Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!bbn!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!cb29+ From: cb29+@andrew.cmu.edu (Chad Kavanaugh Bisk) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Workbench features Message-ID: Date: 5 Jun 89 20:22:46 GMT References: <0566.AA0566@americ> Distribution: na Organization: Class of '90, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 60 In-Reply-To: <0566.AA0566@americ> > Excerpts from ext.nn.comp.sys.amiga: 3-Jun-89 Re: Workbench features > Erick Parsons@americ.UUC (2303) > In article <457@antares.uucp> pnelson@antares.UUCP (Phil Nelson) writes: > |How about changing the function of the A-N and A-M keys very slightly, > so > |that A-N would always return you to the workbench screen as before, and > |A-M would bring up the custom screen, but A-M again would roll through > |the custom screens. It will be important to for the system to remember > |which custom screen is on the top, so that toggling between the Worbench > |and the custom screen you were using last does not require rolling > through > |the custom screens each time. > <> Dan Howell writes: > <>The program QMouse does this. The functionality of Amiga-M under > QMouse > <>is to bring the current front screen to the back. Amiga-N still brings > <>the Workbench, so pressing Amiga-N followed by Amiga-M will return to > <>the right custom screen, if you were in a custom screem to begin with. > <>QMouse has a lot of other neat features, and is only 4K long. I > recommend > <>it hightly. > <>It should be available from the comp.binaries.amiga archive server. I > <>think it's under the intuition directory. See other messages in this > <>group about how to access it. > I've been using Qmouse for about a month now and nothing could drag me > away. Its packed with features such as a sun mouse emulator that > activates > the window that the mouse pointer is currently in, A mouse pointer > blanker > that is adjustable as to length of inactivity b4 blanking, keypresses > also blank the pointer. What I really like is the Popcli feature that > allows > you to specify a command to assign the L-A ESC key combo. I use it to > pop a shell with a full screen window. Oh did I forget the mouse accel- > larator ? The multiple configurable L-A [anykey] hotkeys ? There is a > screen blanker, AND a feature that allows you to set the stack size > automagically for any spawned CLI's. Every option can be turned off or > modified thru command line or script file. Very heavy duty program for > it's size. Thanks to all who contributed to the making of this fine prog. > -- > ------------------ // > -----------Cut-Here---------------------------------- > Erick Parsons // Words for the wise: *If it works don't fix > it.* > Sacramento Ca // mail to: ...pacbell!sactoh0!americ!erk > ------------- \\// > -------------------------------------------------------- So how does one get such a god-like program as QMouse? Is it public-domain? Is it in the comp.binaries collection somewhere? Is there an address that you can send to to ask about it? -- Chad Bisk -- cb29@andrew.cmu.edu