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StarInfo/Seago/Letter
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| Tape/disk: | Home » Archimedes archive » Acorn User » AU 1997-05 B.adf » Regulars |
| Filename: | StarInfo/Seago/Letter |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 036C bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
Dear *Info Welcome to Styx, a Director based trash application. Once Director is loaded, simply run Styx, it puts another icon on the iconbarand when you try to delete things they go to Hades. Dragging files to the icon deletes them and *delete, *wipe, and filer menu "Delete" commands are all intercepted and instead move the file. The Filer delete works by filtering (in the module Charon) the Filer_Action message. When a delete is detected, it is changed to a move to the relevant directory (stored in !Sytx.Hades). Directories are named by date and are deleted when too old (default 10 days). You can also purge Hades manually. I originally wrote this program entirely in Basic, however Director menus take up much less memory and allow everything to be changed/updated much more easily. I hope you find it interesting and useful. More instructions in the help file.
00000000 44 65 61 72 20 2a 49 6e 66 6f 0a 0a 57 65 6c 63 |Dear *Info..Welc| 00000010 6f 6d 65 20 74 6f 20 53 74 79 78 2c 20 61 20 44 |ome to Styx, a D| 00000020 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 20 62 61 73 65 64 20 74 72 |irector based tr| 00000030 61 73 68 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 2e |ash application.| 00000040 0a 0a 4f 6e 63 65 20 44 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 20 |..Once Director | 00000050 69 73 20 6c 6f 61 64 65 64 2c 20 73 69 6d 70 6c |is loaded, simpl| 00000060 79 20 72 75 6e 20 53 74 79 78 2c 20 69 74 20 70 |y run Styx, it p| 00000070 75 74 73 20 61 6e 6f 74 68 65 72 20 69 63 6f 6e |uts another icon| 00000080 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 0a 69 63 6f 6e 62 61 72 61 | on the.iconbara| 00000090 6e 64 20 77 68 65 6e 20 79 6f 75 20 74 72 79 20 |nd when you try | 000000a0 74 6f 20 64 65 6c 65 74 65 20 74 68 69 6e 67 73 |to delete things| 000000b0 20 74 68 65 79 20 67 6f 20 74 6f 20 48 61 64 65 | they go to Hade| 000000c0 73 2e 20 44 72 61 67 67 69 6e 67 20 66 69 6c 65 |s. Dragging file| 000000d0 73 20 74 6f 0a 74 68 65 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 64 65 |s to.the icon de| 000000e0 6c 65 74 65 73 20 74 68 65 6d 20 61 6e 64 20 2a |letes them and *| 000000f0 64 65 6c 65 74 65 2c 20 2a 77 69 70 65 2c 20 61 |delete, *wipe, a| 00000100 6e 64 20 66 69 6c 65 72 20 6d 65 6e 75 20 22 44 |nd filer menu "D| 00000110 65 6c 65 74 65 22 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 73 0a |elete" commands.| 00000120 61 72 65 20 61 6c 6c 20 69 6e 74 65 72 63 65 70 |are all intercep| 00000130 74 65 64 20 61 6e 64 20 69 6e 73 74 65 61 64 20 |ted and instead | 00000140 6d 6f 76 65 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 2e 20 54 |move the file. T| 00000150 68 65 20 46 69 6c 65 72 20 64 65 6c 65 74 65 20 |he Filer delete | 00000160 77 6f 72 6b 73 20 62 79 0a 66 69 6c 74 65 72 69 |works by.filteri| 00000170 6e 67 20 28 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6d 6f 64 75 6c |ng (in the modul| 00000180 65 20 43 68 61 72 6f 6e 29 20 74 68 65 20 46 69 |e Charon) the Fi| 00000190 6c 65 72 5f 41 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 6d 65 73 73 61 |ler_Action messa| 000001a0 67 65 2e 20 57 68 65 6e 20 61 20 64 65 6c 65 74 |ge. When a delet| 000001b0 65 20 69 73 0a 64 65 74 65 63 74 65 64 2c 20 69 |e is.detected, i| 000001c0 74 20 69 73 20 63 68 61 6e 67 65 64 20 74 6f 20 |t is changed to | 000001d0 61 20 6d 6f 76 65 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 72 65 |a move to the re| 000001e0 6c 65 76 61 6e 74 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 |levant directory| 000001f0 20 28 73 74 6f 72 65 64 20 69 6e 0a 21 53 79 74 | (stored in.!Syt| 00000200 78 2e 48 61 64 65 73 29 2e 20 44 69 72 65 63 74 |x.Hades). Direct| 00000210 6f 72 69 65 73 20 61 72 65 20 6e 61 6d 65 64 20 |ories are named | 00000220 62 79 20 64 61 74 65 20 61 6e 64 20 61 72 65 20 |by date and are | 00000230 64 65 6c 65 74 65 64 20 77 68 65 6e 20 74 6f 6f |deleted when too| 00000240 20 6f 6c 64 0a 28 64 65 66 61 75 6c 74 20 31 30 | old.(default 10| 00000250 20 64 61 79 73 29 2e 20 59 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 | days). You can | 00000260 61 6c 73 6f 20 70 75 72 67 65 20 48 61 64 65 73 |also purge Hades| 00000270 20 6d 61 6e 75 61 6c 6c 79 2e 0a 0a 49 20 6f 72 | manually...I or| 00000280 69 67 69 6e 61 6c 6c 79 20 77 72 6f 74 65 20 74 |iginally wrote t| 00000290 68 69 73 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 65 6e 74 69 |his program enti| 000002a0 72 65 6c 79 20 69 6e 20 42 61 73 69 63 2c 20 68 |rely in Basic, h| 000002b0 6f 77 65 76 65 72 20 44 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 20 |owever Director | 000002c0 6d 65 6e 75 73 0a 74 61 6b 65 20 75 70 20 6d 75 |menus.take up mu| 000002d0 63 68 20 6c 65 73 73 20 6d 65 6d 6f 72 79 20 61 |ch less memory a| 000002e0 6e 64 20 61 6c 6c 6f 77 20 65 76 65 72 79 74 68 |nd allow everyth| 000002f0 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 63 68 61 6e 67 65 |ing to be change| 00000300 64 2f 75 70 64 61 74 65 64 20 6d 75 63 68 0a 6d |d/updated much.m| 00000310 6f 72 65 20 65 61 73 69 6c 79 2e 0a 0a 49 20 68 |ore easily...I h| 00000320 6f 70 65 20 79 6f 75 20 66 69 6e 64 20 69 74 20 |ope you find it | 00000330 69 6e 74 65 72 65 73 74 69 6e 67 20 61 6e 64 20 |interesting and | 00000340 75 73 65 66 75 6c 2e 20 4d 6f 72 65 20 69 6e 73 |useful. More ins| 00000350 74 72 75 63 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 |tructions in the| 00000360 20 68 65 6c 70 0a 66 69 6c 65 2e 0a | help.file..| 0000036c
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