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- Article 5676 of comp.sys.amiga:
- Path: mcdsun!noao!hao!ames!sdcsvax!ucbvax!COGSCI.BERKELEY.EDU!bryce
- From: bryce@COGSCI.BERKELEY.EDU (Bryce Nesbitt)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
- Subject: ClickToFront executable
- Summary: comp.binaries.amiga = comp.bitbucket.amiga
- Message-ID: <8706220556.AA06685@cogsci.berkeley.edu>
- Date: 22 Jun 87 05:56:49 GMT
- Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
- Lines: 66
-
- This is ClickToFront. It extends the Amiga user-interface so that:
-
- A single-click into a window works as always.
- A double-click into a window brings it to the front.
-
- No more hunting for page gadgets!!
-
- The executable should end up at 956 bytes. It is much smaller when actually
- installed in memory. A "uudecode" program to decode the above binaries can
- be found on FISH disk #53.
-
- If you use this, adjust the preferences "click rate" slider upwards for
- best results (make double-click less sensitive).
-
- Source has been posted to comp.sources.amiga. Sadly this is also comp.
- bitbucket.amiga at this time.
-
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- Ack! (NAK,EOT,SOH)
- |\ /| .
- {o O} . bryce@cogsci.berkeley.EDU -or- ucbvax!cogsci!bryce
- ( " )
- U Single tasking? Just say *NO!*
-
- Note from Dick Barnes: Although the only docs we have on this program (above)
- don't tell you a helluva lot, here's what we've found:
-
- 1. This program runs in the background. It can be started in CLI WITHOUT
- a RUN and won't encumber the CLI in which started. It can be put into
- your boot sequence.
-
- 2. A double click into any visible part of a window brings the window to
- the front (except for the Workbench screen itself, which ain't a
- window).
-
- 3. If there's a way to turn it off once started, we haven't found it. Most
- GOOD background programs provide an exit when you want to get rid of
- them. This one doesn't (or if it does, it's well-hidden).
-
- 4. If you work with many small windows, it's useful. It you work with full-
- sized windows, you may have trouble when you click out of one (at the
- back gadget) and try to get another. A double click will sometimes send
- you right back to your old window. Because we work with full-sized
- windows most of the time, we prefer Heliosmouse. But many prefer smaller
- windows--and a lot of Amigans have told us they like Clicktofront. Viva
- differences!
-