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- HandyHelp
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- HandyHelp is a a very small directory utility with only the necessary
- features. It doesn't take too much memory so you can have it on your
- WorkBench all the time.
-
- HandyHelp was a little project that I coded when I didn't feel like
- programming anything commercial. HH was also my first big?? Assembly-
- project.
-
-
- STARTING
- --------
-
- You can run HandyHelp from CLI or Workbench. HH creates it's own process
- so you don't need any runback-programs in CLI. You don't have to worry
- about stack sizes either.
-
- PARAMETERS
- ----------
-
- HandyHelp takes two optional parameters from the CLI: Window starting
- X- and Y-coordinates. For example: HandyHelp 340 10
-
- COLORS
- ------
-
- HH may look horrible on your Amiga if you use WB1.3 or WB1.2. As a
- Commercial Developer I use WB2.0 so the colors are chosen so that HH
- looks beautiful in WB2.0. You can change your colors with (suprice!)
- preferences. :-) The best solution is ofcource to upgrade to WB2.0 :-)
-
- DEVICES, DRIVES etc
- -------------------
-
- Every time you press the menu-button on you mouse, you get all the drives,
- devices and assigns you have to the side where your mouse pointer was.
- You can choose a device by double-clicking on the name.
-
- CLIMBING IN THE TREE
- --------------------
-
- You enter a directory by double-clicking it's name. You get the parent-
- directory by clicking the "/"-button. HandyHelp reads the directory to
- a linked list so you will never enter a too long directory.
-
- ACTIVE SIDE
- -----------
-
- One of the sides is the source side and the other destination. When you
- choose files on a side, that side becomes the active side (source). The
- active side is pressed down and the other is up.
-
- COPYING
- -------
-
- COPY copies files or directories from the source side to the destination
- side. COPY de-selects the files that were successively copied. HandyHelp
- adds the copied files to the destination list without any extra directory
- readings.
-
- DELETE
- ------
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- Delete deletes selected files or directories from the source-side. Files
- that were not successively deleted remain selected on the list.
-
- RENAME
- ------
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- Rename let's you rename files from the source-side. Files that were not
- successively renamed will be asked again until success or you press the
- "cancel"-button.
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- FUTURE
- ------
-
- I will continue coding HandyHelp. These features will be added:
-
- - File lengths to the directory list too. This requires a
- horizontal scrolling gadget.
-
- - Directory list cache. Long directory readings are boring
- while using diskettes.
-
- - More functions. MakeDir and Read would be nice...
-
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- COPYRIGHT AND DISTRIBUTION
- --------------------------
-
- HandyHelp is CopyRight © 1990 by StarSoft Ky, SF-66420 Ruto, Finland.
- It can be freely distributed for non-commercial purposes.
-
- HandyHelp is written in assembly language and compiled with the fastest
- assembler available, ArgAsm. The source code is not included, but you
- can always ask for it... If you like to read Finnish documentation :-)
-
- You can send suggestions, bug reports etc. to:
-
- Jarto Tarpio
- Nikkarinkuja 2A6
- 02600 ESPOO
- FINLAND
-
- But note that I may not have time to answer your letters. If possible,
- use e-mail: robin@niksula.hut.fi I always answer my e-mail...
-