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<html> <head> <title>!Styx</title> </head> <body> <h1>Styx version 2.00 29-Sep-1995</h1> <h2>Yet another Desktop trash application!</h2> By Richard Seago<p> <h3>Welcome to Styx</h3> 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.<p> <h3>How to use !Styx</h3> 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.<p> 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).<p> 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.<p> Everything should be fairly self explanatory, since it is a Director application, you should be able to do anything from the menus.<p> <h3>Problems</h3> Because Charon always moves things it can be slower deleting things from floppies or archives - if necessary turn Charon off from the menu.<p> If you have LongFilenames then the KillOld application (if run) must have the relevant REMs removed from statements (the first three you come to).<p> <h3>How it works</h3> The only intersting bit is Charon - the rest you can work out for yourself since its only in obey files.<p> 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.<p> *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.<p> <h3>Contacting me</h3> Term time (University):<br> <br> Richard Seago<br> St. John�s College<br> Cambridge<br> CB2 1TP<br> <br> E-mail: rfs20@cam.ac.uk<br> <p> Or during vactions at:<br> <br>Richard Seago<br> 23 Pinewoods Avenue<br> West Hagley<br> Stourbridge<br> West Midlands<br> DY9 0JF<p> <hr> Richard Seago <a href = "mailto:rfs20@cam.ac.uk"><address>rfs20@cam.ac.uk</a></address><p> </body> </html>
00000000 3c 68 74 6d 6c 3e 0a 3c 68 65 61 64 3e 0a 0a 3c |<html>.<head>..<| 00000010 74 69 74 6c 65 3e 21 53 74 79 78 3c 2f 74 69 74 |title>!Styx</tit| 00000020 6c 65 3e 0a 3c 2f 68 65 61 64 3e 0a 3c 62 6f 64 |le>.</head>.<bod| 00000030 79 3e 0a 3c 68 31 3e 53 74 79 78 20 76 65 72 73 |y>.<h1>Styx vers| 00000040 69 6f 6e 20 32 2e 30 30 20 32 39 2d 53 65 70 2d |ion 2.00 29-Sep-| 00000050 31 39 39 35 3c 2f 68 31 3e 0a 3c 68 32 3e 59 65 |1995</h1>.<h2>Ye| 00000060 74 20 61 6e 6f 74 68 65 72 20 44 65 73 6b 74 6f |t another Deskto| 00000070 70 20 74 72 61 73 68 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 |p trash applicat| 00000080 69 6f 6e 21 3c 2f 68 32 3e 0a 0a 42 79 20 52 69 |ion!</h2>..By Ri| 00000090 63 68 61 72 64 20 53 65 61 67 6f 3c 70 3e 0a 3c |chard Seago<p>.<| 000000a0 68 33 3e 57 65 6c 63 6f 6d 65 20 74 6f 20 53 74 |h3>Welcome to St| 000000b0 79 78 3c 2f 68 33 3e 0a 0a 53 74 79 78 20 69 73 |yx</h3>..Styx is| 000000c0 20 61 6e 6f 74 68 65 72 20 64 65 73 6b 74 6f 70 | another desktop| 000000d0 20 74 72 61 73 68 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 | trash applicati| 000000e0 6f 6e 20 62 75 74 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 20 64 69 |on but with a di| 000000f0 66 66 65 72 65 6e 63 65 2e 20 46 69 72 73 74 6c |fference. Firstl| 00000100 79 20 69 74 20 72 75 6e 73 20 75 6e 64 65 72 20 |y it runs under | 00000110 74 68 65 20 65 78 63 65 6c 6c 65 6e 74 20 44 69 |the excellent Di| 00000120 72 65 63 74 6f 72 20 0a 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 |rector .version | 00000130 30 2e 32 31 20 62 79 20 4e 69 63 6b 20 43 72 61 |0.21 by Nick Cra| 00000140 69 67 2d 57 6f 6f 64 20 61 73 20 66 65 61 74 75 |ig-Wood as featu| 00000150 72 65 64 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 4f 63 74 6f 62 |red in the Octob| 00000160 65 72 20 31 39 39 35 20 69 73 73 75 65 20 6f 66 |er 1995 issue of| 00000170 20 41 63 6f 72 6e 20 55 73 65 72 2e 20 49 74 20 | Acorn User. It | 00000180 69 73 2c 20 69 6e 20 66 61 63 74 2c 20 6a 75 73 |is, in fact, jus| 00000190 74 20 61 20 0a 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 20 69 63 |t a .director ic| 000001a0 6f 6e 20 61 6e 64 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 64 69 72 65 |on and some dire| 000001b0 63 74 6f 72 20 6d 65 6e 75 73 2e 20 48 6f 77 65 |ctor menus. Howe| 000001c0 76 65 72 20 74 68 65 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 64 69 |ver the other di| 000001d0 66 66 65 72 65 6e 63 65 20 69 73 20 74 68 61 74 |fference is that| 000001e0 20 69 73 20 69 6e 74 65 72 63 65 70 74 73 20 61 | is intercepts a| 000001f0 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 20 6f 6e 20 64 65 6c 65 74 65 | click on delete| 00000200 20 6f 6e 20 0a 74 68 65 20 6d 65 6e 75 20 66 72 | on .the menu fr| 00000210 6f 6d 20 61 20 66 69 6c 65 72 20 6d 65 6e 75 20 |om a filer menu | 00000220 61 6e 64 20 63 68 61 6e 67 65 73 20 74 68 61 74 |and changes that| 00000230 20 64 65 6c 65 74 65 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 61 20 6d | delete into a m| 00000240 6f 76 65 20 74 6f 20 48 61 64 65 73 2e 20 54 68 |ove to Hades. Th| 00000250 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 73 |e program also s| 00000260 65 74 73 20 75 70 20 2a 64 65 6c 65 74 65 20 0a |ets up *delete .| 00000270 61 6e 64 20 2a 77 69 70 65 20 20 61 6c 69 61 73 |and *wipe alias| 00000280 20 74 6f 20 64 6f 20 74 68 65 20 73 61 6d 65 20 | to do the same | 00000290 74 68 69 6e 67 2e 3c 70 3e 0a 3c 68 33 3e 48 6f |thing.<p>.<h3>Ho| 000002a0 77 20 74 6f 20 75 73 65 20 21 53 74 79 78 3c 2f |w to use !Styx</| 000002b0 68 33 3e 0a 0a 59 6f 75 20 6d 75 73 74 20 68 61 |h3>..You must ha| 000002c0 76 65 20 74 68 65 20 44 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 20 |ve the Director | 000002d0 6d 6f 64 75 6c 65 20 6c 6f 61 64 65 64 20 65 76 |module loaded ev| 000002e0 65 6e 20 69 66 20 79 6f 75 20 61 72 65 6e 91 74 |en if you aren.t| 000002f0 20 72 75 6e 6e 69 6e 67 20 61 6e 79 74 68 69 6e | running anythin| 00000300 67 20 6f 66 20 69 74 2e 20 49 66 20 69 74 20 69 |g of it. If it i| 00000310 73 6e 91 74 20 6c 6f 61 64 65 64 20 74 68 65 6e |sn.t loaded then| 00000320 20 0a 53 74 79 78 20 77 6f 6e 91 74 20 72 75 6e | .Styx won.t run| 00000330 2e 3c 70 3e 0a 0a 53 74 79 78 20 6c 6f 61 64 73 |.<p>..Styx loads| 00000340 20 61 20 6d 6f 64 75 6c 65 20 63 61 6c 6c 65 64 | a module called| 00000350 20 43 68 61 72 6f 6e 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 66 65 | Charon which fe| 00000360 72 72 69 65 73 20 74 68 6f 73 65 20 66 69 6c 65 |rries those file| 00000370 73 20 79 6f 75 20 64 65 6c 65 74 65 20 74 6f 20 |s you delete to | 00000380 48 61 64 65 73 2e 20 49 74 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 73 |Hades. It also s| 00000390 65 74 73 20 75 70 20 61 6e 20 61 6c 69 61 73 2e |ets up an alias.| 000003a0 20 59 6f 75 20 0a 63 61 6e 20 63 68 61 6e 67 65 | You .can change| 000003b0 20 77 68 65 74 68 65 72 20 74 68 65 73 65 20 61 | whether these a| 000003c0 72 65 20 6f 6e 20 6f 72 20 6f 66 66 20 62 79 20 |re on or off by | 000003d0 65 64 69 74 74 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 4f 70 74 |editting the Opt| 000003e0 69 6f 6e 73 20 66 69 6c 65 20 69 6e 73 69 64 65 |ions file inside| 000003f0 20 21 53 74 79 78 20 28 69 6e 73 74 72 75 63 74 | !Styx (instruct| 00000400 69 6f 6e 73 20 70 72 6f 76 69 64 65 64 29 2e 3c |ions provided).<| 00000410 70 3e 0a 0a 53 74 79 78 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 72 65 |p>..Styx will re| 00000420 6d 6f 76 65 20 61 6e 79 74 68 69 6e 67 20 63 6f |move anything co| 00000430 6e 73 69 64 65 72 65 64 20 6f 6c 64 20 66 72 6f |nsidered old fro| 00000440 6d 20 48 61 64 65 73 20 6f 6e 20 69 74 73 20 6f |m Hades on its o| 00000450 77 6e 20 2d 20 6f 74 68 65 72 77 69 73 65 20 69 |wn - otherwise i| 00000460 74 27 73 20 75 70 20 74 6f 20 79 6f 75 20 74 6f |t's up to you to| 00000470 20 70 75 72 67 65 20 69 74 20 61 73 20 61 6e 64 | purge it as and| 00000480 20 77 68 65 6e 20 79 6f 75 20 66 65 65 6c 20 0a | when you feel .| 00000490 6e 65 63 65 73 73 61 72 79 2e 20 44 65 61 64 20 |necessary. Dead | 000004a0 66 69 6c 65 73 20 61 72 65 20 73 74 6f 72 65 64 |files are stored| 000004b0 20 69 6e 20 61 20 64 61 74 65 64 20 64 69 72 65 | in a dated dire| 000004c0 63 74 6f 72 79 20 74 6f 20 68 65 6c 70 20 79 6f |ctory to help yo| 000004d0 75 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 6f 75 74 20 74 68 65 69 72 |u work out their| 000004e0 20 61 67 65 2e 20 49 66 20 79 6f 75 20 77 61 6e | age. If you wan| 000004f0 74 20 74 6f 20 72 65 74 72 69 65 76 65 20 0a 61 |t to retrieve .a| 00000500 6e 79 74 68 69 6e 67 20 73 69 6d 70 6c 79 20 6f |nything simply o| 00000510 70 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6e 65 63 65 73 73 61 72 |pen the necessar| 00000520 79 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 61 6e 64 20 |y directory and | 00000530 64 72 61 67 20 69 74 20 6f 75 74 2e 20 54 6f 0a |drag it out. To.| 00000540 63 68 61 6e 67 65 20 77 68 61 74 20 53 74 79 78 |change what Styx| 00000550 20 74 68 69 6e 6b 73 20 6f 66 20 61 73 20 6f 6c | thinks of as ol| 00000560 64 20 28 69 6e 20 64 61 79 73 29 20 79 6f 75 20 |d (in days) you | 00000570 6d 75 73 74 20 73 69 6d 70 6c 79 20 65 64 69 74 |must simply edit| 00000580 20 74 68 65 20 4f 70 74 69 6f 6e 73 0a 66 69 6c | the Options.fil| 00000590 65 2e 3c 70 3e 0a 0a 45 76 65 72 79 74 68 69 6e |e.<p>..Everythin| 000005a0 67 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 20 66 61 69 72 |g should be fair| 000005b0 6c 79 20 73 65 6c 66 20 65 78 70 6c 61 6e 61 74 |ly self explanat| 000005c0 6f 72 79 2c 20 73 69 6e 63 65 20 69 74 20 69 73 |ory, since it is| 000005d0 20 61 20 44 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 0a 61 70 70 6c | a Director.appl| 000005e0 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 2c 20 79 6f 75 20 73 68 6f |ication, you sho| 000005f0 75 6c 64 20 62 65 20 61 62 6c 65 20 74 6f 20 64 |uld be able to d| 00000600 6f 20 61 6e 79 74 68 69 6e 67 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 |o anything from | 00000610 74 68 65 20 6d 65 6e 75 73 2e 3c 70 3e 0a 3c 68 |the menus.<p>.<h| 00000620 33 3e 50 72 6f 62 6c 65 6d 73 3c 2f 68 33 3e 0a |3>Problems</h3>.| 00000630 0a 42 65 63 61 75 73 65 20 43 68 61 72 6f 6e 20 |.Because Charon | 00000640 61 6c 77 61 79 73 20 6d 6f 76 65 73 20 74 68 69 |always moves thi| 00000650 6e 67 73 20 69 74 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 73 6c |ngs it can be sl| 00000660 6f 77 65 72 20 64 65 6c 65 74 69 6e 67 20 74 68 |ower deleting th| 00000670 69 6e 67 73 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 66 6c 6f 70 70 69 |ings from floppi| 00000680 65 73 20 6f 72 20 61 72 63 68 69 76 65 73 20 2d |es or archives -| 00000690 20 69 66 20 0a 6e 65 63 65 73 73 61 72 79 20 74 | if .necessary t| 000006a0 75 72 6e 20 43 68 61 72 6f 6e 20 6f 66 66 20 66 |urn Charon off f| 000006b0 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 6d 65 6e 75 2e 3c 70 3e |rom the menu.<p>| 000006c0 0a 0a 49 66 20 79 6f 75 20 68 61 76 65 20 4c 6f |..If you have Lo| 000006d0 6e 67 46 69 6c 65 6e 61 6d 65 73 20 74 68 65 6e |ngFilenames then| 000006e0 20 74 68 65 20 4b 69 6c 6c 4f 6c 64 20 61 70 70 | the KillOld app| 000006f0 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 28 69 66 20 72 75 6e |lication (if run| 00000700 29 20 6d 75 73 74 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 68 65 20 |) must have the | 00000710 72 65 6c 65 76 61 6e 74 20 52 45 4d 73 20 72 65 |relevant REMs re| 00000720 6d 6f 76 65 64 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 73 74 61 74 65 |moved from state| 00000730 6d 65 6e 74 73 20 28 74 68 65 20 66 69 72 73 74 |ments (the first| 00000740 20 74 68 72 65 65 20 79 6f 75 20 63 6f 6d 65 20 | three you come | 00000750 74 6f 29 2e 3c 70 3e 0a 0a 3c 68 33 3e 48 6f 77 |to).<p>..<h3>How| 00000760 20 69 74 20 77 6f 72 6b 73 3c 2f 68 33 3e 0a 0a | it works</h3>..| 00000770 54 68 65 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 69 6e 74 65 72 73 74 |The only interst| 00000780 69 6e 67 20 62 69 74 20 69 73 20 43 68 61 72 6f |ing bit is Charo| 00000790 6e 20 2d 20 74 68 65 20 72 65 73 74 20 79 6f 75 |n - the rest you| 000007a0 20 63 61 6e 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 6f 75 74 20 66 6f | can work out fo| 000007b0 72 20 79 6f 75 72 73 65 6c 66 20 73 69 6e 63 65 |r yourself since| 000007c0 20 69 74 73 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 69 6e 20 6f 62 65 | its only in obe| 000007d0 79 20 66 69 6c 65 73 2e 3c 70 3e 0a 0a 43 68 61 |y files.<p>..Cha| 000007e0 72 6f 6e 20 66 69 6c 74 65 72 73 20 72 65 71 75 |ron filters requ| 000007f0 65 73 74 73 20 74 6f 20 46 69 6c 65 72 5f 41 63 |ests to Filer_Ac| 00000800 74 69 6f 6e 20 66 6f 72 20 64 65 6c 65 74 69 6f |tion for deletio| 00000810 6e 20 61 6e 64 20 73 69 6d 70 6c 79 20 63 68 61 |n and simply cha| 00000820 6e 67 65 73 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 64 65 20 74 6f |nges the code to| 00000830 20 70 72 6f 64 75 63 65 20 61 20 6d 6f 76 65 20 | produce a move | 00000840 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 0a 63 6f 72 72 65 63 74 20 |to the .correct | 00000850 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 28 72 65 73 65 74 |directory (reset| 00000860 20 77 68 65 6e 65 76 65 72 20 53 74 79 78 20 73 | whenever Styx s| 00000870 74 61 72 74 73 20 75 70 29 2e 20 53 6f 20 69 74 |tarts up). So it| 00000880 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 70 72 65 76 65 6e 74 20 | should prevent | 00000890 64 65 6c 65 74 69 6f 6e 20 62 79 20 61 6e 79 20 |deletion by any | 000008a0 63 61 6c 6c 2e 3c 70 3e 0a 0a 2a 44 65 6c 65 74 |call.<p>..*Delet| 000008b0 65 20 69 73 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 6f 6e 20 61 6e 20 |e is also on an | 000008c0 61 6c 69 61 73 2e 20 54 6f 20 61 76 6f 69 64 20 |alias. To avoid | 000008d0 74 68 69 73 20 74 75 72 6e 20 69 74 20 6f 66 66 |this turn it off| 000008e0 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6d 65 6e 75 20 6f 72 20 | on the menu or | 000008f0 75 73 65 20 2a 25 44 65 6c 65 74 65 20 69 6e 73 |use *%Delete ins| 00000900 74 65 61 64 2e 20 54 68 65 20 73 61 6d 65 20 69 |tead. The same i| 00000910 73 20 74 72 75 65 20 0a 66 6f 72 20 2a 57 69 70 |s true .for *Wip| 00000920 65 2e 3c 70 3e 0a 3c 68 33 3e 43 6f 6e 74 61 63 |e.<p>.<h3>Contac| 00000930 74 69 6e 67 20 6d 65 3c 2f 68 33 3e 0a 0a 54 65 |ting me</h3>..Te| 00000940 72 6d 20 74 69 6d 65 20 28 55 6e 69 76 65 72 73 |rm time (Univers| 00000950 69 74 79 29 3a 3c 62 72 3e 0a 3c 62 72 3e 0a 52 |ity):<br>.<br>.R| 00000960 69 63 68 61 72 64 20 53 65 61 67 6f 3c 62 72 3e |ichard Seago<br>| 00000970 0a 53 74 2e 20 4a 6f 68 6e 91 73 20 43 6f 6c 6c |.St. John.s Coll| 00000980 65 67 65 3c 62 72 3e 0a 43 61 6d 62 72 69 64 67 |ege<br>.Cambridg| 00000990 65 3c 62 72 3e 0a 43 42 32 20 31 54 50 3c 62 72 |e<br>.CB2 1TP<br| 000009a0 3e 0a 3c 62 72 3e 0a 45 2d 6d 61 69 6c 3a 20 72 |>.<br>.E-mail: r| 000009b0 66 73 32 30 40 63 61 6d 2e 61 63 2e 75 6b 3c 62 |fs20@cam.ac.uk<b| 000009c0 72 3e 0a 3c 70 3e 0a 0a 4f 72 20 64 75 72 69 6e |r>.<p>..Or durin| 000009d0 67 20 76 61 63 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 61 74 3a 3c 62 |g vactions at:<b| 000009e0 72 3e 0a 3c 62 72 3e 52 69 63 68 61 72 64 20 53 |r>.<br>Richard S| 000009f0 65 61 67 6f 3c 62 72 3e 0a 32 33 20 50 69 6e 65 |eago<br>.23 Pine| 00000a00 77 6f 6f 64 73 20 41 76 65 6e 75 65 3c 62 72 3e |woods Avenue<br>| 00000a10 0a 57 65 73 74 20 48 61 67 6c 65 79 3c 62 72 3e |.West Hagley<br>| 00000a20 0a 53 74 6f 75 72 62 72 69 64 67 65 3c 62 72 3e |.Stourbridge<br>| 00000a30 0a 57 65 73 74 20 4d 69 64 6c 61 6e 64 73 3c 62 |.West Midlands<b| 00000a40 72 3e 0a 44 59 39 20 30 4a 46 3c 70 3e 0a 3c 68 |r>.DY9 0JF<p>.<h| 00000a50 72 3e 0a 52 69 63 68 61 72 64 20 53 65 61 67 6f |r>.Richard Seago| 00000a60 20 3c 61 20 68 72 65 66 20 3d 20 22 6d 61 69 6c | <a href = "mail| 00000a70 74 6f 3a 72 66 73 32 30 40 63 61 6d 2e 61 63 2e |to:rfs20@cam.ac.| 00000a80 75 6b 22 3e 3c 61 64 64 72 65 73 73 3e 72 66 73 |uk"><address>rfs| 00000a90 32 30 40 63 61 6d 2e 61 63 2e 75 6b 3c 2f 61 3e |20@cam.ac.uk</a>| 00000aa0 3c 2f 61 64 64 72 65 73 73 3e 3c 70 3e 0a 0a 3c |</address><p>..<| 00000ab0 2f 62 6f 64 79 3e 0a 3c 2f 68 74 6d 6c 3e 0a |/body>.</html>.| 00000abf
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