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- explode
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- Documentation for version 1.2b, on September 12th, 1991
-
- by Bruno Costa
-
-
-
- WARNING
-
- Although this program is freely distributable (see COPYRIGHT below), I
- would appreciate if you take the time to write me a line or two (E-Mail
- please) if you are using any of my programs or if you have any kind of
- ideas or suggestions (This is not too much to ask, is it?). If you feel
- particularly generous, I would like to receive a disk with any useful
- programs you have written, preferrably with source. Thanks!
-
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
- Explode is a background utility that shows a small "animation" whenever a
- window is opened on any Amiga screen. This "animation consists symply of
- an outline moved along an arbitrary, user configurable path that originates
- from the mouse pointer position (thus the name explode). This program
- differs from existing ones mainly because of the user configurability and
- the inovative default animation. This program was written and designed
- under WB 1.3 - although it does work under WB 2.0, some of the new features
- make it a little useless.
-
-
- OPTIONS
-
- usage: explode [-012] [-f] [-d] [-s] [-q] <filename>
-
- The program is automatically installed just by typing its name, and most
- of the options are used simply for fine tuning. Option 'd' selects
- outlines drawn with a dotted line pattern, instead of the full lines
- selected by 'f'. Options '0' through '2' serve to configure the speed of
- the animation: '0' is the faster, '2' is the slower. Option 's' tells
- explode to be silent, in which case it won't show a small window when it is
- installed. Option 'q' is used to remove explode from memory.
-
- Note that the use of a configuration filename is not supported (yet?),
- but the configuration can be made using the external program config.
-
-
- EXAMPLES
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- To install explode with the default settings use either:
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- > explode
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- or:
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- > explode -1 -f
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- To remove explode from memory:
-
- > explode -q
-
-
- BUGS
-
- Although this program works perfectly under WB 2.0, programs designed for
- 2.0 use a different call to open windows, and explode won't show an
- animation for them. If you run any program designed for WB 1.3 under 2.0
- though, its windows will explode exactly as they did under 1.3.
-
-
- AUTHOR
-
- The accompanying program and this documentation were written by Bruno
- Costa. He can be reached in the following ways:
-
- E-Mail: bruno@brlncc.bitnet (InterNet)
- bruno@BRLNCC (BitNet)
-
- Mail: Bruno Costa
- Rua Almirante Guilhem 454/102 bloco 1
- Leblon - Rio de Janeiro
- RJ 22440
- BRAZIL
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-
- COPYRIGHT
-
- This program is copyrighted by Bruno Costa. It may be freely distributed
- if and only if the source code, the documentation and the executables are
- provided in original form. It may be included in Public Domain/Shareware
- compilations, like the one organized by Fred Fish, as long as just a
- nominal fee is charged for each disk (no more than US$10 per disk), and may
- also be uploaded to BBS's or network services like BIX and CompuServe.
-
-
- DISCLAIMER
-
- The author makes no warranty of any kind with respect to this product and
- explicitly disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness
- for any particular purpose.
-