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- !Cycle - a window popper
- ========================
-
- This program just allows you to cycle through the stack of windows. Each
- time you press F4 the window at the bottom of the stack is brought to the
- top. Alternatively, clicking with <select> on the icon-bar icon has the same
- effect.
-
- Windows off the screen (likely to be hot-key grabbers) are ignored, as are
- backdrops, but the program does rely on other applications responding to
- open window requests, so a sufficiently uncooperative task could stop it
- working. Note that if windows are non-overlapping, the fact that their
- position in the stack has changed will not be apparent.
-
- The icon doesn't really do anything other than take up space on the icon
- bar, so if you put the string "NoIcon" (case sensitive) after the run
- command in <Cycle$Dir>.!Run the icon will not appear, and you will only be
- able to quit the program from the task manager window. You can also remove
- the icon by selecting "Icon off" from the menu.
-
- To avoid clashes with other hot-keys applications, or the foreground
- application (e.g. !Edit), the code for the key used can be given by
- assigning it to the system variable Cycle$Key before the program starts.
- Typically this should be set in the !Run file; double-click on !Cycle with
- shift held down, then load !Run into !Edit. The full list of codes is given
- in the PRM, page 1198; F1 to F9 are &181-&189, shift adds &10, ctrl adds
- &20. A possible choice is &195 (shift-F5), which is unused by !Edit. If you
- have the KeyChange module (available from all good PD sources), another good
- choice is &1CF (F15), which gets mapped to "." on the keypad, and which is
- guaranteed not to be used by anything else.
-
- Finally, the boring bit. This program is FreeWare, but I retain copyright.
- You can copy it freely, as long as you don't sell it for profit, and as long
- as this file goes with it. If you make any changes add a comment to that
- effect in both the "Program information" box and in this file. You can
- freely use bits of the code in your own applications, as long as they are
- credited to me in any code that you distribute. I make no warranty for the
- performance of the program, fitness for any purpose, or absence of bugs, and
- I take no responsibility for files erased, computers blown up, nuclear wars
- started, or any other consequence of the use of the program. Basically, I've
- done the best I can to make it bug free, but beyond that (as with all PD
- programs) you should use it with care.
-
- If you find the program useful you might like to make a donation to Oxfam
- - say £5.
-
- I can be contacted by e-mail on Janet (the UK academic network) as
- SB2 @ UK.AC.RL.IB, or by snail mail:
-
- Stephen Burke,
- c/o 7, Egdon Drive,
- Luton,
- Beds
- LU2 7AZ
-
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-
- Changes:
-
- Version 1.01, 13/6/92.
-
- Interactive help support added.
-
-
- Watch out for the all new, module task version, coming soon (?) to a PD
- library near you!
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-