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- InTune v2.0 Modes and Usage
-
- Usage: Full Screen Mode: INTUNE [options]
- This is an interactive mode in which you are presented with
- commands and a screen full of ROL filenames. You may select one
- or more songs to play, and issue commands using the keyboard
- and/or mouse.
-
- Command Line Mode: INTUNE [options] files
- This mode allows you to specify, on the command line, which songs
- to play (wildcards are supported). This also allows you to use
- InTune with other programs which require an external ROL player.
-
- Script File Mode: INTUNE [options] @file
- This mode reads InTune commands from an ASCII text file. Not
- only does this mode play songs, but also provides screen output
- and control, as well as access to other DOS programs. (Useful
- for demos)
-
- Options are:
- /B<bankfile> = Specify an alternate instrument bank file (ie: /BBANK.BNK).
- InTune defaults to using STANDARD.BNK, but this option lets you
- change this. If an extension is omitted, .BNK is appended.
-
- /D<directory> = Specify an alternate directory (ie: /DC:\ADLIB\ROLS).
- InTune defaults to using the current directory, but this option
- allows playing songs from other directories.
-
- /I = Display ROL technical information. InTune will read and display
- information contained in a ROL file, including play time of the
- song, instruments used & missing, number of events, etc.
-
- /X = Use extended display in InTune full screen mode (EGA/VGA only). If
- your system is equipped with an EGA/VGA display, InTune will switch
- to 43/50 line display mode.
-
- /Z<zipfile> = Specify PKZIP file to use (ie: /ZROLS.ZIP). InTune
- supports playing of ROLs from within compressed PKZIP files. If
- an extension is omitted, .ZIP is appended. (PKUNZIP required)
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- Controlling InTune with the Keyboard
-
- Commands: InTune commands are listed on the top line of the display, and
- can be executed by pressing ALT together with the highlighted key for the
- desired command.
-
- Selection of songs: The four arrow keys, page up, page down, end, and home
- keys may all be used to move the cursor to the desired song. You may also
- type the first letter of a song to quickly move to it. If you wish to add
- a song to the play queue, press the space bar. The song will be added to
- the play queue, and it's position in the play queue will be displayed next
- to the song. To remove a song from the play queue, highlight the song,
- press the space bar again, and the number will disappear.
-
- Playing Songs: Pressing return or issuing the Play command will start
- playing songs. If no songs are in the play queue, the currently highlighted
- song will be played. If there are songs in the play queue, the first song
- in the queue will begin playing. You can skip songs in the play queue by
- pressing the space bar, and you can abort all playing by pressing escape.
-
- Controlling InTune with the Mouse
-
- Commands: InTune commands are listed on the top line of the display, and
- can be executed by placing the mouse pointer on the desired command, and
- single clicking the left mouse button.
-
- Selection of songs: To select a song, simply place the mouse pointer on
- the desired song, and single click the left mouse button. To move between
- pages, single click on the right or left arrow symbols on the top line of
- the screen next to the command strings. If you wish to add a song to the
- play queue, place the mouse cursor on top of the song, and single click the
- right mouse button. The song will be added to the play queue, and it's
- position in the play queue will be displayed next to the song. To remove
- a song from the play queue, place the mouse cursor on the song, and
- single click the right mouse button.
-
- Playing Songs: Double clicking the left mouse button or issuing the Play
- command will start playing songs. If no songs are in the play queue, the
- currently highlighted song will be played. If there are songs in the play
- queue, the first song will begin playing.
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- InTune Commands
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- About - Displays a copyright notice, and InTune support information.
-
- Play - Begins playing songs, and brings up the play window. If no songs
- are in the play queue, the currently highlighted song is played,
- otherwise the first song in the play queue begins playing.
-
- Repeat - Repeat mode [only takes effect when songs are playing]. If no
- songs are in the play queue, the currently highlighted song will
- play repeatively until stopped. If there are songs in the play
- queue, the entire play queue will be played repeatively until
- stopped.
-
- Shuffle - Continuously plays (until stopped) songs at random.
-
- Clear - Removes all songs from the play queue.
-
- Markall - Places all songs in the play queue.
-
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- More InTune Commands
-
- Info - Display technical information for currently selected song. This
- information includes current bankfile being used, number of
- entries and version of bankfile, name and version of ROL file,
- playing time, instruments used & instruments missing, event
- counts, and some other miscellaneous information.
-
- Quit - Halt playing of all songs, and exit to DOS.
-
- Help - Display on-line help information (what you are currently reading).
-
- Arrows - If a mouse is detected, left and right arrow symbols are displayed,
- and may be used to switch between pages (same as page up and
- page down when using the keyboard). These arrows will only appear
- if a mouse is detected in your system.
-
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- InTune Play Window
-
- When songs are played in the InTune full screen mode, the play window
- appears. This window displays information about the song currently being
- played, and adds three commands.
-
- The top line of the window indicates what InTune is presently doing
- (unzipping, loading, playing, or deleting). Error messages are also
- displayed on this line. The next line contains three items of information.
- The musical note on the left side of the window will be red when the song
- is still being loaded into the sound drivers queues, and will change to
- green when the entire song has been loaded. The middle of this line
- contains a "meter" which gives you a visual indication of the progress of
- the song currently being played. The right side of this line shows the
- percentage of the song which has been played. The next line displays the
- time remaining of the current song, as well as elapsed time of the current
- song. The bottom line gives you the option of stopping all playing, and
- pausing or skipping the current song.
-
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- Thank you for using InTune!
-
- If you have not registered your copy of InTune, please support this program
- by mailing your $20 registration fee to the address shown below. This will
- be greatly appreciated, and encourage further program development. You will
- receive a printed copy of the current documentation, and a program which
- registers this and all future shareware versions of InTune.
-
- If you have comments about this version of InTune, or suggestions regarding
- future versions of InTune, please send them to me at the following address:
-
- Doug Brandon
- 21136 Via Santiago
- Yorba Linda, CA 92687-3421
-
- Prodigy ID: CTJP63A