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Manual/Page07
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.
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Filename: | Manual/Page07 |
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File size: | 11EC bytes |
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File contents
Draw� TechWriter �� � , Homerton.Medium Trinity.Medium l � M 3 ��� 0 so as to keep to the appropriate edge of the screen. � � a M ��� 0 � The directions in which the gravity pulls the different files can be set in the � � a M ��� 0 � configuration window (see the configuration window section entitled �Organisation� � � a M ��� 0 � for more details). Gravity can even be turned off entirely, in which case Larger does as � � a M ��� 0 y little as possible, and the user is left to place icons as he/she wants. � � � M c ��� 0 ? Even with gravity on though, some degree of control is left to the user. If an item is � � � M c ��� 0 dragged out of its stack, then it is removed, the rest are shuffled up, and the item is X � � M c ��� 0 � replaced at the top of the stack. � � f M � ��� 0 � If one item is dragged onto another, then the intervening items are shuffled up so that � � f M � ��� 0 � the application you dragged is left under the pointer, but the order of the other items is D � f M � ��� 0 ~ left unchanged. � � � M h ��� 0 D If gravity is turned off, and the screen mode is changed to a smaller one, Larger may be � � � M h ��� 0 " forced to move some icons so as to keep them on the screen. If the screen mode is � � � M h ��� 0 changed back however, any icons that haven't been moved since will be moved back to L � � M h ��� 0 � their old positions. � � Y M � ��� 5 � Try changing the gravity options in the Configuration window, and swapping screen � � Y M � ��� 5 � modes. If you change from one mode to another, and then back to the first mode, then p � Y M � ��� 5 b the icons should end up exactly where they started again. D � Y M � ���� @/ �Z @/ � L � M G ��� # # � Saving your backdrops � � � M ��� 0 � Once you have setup the backdrop to your liking, it can be saved. This setup will then � � � M ��� 0 � be loaded every time Larger is started. The setup can be saved in 4 parts: 8 - A M � ��� - z � � - A M � ��� D z Preferences: The current preferences as chosen in the Configuration Window are � - A M � ��� D Y saved from this window - see the configuration window chapter for more details. 8 - � M C ��� - � � - � M C ��� D Backdrop: The backdrop itself can be saved, including the positions of the H - � M C ��� D � individual icons. 8 - � M � ��� - � � x - � M � ��� D � System Variables: The current system variable setup can be saved. 8 - ] M � ��� - � � � - ] M � ��� D � Sprites: The wimp sprite pool sprites can be saved, either in their entirety or D - ] M � ��� D f selectively. � � � M U ��� 0 1 All but the first of these options are accessed from the �save� menu. This menu can be � � � M U ��� 0 obtained either by bringing up the menu from the icon bar icon, or from the backdrop. � � � M U ��� 0 � If the menu is brought up from the icon bar, then only the second menu, the one X � � M U ��� 0 � starting �Info� will be displayed. T y : M e ��� y J 3. The Backdrop Filing System D y : M e ���� �M > �y > <