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CoPilot 1.01 -------------- by Jack Radigan Copyright (C) 1988, all rights reserved. DISCLAIMER ------------ No warranties are expressed or implied as to the fitness or mechantability of this program for any particular purpose. The user assumes all risks and the responsibility of any damages arising from the use or misuse of this program. Outright bugs or problems inherent to CoPilot will not be ignored and will be corrected when necessary, and if possible, in a timely manner. USE RESTRICTIONS ------------------ As a registered user you may use this program on any Amiga computer you personally own AND use. Yes, this includes having more than one machine running at the same time as long as YOU are the only person operating each machine. You are also entitled to as many backup copies as you see fit. This right is not applicable to corporate entities or commercial establishments. A site license must be obtained for the use of multiple copies of CoPilot under these circumstances. Please write for further information concerning site licenses. Distribution or transmittal of this program and or it's documentation by any means to any person or electronic device other than your own is strictly prohibited. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ----------------- CoPilot was developed with: Aztec C68k 3.40a (C) 1987 Manx Software. Lint 2.00j (C) 1987 Gimpel Software. MicroEMACS 3.9a (C) 1987 Dan Lawerence. Amiga, AmigaDOS, Kickstart, Workbench and Intuition are trademarks of Commodore-Amiga Inc. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. - Hardware Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2. - Starting CoPilot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2.1. - From the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2.2. - From Workbench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2.3. - From the Startup-Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2.4. - The Default Macro Definition File. . . . . . . . 1 3. - Time-of-day display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 4. - Keyboard Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5. - Gadget Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 6. - Hotkeys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6.1. - CoPilot Hotkeys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6.1.1. - <L-ALT><R-ALT> open-menu . . . . . . . . . . 3 6.1.2. - <L-AMIGA><R-AMIGA> display-to-front. . . . . 3 6.2. - Display Management Hotkeys . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6.2.1. - <L-ALT><L-AMIGA> screen-to-back. . . . . . . 4 6.2.2. - <R-ALT><R-AMIGA> window-to-back. . . . . . . 4 6.2.3. - <R-ALT><R-SHIFT> activate-next-window. . . . 4 6.2.4. - <R-AMIGA><R-SHIFT> window-to-front . . . . . 4 6.2.5. - <CTRL><ESC> close-window . . . . . . . . . . 4 6.2.6. - <L-ALT><ENTER> move-mouse. . . . . . . . . . 4 6.3. - Hotkey notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7. - Main Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7.1. - Auto Pilot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7.2. - Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7.3. - New CLI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7.4. - Quick Timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7.4.1. - Elapsed Timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 7.4.2. - Alarm Timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 7.5. - Keyboard Macros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7.5.1. - Defining New Macros. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7.5.2. - Adding Lines To String Macros. . . . . . . . 7 7.5.4. - Entering Control Characters. . . . . . . . . 8 7.5.5. - Editing String Macros. . . . . . . . . . . . 8 7.5.6. - Macro Quick-Find . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 7.5.7. - Using a Screen Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . 9 7.5.8. - Recording Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 7.5.9. - Deleting Macros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 7.5.10. - Loading and Saving Macro Definitions. . . . 11 7.5.11. - The LoadMacros Program. . . . . . . . . . . 11 7.6. - Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 7.6.1. - ASCII Bell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 7.6.2. - Free Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 7.6.3. - Time Mode 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 7.6.4. - Screen Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 7.6.5. - Gadget Offset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 7.6.6. - Enable Macros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7.6.7. - Hotkey Enable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7.6.8. - Display Pop-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7.6.9. - Editor Pathname String Gadget. . . . . . . . 13 8. - Window Posistion Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 9. - Error Handling and Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 10. - Compatibility Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . 14 11. - Features not yet included . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 CoPilot 1.01 Users Manual 1. - Hardware Requirements CoPilot may be used on the Amiga 500, 1000 or 2000 series of computers. Kickstart 1.2 or greater, with a minimum of 256k of memory is also required. CoPilot occupies approximatly 80k of memory when loaded. This does not include any memory for user defined macros. 2. - Starting CoPilot CoPilot may be started from the CLI or from Workbench, or it can be started from the Startup-Sequence file that is executed when the Amiga is booted. 2.1. - From the CLI Use the AmigaDOS "Run" command to start CoPilot from the CLI. 2.2. - From Workbench Double-clicking the CoPilot icon will start CoPilot from Workbench. 2.3. - From the Startup-Sequence The method of starting CoPilot from the Startup-Sequence file depends on if you are using Workbench too. For CLI users it is sufficient to "Run CoPilot", but Workbench users who wish to start CoPilot from the Startup-Sequence must use the program "RunBack" in order to allow the initial CLI to terminate. The program and documentation have been included with CoPilot for your convenience. 2.4. - The Default Macro Definition File When CoPilot is first started it attempts to load a default macro file named "CoPilot.macros". There are two places it will look for this file. The first is a logical directory named "COPILOT:" which you assign with the AmigaDOS Assign command. If the logical directory does not exist the current directory will be searched. Otherwise, a requester will be displayed to inform you that it had not found the file. - 1 - CoPilot 1.01 Users Manual 3. - Time-of-day display CoPilot provides a time-of-day display which resides in the upper right corner of the Amiga's screen. The default time format is 12 hour with an am/pm indicator and flashing colon. CoPilot uses the display to indicate when certain modes are active while using CoPilot. There are also other display options available to you for displaying 24 hour time format and for displaying the amount of free chip and fast memory left in the system. 4. - Keyboard Conventions All references to keys are made with the usage "<KEYNAME>". The term "hotkey" refers to a CoPilot function that is permanently bound to a specific key combination. A "keyboard macro" or "macro key" refers to a key combination that is defined by you. These macros can either record all mouse and keyboard activity or can contain text strings only. CoPilot has several hotkeys which control itself and the Amiga display. All hotkeys are presented in the format "<KEY1><KEY2>", both keys must be pressed simultaneously in order to activate the hotkey's function. The designations "L-" and "R-" refer to the left and right version of the specified key. The term "AMIGA" refers to the two keys located immediately to the left and right of the space bar. The majority of Amiga keyboards have a letter 'A' as the logo denoting an "AMIGA" key, while some of the keyboards on the 500 and 2000 machines use different logos. 5. - Gadget Conventions All of the gadgets in CoPilot windows may be selected by either using the mouse or pressing the key of the first letter for the desired gadget. CoPilot gadgets also subscribe to a set of conventions that are detailed as follows. Selection gadgets are rectangular with rounded corners, there are two types, represented by the colors white and Workbench red. The white gadgets either select a function or change windows within CoPilot. The red ones represent caution since their function will produce permanent results that cannot be recovered from. For example, the "Load" and "Save" gadgets in the Macro Editor - 2 - CoPilot 1.01 Users Manual will change your macro definitions PERMANENTLY. The next class of gadget is a circle that may or may not have a dot inside. These are toggle buttons that indicate the state of the feature the gadget represents. The dot, when present, means that the feature is currently active. Another indicating gadget is a rectangle with square corners. They have a red border and red text on a black background. These gadgets show what the current mode is, selecting it will change modes. The last special gadget is the cursor gadget, it is bound to the cursor key it represents. Currently, these gadgets are used in the Macro Editor to navigate through each macro definition. You can also activate any of CoPilot's string gadgets by pressing <RETURN> instead of clicking the gadget with the mouse. 6. - Hotkeys There are several functions that are assigned to certain key combinations. Some of these "hotkeys" will affect the Amiga's window and screen display and others control CoPilot itself. 6.1. - CoPilot Hotkeys There are two hotkeys that directly control CoPilot that are described below. One other hotkey is used by CoPilot to stop recording a macro or to stop playback of a macro. That hotkey is discussed in the Macros section. 6.1.1. - <L-ALT><R-ALT> open-menu When CoPilot is idle, this hotkey will open the main menu. If one of CoPilot's windows is already open, this hotkey will re-activate it. If the window is partially or completely covered it will be moved to the front. If the screen that the window was originally opened on is now covered by another screen the window will be closed and re-opened on the front screen. 6.1.2. - <L-AMIGA><R-AMIGA> display-to-front This hotkey will bring the time-of-day display to the front screen. I had wanted to make the pop-up feature described in section 7.6.8 below do this automatically. But - 3 - CoPilot 1.01 Users Manual attempts at making the pop-up work across screens would occasionally cause the Amiga to guru. So, I have included this hotkey instead. But, this hotkey gives you the added responsibility of moving CoPilot to another screen BEFORE closing the current screen. Otherwise you may get a visit from the guru! 6.2. - Display Management Hotkeys CoPilot also provides you with a set of hotkeys that control the Amiga's display in a very flexible manner. 6.2.1. - <L-ALT><L-AMIGA> screen-to-back Moves the front screen to the back of all screens. 6.2.2. - <R-ALT><R-AMIGA> window-to-back Moves the active window to the back and then activates the next window in the window list. If the window is partially or completely covered by another window it will be moved to the front of the screen. This hotkey will not work if the active window has a string gadget active. 6.2.3. - <R-ALT><R-SHIFT> activate-next-window Activate the next window in the window list. This hotkey will not work if the active window has a string gadget active. 6.2.4. - <R-AMIGA><R-SHIFT> window-to-front Bring the active window to the front of the screen. Again, this hotkey will not work if the window has an active string gadget. 6.2.5. - <CTRL><ESC> close-window Close current window if it has a close gadget. This feature is implemented by moving the mouse pointer over the close gadget and simulating a press of the left mouse button. 6.2.6. - <L-ALT><ENTER> move-mouse Moves mouse pointer to the lower right corner of screen. This is not the <RETURN>, it's the <ENTER> key on the - 4 - CoPilot 1.01 Users Manual keypad. This function is performed once when CoPilot is first started up. 6.3. - Hotkey notes Several windows may seem to pop up and back when you use the window-to-back hotkey after a new window(s) has been opened. This is because windows, unlike screens, are not maintained in a true front to back order. After using this macro a few times CoPilot will have re-arranged the windows so that this will not happen again until more windows are opened. You may also occasionally notice that all of the windows seem to be inactive after using the window-to-back and activate-next-window hotkeys. What actually happened is a "backdrop" window is now activated. Backdrop windows always stay behind all the other windows, so it will never pop to the front. Most backdrop windows also lack a title so you can't tell that is active. Two good examples of backdrop windows are the Workbench screen and the MicroEmacs editor on the Extras disk. 7. - Main Menu The main menu of CoPilot currently has six selection gadgets, one string gadget and the red "Exit" gadget. 7.1. - Auto Pilot This function will be implemented in a future release of CoPilot. 7.2. - Date The "Date" gadget will display the day and date for four seconds whenever it is selected. 7.3. - New CLI The "New CLI" gadget will start another CLI for you. If you are using CoPilot from Workbench, the current directory it will have will be the directory that was current when CoPilot was first started. If you're using CoPilot from the CLI, the current directory will be the current directory of the AmigaDOS CLI. - 5 - CoPilot 1.01 Users Manual 7.4. - Quick Timer The Quick Timer has two modes of operation, one is an elapsed timer and the other is an alarm timer. The time-of-day display is used to indicate the state that the Quick Timer is in. When counting, either up or down, an asterisk '*' will be placed on either side of the time display. If the timer is stopped, but has not been reset, a dash '-' will be displayed. The "Timer Display" gadget is turned on when the Quick Timer window is first opened. If you activate the timer and do not turn off this gadget, the timer will continue to be displayed after you close the Quick Timer window. The "Reset Timer" gadget will reset the Quick Timer to zero and can be selected at any time. 7.4.1. - Elapsed Timer The elapsed-time mode can be started only while the timer is reset. Selecting the "Start/Stop" gadget toggles the elapsed timer the same as a stop watch. 7.4.2. - Alarm Timer There are two methods of setting the alarm timer. The first is by using the gadget labeled "Add 15 min.". This lets you set the alarm timer in increments of 15 minutes. The string gadget labeled "Set:" enables you to enter any time value you want. To activate the gadget, simply press <RETURN> then enter the time in the following format: HH:MM:SS CoPilot requires you to enter the colons so that it can distinguish between hours, minutes and seconds, leading zeros are not necessary. The minutes and seconds entries can not exceed 59. The hours entry has an upper limit of 99 hours. The following are all valid entries as far as CoPilot is concerned. 39:37:20 - 39 hours, 37 minutes, 20 seconds. :10: - 0 "" 10 "" 0 "" ::20 - 0 "" 0 "" 20 "" If the time entered is an illegal format or the time requested is outside the range of 99:59:59, you will be informed by CoPilot with a message requester. - 6 - CoPilot 1.01 Users Manual After the desired time is set, select the "Start/Stop" gadget to start the alarm counting down. When the alarm times out, CoPilot will open Quick Timer and three beeps will sound every second until you select the "Reset Timer" gadget. 7.5. - Keyboard Macros Each of the 46 alpha-numeric keys located in the main portion of the keyboard can have up to 6 macros defined. This is accomplished by using "qualifiers" which are two key combinations of the <CTRL>, <ALT> and <AMIGA> keys. The three qualifiers are: <CTRL><ALT> or <CTRL><AMIGA> or <ALT><AMIGA> So, each key can have 3 macros defined for the un-shifted key and 3 more for the shifted version. This gives you a total of 276 keyboard macros. You may find it convienent to use your left hand to control the qualifier and shift keys while using your right hand to press the desired macro key. 7.5.1. - Defining New Macros To define a new macro, you first set the "Qualifier" gadget to the combination that you will use for the macro. Then select the toggle gadget labeled "New". Remember, you can select a gadget by pressing the key of the first letter of the gadget you want. After you actvate the new-macro mode the string gadget labeled "Key" will activate, the character you enter here determines which keyboard macro you are going to define. After entering the desired macro key, the gadget labeled "Type:" will change color indicating that you are to select the macro type. By pressing <RETURN> you tell CoPilot that you want a string macro. If you select the "Type" gadget, by mouse or by pressing <T>, you will instruct CoPilot to record this macro. If you press <RETURN> before entering a character in the key string gadget, you will activate the screen-editor mode which allows you to create a string macro using a screen editor. You can exit the new-macro mode by turning off the "New" gadget or by pressing <RETURN> until both "New" and "Edit" are off. - 7 - CoPilot 1.01 Users Manual 7.5.2. - Adding Lines To String Macros After pressing <RETURN> in response to the "Type:" gadget, the gadget labeled "Add line" will turn on and the edit string gadget will activate. This indicates that you are in the add-line mode. This mode is used for both making new macros and for adding lines to an existing macro. The edit string can have a maximum of 132 characters, but can display only 35 of them at any one time. In case you want to abort any changes you've made while editing, use the <R-AMIGA>-Q sequence. If you want to clear the string gadget, use the <R-AMIGA>-X sequence. Both of these are standard Intuition features for string gadgets that have "undo" buffers attached to them. When you are finished with the line of text, press <RETURN>. This adds the line of text to the macro you're working on. The gadget will clear and reactivate again so that you can add another line of text. When you've finished entering the text you want, press <RETURN> while the string gadget is empty. This will turn off the add-line mode and, if you are in new-macro mode, re-activate the key string gadget so that you can create another macro. 7.5.4. - Entering Control Characters Since Intuition string gadgets do not allow you to enter control characters, a method of entering them has been provided for you. By preceeding a character with a '^' character, CoPilot will interpet it as a control character. For example, the sequence "^m" will be interpeted as a <RETURN>. The sequence "^[" will be interpeted as an <ESC> key. To include the '^' character itself, use the sequence "^^". Be aware that pressing <RETURN> only enters that string into the macro definition. It will not become part of the macro, if you need a <RETURN>, you must include the "^m" sequence as described above. 7.5.5. - Editing String Macros Several options are available to you for editing a string macro that is already defined. First, set the "Qualifier" gadget to the correct combination for the macro you wish to edit. Then, use the left or right cursor keys to scroll through the macros until the macro key you want to edit is visible. - 8 - CoPilot 1.01 Users Manual If the line you wish to change is already visible in the edit string, all you have to do is press <RETURN> to activate the string gadget. Edit the string and press <RETURN> when finished. If the macro contains more than one line and the string you want to edit is not currently displayed, use the up and down cursors to find the string you want to change. Press <RETURN> to activate and edit as above. If you want to add a one or more lines of text to the macro, turn the "Add line" gadget button on. Pressing <RETURN> in an empty line will turn off the add-line mode. If you need to insert a line of text somewhere in the middle of the macro definition or wish to add lines at the beginning of the macro, activate the "Insert line" gadget. Like the add-line mode, pressing return on an empty string will turn off the insert-line mode. The inserted line(s) will be placed ahead of the line that was displayed when you activated the insert line mode. 7.5.6. - Macro Quick-Find The edit string always activates after pressing <RETURN>, but by pressing <RETURN> twice in a row you will activate the key string gadget. You are now in quick-find mode which, by entering a key, will search the macro definitions and display it if found. A message requester will inform you if it is not defined yet. 7.5.7. - Using a Screen Editor The button gadget labeled "Edit" allows you to use a screen editor for creating and changing string macros. The screen editor used is the AmigaDOS Ed by default, you can request CoPilot to use a different editor by changing the default pathname in the Settings window discussed below. Instead of the "Type:" gadget lighting up, you will be placed in the default editor for the Amiga which is "Ed". You must follow the same conventions for entering control characters as described above. You can also use the screen editor to modify a string macro by selecting the "Edit" gadget when the macro you wish to edit is visible. When you leave the screen editor, the entries you made will be translated by CoPilot and attached to the macro key. If you decide to exit the editor with the abort command, the macro will be unchanged. If it was a new macro, CoPilot will - 9 - CoPilot 1.01 Users Manual remove it from the macro list. All null lines will be deleted when the edited file is converted to a macro. Include a space if you want the line to remain. 7.5.8. - Recording Macros Selecting the "Type:" gadget while in the new-macro mode will open up a requester in front of the Macro Editor. This requester lets you enter an optional description of what you're about to record and toggle the mouse-movement-record mode. The button gadget "Record mouse movement" enables you to record actual mouse movement while either mouse button is pressed. Be careful though, this feature can generate an awful lot of data very quickly! It was included for completeness of the record function, but will probably be rarely used. If you select the "OK" gadget or press <RETURN> after entering the description string, both the requester and the Macro Editor will close. You will now be in record mode, which is signified by the two question marks that appear in the time-of-day display. From this point on, all key and mouse button presses will be recorded by CoPilot. It also records the time that has elapsed between each event so that it can play back the macro accurately. When you are finished recording, you notify CoPilot by pressing both <SHIFT> keys simultaneously. The question marks will disappear and the Macro Editor will re-open with the key string gadget active so that you can add your next macro. Also, if you open the Macro Editor window while recording CoPilot will stop the recording as if you had pressed both <SHIFT> keys yourself. The double shift key sequence can also be used to cancel the playback of a recorded macro at anytime. Two exclamation points will appear in the time-of-day display while a recorded macro is being played back. At the present time, there is no method of editing or appending the recorded data in a macro. You must remove the macro from the list and then re-record it if you want it changed. One last word on recorded macros before moving on. If the operation that you're recording causes a disk access, say, loading one of the libraries from the system disk, make sure - 10 - CoPilot 1.01 Users Manual you record the macro prior to having the library loaded. Otherwise, the correct time delays will not be recorded. This will cause the macro to get out of synch if the library has to be loaded during playback. 7.5.9. - Deleting Macros The gadget labeled "Remove" will delete the macro that is currently displayed in the key string. The gadget labeled "Delete" will delete line that is visible in the edit string. If you delete the last line of a string macro, the whole macro will be removed too. The labels "Remove" and "Delete" were used so that full keyboard usage could be achieved, hope it doesn't throw you off too much at first! 7.5.10. - Loading and Saving Macro Definitions By default, the macro definitions will be loaded or saved to the "CoPilot.macros" definition file. If you have assigned "COPILOT:" to a directory then the full pathname would be "COPILOT:CoPilot.macros". Otherwise, the file will be saved to the current directory that CoPilot was started from. When either gadget is selected, a requester will open with a string gadget activated. The pathname will be in the string gadget, by pressing <RETURN> you will confirm that you wish to load or save the definitions using this pathname. Edit the pathname if you wish the macro definitions to be loaded or saved to or from a different macro file. When saving macro definitions there must be at least one macro defined. Otherwise, a macro defintion file will not be created. You may cancel a load or save operation by selecting the "CANCEL" gadget. 7.5.11. - The LoadMacros Program This program gives you the ability to tell CoPilot to load a macro definition file with a CLI command. The best use you will find for this program is to include it in a batch file for loading a macro file that has definitions that are specific to an application. LoadMacros has exactly one parameter, the complete pathname of a macro definition file you wish CoPilot to load - 11 - CoPilot 1.01 Users Manual for you. For example, typing the the command LoadMacros Comm:macros will load the macro defintion file named "macros" from the volume labled "Comm". If CoPilot is not running LoadMacros will not continue. It also checks that exactly one pathname was entered on the command line. 7.6. - Settings The Settings window provides eight toggle buttons that control certain features within CoPilot. There is also a string gadget for changing the default screen editor used by the Macro Editor. 7.6.1. - ASCII Bell Normally, the Amiga rapidly flashes the display for a brief instant when either an error occurs or when a <CTRL>-G character is sensed. With CoPilot, you now have the option of sounding a bell instead. This feature is controlled with the "ASCII bell" gadget. 7.6.2. - Free Memory The "Free memory" gadget will display chip and fast ram that is currently available. The display will remain on until this gadget is turned off again. 7.6.3. - Time Mode 24 The gadget "Time mode 24" will display the time-of-day in 24 hour format. This format displays hours, minutes and seconds. 7.6.4. - Screen Saver The "Screen saver", when active, will turn off the Amiga's display after five minutes without keyboard or mouse button activity. This feature prevents the phosphor in your monitor from being burned out. To turn the display back on press any key or mouse button. This event will be trapped so that the active window does not receive it. 7.6.5. - Gadget Offset - 12 - CoPilot 1.01 Users Manual The "Gadget offset" deals with the clock display. When active, the display is posistioned to the immediate left of the depth gadgets. When off, the display will be placed to the extreme right of the title. 7.6.6. - Enable Macros "Enable macros", when active, allows CoPilot to send keyboard macros. This was added in case the macros intefere with another application that you're running. 7.6.7. - Hotkey Enable Like the "Enable macros" gadget above, the "Hotkey enable" gadget will activate the hotkeys used by CoPilot. 7.6.8. - Display Pop-Up When the "Display pop-up" gadget is active, the clock display will pop to the front of the current screen it is attached to whenever it is covered by another window. As described in section 6.1 above, this feature will not move the clock to another screen when the screens are changed because of the possibility of a guru occuring. 7.6.9. - Editor Pathname String Gadget The string gadget labeled "Editor" is where you place the full path name of the text editor you wish to use for the macro editor. This pathname will be saved in the macro defintion file for future use. The default editor pathname is "C:Ed". 8. - Window Posistion Memory When any CoPilot window is opened, it will be centered on the front screen. If you drag the window to a different location, CoPilot will retain this posistion so that the window will re-open at the same place again. If you change to a screen that has a different horizontal or vertical resolution, the window posistion will be reset to the center when you open the window again. 9. - Error Handling and Messages All soft errors are reported by a requester with an "OK" gadget and an optional "CANCEL" gadget. When just the "OK" - 13 - CoPilot 1.01 Users Manual is present it is an informational error that has no impact on CoPilot or the Amiga. When the "CANCEL" gadget is present, you are given a choice to go ahead with the function you selected, or you may cancel that function without any further incident. Dead-end errors that prevent CoPilot from continuing are handled via recoverable alerts. You can test this by trying to run CoPilot again with another CoPilot already running. 10. - Compatibility Considerations CoPilot maintains full compatibility with the Amiga 500, 1000 and 2000 computers by examining the active keymap when it first starts up. This is necessary because there are a few minor differences between the keymaps of the three machines. For this reason, you cannot change keymaps once CoPilot has loaded. CoPilot is fully compatible with all the keymaps on the Workbench 1.2 disk and dead-keys are fully supported too. Be aware that using macros recorded on one style of machine might not work as expected on another machine. String macros will not be affected, only recorded ones. 11. - Features not yet included The following features described below are currently under development. Some may not be included in the version you receive after registering. You will be notified when future versions including these features will be released. Macros do not yet have the capability of calling or "nesting" other macros. If you trigger a macro while recording another macro, all output from the macro will be recorded too, instead of just the macro key sequence itself. Provisions for instant screen blanking will be provided as well as varing the time before blanking occurs. Keyboard lock-out with password protection, it will have the ability to engage automatically if the screen blanks, or can be activated immediately. An Auto Pilot facility is currently being designed. It will enable you to trigger macros or execute AmigaDOS commands and/or batch files at programmed time intervals. - 14 - CoPilot 1.01 Users Manual Due to the recent outbreak of virus-like programs that "infect" disks, a provision for running a program everytime a disk is inserted is under consideration. Other possibilities currently under evaluation are not discussed here because it's uncertain if they will be included in a future version of CoPilot. Feel free to submit any suggestions you may have to enhance CoPilot. Try to stay away from features that would be best served as seperate tasks. One that comes to mind, and has been played to death, is the ever popular directory utility. - 15 - CoPilot 1.01 Users Manual I can be reached through the following services. BIX - jradigan GEnie - JRADIGAN CompuServe - 76545,201 People Link - JRADIGAN The W.E.L.L. - jrad Please leave me e-mail if you have any problems or have found any bugs. I ususally call each system once a week to check for e-mail. If you see a message from me on a BBS then you can try to reach me there too. - 16 -