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- THE PENNYWISE GADGETS:
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- PENNYWISE uses INTUITION, the AMIGA's powerful and friendly user interface.
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- All screens have 'gadgets' that are selected with the MOUSE pointer
- and (usually) clicking the left mouse button.
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- There are three types of gadgets, one that you select with the mouse
- pointer and left button to set a certain condition. For example, in
- the Transaction Types window there is a gadget which indicates that
- the transaction type is a DEBIT TRANSACTION. Selecting it will make it
- indicate that it is a CREDIT TRANSACTION. Selecting it once more
- resets it to CREDIT.
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- The second gadget is the 'STRING' gadget... the one you enter data into.
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- The STRING gadget appears as a 'box' either empty or perhaps
- displaying some text. Select a position within the box an click. A
- cursor appears. Enter some (appropriate) data. Notice that the cursor
- is confined to the box. When done, press [RETURN]. In PENNYWISE, if
- the current window has a subsequent STRING gadget the cursor moves to
- it automatically. Clicking the mouse somewhere else in the window
- moves removes the cursor from the string gadget.
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- Incidentally, RIGHT AMIGA & [X] clears an active string gadget, RIGHT
- AMIGA & Q restores its previous values.
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- Finally, there is the PROPORTIONAL GADGET. It consists of a vertical
- box enclosing a 'KNOB' which can be moved with mouse pointer while
- holding down the left button. As the 'KNOB' is moved and released,
- data in the window is adjusted accordingly. A good example is the
- TRANSACTION SELECTION WINDOW. When there are more transactions than
- the window can display the 'KNOB' represents the proportion of the
- total you are seeing. Move the knob to move up or down the transaction list.
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