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- (c) 1993 by Thomas Hölle
-
- DOCUMENTATION OF TURBO-LEUSCHNER
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-
- ATTENTION : This is a Sharewareprogram. The author raises a
- registration charge of about 20DM for the use of the program.
- Sending this money to the following address, FREE OF CHARGE
- the registrated user will get a version of "Turbo-Leuschner"
- which won't contain any "advertisement".
-
- The address is :
-
- Thomas Hölle
- in den Steinäckern 10
-
- 63517 Rodenbach 1 (Germany)
-
- THANK YOU VERY MUCH !!!!!!!
-
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- HOW TO USE TURBO-LEUSCHNER
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-
- With the help of "Turbo-Leuschner" you are able to create your
- own menus comfortable for Workbench-based Windows or expand
- already existing menus. Turbo-Leuschner supplies ALL functions
- of the Workbench-Menu-System.
-
-
- You call "Turbo-Leuschner" with two parameters and the DOS-
- command "run" :
-
-
- run TurboLeuschner WINDOW FILE
-
-
- For the correct work of "Turbo-Leuschner" the command "run"
- must be placed in the directory "c:". ( Just if you work with
- Kickstart 1.2/1.3 ).
-
- "WINDOW" represents the name of the Window you want to expand
- with your own menus. ( e.g. "Workbench" for the window of the
- workbench or "AmigaShell" for your highest shell-window ) You
- have to take care with the spelling : The program differs
- between small and capital letters.
-
- "FILE" is the name ( including path) of an ASCII-Controlling-
- File which contains the information for "Turbo-Leuschner".
-
-
-
- The Controlling-File constists of several controlling-codes
- ( e.g. the exclamation-mark "!") which are often followed by a
- string. Only ONE controlling code in a line is permitted. You
- can create this file with every editor ( such as "MEMACS" or
- "ED" ).
- The specified controlling codes :
-
- The "!" is followed by the name of a new menu.
- ( e.g. "!Tools")
-
- The "$" if followed by the name of a new item. The item refers
- to the last menu given before in the file.
- ( e.g. "$editors")
-
- The "&" if followed by the name of a new subitem, which refers
- to the last given item.
-
- The ">" is followed by the name of a file, "Turbo-Leuschner"
- shall execute if the user choose the corresponding (sub)item.
- ( This is the name of the item-/subitem in the line before.)
-
- EXAMPLE :
-
- !Tools ( creates the menu "Tools" )
- $editors ( creates the 1st item "editors" in "tools" )
- &Memacs ( creates the 1st subitem "Memacs" of the item
- "editors" )
- >sys:memacs ( file to execute when selecting "Memacs" )
- &Ed ( creates the 2nd subitem "Ed" of "editors" )
- >c:Ed ( file to execute )
- $Diskcopy ( creates 2nd item "Diskcopy" of "tools" )
- >dh0:Diskcopy ( file to execute )
- !games ( new menu "games" )
-
-
- Except for these basic functions "Turbo-Leuschner" supports
- ALL the other features of the workbench menu-system :
-
- The "§" is followed by the name of a menu that already belongs
- to the window and you want to extend. ( The computer differs
- between small and capital letters.)
-
- The "-" is followed by a single letter. "Turbo-Leuschner"
- generates a "keyboard shortcut", which means that the user can
- select this item/subitem also by pressing the left amiga key
- and the key given after the "-".
-
- If there is a "C" in the line after a given item-/subitemname,
- this item/subitem will be provided with a "checkmark symbol"
- ( the hook ). This "hook" appears after the 1st,3rd,5th,7th...
- selection of the item/subitem or disappears after every 2nd,
- 4th,6th,8th.. selection. If you write a small "c", the "hook"
- will be already present at the first appearance of the menu
- and will dissapear after every 1st,3rd,4th,.. selection of the
- (sub)item. If you specify a "c" or "C", "Turbo-Leuschner" sup-
- ports the execution of two different files.
- The file to be called if the "hool" is visible has to be given
- by a "<" ( followed by the name and the path of the file to be
- executed ). The other file you specify normally by the ">".
- When using the "checkmark symbol" you always have to specify
- two execution files even if they are equal.
- EXAMPLE :
-
- !tools
- $Activate PC ( item "Activate PC" in "tools )
- C ( "Activate PC" gets a "hook" which is vi-
- sible after every 1st,3rd,.. selection )
- >PC/PCStart ( program to be executed if the hook was
- not active (here: 1st,3rd,.. selection )
- <PC/PCClose ( program to be executed if the hook was
- active ( here : 2nd,4th,.. selection )
-
-
- IN ORDER TO FINISH "TURBO-LEUSCHNER" :
- "Turbo-Leuschner" will be finished after the selection of the
- close gadget in the window with the "Turbo-Leuschner"-menu.
- You can finish "Turbo-Leuschner" also by choosing the menuitem
- "quit" which will be automatically added in every menu bar. In
- both cases the window will continue zo be opened until you se-
- lect the close gadget (again). But be carefull when closing a
- "shell" or "cli"-window by the command "endshell" or "endcli"
- while "Turbo-Leuschner" is already active. In these cases you
- have to finish "Turbo-Leuschner" before by selecting the item
- "quit".
-
-
- HINTS : If you want to create your own menus for your own shell
- windows it would be useful to place the needed command in the
- file "shell-startup" which is in the directory "s:". "Turbo-
- Leuschner" will be activated after every new shell start.
- You can also place the command for the expansion of the work-
- bench menu bar at the end of the "startup-sequence".
-
-
- ATTENTION : This program supplies ALL versions of the Amiga
- workbench system which are available. But there is a little
- restriction corncerning the workbench versions V2.x and V3.x
- ( not for V1.2 and V1.3 ) : You can't extend the menu "tools"
- by using subitems, checkmarks or keyboard shortcuts ( Just ad-
- ding items is possible ).
- IF YOU THINK OF RUNNING "TURBO-LEUSCHNER" ON A NON-ENGLISH
- WORKBENCH ( WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY THE V2.1 AND V3.0 OR HIGHER
- OF THE WORKBENCH SYSTEM ), AND EXPANDING THE WORKBENCH MENU
- "Tools" ("Hilfmittel" in Germany or whatever it may be..), YOU
- HAVE TO SPECIFY THE NEW NAME OF THE WORKBENCH-WINDOW AND THE
- NEW NAME OF THE MENU "Tools". THIS HAS TO HAPPEN AS FOLLOWS :
- ":"New name of the workbench window
- ";"New name of the menu tools.
-
- EXAMPLE :
- :Arbeitsbank
- ;Hilfsprogramme
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- PLEASE REFER ALSO TO THE EXAMPLE FILE "Turbo.example" !!!!!!
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