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| File size: | 2181 bytes |
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File contents
TextCopy
========
Version 1.00 (05 Feb 1995)
1.05 (10 Feb 1995)
1.06 (03 May 1995)
1.07 (10 Jun 1995)
1.08 (21 Jun 1995)
1.09 (01 Jul 1995)
1.10 (10 Aug 1995)
1.11 (20 Aug 1995)
Introduction
------------
It is nice having Drag and Drop file facilities, but there are one or two
areas which are sadly lacking in the Desktop. Although you can drag any file
anywhere on the desktop, you cannot always get the application at the other
end to accept it. The new Acorn Drag and Drop standard makes this somewhat
easier, but there are several problems related to this. The first of these is
that the recipient application must follow and conform to the standard.
This is got around somewhat by the standard file load messages being sent,
but it still makes for an awkward life if you have an application which does
not accept these files. For example, Writeable Icons (WIs) can have any text
in them, but you have to type it yourself. Wouldn't it be nice if you could
just drag a text file on to the WI and have its text entered into it.
Sometimes, however you might not want all the text to be copied into the
icon, but instead the filename like !Edit and !Zap do, and at other times it
may be more appropriate to let the task deal with the request itself.
Other times it is useful to drag the contents of an icon to another icon
or window as seen in Impression or Datapower giving true drag and drop
facilities to the desktop.
This is what TextCopy does.
Usage
-----
Open a window with a WI in it, eg the Create New Sprite window in !Paint.
Now drag a text file on to the �name� WI. Nothing happens.
Now load TextCopy.
Open the window and drag it onto the WI now.
What has happened is that the text has been entered into the Name field,
and when that field is full, overflown into the next.
Unfortunately, in this situation, it is not very useful. But try dragging
text from !DataPower into !Almanac and see the result (eg the Address field).
Now open a !Zap save window.
Grab a file and drop it in the writeable icon with shift held down. See the
filename appear. Great !
Now clear the icon and drag the file with Ctrl held down. Nothing happens.
This means that the file load request has been passed on to Zap directly
without bothering TextCopy, just as if it had never been loaded.
It is not brilliant, and doesn't always work as you might expect, but it
does work and it fills a small gap in the OS.
Why not try grabbing the save text icon in !Zap and dragging it. Nothing
happens does it ? There is a good reason for this. There are two types of
writeable icon used by the desktop - type 15 Writable and type 14
Write/Click/Drag. The former was the only type of writable icon under Arthur
and has stuck with the system. All it does is put a caret inside itself if
you click on it. Because it is very simple the program which owns it never
even sees the click on the icon, and therefore neither does TextCopy.
The Write/Click/Drag type, however, were designed in Risc OS to allow
facilities like those provided by TextCopy to be implemented. All button
presses and drags are passed on to the task which owns it and therefore
TextCopy can intercept them.
Unfortunately, the two types /look/ identical and feel identical. In
practice the only way that you will know that you are using a Writable rather
than Write/Click/Drag icon is that you can't drag it.
If you install AllWCD, however, much of the problem is solved and you can
then drag any writable icon around the desktop as if it were a text file. If
you have a program like Almanac which has multiple WI's which you wish to
copy you could drag each of them individually, or you could use another
feature of TextCopy.
Drag the first icon you wish to copy, but don't let go of it. Move over the
second icon you wish to copy and click Adjust (whilst holding Select). That
may sound difficult, but it really is quite easy and means you don't need to
use the keyboard. The icon will change to a small text icon whilst adjust is
held to indicate that the icon under the pointer has been added to the
selection. Each icon will occupy a single line and so if you have !Almanac
and wish to drag the persons name by clicking the Miss, then Angela, then
Beardsmore, (for example) each of these will be on a new line.
When you have finished adding icons drop the file on where you want the
data and it will be copied as if it were a real text file (mainly because to
all intents and purposes it /is/ a real text file). This will also work from
icon to icon as TextCopy's two functions are independant of one another.
Bugs
----
I have now fixed what I think all the bugs are. There was a problem with
the external edit protocol but this was fixed in version 1.06.
There is a bug which seems to occur in the dragging of multiple icons
whereby when you drop the file it is not transfered, though the operation
ceases quite neatly. I'm not sure why this is and can't duplicate it, but be
aware that it may happen. It could be a problem with a lack of RMA, but I
don't know.
[[[[
The main bug appears to be one of catching type 15 button presses. This is
not going to be easy and there are two ways I may tackle this :
a) Use a filter to watch Null polls for the pointer having select pressed
and being over a type 14 icon and it still being pressed after
drag-click delay has elapsed.
b) Use a key press vector to check only when button is clicked and in
the desktop if the pointer is over type 14 icon and still pressed after
drag click delay elapsed.
Each has it's advantages and drawbacks, eg. a) slows desktop down greatly, b)
requires the claim of the key press vector and it's subsequent communication
to the filter that a drag is taking place. Both these are major problems and,
although I would prefer the latter, I'm not sure how I can force a message to
the filter without making a mess of the system.
]]]]
This prior section has been bypassed temporarily by installing the AllWCD
module before the desktop is entered. This forces all type 15 icons to be
created as type 14.
Patch
-----
To recompile this module, it is necessary to use the JFPatch application.
This is likely to be released into the Public Domain in the next few weeks at
Arcade, and possibly other BBS.
This is simply a Pre-assembler and processor for Patches to ARM code
programs.
Contact
-------
Any comments, queries, donations or bug reports can be sent to :
Fidonet NetMail : Justin Fletcher at Arcade (0181 655 4412) [2:254/27]
E-Mail : Gerph@arcade.demon.co.uk
Snail Mail :
Justin Fletcher
�Galadriel�
17b Cromwell Road,
Weeting,
Brandon,
Suffolk.
IP27 0QT
History
=======
Version 1.00 (First release to Arcade)
� Main filter written, text file drags will be entered directly, in memory
transfer not supported, but Wimp$Scrap used.
Version 1.05 (Second release to Arcade)
� Bug with illegal window handles fixed.
Version 1.06 (Third release to Arcade)
� Forcing of the redraw of changed icons added.
� It would appear that the problems with Exernal Edits were fixed in this
version of the TextCopy module, or so Alex Hayward tells me. Thanks for
testing this Alex.
Version 1.07 (Released only to Nick Craig-Wood)
� Shift drag for filename, or Ctrl drag to bypass implemented.
� Fixed filter mask as suggested by Nick Craig-Wood.
Version 1.08
� Dragging of type 14 icons provided for.
� Bug in inserting text files (where if the last character was a return then
the next icon would blank even though nothing was written to it) fixed.
Version 1.09
� Dragging of multiple icons implemented :-)
Version 1.10
� Numerous bug fixes to the MessageAck code (ie it wasn't being called)
� Changed to totally JFPatch claiming of Filter, rather than an arbitary
method.
Version 1.11
� Bug fix to Shift dragging code where filename was only entered if the
file was text, and ignored otherwise. Thanks to Nick Craig-Wood for
noticing this, about 4 months before I fixed it!
Note
----
This is likely to be the final release of TextCopy because it is unlikely
that I will add any further features. Features which I may add are :
� The ability to not abort when dragging a text file if the next icon is not
text, but to move to the next icon directly below the current icon. This
could be a biggy, and I'm not sure if I can be bothered.
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Th| 00000620 69 73 20 69 73 20 77 68 61 74 20 54 65 78 74 43 |is is what TextC| 00000630 6f 70 79 20 64 6f 65 73 2e 0a 0a 55 73 61 67 65 |opy does...Usage| 00000640 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 20 20 4f 70 65 6e 20 61 20 |.-----. Open a | 00000650 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 20 57 49 |window with a WI| 00000660 20 69 6e 20 69 74 2c 20 65 67 20 74 68 65 20 43 | in it, eg the C| 00000670 72 65 61 74 65 20 4e 65 77 20 53 70 72 69 74 65 |reate New Sprite| 00000680 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 69 6e 20 21 50 61 69 6e | window in !Pain| 00000690 74 2e 0a 4e 6f 77 20 64 72 61 67 20 61 20 74 65 |t..Now drag a te| 000006a0 78 74 20 66 69 6c 65 20 6f 6e 20 74 6f 20 74 68 |xt file on to th| 000006b0 65 20 94 6e 61 6d 65 95 20 57 49 2e 20 4e 6f 74 |e .name. WI. Not| 000006c0 68 69 6e 67 20 68 61 70 70 65 6e 73 2e 0a 20 20 |hing happens.. | 000006d0 4e 6f 77 20 6c 6f 61 64 20 54 65 78 74 43 6f 70 |Now load TextCop| 000006e0 79 2e 0a 20 20 4f 70 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 77 69 |y.. Open the wi| 000006f0 6e 64 6f 77 20 61 6e 64 20 64 72 61 67 20 69 74 |ndow and drag it| 00000700 20 6f 6e 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 57 49 20 6e 6f 77 | onto the WI now| 00000710 2e 0a 20 20 57 68 61 74 20 68 61 73 20 68 61 70 |.. What has hap| 00000720 70 65 6e 65 64 20 69 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 |pened is that th| 00000730 65 20 74 65 78 74 20 68 61 73 20 62 65 65 6e 20 |e text has been | 00000740 65 6e 74 65 72 65 64 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 74 68 65 |entered into the| 00000750 20 4e 61 6d 65 20 66 69 65 6c 64 2c 0a 61 6e 64 | Name field,.and| 00000760 20 77 68 65 6e 20 74 68 61 74 20 66 69 65 6c 64 | when that field| 00000770 20 69 73 20 66 75 6c 6c 2c 20 6f 76 65 72 66 6c | is full, overfl| 00000780 6f 77 6e 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 6e 65 78 |own into the nex| 00000790 74 2e 0a 20 20 55 6e 66 6f 72 74 75 6e 61 74 65 |t.. Unfortunate| 000007a0 6c 79 2c 20 69 6e 20 74 68 69 73 20 73 69 74 75 |ly, in this situ| 000007b0 61 74 69 6f 6e 2c 20 69 74 20 69 73 20 6e 6f 74 |ation, it is not| 000007c0 20 76 65 72 79 20 75 73 65 66 75 6c 2e 20 42 75 | very useful. Bu| 000007d0 74 20 74 72 79 20 64 72 61 67 67 69 6e 67 0a 74 |t try dragging.t| 000007e0 65 78 74 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 21 44 61 74 61 50 6f |ext from !DataPo| 000007f0 77 65 72 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 21 41 6c 6d 61 6e 61 |wer into !Almana| 00000800 63 20 61 6e 64 20 73 65 65 20 74 68 65 20 72 65 |c and see the re| 00000810 73 75 6c 74 20 28 65 67 20 74 68 65 20 41 64 64 |sult (eg the Add| 00000820 72 65 73 73 20 66 69 65 6c 64 29 2e 0a 20 20 4e |ress field).. N| 00000830 6f 77 20 6f 70 65 6e 20 61 20 21 5a 61 70 20 73 |ow open a !Zap s| 00000840 61 76 65 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 2e 0a 20 20 47 72 |ave window.. Gr| 00000850 61 62 20 61 20 66 69 6c 65 20 61 6e 64 20 64 72 |ab a file and dr| 00000860 6f 70 20 69 74 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 77 72 69 |op it in the wri| 00000870 74 65 61 62 6c 65 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 77 69 74 68 |teable icon with| 00000880 20 73 68 69 66 74 20 68 65 6c 64 20 64 6f 77 6e | shift held down| 00000890 2e 20 53 65 65 20 74 68 65 0a 66 69 6c 65 6e 61 |. See the.filena| 000008a0 6d 65 20 61 70 70 65 61 72 2e 20 47 72 65 61 74 |me appear. Great| 000008b0 20 21 0a 20 20 4e 6f 77 20 63 6c 65 61 72 20 74 | !. Now clear t| 000008c0 68 65 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 61 6e 64 20 64 72 61 67 |he icon and drag| 000008d0 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 43 | the file with C| 000008e0 74 72 6c 20 68 65 6c 64 20 64 6f 77 6e 2e 20 4e |trl held down. N| 000008f0 6f 74 68 69 6e 67 20 68 61 70 70 65 6e 73 2e 0a |othing happens..| 00000900 54 68 69 73 20 6d 65 61 6e 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 |This means that | 00000910 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 20 6c 6f 61 64 20 72 65 |the file load re| 00000920 71 75 65 73 74 20 68 61 73 20 62 65 65 6e 20 70 |quest has been p| 00000930 61 73 73 65 64 20 6f 6e 20 74 6f 20 5a 61 70 20 |assed on to Zap | 00000940 64 69 72 65 63 74 6c 79 0a 77 69 74 68 6f 75 74 |directly.without| 00000950 20 62 6f 74 68 65 72 69 6e 67 20 54 65 78 74 43 | bothering TextC| 00000960 6f 70 79 2c 20 6a 75 73 74 20 61 73 20 69 66 20 |opy, just as if | 00000970 69 74 20 68 61 64 20 6e 65 76 65 72 20 62 65 65 |it had never bee| 00000980 6e 20 6c 6f 61 64 65 64 2e 0a 20 20 49 74 20 69 |n loaded.. It i| 00000990 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 62 72 69 6c 6c 69 61 6e 74 2c |s not brilliant,| 000009a0 20 61 6e 64 20 64 6f 65 73 6e 27 74 20 61 6c 77 | and doesn't alw| 000009b0 61 79 73 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 61 73 20 79 6f 75 20 |ays work as you | 000009c0 6d 69 67 68 74 20 65 78 70 65 63 74 2c 20 62 75 |might expect, bu| 000009d0 74 20 69 74 0a 64 6f 65 73 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 61 |t it.does work a| 000009e0 6e 64 20 69 74 20 66 69 6c 6c 73 20 61 20 73 6d |nd it fills a sm| 000009f0 61 6c 6c 20 67 61 70 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 4f |all gap in the O| 00000a00 53 2e 0a 0a 20 20 57 68 79 20 6e 6f 74 20 74 72 |S... Why not tr| 00000a10 79 20 67 72 61 62 62 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 73 |y grabbing the s| 00000a20 61 76 65 20 74 65 78 74 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 69 6e |ave text icon in| 00000a30 20 21 5a 61 70 20 61 6e 64 20 64 72 61 67 67 69 | !Zap and draggi| 00000a40 6e 67 20 69 74 2e 20 4e 6f 74 68 69 6e 67 0a 68 |ng it. Nothing.h| 00000a50 61 70 70 65 6e 73 20 64 6f 65 73 20 69 74 20 3f |appens does it ?| 00000a60 20 54 68 65 72 65 20 69 73 20 61 20 67 6f 6f 64 | There is a good| 00000a70 20 72 65 61 73 6f 6e 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 69 73 | reason for this| 00000a80 2e 20 54 68 65 72 65 20 61 72 65 20 74 77 6f 20 |. There are two | 00000a90 74 79 70 65 73 20 6f 66 0a 77 72 69 74 65 61 62 |types of.writeab| 00000aa0 6c 65 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 75 73 65 64 20 62 79 20 |le icon used by | 00000ab0 74 68 65 20 64 65 73 6b 74 6f 70 20 2d 20 74 79 |the desktop - ty| 00000ac0 70 65 20 31 35 20 57 72 69 74 61 62 6c 65 20 61 |pe 15 Writable a| 00000ad0 6e 64 20 74 79 70 65 20 31 34 0a 57 72 69 74 65 |nd type 14.Write| 00000ae0 2f 43 6c 69 63 6b 2f 44 72 61 67 2e 20 54 68 65 |/Click/Drag. 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