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- ** Welcome to the Outline Wimp desktop enhancement package by Andrew Sellors **
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- This software makes the Wimp of RISC OS 3.1x machines look more like that
- found on newer machines by adding outline fonts to the desktop and providing
- a Palette Utility replacement that has a RISC OS 3.5+ style mode picker plus
- much much more.
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- Please read the !Help file in the !WimpPatch and !DeskCtrl applications and
- the "Quick Installation Guide" at the end of this file before use.
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- Registering
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- This software is Shareware.
- You may use it for a trial period of 30 days. If, after this you decide you
- would like to continue using it then you are required to register.
- Registering evolves sending 5 UKP plus your name, address and required disc
- format (ie. 800k or 1600k) to me at:
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- Andrew Sellors,
- 57 Boundaries Road,
- Feltham,
- Middlesex,
- TW13 5DR,
- England
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- Please can you write your name clearly as it will be included in the programs.
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- If required, the registered version can be sent via email so if you prefer
- that instead of a disc by snail mail then give my your email address instead.
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- Benefits of registering
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- The registered version a sprite to be tiled on the window backgrounds like the
- windowmanager in RISC OS 3.5+. Different background colours can have different
- tiles and tiles are selected depending on the colour depth of the mode to
- provide optimum tiling speed.
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- Supporting the package by registering will encourage me to develop the patch
- further. Possible additions are 3D menus and windows, open and closed
- directory sprites etc.
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- Quick Instalation Guide
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- o Copy the !OutFiler and !WimpPatch applications out of the archive on to a
- writable media such as a directory on your hard drive or a floppy disc with
- at least 140k free.
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- o Double click on the !OutFiler and !WimpPatch applications that you just
- copied, this will generate two new files in the same directory.
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- o Load the two new files, "NewWimp" and "NewFiler" as well as "outlnwimp" from
- the archive _before_ the desktop starts, eg. as part of a !Boot sequence.
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- o Load !DeskCtrl when the patched desktop is running or as part of a !Boot
- sequence.
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- o That's all it is, now you will have outline fonts and a new way of changing
- modes.
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