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By Charles F. "Godfather of Soul" Johnson
Copyright 1991 Little Green Footballs Software

Version 1.0
Released: Friday, April 26, 1991


Uuunnnhhh!  Funk Alert!  (Or, Has Charles Finally Gone Nuts?)
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  Hiya, shareware addicts.  Here's another nifty utility from Little
Green Footballs Software.

  This is a tiny program (it uses less than 1K when installed!) that
assigns the buttons in GEM alert boxes to the function keys F1, F2, and
F3!  This means that any program that calls the GEM AES form_alert()
routine (i.e. almost _every_ GEM program) now has built-in, easy to
remember "hot key" equivalents for its alert box buttons!

  We've all seen those standard GEM dialog boxes that have a bit image
of a question mark, exclamation point, or stop sign, with up to three
buttons at the bottom of the box.  Most alert boxes also have a
"default" button, which is indicated by a heavier border around the
button; this button is selected when you type Return.

  Trouble is, it seems like most of the time the button the programmer
thinks should be the default button isn't the one you want to use all
the time ... so you're forced to reach for the mouse every time one of
those durn-blasted boxes appears.


Funk Alert! To The Rescue
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  To use Funk Alert!, just copy the program into your AUTO folder.  Its
position in the AUTO folder doesn't matter.  The next time you reboot
your computer, Funk Alert! will automatically install itself; you'll see
a title message as it loads.

  If you don't already have an AUTO folder, use the desktop's "New
Folder" function to create a folder called "AUTO" on the disk with which
you boot up.  Then copy the FUNKALRT.PRG file into this folder, and Funk
Alert! will automatically install itself when you reboot your computer.

  You may also run Funk Alert! from the GEM desktop or from CodeHead
Software's HotWire shell; if you do this, Funk Alert! will display an
alert box, giving you the choice of installing it or cancelling without
installing.


Tiny But Powerful!
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  While Funk Alert! is installed, it will watch for all calls to the
form_alert() function which produces those consarned alert boxes, and
whenever it sees one it will watch for you to type the function key
(F1, F2, or F3) corresponding to the button you wish to select.  Since
alert boxes can have a maximum of three buttons, these keys map very
nicely and obviously to the buttons and are easy to remember.

  Everything else in the alert box will still operate normally; you can
still click any of its buttons with the mouse or type Return to select
its default button. 


Where to Send Shareware Payments
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  If you find Funk Alert! useful, please send a check or money order for
$10.00 (or more if you're struck by a random philanthropic impulse!) to:

  Charles F. Johnson
  P.O. Box 1250
  Pacific Palisades, CA 90272

  Thanks for your support!  If you pay for shareware programs like Funk
Alert!, you'll see more of them.  If you don't, well, you know what will
happen.  <grin>  Enjoy the program.


FUNKALRT.PRG and FUNKALRT.TXT are:
Copyright 1991 Charles F. Johnson and Little Green Footballs Software.
All Rights Reserved.

May be freely distributed as long as both files are included, but may
not be sold or republished in any form with express permission from the
author.  Support shareware!