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Help file for !MightyMouse v1.00 (04 Mar 1995)

� Michael Stirling


APPLICATION CONTENTS
====================

The !MityMouse application directory should contain the following files:
!Boot
!Run
!Sprites
MityMouse v1.00
MightySrc v1.00
!Help
MitySWI

If any are missing, then the application has been tampered with and you
should try to get another copy.

Double clicking !MityMouse will load the module MityMouse. This swaps the
Select and Adjust mouse buttons for users who prefer to use the mouse with
their left hand. The module provides full control, with help text, over the
mouse buttons via the *Buttons command and a SWI. It is intended to be
loaded by a boot file at startup time and can be used by a desktop
management utility.

As a bonus, an internal routine which may be potentially useful to
programmers, has been made accessible through SWI "MightyMouse_CmosAccess".
This routine can read/write individual bits of any CMOS RAM location while
leaving others unchanged. The SWIs supported by MightyMouse are fully
documented in the text file MitySWI.

Full documentation for the SWIs supported by MityMouse are contained in the
file MitySWI. I have included the source code of this module for programmers
to have a look at or modify and I welcome any suggestions, comments or
constructive criticism relating to this software.

As this sofware is not registered with Acorn, there could be potential
clashes with other software. If this happens, alter the variables between
the two lines of asterisks in the source code MightySrc and run it to
assemble the module.

The MightyMouse module has been tested on an A3000 and A5000 (both RISC OS
3.11), but should work on all other Acorn computers, including the Risc PC,
as I have used legal programming methods throughout.

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00000020  20 28 30 34 20 4d 61 72  20 31 39 39 35 29 0a 0a  | (04 Mar 1995)..|
00000030  a9 20 4d 69 63 68 61 65  6c 20 53 74 69 72 6c 69  |. Michael Stirli|
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000006f0  67 68 6f 75 74 2e 0a                              |ghout..|
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