P � � 3 2 ��� # # � Setting up your backdrop � � . 3 � ��� � All of this probably sounds a bit complicated - in fact it is very simple indeed. The best � � . 3 � ��� � way to understand this is to actually try what we are describing, so if you are sitting in � � . 3 � ��� � front of your computer run Larger now. Double-clicking the !Larger icon runs the � � . 3 � ��� g program, and installs it on the icon bar. (Once again, if you are unsure about any of h � . 3 � ��� E this, the �Welcome� guide should explain it all.) D � . 3 � ���� @ @> @ �� � � � 3 0 ��� To put applications, directories or data files on the backdrop, simply drag them from a � � � 3 0 ��� � filer window into a blank bit of the backdrop window. They should then appear � � � 3 0 ��� � somewhere on the backdrop. By default, every item dropped on the backdrop is placed D � � 3 0 ��� � on a plinth. � � � 3 � ��� l Click on the �Apps� icon on the icon bar. Now, from the window that appears, drag � � � 3 � ��� J !Edit to the backdrop. A plinth like the one to the right should appear somewhere on � � � 3 � ��� ) the backdrop. (By default, this will appear on the right hand side at the bottom.) Drop \ � � 3 � ��� on some directories, and data files. D � � 3 � ���� @ @ @ @� � � � 3 � ��� � Items dropped on the backdrop in this way, are not actually copied to the backdrop. � � � 3 � ��� � They are just �pointers� to the real copies of the software. They can however be � � � 3 � ��� � manipulated in exactly the same ways as the real copies of the software can be. P � + 3 o ��� # # � D Manipulating backdrop items � � k 3 - ��� Any manipulations performed on the items on the backdrop map through to the �real� � � k 3 - ��� � files that they represent. The only exception to this rule is deletion. If a file on the � � k 3 - ��� � backdrop is removed, then it is removed from the backdrop, but the original is � � k 3 - ��� � unchanged. To reflect this difference, the menu option for this has been changed from L � k 3 - ��� � �Delete� to �Remove�. � � � 3 m ��� H Single clicking on an icon selects it, or if already selected, deselects it. Similarly, drag � � � 3 m ��� & boxes can be used to select larger groups of icons. Clicking an icon with the right hand | � � 3 m ��� button selects it, and does not deselect any previously selected icons. � � � 3 � ��� � Double-clicking an icon performs exactly the same operation as would be performed T _ 7 3 b ��� _ G 3. The Backdrop Filing System D _ 7 3 b ���� �3 @; �_ @; <