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- | Kill, version 1.00 |
- | © DizzyWizard Software 1996. |
- | By James Larcombe and William Gibbons, 14-01-96. |
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-
- Introduction
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Kill is a small transient utility that will kill a named WIMP task. This is
- extremely useful for command scripts, and !Run files in applications.
-
- How to use Kill
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Kill is supplied in the form of a transient utility. This can be called from the command line in the following way:
-
- *Kill <taskname>
-
- We recommend you place Kill inside your library directory if you wish to use it from the command line on a regular basis, as this saves typing in the
- full pathname of the utility everytime you wish to use it. If you do not
- have a library directory and are unsure of their use, please consult the
- Risc OS 3 User Guide that came with your computer.
-
- When Kill is run, it will send a quit message to the given task. Should no
- task be specified an error will be generated containing the actual syntax of
- the utility.
-
- NOTE - Kill must be run within the WIMP enviroment. It will not work from the
- F12 command line (giving the error "Wimp is currently active").
-
- Credits
- ~~~~~~~
- Original BASIC version / concept : William Gibbons
- Armcode translation / improvements : James Larcombe
-
- History
- ~~~~~~~
- 1.00 (14-01-96) - First release version
-
- Future
- ~~~~~~
- The only thing I'd really like to add to this utility is an option to kill a
- task 'safely'. This would make the Kill utility send a PreQuit message first,
- and check whether or not the application 'wanted' to die. This may well be
- included in future releases of Kill.
-
- Legal
- ~~~~~
- This utility is FREEWARE. That means that you can distribute it freely, as
- long as no more than nominal media costs are charged. In other words, most
- PD libraries should be OK apart from Skyfall PD, who we would ask to refrain
- from distributing this and any of our other software. You can upload it to
- BBSes provided nothing is changed and *this file remains with the
- application*! AT ALL TIMES, no matter who distributes it, the copyright
- remain with © DizzyWizard Software 1995. OK? Oh, and also, we take no
- responsibility for any loss of data or other damage incurred whilst this
- software is in use. It shouldn't happen, but if it does, don't blame us!
-
- This utility can also be distributed with 3rd party applications, as long as
- we are explicitly credited with it's copyright in the helpfile. In such cases
- this document need not be distributed with the utility. If you are going to
- distribute this utility with a commercial application, please contact
- DizzyWizard Software first. NOTE however that this is the ONLY time the
- utility may be distributed without this helpfile!
-
- DizzyWizard Software
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- DizzyWizard Software is a group of programmers, artists and musicians who
- enjoy creating software for Acorn's 32-bit machines. Although primarily a PD
- group, we also have some commercial software in development, and would be
- happy to consider any programming work anyone may have on offer.
-
- To contact DizzyWizard Software for general enquiries, software support or
- to obtain our latest catalogue (a must!) please contact us using one of the
- following methods:
-
- Contacting DizzyWizard Software
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Internet: dizzywiz@digibank.demon.co.uk
- Fidonet: "Dizzy Wizard Software" at 2:257/501.0
- BBS: User #1462 ("Dizzy Wizard Software") on the Digital Databank BBS
- Fax: (01752) 253388
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-
-
- We also have software support areas on several bulletin boards, including
- the Digital Databank BBS.
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-
- Individual contact addresses can be obtained by emailing us at the address
- shown above or by logging on to the Digital Databank.
-
- We can be contacted individually by post at the following address:
-
- James Larcombe, William Gibbons,
- 20 Southland Park Road, 52 Hurst Park Avenue,
- Wembury, Cambridge,
- Nr. Plymouth, CB4 2AE.
- Devon,
- PL9 0HF.
-
- Watch out for more DizzyWizard Software productions in the near future...
- consult our catalogue for more information.
-
-
- DizzyWizard Software hope you enjoy using Kill, v1.00.