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- PCMenu V. 1.4 - A utility for Amiga users with PC habits.
-
- If you like the way IBM PC programs use pulldown menus or if you
- would just like to be able to browse through menus using the key
- board, then PCMenu is for you.
-
- CLI Usage:
-
- PCMenu [?][-q][+q][-kxx][-d][-L][quiet]
-
- -q Select qualifier to use with menu activation key. e.g. -qR.
- +q Select qualifier to use with first letter matching.
- -k Select menu activation key. Use the hex code. Default is Help.
- -d Force mouse to move to disabled items. Defaults to off.
- -L Allow selecting of items by first letter without pressing Return.
- quiet Do not show signon message. This is only on registered versions.
- To obtain a copy with this option enabled, send $10 to the
- address at the end of this documentation.
-
- PCMenu detaches from the CLI, so there is no need to "Run PCMenu".
- Type PCMenu again or double click on its icon again to remove PCMenu.
-
-
- Workbench Usage:
-
- PCMenu can be started from an icon and the options may be set in the
- ToolTypes gadget. See below for details.
-
-
- ************************************************************************
-
- WHAT THIS PROGRAM DOES
-
- PCMenu, when run with the defaults, will let you activate the menu
- bar by pressing Amiga-Help. You can then use the arrow keys to move to
- your desired menu item and then press Return to make your selection. You
- may also press Shift-Return to make extended selections. Turn off the
- menu bar by pressing ESCape or Amiga-Help again. You may at any time
- grab the mouse and take over control.
-
- First Letter Matching:
-
- If you wish, you may activate a menu by pressing a qualifier key and
- the first letter of a menu. To use this feature you must start PCMenu
- with the +q option. +qA would mean that when you press Alternate-B, for
- example, the first menu that begins with the letter B will become active.
- If no menu begins with the selected letter, it will be passed through.
- Deactivate the menu bar by pressing ESCape.
-
- Item Selecting:
-
- After activating the menu bar, you may use the arrow keys or, you may
- highlight menu items or subitems by pressing the first letter in the item
- or subitem's name. Select the item by pressing Return. Press Shift-Return
- to make extended selections. You may combine "highlighting" and "selecting
- with letter matching" by using the -L option.
-
- Selection Notes:
-
- 1. Pressing a letter key will highlight the first menu item that
- matches. If there are more matching menu items, repeated pressing
- will highlight each. See the -L option below for immediate selecting.
-
- 2. Menu items will be checked for matches unless the highlighted menu
- item has subitems in which case only the subitems will be checked.
-
- 3. Preceding blanks in menu items will be skipped. This means that you
- cannot select items by pressing the space bar.
-
- 4. If a subitem has more than one subitem displayed horizontally, you
- may need to select subitems that are to the right by pressing the
- down arrow. Pressing the right arrow while a subitem is highlighted
- will activate the next menu.
-
- 5. PCMenu will remember which item and subitem was highlighted last
- and will automatically go to that selection the next time.
-
-
- ************************************************************************
-
- CHANGING THE MENU ACTIVATING KEY AND QUALIFIER KEYS
-
- From the CLI:
-
- You may change the menu activation key with the -kxx option. Replace xx
- with the hex code for the desired key. For Example:
-
- PCMenu -k59
-
- will use Amiga-F10. Some of the key codes are listed below.
-
- You may change the qualifiers that will be used with this key.
- For example:
-
- PCMenu -qSR
-
- will use Shift-Right_Amiga-Help to activate the menus. The qualifiers
- are listed below.
-
-
- From Workbench:
-
- To change the key used to activate the menus, enter in the ToolTypes
- gadget:
-
- MENU KEY=xx
-
- Replace xx with the hex key code.
-
- To change the qualifier used with the menu key to (for example)
- Shift-Alternate, enter in the ToolTypes gadget:
-
- MENU QUALIFIER=SHIFT+ALTERNATE
-
- These are case sensitive! They must be all upper case.
-
- The qualifiers are listed below.
-
-
- ************************************************************************
-
- CHANGING "FIRST LETTER MATCHING" QUALIFIER
-
- From the CLI:
-
- You may set the qualifiers to be used with the "first letter
- matching" feature. Use the "+q" with the desired qualifiers.
- For example:
-
- PCMenu +qCE
-
- will let you select a menu by pressing Control-Amiga and the first
- letter of the desired menu. Note that either Amiga key may be used in
- this case.
-
-
- From Workbench:
-
- To enable menu letter matching with (for example) the Alternate key,
- enter in the ToolTypes gadget:
-
- LETTER MATCHING QUALIFIER=ALTERNATE
-
- These are case sensitive! They must be all upper case.
-
-
- ************************************************************************
-
- QUIET AND DISABLED ITEM OPTIONS
-
- You may prevent the opening information window from being displayed
- and allow the mouse to move to disabled items.
-
- From the CLI:
-
- Prevent the opening window with the "quiet" option.
- Allow the mouse to move to disabled items with the -d option.
- For example:
-
- PCMenu -d quiet
-
-
- From the Workbench:
-
- Enter in the ToolTypes gadget of the icon:
-
- DISABLED OK=TRUE Allows mouse to move to disabled items.
- DISABLED OK=FALSE Does not allow it.
-
- QUIET=TRUE No opening window.
- QUIET=FALSE Allows opening window.
-
- Note that the quiet option is available only to registered users.
-
-
- ************************************************************************
-
- COMBINING SELECTING AND HIGHLIGHTING WITH LETTER MATCHING
-
- Most PC programs allow you to highlight and select item by pressing a
- letter. PCMenu normally allows only the highlighting of item when a key
- is pressed. You then need to press <Return> to select it. You may
- automatically select it without pressing <Return> by using the -L option.
-
- ************************************************************************
-
- THE QUALIFIERS USED
-
- From the CLI:
-
- A - Alternate S - Shift
- C - Control L - Left Amiga
- R - Right Amiga E - Either Amiga
- N - Numeric keypad
-
-
- From Workbench:
-
- These are the allowable qualifier keywords entered in ToolTypes:
-
- SHIFT Either shift key
- CONTROL
- ALTERNATE Either alternate key
- LEFT AMIGA AKA the C= key
- RIGHT AMIGA
- EITHER AMIGA
- NUMERIC
-
- The Left Amiga key on some 500s and 2000s is the C= key.
-
- If you use a numeric keypad key, you must use the -qN or NUMERIC option.
-
-
- ************************************************************************
-
- Examples:
-
- PCMenu
- Uses defaults
-
- PCMenu -qSR
- Uses Shift-Right_Amiga with the Help key.
-
- PCMenu -qCE +qSR
- Uses Control-Left_Amiga or Control-Right_Amiga with the Help key
- and Shift-Right_Amiga with a letter key to select a menu by its
- first letter.
-
- PCMenu -qN -k4a quiet
- Uses the numeric pad "-" instead of the Help key. The signon window
- is not displayed.
-
- PCMenu +qE -L
- Use either Amiga key for menu letter matching and immediately select
- an item when you press a letter that matches an item.
-
- ************************************************************************
-
- Some of the hex key codes are:
-
- Numeric Pad 0 0f
- Numeric Pad 1 1d
- Numeric Pad 2 1e
- Numeric Pad 3 1f
- Numeric Pad 4 2d
- Numeric Pad 5 2e
- Numeric Pad 6 2f
- Numeric Pad 7 3d
- Numeric Pad 8 3e
- Numeric Pad 9 3f
- Numeric Pad . 3c
- Numeric Pad - 4a
- Numeric Pad Enter 43
- Numeric Pad ( 5a
- Numeric Pad ) 5b
- Numeric Pad / 5c
- Numeric Pad * 5d
- Numeric Pad + 5e
- Backslash 0d
- Backspace 41
- Tab 42
- Return 44
- Esc 45
- Delete 46
- Up arrow 4c
- Down arrow 4d
- Right arrow 4e
- Left arrow 4f
- Help 5f
- Function Key 1 50
- Function Key 2 51
- Function Key 3 52
- Function Key 4 53
- Function Key 5 54
- Function Key 6 55
- Function Key 7 56
- Function Key 8 57
- Function Key 9 58
- Function Key 10 59
-
-
- ************************************************************************
-
- Notes: This program may not function properly when MachIII is running
- with the option MTM (Mouse To Menu) on.
-
- If you use the option +qR or +qE, keyboard equivalents and keyboard
- menu shortcuts such as Amiga-C will not work if a menu begins
- with that letter. That means that you won't be able to use
- Right-Amiga-X to clear a string gadget if a menu begins with X. If
- this is a problem, a better choice might be +qA or +qSR or +qL.
-
-
- ************************************************************************
-
- PCMenu is shareware. If you use this program you should send $10 to:
-
- Polyglot Software
- 884 W. Melrose Ln
- Boise, ID 83706
-
- If a newer version is available, it will be sent to you. Registered versions
- have the "quiet" option enabled.
-
-
- PCMenu - Copyright 1991 by Brian Moats.
-
-
-
- Also available:
-
- PCMenuSpeak - This is the same program as PCMenu but all menu items
- are spoken as they are highlighted. Highly useful for
- visually impaired users.
- $10.00.
-
-
-
- Any questions or problems should be directed to:
-
- Brian Moats
- Polyglot Software
- 884 W. Melrose Ln.
- Boise, ID 83706
-
- (208) 336-4583
-