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ReadMe
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
| Tape/disk: | Home » Personal collection » Acorn hard disk » newlook » NewLook |
| Filename: | ReadMe |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 071C bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
Duplicates
There is 1 duplicate copy of this file in the archive:
- Recent acquisitions » Acorn ADFS disks » adfs_ArchimedesWorld_199403_2.adf » Disk2Mar94 » !AWMar94/Goodies/NewLook/ReadMe
- Personal collection » Acorn hard disk » newlook » NewLook » ReadMe
File contents
This disc provides !NewLook 1.00, an application which provides a new appearance for the RISC OS 3 desktop. In future versions of RISC OS this is likely to become the default settings. For information on how to use !NewLook, select it in the directory display, click on MENU, move to the submenu entitled 'NewLook', and choose Help on that menu. This new look is only recommended for users with hard discs, as loading from floppy disc is quite cumbersome and the result is aesthetic rather than functional. Considerable memory is also consumed at run time. This disc also provides 3D template files for the two applications discs and the support disc. In order to apply these to your applications, proceed as follows: Open your App1 directory on your hard disc. Open the TemplApp1 directory on this disc. Click MENU over the TemplApp1 directory, and choose 'Select all'. Press SELECT over the TemplApp1 directory, and drag all of the selected applications into the App1 directory. Release SELECT. This will copy replacement Template files from TemplApp1 into App1. Repeat this procedure with App2 and TemplApp2. Repeat this procedure with Support and TemplSupp. Any applications now started up from these directories should have 3D dialogue box elements. !NewLook contains replacement template files for all ROM applications to give them 3D buttons etc. Loading these does not affect tasks which are already running (eg. the filer, the task manager). In order to get 3D dialogue boxes on these you must RMLoad the files BorderUtil and ROMApps3D from within !NewLook as part of your machine boot sequence, before the desktop starts up. Choose Help from the directory display menu for more information on how to do this. After BorderUtil has been loaded do not reload, reinitialise or RMFaster the window manager.
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In f| 00000070 75 74 75 72 65 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 73 20 6f |uture versions o| 00000080 66 20 52 49 53 43 20 4f 53 20 74 68 69 73 20 69 |f RISC OS this i| 00000090 73 20 6c 69 6b 65 6c 79 20 74 6f 0a 62 65 63 6f |s likely to.beco| 000000a0 6d 65 20 74 68 65 20 64 65 66 61 75 6c 74 20 73 |me the default s| 000000b0 65 74 74 69 6e 67 73 2e 0a 0a 46 6f 72 20 69 6e |ettings...For in| 000000c0 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 6e 20 68 6f 77 |formation on how| 000000d0 20 74 6f 20 75 73 65 20 21 4e 65 77 4c 6f 6f 6b | to use !NewLook| 000000e0 2c 20 73 65 6c 65 63 74 20 69 74 20 69 6e 20 74 |, select it in t| 000000f0 68 65 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 64 69 73 |he directory dis| 00000100 70 6c 61 79 2c 0a 63 6c 69 63 6b 20 6f 6e 20 4d |play,.click on M| 00000110 45 4e 55 2c 20 6d 6f 76 65 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 |ENU, move to the| 00000120 20 73 75 62 6d 65 6e 75 20 65 6e 74 69 74 6c 65 | submenu entitle| 00000130 64 20 27 4e 65 77 4c 6f 6f 6b 27 2c 20 61 6e 64 |d 'NewLook', and| 00000140 20 63 68 6f 6f 73 65 20 48 65 6c 70 20 6f 6e 0a | choose Help on.| 00000150 74 68 61 74 20 6d 65 6e 75 2e 0a 0a 54 68 69 73 |that menu...This| 00000160 20 6e 65 77 20 6c 6f 6f 6b 20 69 73 20 6f 6e 6c | new look is onl| 00000170 79 20 72 65 63 6f 6d 6d 65 6e 64 65 64 20 66 6f |y recommended fo| 00000180 72 20 75 73 65 72 73 20 77 69 74 68 20 68 61 72 |r users with har| 00000190 64 20 64 69 73 63 73 2c 20 61 73 20 6c 6f 61 64 |d discs, as load| 000001a0 69 6e 67 20 66 72 6f 6d 0a 66 6c 6f 70 70 79 20 |ing from.floppy | 000001b0 64 69 73 63 20 69 73 20 71 75 69 74 65 20 63 75 |disc is quite cu| 000001c0 6d 62 65 72 73 6f 6d 65 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 |mbersome and the| 000001d0 20 72 65 73 75 6c 74 20 69 73 20 61 65 73 74 68 | result is aesth| 000001e0 65 74 69 63 20 72 61 74 68 65 72 20 74 68 61 6e |etic rather than| 000001f0 0a 66 75 6e 63 74 69 6f 6e 61 6c 2e 20 43 6f 6e |.functional. Con| 00000200 73 69 64 65 72 61 62 6c 65 20 6d 65 6d 6f 72 79 |siderable memory| 00000210 20 69 73 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 63 6f 6e 73 75 6d 65 | is also consume| 00000220 64 20 61 74 20 72 75 6e 20 74 69 6d 65 2e 0a 0a |d at run time...| 00000230 54 68 69 73 20 64 69 73 63 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 70 |This disc also p| 00000240 72 6f 76 69 64 65 73 20 33 44 20 74 65 6d 70 6c |rovides 3D templ| 00000250 61 74 65 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 |ate files for th| 00000260 65 20 74 77 6f 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f |e two applicatio| 00000270 6e 73 20 64 69 73 63 73 0a 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 |ns discs.and the| 00000280 20 73 75 70 70 6f 72 74 20 64 69 73 63 2e 20 49 | support disc. 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Choos| 00000670 65 20 48 65 6c 70 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 |e Help from the | 00000680 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 64 69 73 70 6c 61 |directory displa| 00000690 79 20 6d 65 6e 75 20 66 6f 72 20 6d 6f 72 65 0a |y menu for more.| 000006a0 69 6e 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 6e 20 68 |information on h| 000006b0 6f 77 20 74 6f 20 64 6f 20 74 68 69 73 2e 20 41 |ow to do this. A| 000006c0 66 74 65 72 20 42 6f 72 64 65 72 55 74 69 6c 20 |fter BorderUtil | 000006d0 68 61 73 20 62 65 65 6e 20 6c 6f 61 64 65 64 20 |has been loaded | 000006e0 64 6f 20 6e 6f 74 0a 72 65 6c 6f 61 64 2c 20 72 |do not.reload, r| 000006f0 65 69 6e 69 74 69 61 6c 69 73 65 20 6f 72 20 52 |einitialise or R| 00000700 4d 46 61 73 74 65 72 20 74 68 65 20 77 69 6e 64 |MFaster the wind| 00000710 6f 77 20 6d 61 6e 61 67 65 72 2e 0a |ow manager..| 0000071c
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