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Mach - Mouse Accelerator with Hotkey. Version 1.2 12-04-87.
This is a combination mouse accelerator/hotkey/popcli/screen blanker/
sun mouse/click to front utility program. Whew!
It started as just an accelerator-hotkey, but as these things tend
to do, it quickly grew to include a lot more. It's still pretty small
tho... using about 12k-13k when run with a minimal stack.
All features default to on (except the double control key feature) so
you need to use the switches to change or disable them.
Usage:
Run Mach [nambscd] hotkeystring hotkeystring...hotkeystring
Arguments: All optional. Any order.
-n Acceleration factor where n >= 0 && n <=9.
-a Switchs hotkey qualifier from Alternate to Amiga.
-m Removes the trapping of left-amiga-m. (allows normal use)
-bnn Time delay before blanking screen. 0-99 minutes. 0 = no blank.
-s Removes sunmouse.
-c Removes click to front.
-d Adds double control feature.
Accelerator:
The accelerator part is similar to QuickMouse from Gizmoz...but it
will accept an argument, a number 0-9, which sets its speed.
-1 is the default, -0 = no acceleration. (I use -4).
Hotkeys:
The hotkeys are the keys F1 to F10 qualified with the left or
right alternate keys. If you prefer to use left or right Amiga, use
-a on the command line. This makes it more compatible with WordPerfect
and other programs that make use of alternate-function keys.
The uninstall combination left-alternate-ctl-f1 still will use the
alternate key not the amiga key.
The hotkeys are defined in the command line following the optional
switches. Definitions with embedded spaces should use "".
See the examples below.
PopCLI:
The qualifier and ESCape combination will create a newcli á la PopCLI
from The Software Distillary. This cannot be disabled.
Screen Shuffler:
Left-Amiga-M will push the front screen to the back instead of
pushing workbench to the back.
Left-Amiga-N will still bring the workbench to the front.
This is useful if you have more than two screens on at once,
especially if they don't have screen depth gadgets.
If you don't want this feature, use -m on your command line.
Sun Mouse:
The window that the pointer is over becomes the active window
after the first mouse movement.
If you don't want this, use -s on the command line.
Click To Front:
You can click in any part of a window and bring it to the front.
If you don't want this, use -c on the command line.
Screen Blanker:
After 5 minutes of no mouse or keyboard activity, the screen will
go blank. You can change this default with -bnn where nn = 0 - 99
minutes. 0 disables blanking.
Uninstall:
Use the combination Left-Alternate-Control-F1 to uninstall Mach.
Examples:
run Mach -2 -m -s df0: df1: "dir " "copy " "" "run sys:system/rollodex"
This maps
Alternate-F1 to df0:
Alternate-F2 to df1:
Alternate-F3 to dir
Alternate-F4 to copy
Alternate-F5 to nothing
Alternate-F6 to run sys:system/rollodex
The switches set the acceleration factor to 2, allows the normal use
of Left-Amiga-M, and disables the sun mouse feature.
run Mach -a -0 -c -b12 "run df1:wp" df0: df1: vd0:
This maps
Amiga-F1 to run df1:wp
Amiga-F2 to df0:
Amiga-F3 to df1:
Amiga-F3 to vd0:
The switches set the acceleration factor to 0, sets the hotkey/popCLI
qualifiers to the Amiga keys, disables the click to front feature,
and sets the waiting before blanking to 12 minutes.
Note that anything after a semicolon is treated as a comment.
If you are typing this in from the CLI, when you reach the end of
the line, don't hit return and you can continue mapping up to 255
characters (including run mach [switches]). If you are using an editor
or word processor, use one that can handle long lines, not Ed which
puts a return at the end. You can then put this in your startup-
sequence.
I have found that the hotkeys do not function properly with the
program Sili(Con:). But it does seem to run ok with Conman.
Let me know if you find other incompatibilities.
If you do "stack 2000" before you run Mach, it will use only
12k-13k. Be sure to reset your stack to 4000 or higher after this.
If for any reason Mach fails to run (e.g. no free signals, no
input.device??) it will use a return code of 10 or higher.
Hidden Control Feature:
If you happen to be a one handed typist, you know what a pain
it is when you need to do a Control-F10 or any combination of
the Control key and a key on the right side of the keyboard.
If you put -d on the command line, you can still use the Control
key in the normal way but if you hit it twice in a row, the NEXT
key will have the Control qualifier added to it. This excludes
the shift, alternate or amiga keys so, for example, ctl-ctl-f10
is the same as ctl-f10 but you don't need to hold down the control
key. Ctl-ctl-shift-p is the same as ctl-shift-p.
Note that this is normally disabled unlike all the other features.
Copyright 1987 by Brian Moats.
This program may be freely distributed but may not be used in any
commercial product without prior written permission.
Other programs from Polyglot Software:
M18Cheater - Lets you cheat in Mean 18 by causing your opponent to
slice. Public domain.
FunBut - Lets you use the F1 key instead of the left mouse button.
It's useful when playing games like Defender of the Crown
because it sends repeat mouse clicks. Public Domain.
Dominoes - 3d graphics, instructions, tutorial. More entertaining and
challenging than Shanghai. $24.95
The Crossword Creator - Make or solve crossword puzzles. 40,000+ word
pattern matching dictionary, med-res or interlace,
IFF compatible and many more features. $49.95
Brian Moats @Polyglot Software.
PeopleLink - BrianM
CIS - 76167,2334