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- Mach - Mouse Accelerator with Hotkey. Version 1.2 12-04-87.
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- This is a combination mouse accelerator/hotkey/popcli/screen blanker/
- sun mouse/click to front utility program. Whew!
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- It started as just an accelerator-hotkey, but as these things tend
- to do, it quickly grew to include a lot more. It's still pretty small
- tho... using about 12k-13k when run with a minimal stack.
- All features default to on (except the double control key feature) so
- you need to use the switches to change or disable them.
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- Usage:
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- Run Mach [nambscd] hotkeystring hotkeystring...hotkeystring
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- Arguments: All optional. Any order.
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- -n Acceleration factor where n >= 0 && n <=9.
- -a Switchs hotkey qualifier from Alternate to Amiga.
- -m Removes the trapping of left-amiga-m. (allows normal use)
- -bnn Time delay before blanking screen. 0-99 minutes. 0 = no blank.
- -s Removes sunmouse.
- -c Removes click to front.
- -d Adds double control feature.
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- Accelerator:
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- The accelerator part is similar to QuickMouse from Gizmoz...but it
- will accept an argument, a number 0-9, which sets its speed.
- -1 is the default, -0 = no acceleration. (I use -4).
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- Hotkeys:
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- The hotkeys are the keys F1 to F10 qualified with the left or
- right alternate keys. If you prefer to use left or right Amiga, use
- -a on the command line. This makes it more compatible with WordPerfect
- and other programs that make use of alternate-function keys.
- The uninstall combination left-alternate-ctl-f1 still will use the
- alternate key not the amiga key.
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- The hotkeys are defined in the command line following the optional
- switches. Definitions with embedded spaces should use "".
- See the examples below.
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- PopCLI:
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- The qualifier and ESCape combination will create a newcli รก la PopCLI
- from The Software Distillary. This cannot be disabled.
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- Screen Shuffler:
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- Left-Amiga-M will push the front screen to the back instead of
- pushing workbench to the back.
- Left-Amiga-N will still bring the workbench to the front.
- This is useful if you have more than two screens on at once,
- especially if they don't have screen depth gadgets.
- If you don't want this feature, use -m on your command line.
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- Sun Mouse:
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- The window that the pointer is over becomes the active window
- after the first mouse movement.
- If you don't want this, use -s on the command line.
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- Click To Front:
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- You can click in any part of a window and bring it to the front.
- If you don't want this, use -c on the command line.
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- Screen Blanker:
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- After 5 minutes of no mouse or keyboard activity, the screen will
- go blank. You can change this default with -bnn where nn = 0 - 99
- minutes. 0 disables blanking.
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- Uninstall:
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- Use the combination Left-Alternate-Control-F1 to uninstall Mach.
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- Examples:
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- run Mach -2 -m -s df0: df1: "dir " "copy " "" "run sys:system/rollodex"
- This maps
- Alternate-F1 to df0:
- Alternate-F2 to df1:
- Alternate-F3 to dir
- Alternate-F4 to copy
- Alternate-F5 to nothing
- Alternate-F6 to run sys:system/rollodex
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- The switches set the acceleration factor to 2, allows the normal use
- of Left-Amiga-M, and disables the sun mouse feature.
-
- run Mach -a -0 -c -b12 "run df1:wp" df0: df1: vd0:
- This maps
- Amiga-F1 to run df1:wp
- Amiga-F2 to df0:
- Amiga-F3 to df1:
- Amiga-F3 to vd0:
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- The switches set the acceleration factor to 0, sets the hotkey/popCLI
- qualifiers to the Amiga keys, disables the click to front feature,
- and sets the waiting before blanking to 12 minutes.
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- Note that anything after a semicolon is treated as a comment.
- If you are typing this in from the CLI, when you reach the end of
- the line, don't hit return and you can continue mapping up to 255
- characters (including run mach [switches]). If you are using an editor
- or word processor, use one that can handle long lines, not Ed which
- puts a return at the end. You can then put this in your startup-
- sequence.
- I have found that the hotkeys do not function properly with the
- program Sili(Con:). But it does seem to run ok with Conman.
- Let me know if you find other incompatibilities.
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- If you do "stack 2000" before you run Mach, it will use only
- 12k-13k. Be sure to reset your stack to 4000 or higher after this.
- If for any reason Mach fails to run (e.g. no free signals, no
- input.device??) it will use a return code of 10 or higher.
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- Hidden Control Feature:
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- If you happen to be a one handed typist, you know what a pain
- it is when you need to do a Control-F10 or any combination of
- the Control key and a key on the right side of the keyboard.
- If you put -d on the command line, you can still use the Control
- key in the normal way but if you hit it twice in a row, the NEXT
- key will have the Control qualifier added to it. This excludes
- the shift, alternate or amiga keys so, for example, ctl-ctl-f10
- is the same as ctl-f10 but you don't need to hold down the control
- key. Ctl-ctl-shift-p is the same as ctl-shift-p.
- Note that this is normally disabled unlike all the other features.
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- Copyright 1987 by Brian Moats.
- This program may be freely distributed but may not be used in any
- commercial product without prior written permission.
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- Other programs from Polyglot Software:
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- M18Cheater - Lets you cheat in Mean 18 by causing your opponent to
- slice. Public domain.
-
- FunBut - Lets you use the F1 key instead of the left mouse button.
- It's useful when playing games like Defender of the Crown
- because it sends repeat mouse clicks. Public Domain.
-
- Dominoes - 3d graphics, instructions, tutorial. More entertaining and
- challenging than Shanghai. $24.95
-
- The Crossword Creator - Make or solve crossword puzzles. 40,000+ word
- pattern matching dictionary, med-res or interlace,
- IFF compatible and many more features. $49.95
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- Brian Moats @Polyglot Software.
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- PeopleLink - BrianM
- CIS - 76167,2334
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