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File contents
HelpPlus
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By Ben Schofield
v1.00
� 1994 Archimedes World
RISC OS 3.1 Only (Not Risc PC Compatable)
HelpPlus is a much improved replacement for Acorn's !Help Application.
The improvements it makes are as follows :
� Instead of being in one place all the time, the help window follows the
pointer around, and closes (optionally) when there is no help
available, or help has been 'blocked' (see later).
� The help window can use either an anti-aliased font or the System Font.
The anti-aliased font is user-selectable.
� Help can be switched off temporarily with a click on the icon, and
switched on again just as easily.
� A list of task names can be given from which help will be 'blocked'
(ignored). This is useful for tasks such as Pinboard and Filer which
will otherwise give you the same useless information continuously.
� The giving of help on window features can be switched on or off.
� The distance between the pointer and help-window is user configurable.
� The icon and window handles of a window can be given.
Using HelpPlus
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Just double-click on the !HelpPlus application and you're away! Moving
the pointer around the screen will give help for applications that support
it. Clicking the select button on the HelpPlus icon will toggle help on and
off.
Clicking the menu button on the HelpPlus icon will open a menu.
The Menu
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Info --> Opens the HelpPlus info box.
Active --> Toggles help on and off.
Choices� --> Opens the choices window.
Quit --> Quits HelpPlus. But you wouldn't want to do that, would you.
Choices�
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� When no help is given...
- Say nothing won't open a window.
- Say 'No help given.' will say 'No help given.' (Wow!)
- Give icon and window handles will give the icon and window handle
of the icon and window that the pointer is currently over.
� Font is the font to use. Click select on the little icon to get a list.
� Give help on window features will give help on things such as the Title
bar, Adjust size icon, etc. if switched on.
� Distances...
- Window - pointer distance is the distance between the window and
the mouse pointer.
- Pointer damper distance is the distance that the pointer must move before the window will move/change position without the help text
changing.
� Ignore help from...
This list of four tasks will have all the help they give ignored.
This is useful for tasks such as Pinboard and Filer which will
otherwise give you the same useless information continuously. You can
get help from all tasks by making all four lines blank.
NOTE - The task names entered here must by EXACTLY the same as
shown in either the Task Manager's 'Application tasks' or 'Module
tasks' area. If this is not EXACTLY the same, this feature won't
work, and help won't be ignored.
Clicking 'OK' will accept the choices, 'Cancel' will cancel them,
'Default' will default the choices, and 'Save' will save them (unless you've
run HelpPlus from a read-only version on ArcFS, in which case HelpPlus will
quit with an error message!).
Writing programs that give help
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In RISCOS 3.1, strings sent to either !Help or HelpPlus in the message
Message_HelpReply(&503) can support the following special sequences (this
does not appear to be documented anywhere) :
Sequence (English) String produced (note trailing spaces!)
\S 'Click SELECT to '
\R 'Move the pointer right to '
\A 'Click ADJUST to '
\T 'This is the '
\G 'This option is greyed out because '
\W 'This window is '
\D 'Drag SELECT to '
\d 'Drag ADJUST to '
\w 'window'
\s 'SELECT'
\a 'ADJUST'
\\ '\'
Contacting me...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I hope you find HelpPlus useful. If you wish to contact me, either e-mail
'ben.schofield@abacus.org' on the Internet, or User #225 (Ben Schofield) on
Arcade BBS.
Ben.
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C| 000005c0 6c 69 63 6b 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 73 65 6c 65 |licking the sele| 000005d0 63 74 20 62 75 74 74 6f 6e 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 |ct button on the| 000005e0 20 48 65 6c 70 50 6c 75 73 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 77 | HelpPlus icon w| 000005f0 69 6c 6c 20 74 6f 67 67 6c 65 20 68 65 6c 70 20 |ill toggle help | 00000600 6f 6e 20 61 6e 64 0a 6f 66 66 2e 0a 20 20 20 20 |on and.off.. | 00000610 43 6c 69 63 6b 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 6d 65 6e |Clicking the men| 00000620 75 20 62 75 74 74 6f 6e 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 |u button on the | 00000630 48 65 6c 70 50 6c 75 73 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 77 69 |HelpPlus icon wi| 00000640 6c 6c 20 6f 70 65 6e 20 61 20 6d 65 6e 75 2e 0a |ll open a menu..| 00000650 0a 54 68 65 20 4d 65 6e 75 0a 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e |.The Menu.~~~~~~| 00000660 7e 7e 0a 20 20 20 20 49 6e 66 6f 20 20 20 20 20 |~~. 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But you w| 00000710 6f 75 6c 64 6e 27 74 20 77 61 6e 74 20 74 6f 20 |ouldn't want to | 00000720 64 6f 20 74 68 61 74 2c 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 79 |do that, would y| 00000730 6f 75 2e 0a 0a 43 68 6f 69 63 65 73 8c 0a 7e 7e |ou...Choices..~~| 00000740 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 0a 20 20 20 20 8f 20 57 68 65 |~~~~~~. . Whe| 00000750 6e 20 6e 6f 20 68 65 6c 70 20 69 73 20 67 69 76 |n no help is giv| 00000760 65 6e 2e 2e 2e 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2d |en..... -| 00000770 20 53 61 79 20 6e 6f 74 68 69 6e 67 20 77 6f 6e | Say nothing won| 00000780 27 74 20 6f 70 65 6e 20 61 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 |'t open a window| 00000790 2e 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2d 20 53 61 79 20 |.. - Say | 000007a0 27 4e 6f 20 68 65 6c 70 20 67 69 76 65 6e 2e 27 |'No help given.'| 000007b0 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 73 61 79 20 27 4e 6f 20 68 65 | will say 'No he| 000007c0 6c 70 20 67 69 76 65 6e 2e 27 20 28 57 6f 77 21 |lp given.' 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