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- !EasyMode - Replacement mode selector for RISC-OS 3.5
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- EasyMode is a short program which can be used in place of the RISC-OS 3.5
- display manager. EasyMode provides everything implemented by the display
- manager, except for the loading of new monitor definition files, and adds
- keyboard shortcuts and a new way of selecting modes.
-
- Clicking on the EasyMode icon in a filer window will install the application
- on the icon bar.
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- Clicking SELECT or ADJUST over the iconbar icon will bring up a selection
- window. In this window, the required mode can be selected using radio
- buttons. If you click on the bottom button in the resolution section, the
- two text boxes become available and you can enter the resolution required.
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- Clicking MENU on the iconbar icon or in the mode selector window brings up
- a short menu from which a mode dialog similar to that provided by display
- manager can be accessed.
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- EasyMode provides a number of keyboard shortcuts. These should be available
- all the time EasyMode is running. They are:
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- Alt + F10 = Increase resolution by one step
- Alt + F9 = Decrease resolution by one step
- Alt + F12 = Increase colours
- Alt + F11 = Decrease colours
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- In addition, you can set up your own shortcuts for keys Alt+F1 to Alt+F8 by
- using the hotkeys window, available from the menu. To use this facility,
- change to the mode for which you want to define a hotkey. Then bring up the
- hotkeys window and press the set button on the right of the key you wish to
- use. You should now see the current mode details displayed in the window.
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- Press
- Cancel to restore the hotkey settings to their previous value,
- Save to accept the displayed values and save them permanently or,
- OK to accept the displayed values for the current session only.
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- NB. The hotkey settings can be reset by deleting the data file "HotKeys"
- from the !EasyMode directory.
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- A final feature, available from the main menu, is the Auto Mode facility.
- This facility is activated by ticking the menu item. Once active no other
- program but EasyMode is allowed to change the mode. This is useful if you
- have badly behaved non-desktop programs which use OSCLI "WimpMode" to change
- mode but forget to change to the original mode on exit. In this situation
- EasyMode restores the mode when control is returned to the desktop. The
- state of this feature (ie. whether or not the Auto Mode item is ticked) is
- saved when you save your hotkey settings.
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- Conditions of use:
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- The !EasyMode directory should contain the following files:
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- !Help !Run !RunImage
- !Sprites !Sprites22 Menus Templates
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- This distribution will henceforth be referred to as "the software".
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- The software is supplied "as is"; no warranty, express or implied, of the
- merchantability of this software or its fitness for any particular purpose
- is given. In no circumstances shall the providers of this software be
- liable for any damage, loss of profits, or any indirect or consequential
- loss arising out of the use of this software or inability to use this
- software.
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- You are free to give the software to anyone you please via any medium,
- provided it is delivered with ALL the supplied files, UNALTERED. You may NOT
- sell this software, or use it otherwise for personal gain. If the software
- is supplied as part of another package it must be supplied soley as a bonus
- item, and must in no way be used in the promotion of the package. You may
- upload the software to a Bulletin Board or include it in a Public Domain
- library but, if possible, please inform me if you do either of these. A
- modest charge for distribution of the software - media and postage - is
- acceptable, but it should not be excessive.
-
- I reserve the right to change these terms and conditions at any time.
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- Please report any bugs you may find to me. Also, suggestions for
- improvements and alterations will be gratefully received.
-
- Contact me at:
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- Gareth Cooper
- Ryedale House
- Thormanby
- York
- North Yorkshire
- YO6 3NN
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- or by E-Mail UNTIL September 1995:
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- gcoope@essex.ac.uk
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- Helpfile for version 2.21.
- © Gareth Cooper 28th November 1994.