PCPLUS\PCPLUS.HLP ·
HLP ·
12.4 KB ·
1991-12-01 ·
from PCPlus_Issue-63_Dec-1991_FluxEngine-360Kb
%% default Help help
SuperDisk Help on Help
This is the SuperDisk Help on Help. To get help at any
time, type |[F1|$ and a relevant help page will appear.
Within Help you can cross reference to items in this
colour:
|<Index|$
by double-clicking on the item, or moving the cursor to
the item and pressing [Return].
You can re-size, close, zoom, un-zoom and move most boxes
with the mouse as shown below. The scroll bars indicate
where within the text you are, and you can move around in
the text by dragging the thumb-tabs, clicking the arrow-
heads, or using the Up, Down, Left, Right, Page-Up, or
Page-Down keys.
You can jump to the end of the text with [Ctrl][Page-
Down], or to the start with [Ctrl][Page-Up]. On those
boxes which allow it, you can re-size it by any corner.
click to drag click to
close box zoom
\ │ /
╔═[]═══ title ═══[]═╗
║ ── click up
║ ░
║ ■── drag up & down
║ ░
║ ── click down
╚═░░░░░░■░░░░░░░░░░═╝
/ │ \
click drag left click
left and right right
If you don't have a mouse, you can move and re-size boxes
with the Scroll Lock like this:
Press the Scroll Lock once and you'll be able to move the
box with the arrow keys. To re-size the box use the Home,
End, Page-Up and Page-Down keys. You'll probably find this
works best on the numeric keypad. Remember to release the
Scroll Lock after use.
To get you started, here are some topics:
|<Contents|$
|<Index|$
|<Selecting|$ programs from this Disk
%% Contents
SuperDisk Help - Contents
Help is available on:
|<Index|$
Help on |<Help|$
|<Selecting|$ programs from this Disk
|<PC-PLUS|$ SuperDisk Information
%% Index
SuperDisk Help - Index
Help topic Index:
Help on |<Help|$ |<Info|$
|<About|$ |<Install|$
|<Browse|$ |<Options|$
|<Cancel|$ |<PC-PLUS|$ SuperDisk Info
|<Contents|$ |<Run|$
|<Diagnostics|$ |<Selecting|$ programs
|<Disk|$ Space |<Shell|$
|<Exit|$ |<View|$
%% Run
SuperDisk Help - Run button
Select this button by clicking on it or typing it's first
letter to run the program, or press [Escape] to exit from
the dialogue box. If the button isn't visible in its usual
place it means you can't run the program because you
haven't installed it yet.
It will reappear after you have installed the program. See
also:
|<View|$ |<Install|$ |<Cancel|$
|<Index|$ |<Contents|$
%% View
SuperDisk Help - View button
To view the documentation for a program, select this
button by clicking on it or typing it's first letter, or
type [Escape] to exit the dialogue box.
If the button is not visible in its usual place it means
that you can't view the documentation because you haven't
installed it yet.
It will reappear after you have installed the docu-
mentation. See also:
|<Run|$ |<Install|$ |<Cancel|$
|<Index|$ |<Contents|$
%% Continue
SuperDisk Help - Continue button
Select this button by clicking on it or typing it's first
letter, or press [Return]. Or you can press [Escape] to
exit the message box.
|<Index|$ |<Contents|$
%% Install
SuperDisk Help - Install button
To install a program select this button by clicking on it
or typing it's first letter. You will then be prompted for
details on where you want the program installed. See also:
|<Run|$ |<View|$ |<Cancel|$
|<Confirm|$ |<Browse|$ |<Install-Directory|$
|<Index|$ |<Contents|$
%% Cancel
SuperDisk Help - Cancel button
To close a dialogue box with no changes select this button
by clicking on it or typing it's first letter. Or you
can press [Escape].
|<Index|$ |<Contents|$
%% Selecting Select
SuperDisk Help - Program Selection
You make a selection by using the Up, Down and Enter keys,
or by double clicking on a selection and using the scroll
bar.
When a selection is made a dialogue box opens allowing you
to run a program, read the documentation, or install a
program. In some cases, you must install the program or
documentation before they can be used.
|<Index|$ |<Contents|$
%% Browse
SuperDisk Help - File Viewer
To move up and down the file, use the Up, Down, Page-Up,
and Page-Down keys. You can zoom the window to full size
and back with F5 or you can click on the maximise frame
gadget.
You can re-size, close, zoom, un-zoom and move most boxes
with the mouse as shown below. The scroll bars indicate
where within the text you are, and you can move around in
the text by dragging the thumb-tabs, clicking the arrow-
heads, or using the arrow keys, Page-Up or Page-Down.
You can jump to the end of the text with [Ctrl][Page-
Down], or to the start with [Ctrl][Page-Up]. On those
boxes that allow it, you can re-size them by any corner.
click to drag click to
close box zoom
\ │ /
╔═[]═══ title ═══[]═╗
║ ── click up
║ ░
║ ■── drag up & down
║ ░
║ ── click down
╚═░░░░░░■░░░░░░░░░░═╝
/ │ \
click drag left click
left and right right
If you don't have a mouse, you can move and re-size boxes
Using the Scroll Lock, like this:
Press the Scroll Lock once, and you will be able to move
the box using the arrow keys. To re-size the box use the
Home, End, Page-Up and Page-Down keys. You'll probably
find this works best on the numeric keypad. Remember to
release the Scroll Lock after use.
|<Index|$ |<Contents|$
%% PCPLUSinfo PC-PLUS
SuperDisk Help - Information Hypertext
This Information section provides the latest in news,
events, how to submit your programs, tips and other items.
Like the SuperDisk Help it can also be a full hypertext
system.
When available, just click on the topic of interest, and
it will appear. Remember that |[Alt-F1|$ will recall earlier
items just like Help.
|<Index|$ |<Contents|$
|<Help|$ on Help
%% About
SuperDisk Help - About
Details about the SuperDisk menu program itself.
|<Index|$ |<Contents|$
%% Exit
SuperDisk Help - Exit menu
Select |[Yes|$ to terminate the SuperDisk, |[No|$ or [Escape] to
carry on.
|<Index|$ |<Contents|$
%% Diskspace Disk
SuperDisk Help - Disk Space
Selecting this menu entry provides an information box
showing the capacity of any disks in each drive (up to F:)
in Kbytes, the free space in Kbytes, and the percentage of
free space.
If your floppy drives have no disks in them, there will be
a short delay while the program determines this.
This information is provided to help you plan where to
install SuperDisk programs on your disk drives. The
SuperDisk menu program understands single and dual floppy
drive systems without a hard disk, and will even allow
installation on RAM drives if they are large enough, and
as long as they are not JOINed.
|<Index|$ |<Contents|$
%% Diagnostic Diagnostics
SuperDisk Help - Diagnostics
This menu option executes a series of diagnostics on your
PC and writes the results to a file. This need only be
used if you have problems using the SuperDisk, and is to
assist us in solving any problems you may come across.
To do this select the diagnostics option, which will save
a file called PCPLUS.DIA to the root directory of your
hard disk (if you have one), or to the root directory of
the disk in your second floppy drive (if you have one).
This report will not be saved on systems with one drive
and no hard disk.
Once saved, you should print out the file by typing:
COPY PCPLUS.DIA PRN
and send it to us at the usual address, along with a note
detailing everything about your problem.
|<Index|$ |<Contents|$
%% Shell
SuperDisk Help - DOS Shell
This option temporarily returns you to DOS in the form of
a "shell". On floppy drive systems you may be prompted to
load a boot disk, to enter the shell.
You will then be able to perform any DOS actions you may
need (such as disk formatting).
Type EXIT to resume execution of the SuperDisk.
|<Index|$ |<Contents|$
%% info Info
SuperDisk Help - Info
This menu bar option opens a menu with the two entries:
|<PC-PLUS|$ |<About|$
PC-PLUS gives you various details about the current disk,
and About tells you about the menu program itself.
|<Index|$ |<Contents|$
%% Options
SuperDisk Help - Options
This menu bar option opens a menu with the entries:
|<Disk|$ Space
|<Diagnostics|$
DOS |<Shell|$
Click on one of the above for details on what they do.
|<Index|$ |<Contents|$
%% instdir Install-Directory
SuperDisk Help - Install to
This text entry field is for entering the full drive, file
and path name of a directory on disk a to which a program,
or it's documentation, will be copied from the SuperDisk.
The SuperDisk program provides a default directory name
for you (which will usually be acceptable) - to accept it
just press [Return]. To change it use the Left, Right,
Home and End keys (or the mouse to position the cursor
where you wish) and edit the name as required.
Press [Return] or [Tab] when you have finished.
NOTE: You may not specify a directory on the SuperDisk
itself, and on single floppy drive systems, you may only
install to hard disk or RAM disk.
See Also:
|<What|$ to Install |<Start|$
|<Index|$ |<Contents|$
%% chk_inst What
SuperDisk Help - What to Install
This check box allows you to specify whether to install
just the program or the documentation, or both. The
default is both (when there is both a program and some
documentation, sometimes it may be just one or the other).
To toggle a check box that sets the option, position the
cursor on the box and press [Return], or click on it.
In some cases, there is only a program or a document and
not both. When this is the case, the impossible selection
will be invisible.
However, in the case of programs that require installation
you may find that previously unavailable buttons become
available when installation is complete.
See Also:
|<Start|$
|<Index|$ |<Contents|$
%% Start
SuperDisk Help - Start
This button is used after you have specified the directory
where a program or documentation is to be installed, and
what you want installed. If the directory you specified
already exists, you are asked if you want to proceed with
the installation.
If the SuperDisk detects that either the program or
documentation are already installed, and you have asked
for one or both to be installed, you will be asked if you
wish to proceed with the re-installation.
If you proceed with the re-installation a window opens and
shows you its progress.
|<Index|$ |<Contents|$
%% Yesno Confirm
SuperDisk Help - Confirm box
You should answer the question asked in this box with 'I'
(for 'Install') to continue this part of the installation,
or 'C' (for 'Cancel') to abandon installation.
Pressing [Escape] is the same as 'Cancel'. Whatever you
reply, the box will then close.
|<Index|$ |<Contents|$