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From the programmers of Mnilu - the GfA v2 compiler
& SuperView - the Desktop file-viewer
comes
O n e J a c k
Welcome to One Jack ,a different kind of program launcher
which supports virtually all TOS versions and all replacement
desktops. In a way it becomes an integral part of the pexec call.
A computer is a useless machine if you don't have any decent
software for it and there also have to be software from where one can
launch the software. Now the ST range of machines have always had the
Desktop which led one run the program. But if someone had hundreds of
folders on a harddrive then of course searching through all of them
can be a big problem. There are many program-launcher now days and the
enhanced desktop on TOS 2+ / replacement desktops also allows one to
run a program from hot-keys ( installing program on function keys etc.
). The problem is to remember which key refere to which program .. .
Problem which different program-laucher is that you have to
say good-bye to the Desktop.
One Jack attempts to solve some of these problems and uses a
very differnt approach. The program works as an accessory. The
question : "An accessory can't run a GEM program" ,may be coming up ..
. but we'll come to that later.
Installation
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Since One Jack is an accessory simply copy ONE_JACK.ACC and
ONE_JACK.RSC to the root-directory of a disk and reboot ,or load up
ONE_JACK.ACC in one of the accessory loaders.
1_JRUN.PRG , 1_JRUN.TOS ,1_JRUN.TTP and 1_JRUN.GTP should all
be copied to the root directory of a disk. Note : These are all DUMMY
programs!!! But still they should be there ,and should also be
preferably installed on Function keys. If you never use (for example)
.GTP programs then this can be deleted from the disk.
Now select One Jack from the acc menu.
Use
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The first time you'll select One Jack a short postcardware
reminder will come up. Click on OK.
Now the main menu will appear ,here you'll see 33 boxes(slots)
,which should all be empty (unless a ONE_JACK.JSM file was auto-
loaded) .
If the slot was not empty (and you clicked on a slot) then the
file (corresponding to the slot) will be selected (ready to run) ,and
One Jack will exit. To actually run the program click on x_JRUN.nnn. x
may be 1 or A ,nnn may be PRG,TOS,TTP or GTP (see below for more info
abou this).
If you wan't to reedit an not empty slot then hold down a
[Shift] key while clicking on the slot.
Note: x_JRUN.nnn are ALL DUMMY programs. They require NO loading (and
of course no extra memory) at all ,and can be replaced with any file
of any kind!!!!
Upto 66 program files may at once be in the memory. To access the next
33 slots click on the - up and down arrow button - which you'll see on
the bottom right corner. To come back to the first 33 slots reclick on
the up-down-arrow button.
To install a program simply click on any of the empty slots
,either in the first 33-boxes or the last 33-boxes. The file-selector
will pop-up. Select a file (.PRG,.APP,.GTP,.TOS or .TTP). and click on
OK. Now the prgoram installer menu will come up.
Following settings may be altered:
Heading: This is the heading which will be displayed in the
slot ,it doesn't have any other meaning at all. It can be any thing
from the name of program (XX.PRG) or (Xx) or whatever you like.
Clicking on Centre will centre the heading for you!
File: The file name ,with the full directory should be here.
This will automatically be selected so you don't really need to fiddle
with that. The file name can also be selected by Selcet (see below)
Select: Clicking on this will bring up the fileselector ,and
the file selected from here will be displayed in the File: (see above)
place.
Directory: Here you can select between [Leave alone] and [Set
to file]..
[Leave alone]: If you select this then the setted directory
will NOT be altered at all.
[Set to file]: The directory will always be set to the file
to run (when you execute the program by x_JRUN.xxx)
As an example you have a file D:\EDITOR\EDITOR.PRG
installed in a slot. If you select [Leave alone] the directory will
not be altered. Now when you run say 1_JRUN.PRG and the directory way
E:\ASM\DEVPAC\ then the E:\ASM\DEVPAC\ directory will be selected.
This _can_ make -Resource file not found- errors.
On the other side if you had selected [Set to file]
and run 1_JRUN.PRG then the directory will always be set to
D:\EDITOR\.
If you don't understand it much then simply leave it
as [Set to file].
The next options are Parameters :
[No] : No pre-defined parameters. If you will enter
any parameters in the .GTP ,.TTP dialog then the same parameters will
be passed to calling application. Otherwise One Jack won't do anything
with them.
[Ask]: When you'll click on the slot of this program
then a dialog-box will come up ,asking for any parameters. All put
commands are also interrupted (see below).
[Defined] : Enter the parameters in the editable line
next to this option and the same parameters will be passed to the
application. No need to reenter the parameters ,as they will be
remembered! All put commands are also interrupted (see below).
Click on [OK] to exit back to the main menu.
Clicking on [Select this] will automatically select this
program ,One Jack will exit and the prgoram will be ready to run by
x_JRUN.nnn.
At the main menu (If you are there) clcik on a sot where a
file has been installed and click on it to select it. One Jack will
now exit and the prgoram will be ready to run by x_JRUN.nnn.
The selected program may now be run by double clicking as
normal on 1_JRUN.PRG ,1_JRUN.TOS,1_JRUN.TTP or 1_JRUN.GTP. As these
programs are just 'dummies' they won't load at all ,and in reality
your program will run instantly! If you have installed x_JRUN.nnn on a
function key then it's a simple matter to press that function key. If
your desktop allows it then these programs can be dragged to the
dektop.
Anyway all x_JRUN.nnn start with 1 or A ( x=1 or x=A ) and
they will normaly be displayed in the top of the window.
Put commands:
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In all parameters you may enter special 'commands' to
do something special. These all start with an %.
%p ,%f:
To input a file name selected using the file selector use %f
or %p. The file selector will come up when you [Select this] ,or click
on the slot where (%f,%p) is prefdeined as parameter : %f : Only the
file name will be passed. %p : Both the file name and directory will
be passed.
Example
You have a pre-defined text as : %p for
D:\EDITOR\EDITOR.PRG. Now when you will click on the slot for
EDITOR.PRG then the file selector will come up and the file selected
will be passed (full directory) to EDITOR.PRG when you run x_JRUN.nnn.
Things can be made complicated. Normally to get
verbose listning in a LZH file you enter parameters as :
v -h file.lzh *.* . For LHARC.TTP pre-define the text as :
v -h %p *.*. Now whenever you'll click on the slot for LHARC.TTP the
file selector will come up. Select the file tp verbose list and click
on Ok. The next thing to do is to run 1_JRUN.TOS and verbose listning
of the selected file will automatically come up!!! Clever use of this
can help you much! You can have different settings for LHARC ,for
verbose listning ,extracting etc.
You are not limited to having only one %p or %f in a
parameter you can have as many as you wish. And on EACH %p/%f the file
selector will appear!
Example for LHARC: a -h %p %p
Guess what it will do! The file selector will appear twice ,the first
time select the file to add to (F:\TEST.LZH) ,and the second time
select (A:\FILE.TXT). Now run 1_JRUN.TOS. The file A:\FILE.TXT will
automatically be added to the archive F:\TEST.LZH!
%u: Unite (Merge) parameters.
This will replace %u in the parameter to whatever you input
using the standard (GEM) parameter box.
Example: To get verbose listing from LHARC.TTP you would use :
v -h file.lzh *.* ,replace it with v -h %u *.*
Now click on the n_JRUN.TTP/GTP ,the parameter box of the desktop will
now appear. Enter (only) name of the file to verbose list say (EX.LZH)
and press Return. Now One Jack will automatically replace %u with
EX.LZH! The final parameter passed will be like this:
v -h EX.LZH *.*
The %u put command will be very useful. You may simply drag the file
to the n_JRUN.xxx and the file will automatically be verbose listed!
Try the above example and drag a LZH file to n_JRUN.xxx.
Again you can have as many %u in a parameter as you wish ,and all
these %u,%p,%f may be freely mixed.
The put (%) commands are of course not limited to LHARC use ,you can
use them in almost every application and sooner or later you will
notice the time you save!
Remember that NO spaces are put at the start and end of a %u ,%f or %p
replacement. So x -h%p %p will most likely won't work as there
are no sapces between -h and %p.
History Buffer
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Clicking on History Buffer from the main menu will
automatically show the last 8 files ran (either through One Jack ,the
Desktop or whatever). The parameters passed (if any) will also be
displayed and you may reedit them. Again all put commands are fully
useable. To run such a file simply click on the -files name- ,One Jack
will now exit and it's a simple matter to run th program by using
x_JRUN.nnn. This can be very helpful for .TTP programs as you won't
need to enter the same (or almost the same) parameter over and over
again.
SuperView
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This will call up our file-viewer SuperView ,if you have it
installed in the memory.
Preferences
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Clear top line : [Yes] : This will clear the top line
whenever you run a program via x_JRUN.nnn. On the normal Desktop it
won't clear the whole line ,but on many replacement desktop this will
work very well.
[No] : This won't clear the top line
,and for example 1_JRUN.PRG may be shown here ,naturally your selected
program will run but this name will be shown.
Interrupt %p,%f,%u : [Yes] : Put commands (%f,%u,%p) will be
interrupted in the command line. See above for more bout Put-commands.
[No] : Put commands will siamply be
ignored.
Abort if GEM program ran in TOS mode : [Yes] : Sometimes it
may happen that you incidently click on 1_JRUN.TOS when you should
have clicked on 1_JRUN.PRG. Running a GEM prgoram in TOS mode can even
make the system crash. So here it it is ,select [Yes] ,and if you do
run a .PRG/.APP/.GTP program in TOS mode then a warning message will
come up.
[No] : No warning
message will appear if you run a .PRG in TOS mode!
Screen buffering : [Yes] : All the dialogs will be made
dragable.
[No] : No dragable dialog boxes.
If you move a dialog box and you see 'trails' behind then it
means that there is not enough memory left in your machine to allow
full dragging of dialog boxes! It's not dangerious.
x_JRUN.nnn x is [A] : the only legal 'dummy' programs which
will run One Jack selected programs are A_JRUN.PRG ,A_JRUN.TOS,
A_JRUN.GTP and A_JRUN.TTP.
[1] : same as above ,but change the
A_... to 1_....
You may ask why this option is here? It doesn't have much
meaning but a few machines may complain if the first letter in a
prgoram name is not a letter... Remember to change the programs files
name if you change it ,otherwise the friendly TOS error will come
up... .
All these options may be saved from the [Save] option in the
main menu ,and all the slots will also be saved in the same file. The
recommened extension is .JSM. If a file ONE_JACK.JSM exsits on the
loading of One Jack accessory then it will be automatically loaded.
[Load] : This will load a new slot file.
[Shutdown] : If you wan't to delete/Unload One Jack from the
memory or change resolutions then always [Shut down] first. This will
remove any vectors in the memory used by One Jack.
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- x_JRUN.APP is not (yet) supported. However install these prgograms
as normal and run them by x_JRUN.PRG.
- To erase a slot select it by holding [Shift] while clicking on it
and erase the heading by pressing [Esc]. Click on OK.
-=-=-=-=-
One Jack wasn't written in a single day ,a lot of hard work
has gone into making it what it is today. So if you use it more than
once then please be honest and send us something back. We only ask for
a _nice_ postcard! Email postcards won't work!!
STectre
Stjernemyrvn. 30
0673 Oslo
Norway
Email : jabran.akhtar@byte.bbs.no
Problems? Write to us at the address above.
We'll be happy to hear from _you_ also about what we
should add to future versions of One Jack.
One Jack is copyright (c) 1994 by STectre. All rights reserved. We
take no responsibility for any kind misuse or damage caused be the use
of this program.
Please do upload One Jack [ONE_JACK.ACC,ONE_JACK.RSC,ONE_JACK.DOC
,x_JRUN.nnn..] where ever you can.
One Jack comes from :
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The GfA BASIC 2 Compiler. Compile GfA BASIC files
into stand-alone GEMDOS executable relocatable files.
- extremely fast compiliation speed
- create .TOS or .PRG program files
- minimum file length of output file only 28K
- easy to use GEM user interface
- fully compitable with 95% of GfA v2 written
souce code
Latest version (May ,1994) is 1.61.
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Fed up with GEM's Show/Print/Cancel (Visa/skriv/Avbryt) ?
Use SuperView ,the most comprehensive file-viewer system ever written
for the ST. Completely replaces the GEM's offering ,or call it from
the supplided accessory.
Just look at a few of the features .. .
- displays NEOchrome,Deags(Elite) and Spectrum 512 pics
- support for 1ST Word & Protext WP files
- print files to parallel/serial/MIDI and parallel(direct)
- up to 9 files in memory at once
- replays sample files (STE support)
- decompacts Pack-Ice v2.4 packed files
- search forward/backward/research options
- up to 9 pre-defined search strings
- goto start/middle or end of file
- view files in either 8x8 or 8x16 fonts
- support for large screens - displays ST font (A1/A2) files
- intelligent mouse scrolling - swap between low/med res
- hex-mode converting - info-lines
- virus checker - up to 10 markers
- no need to load the program each time ,just copy it to the AUTO folder
- replaces Show/Print/Cancel (not fully on TOS 2+)
- .. . and lots more ,uses only 33 K!
Quite simply the best file viewer ever written for the ST!
Once you've used it ,you'll never gonna go back to the
Show/Print/Cancel!
No other file-viewer even comes close to SuperView ,if you
haven't seen it yet then get a copy NOW.
Not Multi-TOS compitable (yet).
Latest version (May ,1994) is 1.18.
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Mnilu and SuperView should be avaliable from most PD libraries.
Mnilu and SuperView are both avaliable from Goodmans on PD disk
GD2196. Also avaliable from the The FaST (ST) Club and Floppyshop
amnog other PD libraries.
Shareware Software in STyle
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