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From: Albert.Koelmans@newcastle.ac.uk (Albert Koelmans)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: two new utilities on info server
Message-ID: <1991Feb22.131230.1013@newcastle.ac.uk>
Date: 22 Feb 91 13:12:30 GMT
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A couple of new utilities on the server: 'sticky' and 'largeness', both
submitted by Brian Brunswick. Here's the description:

!Sticky 1.10
============

Yet another sticky backdrop program, but this one has features that
none of the rest have. These actually make it usable, unlike any others I
have found. This is of course why I wrote it.

Features:

* Not a backdrop, but one or more windows, each with a data file.
* Double clicking + dragging of groups
* Group selections by drag box
* Lays out group drags from filer nicely
* Work area extent recalculated, when you move icons
* Lock feature, prevents accidentally messing up arrangement.
* Pull to front by double clicking on background, push to back by dragging
  or double clicking with adjust.
* If accepting is enabled applications can save into it.
  (files go into same directory as data file)
* Can drag stuff into a filer window to copy.
  If an object name ends in !, instead of being copied, it will be
  run with the directory as an argument.
* Above provides things like set current dir by dragging
  Samples supplied in !Sticky.tools
* Drag onto icon bar runs selection (but now double click runs all too)
* Use by having a sticky window for each project you are working on,
  stored in the project directory.
* Runs in one 32K slot. (on a 440) Probably won't go smaller, though.
* Unlimited windows, icons limited at 256/window at the moment, easily changed.
* Written in BASIC, so if you think of some really silly feature which
  I refuse to implement, you can do it yourself.

!Largeness 1.03
===============

Action:

An application to allow an infinite logical screen, by scrolling windows
in the opposite direction when the mouse runs off the edge. It uses
a patch module that forces windows to be opened with the no bounds bit set,
so that they may move off screen.

Uses:

To quickly produce extra desktop space to put more windows in, and switch
back and forth easily. Very useful.
To irritate friends - very good at this, especially at fast mouse settings!

Details:

Double click on the application to run it. Then try dragging the pointer off
the screen of one side. The icon bar icon has three actions: Select
retrieves all windows into visibility, Menu pops up a menu with a Quit
entry, Adjust scatters all windows away from the screen centre.


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