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                            Q u i c k F i l e r 

         Allows the Filer to be controlled by means of the keyboard

                           by David Thomas,  1997
                         version 1.10 (22 Oct 1997)
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 Introduction ______________________________________________________________

  QuickFiler is a utility which allows you to use many standard shortcut keys
in conjunction with the Filer.

  QuickFiler requires a Risc PC-style !Boot application.


 Installation ______________________________________________________________

  Before you can use QuickFiler, it must be installed into your computers
boot sequence and your machine restarted.

  Install it by running the supplied !Installer application.  This will copy
across the program files to their correct place within the Boot application
and generate new menu structures for the Filer.

  Upon restarting your machine, you will find that the Filer gains the input
focus when you click in its windows and that the Filer menu displays the
appropriate shortcut next to certain items.  Simply pressing the shortcut key
combination will activate that item.


 Shortcuts ________________________________________________________________

  QuickFiler provides the following shortcut keys :

    Select all       ^A      Large icons  F2      Sort by name  F1
    Clear selection  ^Z      Small icons  F3      Sort by type  F2
    Open parent      ^B      Full info    F4      Sort by size  F3
                                                  Sort by date  F4

    Delete    DELETE or ^X   Protect     ^F5      Confirm        F5
    Count            ^N      Unprotect   ^F6      Verbose        F6
    Help             ^H      Public      ^F7      Force          F7
    Stamp            ^S      Private     ^F8      Newer          F8

  Certain shortcuts are non-trivial to implement (e.g. Copy, Rename, Find) as
they utilise sub-menus which cannot be easily faked.  For this reason, this
utility makes no attempt to emulate these functions.


 Removal __________________________________________________________________

  Should you wish to remove QuickFiler from your system, you should delete
the following two directories :

  - !Boot.Choices.Boot.PreDesk.QFiler
  - !Boot.Choices.Boot.Tasks.!QFiler

  You should delete and reinstall QuickFiler if you upgrade your version of
RISC OS.


 History __________________________________________________________________

1.10 (22 Oct 1997)
 - Thanks to Reuben Thomas, Chris Ward and Ian Scott for pointing out that
   QuickFiler didnt work on RISC OS 3.7 due to missing Message tokens.
   This version now reads the Filer messages from ROM and converts them
   appropriately before installing.
 - Templates file is not supplied anymore.
 - An Installer program, to facilitate the above.
 - Keys are referred to as shortcuts now, rather than hot-keys.

1.00 (22 May 1997)
 - First Release.


 Credits __________________________________________________________________
 
  Thanks to Ting Zwei Kuei for writing FilerKeys which didnt quite work how
I wanted it to, so I wrote this!

  Many thanks to Andrew Clover for the WimpSWIVe module which makes an
otherwise impossible job, possible. :-)  (The WSWI-Help document, supplied
with this program, documents this module).


 Copyright & Contact Addresses _____________________________________________

  This software is copyrighted work of David Thomas, it is supplied as is;
using it is entirely at your own risk.  I make no warranty as to the fitness
of this software for any purpose.  You are free to distribute this program
toanyone you please, as long as you are not supplying it for personal or
commercial gain and it is delivered with all of the supplied files unaltered.

  If you have any comments, bug reports, suggestions for future versions or
anything else dont hesitate to contact me at -

  Mail:  Mr D.P. Thomas
         20 Rosebery Avenue
         Waterloo
         Liverpool
         L22 2BH

  Email: dpt@tristone.co.uk

  WWW:   http://www.tristone.co.uk/davespace/
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