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StarInfo/Seago/!Styx/!Help
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| Filename: | StarInfo/Seago/!Styx/!Help |
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| File size: | 09CD bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
Styx version 2.00 29-Sep-1995 By Richard Seago Welcome to Styx ############### Styx is another desktop trash application but with a difference. Firstly it runs under the excellent Director version 0.21 by Nick Craig-Wood as featured in the October 1995 issue of Acorn User. It is, in fact, just a director icon and some director menus. However the other difference is that is intercepts a click on delete on the menu from a filer menu and changes that delete into a move to Hades. The program also sets up *delete and *wipe alias to do the same thing. How to use !Styx ################ You must have the Director module loaded even if you aren't running anything of it. If it isn't loaded then Styx won't run. Styx loads a module called Charon which ferries those files you delete to Hades. It also sets up an alias. You can change whether these are on or off by editting the Options file inside !Styx (instructions provided). Styx will remove anything considered old from Hades on its own - otherwise it's up to you to purge it as and when you feel necessary. Dead files are stored in a dated directory to help you work out their age. If you want to retrieve anything simply open the necessary directory and drag it out. To change what Styx thinks of as old (in days) you must simply edit the Options file. Everything should be fairly self explanatory, since it is a Director application, you should be able to do anything from the menus. Problems ######## Because Charon always moves things it can be slower deleting things from floppies or archives - if necessary turn Charon off from the menu. If you have LongFilenames then the KillOld application (if run) must have the relevant REMs removed from some statements (the first three you come to). How it works ############ The only intersting bit is Charon - the rest you can work out for yourself since its only in obey files. Charon filters requests to Filer_Action for deletion and simply changes the code to produce a move to the correct directory (reset whenever Styx starts up). So it should prevent deletion by any call. *Delete is also on an alias. To avoid this turn it off on the menu or use *%Delete instead. The same is true for *Wipe. Contacting me ############# Term time (University): St. John's College Cambridge CB2 1TP E-mail: rfs20@cam.ac.uk Or during vactions at: 23 Pinewoods Avenue West Hagley Stourbridge West Midlands DY9 0JF If you like this program my name is Richard Seago, If you don't its Hedley Simons!
00000000 53 74 79 78 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 32 2e 30 |Styx version 2.0| 00000010 30 20 32 39 2d 53 65 70 2d 31 39 39 35 0a 42 79 |0 29-Sep-1995.By| 00000020 20 52 69 63 68 61 72 64 20 53 65 61 67 6f 0a 0a | Richard Seago..| 00000030 57 65 6c 63 6f 6d 65 20 74 6f 20 53 74 79 78 0a |Welcome to Styx.| 00000040 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 0a |###############.| 00000050 0a 53 74 79 78 20 69 73 20 61 6e 6f 74 68 65 72 |.Styx is another| 00000060 20 64 65 73 6b 74 6f 70 20 74 72 61 73 68 20 61 | desktop trash a| 00000070 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 62 75 74 20 77 |pplication but w| 00000080 69 74 68 20 61 20 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 6e 63 65 |ith a difference| 00000090 2e 0a 46 69 72 73 74 6c 79 20 69 74 20 72 75 6e |..Firstly it run| 000000a0 73 20 75 6e 64 65 72 20 74 68 65 20 65 78 63 65 |s under the exce| 000000b0 6c 6c 65 6e 74 20 44 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 20 76 |llent Director v| 000000c0 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 30 2e 32 31 20 62 79 20 4e |ersion 0.21 by N| 000000d0 69 63 6b 20 43 72 61 69 67 2d 57 6f 6f 64 0a 61 |ick Craig-Wood.a| 000000e0 73 20 66 65 61 74 75 72 65 64 20 69 6e 20 74 68 |s featured in th| 000000f0 65 20 4f 63 74 6f 62 65 72 20 31 39 39 35 20 69 |e October 1995 i| 00000100 73 73 75 65 20 6f 66 20 41 63 6f 72 6e 20 55 73 |ssue of Acorn Us| 00000110 65 72 2e 20 49 74 20 69 73 2c 20 69 6e 20 66 61 |er. It is, in fa| 00000120 63 74 2c 20 6a 75 73 74 20 61 0a 64 69 72 65 63 |ct, just a.direc| 00000130 74 6f 72 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 61 6e 64 20 73 6f 6d |tor icon and som| 00000140 65 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 20 6d 65 6e 75 73 |e director menus| 00000150 2e 0a 0a 48 6f 77 65 76 65 72 20 74 68 65 20 6f |...However the o| 00000160 74 68 65 72 20 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 6e 63 65 20 |ther difference | 00000170 69 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 73 20 69 6e 74 65 72 |is that is inter| 00000180 63 65 70 74 73 20 61 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 20 6f 6e |cepts a click on| 00000190 20 64 65 6c 65 74 65 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 0a 6d | delete on the.m| 000001a0 65 6e 75 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 61 20 66 69 6c 65 72 |enu from a filer| 000001b0 20 6d 65 6e 75 20 61 6e 64 20 63 68 61 6e 67 65 | menu and change| 000001c0 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 64 65 6c 65 74 65 20 69 6e |s that delete in| 000001d0 74 6f 20 61 20 6d 6f 76 65 20 74 6f 20 48 61 64 |to a move to Had| 000001e0 65 73 2e 20 54 68 65 0a 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 |es. The.program | 000001f0 61 6c 73 6f 20 73 65 74 73 20 75 70 20 2a 64 65 |also sets up *de| 00000200 6c 65 74 65 20 61 6e 64 20 2a 77 69 70 65 20 20 |lete and *wipe | 00000210 61 6c 69 61 73 20 74 6f 20 64 6f 20 74 68 65 20 |alias to do the | 00000220 73 61 6d 65 20 74 68 69 6e 67 2e 0a 0a 48 6f 77 |same thing...How| 00000230 20 74 6f 20 75 73 65 20 21 53 74 79 78 0a 23 23 | to use !Styx.##| 00000240 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 0a 0a |##############..| 00000250 59 6f 75 20 6d 75 73 74 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 68 |You must have th| 00000260 65 20 44 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 20 6d 6f 64 75 6c |e Director modul| 00000270 65 20 6c 6f 61 64 65 64 20 65 76 65 6e 20 69 66 |e loaded even if| 00000280 20 79 6f 75 20 61 72 65 6e 27 74 20 72 75 6e 6e | you aren't runn| 00000290 69 6e 67 20 61 6e 79 74 68 69 6e 67 0a 6f 66 20 |ing anything.of | 000002a0 69 74 2e 20 49 66 20 69 74 20 69 73 6e 27 74 20 |it. If it isn't | 000002b0 6c 6f 61 64 65 64 20 74 68 65 6e 20 53 74 79 78 |loaded then Styx| 000002c0 20 77 6f 6e 27 74 20 72 75 6e 2e 0a 0a 53 74 79 | won't run...Sty| 000002d0 78 20 6c 6f 61 64 73 20 61 20 6d 6f 64 75 6c 65 |x loads a module| 000002e0 20 63 61 6c 6c 65 64 20 43 68 61 72 6f 6e 20 77 | called Charon w| 000002f0 68 69 63 68 20 66 65 72 72 69 65 73 20 74 68 6f |hich ferries tho| 00000300 73 65 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 79 6f 75 20 64 65 6c |se files you del| 00000310 65 74 65 20 74 6f 0a 48 61 64 65 73 2e 20 49 74 |ete to.Hades. It| 00000320 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 73 65 74 73 20 75 70 20 61 6e | also sets up an| 00000330 20 61 6c 69 61 73 2e 20 59 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 | alias. 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So it shoul| 00000810 64 20 70 72 65 76 65 6e 74 20 64 65 6c 65 74 69 |d prevent deleti| 00000820 6f 6e 20 62 79 20 61 6e 79 20 63 61 6c 6c 2e 0a |on by any call..| 00000830 0a 2a 44 65 6c 65 74 65 20 69 73 20 61 6c 73 6f |.*Delete is also| 00000840 20 6f 6e 20 61 6e 20 61 6c 69 61 73 2e 20 54 6f | on an alias. To| 00000850 20 61 76 6f 69 64 20 74 68 69 73 20 74 75 72 6e | avoid this turn| 00000860 20 69 74 20 6f 66 66 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6d | it off on the m| 00000870 65 6e 75 20 6f 72 20 75 73 65 0a 2a 25 44 65 6c |enu or use.*%Del| 00000880 65 74 65 20 69 6e 73 74 65 61 64 2e 20 54 68 65 |ete instead. 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