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- QM -- QEdit Mouse Driver
-
- An external driver to allow the use of a mouse in QEdit
-
- Release: 2
- Date: November 10th, 1989
-
- QEdit is Copyright 1985-1989 by SemWare, All Rights Reserved.
- QM is (C) Copyright Jerry Houston, 1988, All Rights Reserved.
-
-
- INTRODUCTION
- ------------
- The file QM.COM is an Expert Mouse Menu to be used with Sammy Mitchell's
- excellent programming editor called QEDIT. QM.COM was designed for and
- tested with version 2.04 of the editor.
-
- This update of QM.COM fixes three problems with the driver. First, it now
- works with some non-Microsoft mice the former driver would not. Second, it
- now supports the expanded keyboard support in QEdit 2.07+. Third, it uses
- approximately 4K less memory.
-
- This mouse driver is self-contained, and does not require the use of the
- MENU.COM program. It will work well with any Microsoft Mouse, and may also
- work with other pointing devices that are compatible with the Microsoft
- products.
-
-
- INSTALLATION
- ------------
- NOTE: You must have a Microsoft-compatible mouse driver loaded into memory
- BEFORE loading QM.COM. For Microsoft or Logitech mice, this is usually a
- program called MOUSE.COM or MOUSE.SYS. Check your mouse documentation for
- details.
-
- To install the mouse driver, type the command:
-
- C:> QM
-
- at the DOS command line just prior to starting the editor.
-
- You will see the following:
-
- QEdit 2.x Mouse Driver, with extended keyboard support.
- Left = <Enter>, Right = <Escape>, Both buttons = <Control O><N>
-
- QEdit Microsoft Mouse menu installed
-
- When finished, this driver can actually be removed from memory (and not
- merely disabled) with the command:
-
- C:> QM OFF
-
- You will see the following:
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- Microsoft Mouse menu removed from memory
-
-
- ERRORS
- ------
- The only error message that QM.COM can issue is:
-
- Microsoft Mouse driver not found
-
- If this message occurs, either you did not load your mouse driver prior to
- loading QM, or your mouse is not truly Microsoft-compatible. Please check
- your mouse documentation for information on how to make your mouse emulate a
- Microsoft mouse.
-
-
- TIPS
- ----
- If you happen to use Chris Dunford's CED command-line editor (or you use
- DOSEDIT, ANARKEY, 4DOS, or other similar command line enhancer) you may want
- to install an alias that will start up the mouse driver just before starting
- QEDIT. For instance, using CED:
-
- SYN Q QM^QEDIT %1^QM OFF
-
- (This assumes Q.EXE has been renamed QEDIT.EXE, and is on the path). That
- will take care of installing and turning on the mouse driver, loading the
- editor and executing it, then removing the mouse driver from memory when
- finished with the editor. Alternatively, you may want to consider the above
- commands as a keyboard macro.
-
-
- USAGE
- -----
- The QM mouse driver duplicates the arrow keys found on the keyboard, and
- provides a couple other features when its buttons are pressed:
-
- LeftButton - <Enter>
- RightButton - <Escape>
- BothButtons - <Ctrl-O><N>
-
- Thus, you can locate anywhere in a file by moving the mouse up and down, and
- left and right. When editing, the sensitivity of the mouse is increased for
- quick movement within a file.
-
- You can open QEDIT's menu bar by pressing the right mouse button, and you can
- select a menu item by pressing the left mouse button. If you have opened the
- menus, the sensitivity of the mouse is decreased for careful movement through
- the menus.
-
- If you've opened more than one window while editing, pressing both mouse
- buttons simultaneously will move the cursor to the next window much more
- easily than issuing the <Ctrl-O><N> command from the keyboard or picking it
- out of the menu.
-
-
- COPYRIGHT NOTICE
- ----------------
- The file QM.COM and this documentation are
-
- (C) Copyright Jerry Houston, 1988, All rights reserved.
-
- It may be freely used, copied, and distributed in any manner by anyone,
- provided that: no fee is charged; it is not distributed as part of a
- commercial product; all risk is assumed by the user; and this unmodified
- documentation file is included. Express permission is granted to Sammy
- Mitchell to include QM.COM with his QEDIT editor without restriction, should
- he choose to do so.
-
-
- WARRANTY and SUPPORT
- --------------------
- The author assumes no responsibility for any loss or damage that may be caused
- by the use of this software, and does not warrant that it will do anything at
- all. Users must agree to accept any risk as a condition of the free use of
- this software.
-
- Because of its very trivial nature, the author does not anticipate that any
- support will be needed. However, if you have any ideas for improvement, leave
- me a message and I'll certainly consider implementing them. Please DON'T send
- me any contributions. This is my way of repaying what others have done. If
- you use QEDIT regularly and you haven't yet registered it, take a minute now
- to send Sammy a check!
-
- ------------------------------------------------------
- Jerry Houston - COLLEGE CORNER BBS
- Bellevue, WA - (206) 643-0804
-
- RELEASE 2 UPDATE
- ----------------
- This update patches QM.COM to support the expanded keyboard, and to avoid a
- problem with certain non-Microsoft mouse drivers which the older QM.COM would
- reject. (Tim Farley, SemWare QEdit Support BBS, (404) 641-8968)
-