AutoPoint lets you select windows without clocking the selection button. To start AutoPoint, double-click on ist icon. AutoPoint does not open a window.
AutoPoint automatically activates the window that is underneath the pointer, eliminating the need to click the selection button.
To disable AutoPoint, double-click on its icon a second time or open the Exchange window, select AutoPoint from the scroll gadget, and the select the Remove gadget.
When the Blanker program is running, the screen automatically goes blank if no input has been received during a specified period of time.
The Blanker window allows you to specify the amount of time (in seconds) before the screen goes blank. The default time is 60 seconds. If you do not press a key or move the mouse during a 60 second period, the screen goes blank. To change this value, enter an alternative in the text gadget after Seconds.
Blanker can also cycle through a series of colors if you check the Cycle Colors gadget box. Checking the Animation gadget displays a random spline display.
To disable Blanker, open the Exchange window, then select Blanker, select Remove, or pick the Quit item from the Blanker window's Project menu. The hot key for Blanker is Ctrl+Alt+B.
Blanker has the following Tool Types:
The number of seconds of keyboard/mouse activity before the screen is blanked. Default is 60. |
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Whether colors on the blanker screen are cycled. Default is yes. |
ClickToFront lets you bring a window to the front of the screen without selecting the window's depth gadget. To bring a window to the front with ClickToFront, hold down left Alt and double-click anywhere in the window. (The use of left Alt can be changed with Tool Types.)
To start ClickToFront, double-click on its icon. ClickToFront does not open a window.
To disable ClickToFront, open the Exchange window, select ClickToFront from the scroll gadget, then select Remove or double-click on its icon again.
ClickToFront supports a QUALIFIER Tool Type, allowing you to specify a qualifier key that must be pressed while double-clicking in the window you want to bring to the front of the screen. The four acceptable key arguments are:
For example, if you have specified QUALIFIER=CTRL and ClickToFront is activated, hold down Crtl and double-click in the window you want frontmost.
The CrossDOS commodity controls text options for active CrossDOS drives. The CrossDOS commodity window shows the available drives and allows you to set Text Filtering or Text Translation separately for each Hot key: Ctrl+Alt+C. For more information on the CrossDOS commodity, see Chapter 11.
Exchange manages the background utilities contained in the Commodities drawer. The hot key for Exchange is Ctrl+Alt+Help.
Exchange Window
The Exchange window, illustrated in Figure 10-7, lists the commodities that are running and displays information about each one as it is selected.
Displays the commodity window, allowing you to interact with it as if you pressed the commodity's hot key. |
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Closes the commodity window without turning the commodity off. |
FKey allows you to assign functions to keys, eliminating the need for repetitive typing.
When you double-click on the FKey icon, the window illustrated in Figure 10-8 appears:
FKey Window
FKey lets you assign any of eight commands to any key sequence that you can enter.
The Defined Keys scrolling list shows all the currently defined key sequences.
The New Key and Delete Key gadgets let you add and remove key sequences.
The Command cycle gadget lets you pick a command for the current key sequence. The possible commands are:
The Command Parameters text gadget lets you specify arguments for three of the commands.
For example, to designate Alt F1 as the key sequence to start MultiView, follow these steps: