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- ======================= ConMan V1.3 rev 2 =======================
- Welcome to version 1.3 of ConMan, the Amiga's favorite console handler.
- But what is a console handler, you ask? The console handler is the part
- of AmigaDOS that lets software (like the CLI) write to and read from a
- window on the screen. By replacing the standard system console handler,
- ConMan gives you advantages like line editing and command history while
- remaining fully compatible with existing software products.
-
- As with prior versions, ConMan V1.3 is freely distributable as shareware
- (user-supported software), so please pass along a copy to your friends
- and post the ARCed file CONMAN13.ARC to Amiga BBS's everywhere! If you
- like ConMan as much as I think you will, please send in a contribution
- ($10 suggested) to help support further development and improvements.
-
- If you've never used ConMan and hate reading long documentation files,
- give it a quick try as follows: first double-click on the "LoadLib" icon
- and then on the "ConMan" icon. Now open a CLI, enter a command like "CD",
- and press the up-arrow key. Your "CD" should be back on the command line,
- ready to be edited or entered again. Interested now? Read on!
-
- The included ConMan.doc file has a full description of how to install and
- use ConMan, but here's a brief summary of the standard features:
- -- Powerful line editing using control and arrow keys
- -- Adjustable-sized command history buffer
- -- Window control keys F1/F2 ... shrink or "zoom" the window
- -- Fast command search keys F5/F6
- -- Select window gadgets and attributes like borderless or backdrop
- -- Fully compatible with any software using CON: (console) windows
-
- Features and improvements new to ConMan version 1.3 include ...
- -- CND: handler ... allows "invisible" (non-blocking) type-ahead
- -- CNX: (extensible) handler ... an AUX:-type handler for any device
- -- Much-improved editing for lines longer than the window width
- -- Improved shrink/zoom ... no more problems with rapid toggling
- -- Support for "S*" screen ... opens a window on the front screen
- -- Support for superbitmap windows
-
- ConMan is fully supported on the same basis as my commercial software
- products, ARexx and WShell. If you have any questions, problems, or
- suggestions for improvements, please don't hesitate to write or call!
- By Mail: By Telephone/EMail:
- William S. Hawes Phone: (508) 568-8695
- P.O. Box 308 BIX: whawes
- Maynard, MA 01754 CIS: 72230,267
- USA USENET: hawes@dino.ulowell.edu
- PLINK: whawes
-
- -- Bill Hawes (September 28, 1988)
-