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- #### POWER-MENU V2.0 - DOCS ####
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- #### - by METALLION of KEFRENS in 1990 - ####
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- CONTENTS: <0> Introduction
- <1> Syntax of PowerMenu
- <2> Textfile
- <3> Fontfile
- <4> Point color
- <5> Shadow color
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- INTRODUCTION: <0>
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- PowerMenu is a utility for those who are fed up with the standard DOSwindow.
- PM gives you the possibility of making your own textmenu (80x32 chars).
- PM must be run from CLI (who uses the SleepBench anyway??)
- First you have to type in your own text-menu in a text editor.
- AND you MUST copy the "RUN"-command to C-directory.
- Text-colors and program-names should be set up in the textfile. (see <2>)
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- When at the menu; press left mousebutton to execute a program
- press right mousebutton to see dos-screen
- press both mousebuttons to quit menu
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- About PM:
- This first release was coded by Metallion of Kefrens summer 1990.
- The created screen is no system-opened screen, but own copper etc.
- PM is Public Domain, sooo go ahead....
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- Bugs:
- ???????? What's bugs ????????
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- SYNTAX : <1>
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- 1> PowerMenu textfile[,fontfile,pointcolor,shadowcolor]
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- Eks.: PowerMenu mytext
- - load & write mytext
- - use default font
- - use default colors
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- PowerMenu mytext,,$fff,$444
- - load & write mytext
- - use default font
- - use white pointcolor
- - use dark gray shadowcolor
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- PowerMenu mytext,myfont,$fe0,$00f
- - load & write mytext
- - use myfont to write text
- - use yellow pointcolor
- - use blue shadowcolor
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- TEXTFILE : <2>
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- To use PM you have to write a menu-text in your favorite text-editor.
- The size of the text may be:
- - max. 80 chars pr. line
- - max. 32 lines
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- In the textfile you are able to set up colors for each textline
- and tell PM which programs can be executed.
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- Syntax: [XY;@filename]
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- Eks.: [11;] ; make textcolor white -> red
- [;program] ; executes "program" if clikked by mouse
- [40;dir df0:] ; make textcolor yellow -> black
- & executes "dir df0:" if clikked by mouse
- [;@program] ; QUIT menu & execute program (@=quit)
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- XY: Makes colors (like the dos-command: STRIPES)
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- X (0-7): Choose which color:
- 0 : gray
- 1 : red
- 2 : green
- 3 : blue
- 4 : yellow
- 5 : blue/green
- 6 : violet
- 7 : special ?
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- Y (0-1): Fade black/white
- 0 : fade to black
- 1 : fade to white
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- FONTFILE : <3>
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- The fontfile must be a RAW data file and can be created with
- PowerFonts 8 (another Metallion utility).
- (length of fontfile: 768 bytes)
- NB: system bitmap-fonts can NOT be used here.
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- POINTCOLOR : <4>
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- The color (cursor) to point out a textline
- if the line contains a name of a executeable file.
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- Syntax: $RGB - normal RGB-color (R=red/G=green/B=blue)
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- Eks.: $f00 - red
- $0f0 - green
- $00f - blue
- $fff - white.....
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- [;] NO cursor here (cos' no filename)
- [;dir] Make cursor to indikate a executeable file.
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- SHADOWCOLOR : <5>
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- The color of the textshadow. !!
- (ya' know 2 bitplanes, one with normal textcolor and one with shadowcolor)
- See "pointcolor" !
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- This is Public Domain so
- use it til' you drop.
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- METALLION / KEFRENS 1990
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