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!PtrWrap/!Help
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File contents
� !PtrWrap
� version 1.01 (29-May-92)
� by Dave Thomas, � 1992
Purpose ___________________________________________________________________
I have just heard about an application called '!Wrapper' it 'wraps' the
pointer around the screen, so when you move the pointer onto a screen
boundary it disappears and reappears on the other side of the screen. After
hearing about this I thought 'That's a bit simple' and since I didn't have a
copy of !Wrapper, I wrote this.
Usage _____________________________________________________________________
After you have loaded !PtrWrap it's icon will appear on the icon bar. As
soon as it is loaded !PtrWrap is in operation moving the pointer to the edge
of the screen will cause it to vanish and appear on the other side of the
screen.
Selecting 'Edges' off the menu or clicking Select or Adjust on the icon bar
icon will cause a window to appear. This window controls how far away from
the edge of the screen (in OS-units) the pointer has to be before it will
wrap around. This window is necessary because some modes cause the bits of
the screen that !PtrWrap uses, to be inaccessable to the pointer. A value of
zero in the writeable icon will cause wraping to be disabled.
Copyright _________________________________________________________________
This software is supplied "as is", using it is entirely at your own risk.
You are free to distribute this application to anyone you please via any
medium, provided it is delivered with *all* the supplied files, *unaltered*.
You are not allowed to sell this software and I do not want to see it
supplied as a 'freebie' with any commercial packages, although I welcome
invitations to discuss any details should you want to do so. I (the author)
retain copyright over all of this application apart from the Interface
Manager Module, to which I make no claims.
If you want a disc packed with all the very latest versions of my apps and
utils, then please send me �3 at the address below.
If you have any comments, bug reports, suggestions for future versions or
anything else to offer me (oo-er!) don't hesitate to write to -
Dave Thomas
20 Rosebery Avenue
Waterloo
Liverpool
L22 2BH
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Purpose ______| 00000050 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f |________________| * 00000080 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 0a 0a 20 |_____________.. | 00000090 49 20 68 61 76 65 20 6a 75 73 74 20 68 65 61 72 |I have just hear| 000000a0 64 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 61 6e 20 61 70 70 6c 69 |d about an appli| 000000b0 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 63 61 6c 6c 65 64 20 27 21 |cation called '!| 000000c0 57 72 61 70 70 65 72 27 20 69 74 20 27 77 72 61 |Wrapper' it 'wra| 000000d0 70 73 27 20 74 68 65 0a 70 6f 69 6e 74 65 72 20 |ps' the.pointer | 000000e0 61 72 6f 75 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 73 63 72 65 65 |around the scree| 000000f0 6e 2c 20 73 6f 20 77 68 65 6e 20 79 6f 75 20 6d |n, so when you m| 00000100 6f 76 65 20 74 68 65 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 65 72 20 |ove the pointer | 00000110 6f 6e 74 6f 20 61 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 0a 62 6f |onto a screen.bo| 00000120 75 6e 64 61 72 79 20 69 74 20 64 69 73 61 70 70 |undary it disapp| 00000130 65 61 72 73 20 61 6e 64 20 72 65 61 70 70 65 61 |ears and reappea| 00000140 72 73 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 |rs on the other | 00000150 73 69 64 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 73 63 72 65 |side of the scre| 00000160 65 6e 2e 20 41 66 74 65 72 0a 68 65 61 72 69 6e |en. After.hearin| 00000170 67 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 74 68 69 73 20 49 20 74 |g about this I t| 00000180 68 6f 75 67 68 74 20 27 54 68 61 74 27 73 20 61 |hought 'That's a| 00000190 20 62 69 74 20 73 69 6d 70 6c 65 27 20 61 6e 64 | bit simple' and| 000001a0 20 73 69 6e 63 65 20 49 20 64 69 64 6e 27 74 20 | since I didn't | 000001b0 68 61 76 65 20 61 0a 63 6f 70 79 20 6f 66 20 21 |have a.copy of !| 000001c0 57 72 61 70 70 65 72 2c 20 49 20 77 72 6f 74 65 |Wrapper, I wrote| 000001d0 20 74 68 69 73 2e 0a 0a 20 55 73 61 67 65 20 5f | this... Usage _| 000001e0 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f |________________| * 00000220 5f 5f 5f 5f 0a 0a 20 41 66 74 65 72 20 79 6f 75 |____.. After you| 00000230 20 68 61 76 65 20 6c 6f 61 64 65 64 20 21 50 74 | have loaded !Pt| 00000240 72 57 72 61 70 20 69 74 27 73 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 |rWrap it's icon | 00000250 77 69 6c 6c 20 61 70 70 65 61 72 20 6f 6e 20 74 |will appear on t| 00000260 68 65 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 62 61 72 2e 20 41 73 0a |he icon bar. 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If you ha| 000007d0 76 65 20 61 6e 79 20 63 6f 6d 6d 65 6e 74 73 2c |ve any comments,| 000007e0 20 62 75 67 20 72 65 70 6f 72 74 73 2c 20 73 75 | bug reports, su| 000007f0 67 67 65 73 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 66 6f 72 20 66 75 |ggestions for fu| 00000800 74 75 72 65 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 73 20 6f 72 |ture versions or| 00000810 0a 61 6e 79 74 68 69 6e 67 20 65 6c 73 65 20 74 |.anything else t| 00000820 6f 20 6f 66 66 65 72 20 6d 65 20 28 6f 6f 2d 65 |o offer me (oo-e| 00000830 72 21 29 20 64 6f 6e 27 74 20 68 65 73 69 74 61 |r!) don't hesita| 00000840 74 65 20 74 6f 20 77 72 69 74 65 20 74 6f 20 2d |te to write to -| 00000850 0a 0a 20 20 44 61 76 65 20 54 68 6f 6d 61 73 0a |.. Dave Thomas.| 00000860 20 20 20 32 30 20 52 6f 73 65 62 65 72 79 20 41 | 20 Rosebery A| 00000870 76 65 6e 75 65 0a 20 20 20 20 20 57 61 74 65 72 |venue. Water| 00000880 6c 6f 6f 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 4c 69 76 65 72 |loo. 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