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- WindX V1.0
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- by Steve Tibbett
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- INTRODUCTION
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- WindX is a very simple 2.0-only commodity, which does this: It
- activates the last window that was activated on each screen as it
- is popped to the front via Amiga-M.
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- Normally when you hit Amiga-M, the frontmost screen is sent off behind
- the other screens, revealing the next screen in the list - but Intuition
- doesn't change the active window when you do this.
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- So, if you hit Amiga-M to bring your editor to the front, the last program
- you were typing into is still active.
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- With WindX loaded, it will activate the editor window, in this case, as
- soon as you hit the keystroke - providing it was the last active window
- on that screen.
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- (Thanks to Craig Dorrell for suggesting I write this).
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- HOW IT WORKS
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- WindX requires the commodities.library be available for it to work - this
- is part of the Workbench 2.04 distribution, so unless you have gone out of
- your way to remove it, you have it installed already.
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- WindX installs a commodities hotkey for "lcommand m" and "repeat lcommand m",
- which triggers the WindX code. WindX then records which window is currently
- active and what screen it's on, and brings the new screen to the front.
- Then the last window on that screen is activated. If there hasn't been a
- window on that screen active since WindX was started, then the frontmost
- window on that screen is activated.
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- WindX can be removed by using the Commodities Exchange program to send it
- a KILL command.
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- INSTALLATION
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- Installing WindX couldn't be any easier - simply drag the WindX icon into
- the WBStartup drawer of your system partition or boot disk, and then
- double-click on it. This will start it up immediately, and it's presence
- in the WBStartup drawer will mean that it gets started every time you
- reboot your computer.
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- DISTRIBUTION
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- WindX is freely redistributable software, but is Copyright 1991 by
- Steve Tibbett. All rights reserved, and all that - distribute this freely,
- but don't charge money for it beyond distribution costs.
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- Comments ARE welcome!
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- You can reach me electronically:
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- Portal: SteveX
- Usenet: SteveX@cup.portal.com
- Bix: s.tibbett
- Compuserve: 72627,1325
- My BBS: 613-731-3419
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- Or you can call me at home, during the evenings, at 613-731-5316.
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