rblewitt@sdcc6.ucsd.edu (Richard Blewitt) (11/20/90)
I just got my A3000 25/50, and I have a few questions about it.
1) When using the normal hires interlaced mode, I notice a terrible
ghosting affect when I move things arround (screens, mouse pointer
etc). Is there a problem here, or do I have something set wrong?
2) How do I add things to the tools menu? The manual goes to great
lengths to avoid telling how to do this :(
thanks in advance
Rick Blewitt
rblewitt@ucsd.edumilamber@caen.engin.umich.edu (Daryl Scott Cantrell) (11/20/90)
In article <14356@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> rblewitt@sdcc6.ucsd.edu (Richard Blewitt) writes: [...] >2) How do I add things to the tools menu? The manual goes to great >lengths to avoid telling how to do this :( [...] Become a registered developer and find out in the autodocs.. As far as I know that's currently the only way. On a side note, why did Commodore go to all the trouble of ad- ding a menu available to the public (a much-needed feature) and then have all it's Commodities Exchange programs interface with the world through tiny windows and "hot-keys"? What I'd like to see is a screen-blanker (or a VirusX, or other "minor background" programs) that plops an entry onto the Tools menu and only appears when you select it. > Rick Blewitt > rblewitt@ucsd.edu +---------------------------------------+----------------------------+ | // Daryl S. Cantrell | These opinions are | | |\\\ milamber@caen.engin.umich.edu | shared by all of // | | |// Welcome to the Machine. | Humanity. \X/ | +---------------------------------------+----------------------------+ -- +---------------------------------------+----------------------------+ | // Daryl S. Cantrell | These opinions are | | |\\\ milamber@caen.engin.umich.edu | shared by all of // | | |// Welcome to the Machine. | Humanity. \X/ | +---------------------------------------+----------------------------+
chanson@isis.cs.du.edu (Christopher Eric Hanson) (11/21/90)
The other gripe I have seen alot is thus:
I thought commodities was designed so the user could have a consistant
way of configuring all his/her pop-toys, wonderfmarlbes, and whiz-bangs.
That's great, but NONE OF THE COMMODITIES ALLOW YOU TO CHANGE THEIR HOTKEYS.
I'd love to use Autopoint, and IHelp. They are great. Bewteen those two,
and the built-in mouse acceleration, I would no longer need Mach.
But, the hotkeys that you hard-coded into the commodities (actually, IHelp
is somewhat reconfigurable by WB Tooltypes) conflict with many of the most-
used key abbreviations that UEdit, the text editor I use. Now, UEdit can be
reconfigured for all key abbreviations, but I've learned the ones I'm using
now, and I'm a stubborn guy.
Now maybe, I'm needlessly flaming. Maybe (please tell me this is so) there
is a way to reconfigure the hotkeys that the commodities. And maybe IHelp
actually can use something other than vanilla F1-F10 (I've tried getting it
to use Control-F1, etc, but it won't recognise that...). If so, please, speak
or I will forever lose my marbles. (MIX that metaphor!) I'll send you many
cans of Macadamia nuts if you do this. Please...
Chris - Xenon
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"We apologize for the inconveniences." -GOD. (According to D. Adams)milamber@caen.engin.umich.edu (Daryl Scott Cantrell) (11/21/90)
In article <1990Nov20.202332.5642@isis.cs.du.edu> chanson@isis.UUCP (Christopher Eric Hanson) writes: [...] > I thought commodities was designed so the user could have a consistant >way of configuring all his/her pop-toys, wonderfmarlbes, and whiz-bangs. >That's great, but NONE OF THE COMMODITIES ALLOW YOU TO CHANGE THEIR HOTKEYS. [...] If I Remember() correctly, you can change the commodities' hot keys with a HOTKEY= ToolType in it's .info.. One thing you CAN'T do is get rid of the hot key entirely (Which would still allow you to interface with the program though the master CX program). Nor can you have it attach an item to the Tools menu instead of using a hot key (sigh..). >#define chanson Christopher_Eric_Hanson || Lord_Xenon || Kelson_Haldane -- +---------------------------------------+----------------------------+ | // Daryl S. Cantrell | These opinions are | | |\\\ milamber@caen.engin.umich.edu | shared by all of // | | |// Welcome to the Machine. | Humanity. \X/ | +---------------------------------------+----------------------------+
bill@cbmvax.commodore.com (Bill Koester) (11/22/90)
In article <1990Nov20.202332.5642@isis.cs.du.edu> chanson@isis.UUCP (Christopher Eric Hanson) writes: > > The other gripe I have seen alot is thus: > > I thought commodities was designed so the user could have a consistant >way of configuring all his/her pop-toys, wonderfmarlbes, and whiz-bangs. >That's great, but NONE OF THE COMMODITIES ALLOW YOU TO CHANGE THEIR HOTKEYS. > Huh. All of the commodities allow you to change their hotkeys! >I'd love to use Autopoint, and IHelp. They are great. Bewteen those two, >and the built-in mouse acceleration, I would no longer need Mach. > Autopoint has no hotkey to reconfigure it should not conflict with anything. >But, the hotkeys that you hard-coded into the commodities (actually, IHelp >is somewhat reconfigurable by WB Tooltypes) conflict with many of the most- >used key abbreviations that UEdit, the text editor I use. Now, UEdit can be >reconfigured for all key abbreviations, but I've learned the ones I'm using >now, and I'm a stubborn guy. > All Window based commodities accept the following tool types: CX_POPUP=YES|NO ;If YES then to commodity will open its window when run. If NO it will not open its window. (good for putting commodities in the WBStartup drawer) CX_POPKEY=lshift lcommand lalt x ; Set the default hot key for the commodity. all commodities have reasonable defaults that can be changed with this tool type. In addition IHELP supports the following tool types: CYCLE=hotkey MAKEBIG=hotkey MAKESMALL=hotkey CYCLESCREEN=hotkey ZIPWINDOW=hotkey The qualifiers that you can use in your hotkey strings are as follows: alt either alt key lalt left alt key ralt right alt key shift either shift key lshift left shift key rshift right shift key lcommand left amiga key rcommand right amiga key control control key numericpad must be a numeric pad key like 'numericpad 0' > Now maybe, I'm needlessly flaming. Maybe (please tell me this is so) there >is a way to reconfigure the hotkeys that the commodities. And maybe IHelp >actually can use something other than vanilla F1-F10 (I've tried getting it >to use Control-F1, etc, but it won't recognise that...). If so, please, speak >or I will forever lose my marbles. (MIX that metaphor!) I'll send you many >cans of Macadamia nuts if you do this. Please... Macadamia nuts are daveh's favorite, you can send me double Manhattans! > > Chris - Xenon > Bill Koester - Keeper of Commodities.