                        ViNCEd  Version 3.19
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This is the latest version of my full-screen window handler!

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Please, before installation, look in the directory
GUIDES in this archive and read the LICENCE!

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If you want to find out more about this fine program, read the guide, too.


-------- history ----- this is not the complete history, read the guide!----

Changes made since 3.19:

3.20:	Added support for private screens (thanx Albert) and fixed a bug
	in SetVNC (thanx Christopher).
	

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To update from 3.17 or 3.18 to 3.20:

	copy	LIBS/vnc.library	to	LIBS:
	copy	C/SetVNC		to	C:
	copy	LOCALE/.../VNC#?	to	LOCALE:cata../deutsch/VNC
	copy	Guides/VNC.Guide	to	whereever you keep it
	copy	TrueMultiAssigns	to	C:
		(if you update from 3.18 or less)

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ANNOUNCEMENT:
	If you selected the "Disable full screen Edit" setting on the
	system page of SetVNC as setting for ViNCEd, you will have noticed
	that the RETURN key does not operate like expected in the SHELL.

	THIS IS NOT A BUG! 

	This edit mode is for programs that wants to read masks from the
	input, UNLIKE THE SHELL. DO NOT TURN IT ON FOR THE SHELL!

	If you like to glue the cursor to the edit position and don't want
	it moving 'round the screen if marking blocks or scrolling, turn on
	the XTerm Cursor Mode in the edit pages of SetVNC!

	If you prefer single TAB requesters, turn on both the "Requester if
	expansion is not unique" and the "First TAB expands fully" flag
	in the Shell pages of SetVNC.
	
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ANNOUNCEMENT:		Co-Authors wanted !

1) Localization:

If you like to localize ViNCEd to your language, please send me some mail!
You'll receive a complete archive how to do the job!

You need to provide:
	- some knowledge about AmigaDOS and locales.
	- some knowledge of your native language (-;


An italian localization is under construction... Please contact me for
localizing ViNCEd to more languages.


2) MUI Prefs editor:

I'd like somebody to write a MUI version of a prefs editor. This can't be a
full replacement for SetVNC, but at least the global prefs should be edit-
able with it. Some limitations of MUI (no intuition requesters) limit the
possibilities of a MUI version of SetVNC, but this is O.K. for a prefs editor.

You need to provide:
	- some knowledge about a programming language,
		preferably assembler or C.
	- knowledge about how to write GUIs with MUI.
	- a registered version of MUI

You'll receive a documentation on how ViNCEd saves its preferences and on
how to call the library functions to install the prefs.


I'm sorry, but I can't offer any money for these jobs, cause ViNCEd is
freeware. It is expected that you provide your work as freeware, too. I
won't claim any copyright on these programs or databases, but I need your
O.K. to include them in the ViNCEd archive. Contact me at the address below
if you think you like to do the job(s).

		Thanx, Thomas

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Another note: 

	VirusWorkShop seems to have trouble with the custom overlay manager
	that is used by the SetVNC program.
	THIS IS NOT A VIRUS! It is a bugfix of the oldish CBM overlay 
	manager which is really buggy!
	VirusWorkShop will be updated soon.

	Thanks Urban, for reporting!

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For installation, the path of the default tool of the installer scripts
must be changed. Select the installer icon with the mouse, and choose
the "Info" menu from workbench. Change then the path of the "Default-Tool"
of the icons. I can't provide the Installer program or the AmigaGuide
and Multiview programs itself, since they are copyrighted. Usually, these
programs come with your workbench, but are available thru AmiNet, too.


The Extras-Drawer contains some additional programs, which are independent
of ViNCEd.

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PatchAlloc:     Removes a bug in the AllocMem procedure of the OS.
Allocating memory with the REVERSE flag may cause a hang if no memory is
available. This bug has been removed in the version 3.0 of the OS and is
now part of the SetPatch program. But if you have older versions of the OS,
copy this file to your C: drawer and insert the command

PatchAlloc

in your startup-sequence near to the SetPatch-call.

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PatchRAM:       Removes some bugs in the RAM disk. First, the RAM disk shows
after installation of this patch the real size of memory it needs - it is
no longer always 100% full - and second it allocates big memory chunks in
reverse order, to avoid unneccessary defragmentation of the memory. You
should copy PatchRAM to your C: drawer and insert it in your
startup-sequence, somewhere below the place where the RAM disk gets accessed
first. A good place is below the line

makedir RAM:t
PatchRAM                ;<- insert patch here.


If you use PatchRAM together with an older release of the OS, install
PatchAlloc first, as described above.


This program is available from AmiNet, independent of the ViNCEd package.
It's also from THOR.

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FastFonts:      Speeds up text output of topaz.8 and topaz.9, even under
the (faster, but still not fast) Os 2.04 and above. This program should
be inserted in the startup-sequence as well, if you usually work with the
topaz fonts. I know that these fonts are more or less obsolete now....

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StringSnip:     Improves string gadget editor features in a way compare-
able with ViNCEd. The installer script will do the installation for you.
Here are the additional keys:

Alt+Cursor      :       Jump to the beginning/end of the next/prev word.
Ctrl+Cursor     :       Jump to the start/end of the input.
Alt+Del         :       Erase complete input (like Amiga-X before)
Shift+Del       :       ditto.
Shift+Alt+BS    :       Erase text in front of cursor to start of line.
Shift+Alt+Del   :       Erase text behind cursor to end of line.
Amiga-X         :       Cut text from gadget into clipboard.
Amiga-C         :       Copy the text from the gadget into the clipboard.
Amiga-V         :       Paste the text in the clipboard into the gadget.

Commodore-key   :       Turn of the extensions.


A similar edit hook can be found in MultiCX, however it does not handle
things compareable to ViNCEd, and for another reason (see below) I recommend
you NOT to use MultiCX.

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TrueMultiAssigns:	Starting with AmigaDOS 2, an assign might include
several directories. However, these so called "MultiAssigns" are not
handled very consistent by AmigaDOS. This patch fixes the pattern matching
routines of AmigaDOS to operate propably with multi directory assigns.
Quite a lot of solutions to the multi assign problem can be found on AmiNet,
but all I had a look on are broken in one or another way (like the 1.02
TrueMultiAssigns by Marcus Wild, or the patch that comes with MultiCX) and
don't operate properly with ViNCEd. As usual, the THOR solution is best!

As with StringSnip, TrueMultiAssigns will be added to your startup sequence
by the installer script on request.


        Thomas,         February 1997

