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- ShiftKeys 0.02 (04 Jul 1995)
- Shift key control by mouse by Andrew Clover of DoggySoft
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- ShiftKeys is a simple desktop module that allows the Shift, Control and Alt
- keys to be 'pressed' by clicking on some desktop buttons with the mouse. This
- makes operations which have to be executed using the mouse and a shift key
- simultaneously (for example, shift-double-click) easier for many special
- needs users, and, in conjuction with Acorn's Chars application, may be used
- to operate the desktop without the use of a keyboard.
-
- ShiftKeys requires RISC OS 3.0 or later. It uses less than 20K of memory.
-
- To use ShiftKeys, double click on !ShiftKeys. The six shifting keys (both
- the left and right-hand versions of the shifting keys are provided) attach
- themselves to the icon bar, and move with it (so that, for example, pressing
- shift-F12 moves them to the front as well as the icon bar). When a button is
- clicked upon, it 'pops in'; clicking again undoes this.
-
- Whilst a button is popped in, the desktop should behave as if that button
- is pressed on the keyboard. For example: you can select either 'Shift' button
- then double-click on a file to load it into your text editor; you can select
- either 'Ctrl' button then open a directory viewer to open it without letting
- all the applications inside it boot up.
-
- However, the shifting keys affect only mouse operations, generally.
- Selecting a 'Shift' key and then pressing the 1 key will not give you an
- exclamation mark, for example.
-
-
- That's about it. Enjoy. Hopefully one or two of you may find this program
- useful. You can contact me to make comments, suggestions or (hopefully not)
- bug reports, at:
-
- 7 Blackhorse Crescent Phone: (0)1494 431916
- Amersham Fax: (0)1494 675878
- Bucks. Data: (0)1494 681711 (ANSI support BBS)
- HP6 6HP Telex: 83675 Brit G
- United Kingdom E-mail: ajc@doggysft.demon.co.uk
-
- ShiftKeys is freeware: it may be freely used and distributed as long as
- the files inside !ShiftKeys are left unchanged.
-
-
- History
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-
- This version has the month in the module help string; it also supports the
- desktop save protocol, which for some reason I forgot to implement in version
- 0.01. I don't envisage any further versions.
-