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- CycleToMenu 1.10
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- The files in this archive were written by Federico Giannici and are freely
- distributable as long as the archive remains intact, and only a nominal fee
- is charged for its distribution.
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- This software is provided "AS IS" without warranty of any kind, either
- expressed or implied. By using it, you agree to accept the entire risk as to
- the quality and performance of the program.
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- Comments, suggestions, donations and bug reports are welcome.
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- Federico Giannici
- Viale Francia, 4
- 90146 Palermo
- Italy
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- Internet: mc4080@mclink.it
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- CycleToMenu is a commodity for AmigaOS 2.0 or later which allows you to use
- popup menus with the standard gadtools cycle gadgets. This way, selecting
- the desired option is easier and faster.
- Use it once and you'll never want to get back!
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- The program can be run in the usual ways, but it must be run before any
- program that creates a cycle gadget, so it's recommended to drop its icon
- into the WBStartup drawer. You can modify the icon's STARTPRI ToolType to be
- sure that CycleToMenu is run before any other program in the WBStartup
- drawer.
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- The patch can be made inactive using the Exchange program, but for technical
- reasons it cannot be removed. You can also switch it's active/inactive state
- by running CycleToMenu again.
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- The popup menus will look exactly the same as the standard menus of the
- window where the gadget lies. The only difference is that the gadget font is
- used instead of the screen font. The new "black on white" look of OS 3.0 is
- correctly reproduced.
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- Clicking on the arrow image on the left of the gadget will make it behave in
- the usual way.
- This feature can also be useful in low-memory situations or when the popup
- menu is too long to fit entirely in the screen.
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- Compatibility
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- CycleToMenu works with every program that uses the standard gadtools cycle
- gadget, but it doesn't work with those programs that simulate a cycle gadget
- (i.e. almost only those programs that work also with OS 1.3).
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- Some BADLY written programs don't use the IntuiMessage->Code field but they
- simply assume that every time the gadget is clicked it makes a step forward.
- This is ABSOLUTELY WRONG! These programs don't even know that if the SHIFT
- key is down the gadget makes a step backward!
- Luckily, I have seen only two of such programs: GadToolsBox 1.4, ReOrg 2.33.
- As mentioned above, you can avoid this problem clicking on the arrow image
- of the gadget.
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