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- MultiCX 1.21 (28.11.94)
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-
- MultiCX is the smallest Multi-Function-Commodity for the Amiga, thought
- as a replacement for many bigger and sometimes bad programmed programs.
- It is a 100% clean commodity, which means that it does not use any
- patches (SetFunction), no interrupts and no special input handlers. So
- it could safely be disabled or removed at any time.
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- Features
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-
- - Notification
-
- MultiCX recognizes any changes of the ToolTypes while running, so
- there's really no need for a GUI.
-
- - Screen Blanker
-
- MultiCX includes a simple but compatible screen blanker. It always
- uses the display mode which fits best to the actual front screen, but
- takes the lowest resolution with only one plane.
-
- ToolTypes:
-
- SCRBLANK=n sets number of seconds until screen blanks,
- 0 means OFF
-
- - Mouse Accelerator
-
- MultiCX lets you set Acceleration and Theshold (minimum movement to
- activate Acceleration) for smooth mouse handling.
-
- ToolTypes:
-
- ACCELERATION=n sets Acceleration factor, 0 means OFF
- THRESHOLD=n sets Threshold value, 0 means no Threshold
-
- - Mouse Blanker
-
- MultiCX blanks the mouse pointer on keypress and/or after approx. 30
- seconds without having moved the mouse.
-
- ToolTypes:
-
- KEYBLANK activates MouseBlanking on keypress
- TIMEBLANK activates MouseBlanking after timeout
-
- - MMB Cycle
-
- MultiCX allows you to cycle screens using MiddleMouseButton, this is
- eqivalent to LCOMMAND M.
-
- ToolTypes:
-
- MMBCYCLE activates MMB Cycle
-
- - Mouse Shift
-
- MultiCX lets you use the RightMouseButton as a Shift-Key for extended
- selection. And this is how it works:
-
- 1. Press the LeftButton anywhere and hold it.
- 2. Press RightButton and hold it.
- 3. Release LeftButton and keep RightButton pressed.
- 4. Now select some icons with extended selection.
-
- Sounds much more complicated than it is...
-
- ToolTypes:
-
- MOUSESHIFT activates MouseShift
-
- - Window Cycle
-
- MultiCX lets you put a window to front/back by a configurable number
- of LeftButton clicks. Qualifiers can be defined for both functions.
-
- ToolTypes:
-
- WINCYCLE=n sets number of clicks for WindowCycle,
- 0 means OFF
- WINFRONTQUAL=Qual sets Qualifier for WindowToFront
- WINBACKQUAL=Qual sets Qualifier for WindowToBack
-
- - SUN-alike Window Activation
-
- MultiCX has three different options to activate windows automatically.
- All of them activate the window under the mouse pointer, SunKey does
- it on every keypress, SunMouse does it after mouse movement, and
- SunRMB does it after pressing the right mouse button. So SunKey and
- SunMouse together seem to be rather useless.
- Windows with active Gadgets (like FileRequesters etc) will never be
- deactivated by one of these functions.
-
- ToolTypes:
-
- SUNKEY activates SunKey
- SUNMOUSE activates SunMouse
- SUNRMB activates SunRMB
-
- - HoldX and HoldY
-
- MiltiCX allows you to lock a specific mouse dimension while holding a
- defined Qualifier. If both Qualifiers are set to the same it locks all
- mouse movements. So you are responsible for useful settings...
-
- ToolTypes:
-
- HOLDXQUAL=Qual sets Qualifier for HoldX, none means OFF
- HOLDYQUAL=Qual sets Qualifier for HoldY, none means OFF
-
- - Enter ASCII
-
- MultiCX allows you to enter ASCII codes directly using a pressed ALT
- key and the numbers in the numeric block, for example <ALT> 65 = A.
- Maximum 3 digits, value must not be greater than 255.
-
- ToolTypes:
-
- ENTERASCII activates EnterASCII
-
- - CapShift
-
- This option changes the way CapsLock works. Just try activating
- CapsLock, and then press some shifted letters to get an idea of it.
- Hotkeys etc are no longer affected by CapsLock.
-
- ToolTypes:
-
- CAPSHIFT activates CapShift
-
- - Window Close/Zoom
-
- MultiCX allows you to close/zoom windows using defined Qualifiers and
- Keys.
-
- ToolTypes:
-
- WINCLOSE=Qual&Key sets Qualifier and Key for CloseWindow,
- none means OFF
- WINZOOM=Qual&Key sets Qualifier and Key for ZoomWindow,
- none means OFF
-
- - Window Remember
-
- MultiCX remembers the last active window on every screen, and next
- time you go to that screen, this window will be re-activated
- automatically.
-
- ToolTypes:
-
- WINREMEMBER activates WindowRemember
-
- - PopCLI
-
- MultiCX spawns a UserShell using the given command string when
- pressing the PopCLI key. Optionally the Workbench may be popped to
- front first.
-
- ToolTypes:
-
- POPCLI=Qual&Key sets Qualifier & Key for PopCLI, none means OFF
- POPCLICMD=Command sets command string for PopCLI, none means OFF
- WBTOFRONT activates WBToFront for PopCLI
-
- - System Flags
-
- MultiCX lets you set/change some of the internal AmigaOS flags. These
- may be set, unset or left unchanged, where a parameter of 0 means
- deactivate, 1 or any value >0 means activate, and putting the ToolType
- in brackets (the same as removing it) means no change. Old values are
- NOT restored when quitting/disabling MultiCX, but Notofication may be
- used at any time.
-
- ToolTypes:
-
- BLACKBORDER=n changes BlackBorder flag, ECS Denise needed
- NOCLICK=n changes NoClick flag for all drives,
- may not work with very old drives
- WILDSTAR=n changes flag for extended WildCarding,
- if ON "*" may be used instead of "#?"
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- Notes and Hints
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-
- - MultiCX must be started from WB, CLI/Shell is not supported.
-
- - MultiCX is 100% compatible to Commodore's specifications, so don't
- complain if some bad-behaving software does not work with it.
-
- - MultiCX's Screen Blanker uses BestModeID to find the best display
- mode. Because this is not possible under AmigaOS 2.x MultiCX uses a
- special masking algorythm to find the display mode. But this relies on
- the fact, that a DisplayID with all ModeKeys set to 0 exists.
- Anyway you should use AmigaOS 3.x for best results.
-
- - BlackBorder is not fully supported by AmigaOS 2.x, but should work.
-
- - Some very old drives do not like NoClick, so switch it off at once if
- your drive makes funny noises...
-
- - If you like to toggle some of MultiCX's features using hotkeys, you
- should try ToolManager 2.1 (by Stefan Becker) together with DoIcon (by
- Lars Eilebrecht).
-
- - MultiCX may be enabled/disabled/removed from within scripts by using
- HandleCX (included in this archive).
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- History
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-
- 1.00 - 1.20 internal Beta releases
-
- 1.21 first public release
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- Author
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-
-
- Martin Berndt
-
- Fr.-Alfred-Str. 115
- 47226 Duisburg
-
- Germany
-
- E-Mail: m_berndt@wanderer.gun.de
-
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- Legal Stuff
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-
- MultiCX is GIFTWARE, so simply send be anything you like. Gold bars,
- Ferraris and jobs in the US are prefered... ;-)
-
-
- Copyright
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- MultiCX is written and copyright © 1994 by Martin Berndt. No parts of
- this program may be altered by any means (this includes editing,
- reprogramming, crunching, resourceing etc.), except archiving.
-
- Disclaimer
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- The author is in no way liable for any changes made to any part of the
- program, or consequences thereof as he is in no way liable for damages
- or loss of data directly or indirectly caused by this software.
-
- Distribution
- ------------
- Neither fees may be charged nor profits may be made by distributing this
- piece of software. Only a nominal fee for costs of magnetic media may
- be accepted, the amount of US $5 shouldn't be exceeded for a disk
- containing MultiCX.
-