ΜήςEnter a pattern, and SID will select allfiles whose name matches that pattern.Pattern-matching is a method to specify morethan one file name with the use of wildcards.AmigaDOS pattern-matching wildcards aresupported:#c The pound sign '#' followed by a character matches any number of repetitions of that character, including none. For example: TI#M matches TI, TIM, and TIMM? The question mark '?' matches any single character, NOT including none. For example: T?MMY matches TAMMY, TIMMY, TOMMY, but not TMMY() Parentheses "()" indicate that the group of characters contained within the parentheses are to be treated as a single character. This makes more sense when paired with other wildcards as shown below.(a|b) The vertical bar '|' signifies an "OR". Characters involved in the OR-operation should be enclosed in parentheses. More than one OR may be used. For example: #?.(C|O) matches names ending in .C or .O #?.(IFF|TXT|WP) matches names ending with .IFF, .TXT, or .WP% The percent sign '%' matches the NULL character. For example: RISK(S|%|Y) matches RISK, RISKS, or RISKY' Placed before a wildcard character, the apostophe indicates that you want to match the next character, not use its wildcard abilities. In the example below, the apostrophe placed before the each parenthesis indicates the parenthesis is part of the file name and not a pattern matching character: FILE'(?') matches FILE(1) and FILE(2) instead of FILE1! The exclamation point '!' indicates that all files which do NOT match the pattern should be selected. The exclamation point must be the first character in the pattern and applies to the entire pattern. For example: !#?.(C|O) matches names which do not end with .C or .OYou can also combine wildcards to performeven more powerful pattern-matching:#(group) Matches any number of repetitions of the the group of characters enclosed in the parentheses, including none. For example: BOW#(WOW) matches BOW, BOWWOW, and BOWWOWWOW#? Matches any number of repetitions of any character, including none. This is identical to the MS-DOS asterik wildcard. For example: #?.C matches names ending with .C H#?D will match HD, HEAD, and HARVARD(?|%) Matches any character or no character. For example: (?|%)ARK matches LARK, MARK, or ARKThe MS-DOS asterik wildcard is alsosupported:* Matches any number of repetitions of any character, including none. This is the same as the AmigaDOS #? wildcard combination. For example: *.O matches names ending with .ONote that even though all of the aboveexamples were presented in upper case,AmigaDOS is not case sensitive, so "H#?" willmatch both "HI" and "hi". TI#M will matchTI, Tim, timm, and tImMmMm, etc.To receive help on the Input requesteritself, click OK to exit the Help requester,then press while in the Input requester.Enter a word or phrase, and SID will selectall files in the active list whose filenotesthat contain that word or phrase. The searchis case INsensitive, meaning upper and lowercase letters are the same.To receive help on the Input requesteritself, click OK to exit the Help requester,then press while in the Input requester.The ALL command button selects all files inthe active list. If all of the files arealready selected, the ALL button will thenselect all directories in the active list.To clear all entries, click on the NONEbutton.The BYBITS command button selects files inthe active list based on their protectionbits. The Amiga maintains eight protectionbits: Hidden, Script, Pure, Archived,Readable, Writable, Executable, andDeletable. A requester will ask you tospecify the selection criteria: which bitsshould be set, which bits should be cleared,and which bits should be ignored.The BYDATE command button selects files inthe active list based on the date they werecreated or last modified. A requester willask you to specify a range of dates.The BYDESC command button selects entries inthe active list based on the description ofentries already selected.For example, if you have already selected anIFF picture and an ASCII document, clickingon the BYDESC button will select all otherIFF pictures and ASCII documents in thatlist.The BYNAME command button selects files inthe active list based on file name. Arequester will ask you to specify a pattern,then SID will select all files in the activelist which match that pattern.Currently selected entries which do not matchthat pattern will NOT be unselected.The BYNOTE command button selects files inthe active list based on filenote. The Amigaallows you to attach an 79-character note toeach file. A requester will ask you for aword or phrase, then SID will select allfiles in the active list whose filenotescontain that word or phrase.The BYTES command button counts the number ofbytes in the selected files and directoriesin the active list. The total number ofbytes, along with the number of files anddirectories is displayed in the message boxat the bottom of the window. The totalnumber of bytes in each selected directory isdisplayed next to the directory name.There are two ways to count bytes, as set inthe following menu item: Flags Byte Count Actual OccupiedThe CHANGE command button sets the entryformat, sort order, and list order for theactive display.Note that you can display the CHANGErequester by clicking the left mouse buttonin the message box at the bottom of thewindow. You can also cycle through thedifferent entry formats clicking the rightmouse button in the message box.The COMMAND command button executes anAmigaDOS command as if you entered it in aCLI window. If you would like a CLI windowto open so you could see the results of thecommand, click on the "O" output button inthe window title bar.The FILNOTE command button allows you tomodify the filenote for all selected filesand directories in the active list. TheAmiga allows you to attach an 79-characternote to each file and directory to furtheridentify it.The COPY command button copies all selectedfiles and directories from the source list tothe desintation list.All files and subdirectories contained in theselected directories will be copied unlessyou specify otherwise with the FILTERcommand. Activating the "F" filter button inthe window title bar causes only those filesin selected directories that match the filterpattern to be copied. You specify the filterpattern by clicking on the FILTER commandbutton.You can set copy options with different menuitems: You can specify whether to copy or clear the archive bit: Flags Copy Archive Clear Bit Copy Bit You can specify whether to copy the file date: Flags Copy Date New Date Preserve Date You can specify when you want to be warned if the file already exists in the destination list: Flags Copy Warn No Verify Old over New - skip Old over New - verify Same Name - skip Same Name - verifyThe COPYAS command button copies all selectedfiles and directories from the source list tothe desintation list, allowing you to renameeach entry before copying it. Note that youcan rename only the selected files anddirectories; files and subdirectories inselected directories will be copied withtheir current name.There are many options when copying files.Seek help with the COPY command button formore information.The COPYDEV command button copies selectedfiles in the active list to a specifieddevice, such as PRT:, PAR:, SER:, etc.The CREATE command button creates a blankfile in the active list.The DELETE command deletes the selected filesand directories in the active list.If for some reason SID cannot delete allfiles and subdirectories within a selecteddirectory, it will not (and cannot) deletethat directory.You can set the delete options with thefollowing menu items: You can specify whether to verify each delete: Flags Delete No Verify Verify You can specify whether to verify the deletion of each selected directory: Flags Directory Delete No Verify Verify You can specify whether you want the option to delete protected files (in SID- Professional only): Program Edit Prefs Configuration A new set of menus will appear... Cmds Delete Protected No YesThe DEVS command displays a list of alldevices in your system. Next to the devicename will be the associated volume name or"(no volume mounted)" if a diskette is not inthe drive.You can format device entries similar toregular directory entries with the CHANGEcommand button or by clicking the left orright mouse button in the message box. Foreach format, the DEVS list displays: SIZE The number of bytes available on that volume. DATE The date the volume was created (actually, last formatted). BITS R means the volume is readable. W means the volume is writable. NOTE Ignored. DESC Displays "device" for all entries.You can display more detailed informationabout all drives by clicking on the DRIVEScommand button.The DIRLOAD command button loads thespecified directory in the active display.You can specify which directory should beloaded in one of two ways:If you are running SID-Professional, pressand hold the key while clicking on thedesired button. This will allow you to editthe button.Activate the "R" requester button in thewindow title bar and click on the desiredDIRLOAD command button. A requester will askyou for the name of the directory to load.The DISK command button displays informationabout the volumes in both displays. Thisinformation includes name, size, used andavailable space, percentage full, storagedensity, the number of errors since thevolume was mounted, read/write status, andthe date and time it was created (lastformatted).The DRIVES command button displays arequester list all drives, their unit name,volume name, size, free space, and percentageused. If desired, you can load in the activedisplay the root directory corresponding toone of the drives.The DUP command button duplicates theselected files and directories in the activelist. The entire contents of the selecteddirectories will be duplicated along with thedirectories.The EXECUTE command button executes theselected batch files.If you want to supply command-line arguments,activate the "R" requester button in thewindow title bar.If you want to open a CLI window to view theoutput of the batch file you are running orto interact with the batch file on a command-line basis, activate the "O" output button inthe window title bar. The CLI window willremain open after the program has ended, soenter "endcli" to close the window.The FILTER command button asks you for thedeep-directory command filter. When the "F"filter button in the window title bar isactivated, only those files in selecteddirectories that match the filter will beacted upon.For example, if you are copying a group ofdirectories but only want the .c files in thedirectories to be copied, you would enter afilter string of "#?.c". Then you wouldactivate the "F" filter button, then click onthe COPY command button.If the "F" button is not activated, ALL filesin the selected directories are acted upon.The filter does not apply to subdirectories(all subdirectories are investigated).The FIND command button searches theselected directories in the active list forthe specified file. You can specify awildcard pattern (such as #?.c) or the exactname of the file to be found.If SID finds a file that matches the name orpattern you enter, a requester appearsdisplaying information about that file. Youthen have the option to view the file (ifpossible), load the directory containing thefile, continue the search, or stop the search.The FIT command button counts the number ofbytes in the selected files and directoriesand reports in the message box if they canfit in the destination directory.SID considers the blocking factor of thedestination volume, such that each file anddirectory requires one whole block for itsentry, and the entire last block of each fileis used even if it's not filled.If you stop the FIT command in progress, itwill report on whether the files anddirectories counted thus far will fit. Themessage is preceeded with the word "Partial"to inform you that all files were not counted.If the FIT command message is covered withanother message, you can display it againwith the following menu item: Program Last MessageThe ICON command button selects the icon(.info) file (if any) associated with eachselected file in the source list.The INFO command button displays thefollowing information about each selectedfile and directory: name, date and timecreated, size (if file), number of blocks itoccupies (not including the directoryheader), description, protection bits, andfilenote. You can also view the file, ifappropriate.The LCOPY command button copies the sourcelist to the destination display. The sourcelist remains intact. You can also copy thelists using the arrow buttons in the windowtitle bar.The LIST command button prints a list of theselected files and directories in the activedisplay. You can print the list to the fileor to a printer. You can print the followinginformation for each entry: name, date andtime, size, protection bits, description, andfilenote.The MAKEDIR command button creates adirectory in the active list.The MDLEFT command button creates a directoryin the active list, then loads the newdirectory in the left display.Use the MDRIGHT command button to load thecreated directory in the right display.The MDRIGHT command button creates adirectory in the active list, then loads thenew directory in the right display.Use the MDLEFT command button to load thecreated directory in the left display.The MOVE command button moves all selectedfiles and directories from the source list tothe desintation list. If the source anddestination lists reside on the same volume,the selected entries are simply renamed underthe destination list, which is very fast. Ifthe source and destination lists reside ondifferent volumes, the source entries arecopied to the destination list then deletedfrom the source list.There are many options when moving files.Seek help with the COPY command button formore information.The MOVEAS command button moves all selectedfiles and directories from the source list tothe desintation list, allowing you to renameeach entry before copying it. Note that youcan rename only the selected files anddirectories; files and subdirectories inselected directories will be moved with theircurrent name.If the source and destination lists reside onthe same volume, the selected entries aresimply renamed under the destination list,which is very fast. If the source anddestination lists reside on differentvolumes, the source entries are copied to thedestination list then deleted from the sourcelist.There are many options when moving files.Seek help with the COPY command button formore information.The NEWCLI command button opens a CLI window.The current directory in the CLI window ischanged to the active directory, if any.You can open the CLI window on the SID customscreen by selecting the following menu item: Flags Launch Programs Workbench Screen x Custom ScreenTo edit the command used to open the CLIwindow, activate the "R" requester button inthe window title bar.The NONE command button deselects allselected entries in the active list.The PARENT command button loads the parent ofthe directory in the active list, if anyexists. You can also load the parent byclicking on the thin strip to the left of theleft list or to the right of the right list.The PREV command button loads the previousdirectory in the active list, if any exists.You can also load the previous directory byclicking on the thin strip to the left of theleft path field or to the right of the rightpath field.The PROTECT command button sets theprotection bits for each selected file anddirectory one entry at a time. To set theprotection bits for all selected entries atonce, use the SET command.The Amiga maintains eight protection bits:Hidden, Script, Pure, Archived, Readable,Writable, Deletable, Executable.The RELABEL command relabels the volume inthe active list.The RELOAD command reloads the directory inthe active list. You may need to do this torefresh the list if an outside program hasmodified the directory.When you load a directory stored in SID'smemory and that directory has been changed,an exclamation point will appear after theword "Free" in the message box, such as: 000/010 Files 000/007 Dirs 123K Free!If the directory was stored but not changed,an asterik will appear after "Free", such as: 000/010 Files 000/007 Dirs 123K Free*You can have SID automatically loaddirectories which have been changed byselecting the following menu item (in SID-Professional only): Program Edit Prefs Configuration A new set of menus will appear: Dirs Reload Changed No x YesThe REMOVE command button removes theselected directories from the saveddirectories list. To display the directoriessaved in memory, click on the SAVED button.The RENAME command button renames selectedfiles and directories in the active list.The RESORT command button re-sorts theentries in the active list based on the sortorder and list order as specified by theCHANGE command button.You can sort entries by name, date, or size.And you group entries with the directoriesappearing first, the files first, or thedirectories and files mixed together based onthe sort order.You may need to resort the entries if youmoved selected entries to the top of the listwith the TOP command button.The RESTORE command button re-selects theentries selected before the last command.Any entries that are currently selectedremain selected.You can also restore the selected entries byclicking on the thin strip to the left orright of the message box.The REVERSE command button selects unselectedentries and deselects selected entries.The RUN command button runs the selectedprograms in the active list.If you want to supply command-line arguments,activate the "R" requester button in thewindow title bar.If you want to open a CLI window to view theoutput of the program you are running or tointeract with the program on a command-linebasis, activate the "O" output button in thewindow title bar. The CLI window will remainopen after the program has ended, so enter"endcli" to close the window.The SAVED command button displays a list ofall saved directories. You can then load asaved directory by double clicking on it. Oryou can remove selected saved directoriesfrom memory with the REMOVE command button.Normally, SID will save in memory only aspecified number of directory lists. Thisallows SID to display the directory instantlywhen you load it again. If you want SID tosave a directory list for the entire durationof the program, however, click on thecorresponding "S" button in the window titlebar.The SEARCH command button searches theselected files in the active list for a textstring. It also searches all files containedin selected directories and theirsubdirectories.If you want to limit the search to just acertain type of file, for example, all filesthat end in .c, use the FILTER command buttonto set the search filter, then activate the"F" filter button in the window title bar.If a file is found that contains thespecified search string, a requester appearsdisplaying information about that file. Youthen have the option to view the file (ifpossible), load the directory containing thefile, continue the search, or stop the search.The SET command button sets the protectionbits for all selected files and directoriesat once. This includes all files andsubdirectories in the selected directories.You have the option to set each bit, cleareach bit, or ignore the bit.To set the protection bits one entry at atime, use the PROTECT command button.The SWAP command button swaps the lists inthe directory displays. You can also do thisby clicking on the middle arrow button in thewindow title bar.The TOP command button moves all selectedentries in the active list to the top of thelist. This is an easy way to see which filesare selected, especially in a large list.You can resort the entries in their originalorder by clicking on the RESORT commandbutton.The VOLS command button displays a list ofall volumes and assignments in your system.If you want to display just the volumes, usethe DEVS command button.To see which entries are volumes and whichentries are devices, click on the CHANGEcommand button or click the left mouse buttonin the message box. Select "Format: DESC" inthe requester that appears, then select "OK".The COPYAS command allows you to rename filesand directories while you copy them. Enter anew file name, or simply press the key to use the same name.To skip copying this file, click on the NEXTbutton. To quit copying all files, click onthe STOP button.To receive help on the Input requesteritself, click OK to exit the Help requester,then press while in the Input requester.The DUP command duplicates selected files anddirectories. Enter a name for the new fileor directory. You must enter a unique name,as SID will not allow you to duplicate a fileover an existing file.To receive help on the Input requesteritself, click OK to exit the Help requester,then press while in the Input requester.Enter a filenote for the specified file ordirectory. To delete the current filenote,simply erase all characters.AmigaDOS allows 79-character notes to beattached to each file, and the note canconsist of any information you want tofurther identify that file.To receive help on the Input requesteritself, click OK to exit the Help requester,then press while in the Input requester./* dos.c */CREATE command input requesterThis requester verifies that you want todelete the selected files and directories inthe active list. To delete them, click onDELETE. To leave them intact, click onCANCEL.To prevent this requester from appearing,select the following menu item: Flags Delete x No Verify VerifyThis requester verifies that you want todelete the specified directory. To deletethe directory and its contents, click on theDELETE button. To leave them intact, clickon the CANCEL button.To prevent this requester from appearing,select the following menu item: Flags Directory Delete x No Verify VerifyEnter a new name for the specified file ordirectory and press . The name mustbe unique, as SID does not allow you torename files over existing files.To receive help on the Input requesteritself, click OK to exit the Help requester,then press while in the Input requester.Enter the command to execute for this custommenu item. To run the program in thebackground, precede the command with "run".To prevent this requester from appearing,deactivate the "R" button in the window.To receive help on the Input requesteritself, click OK to exit the Help requester,then press while in the Input requester.Enter the keyboard shortcut to execute thiscustom menu item.Note that as with all menus, you need topress and hold the right-Amiga button, andthen press the corresponding key to executethe item.To receive help on the Input requesteritself, click OK to exit the Help requester,then press while in the Input requester.To leave this file selected, click on theMARK IT button. To unselect this file, clickon the SKIP IT button. To stop the command,click on the STOP button.To turn off marking, unactivate the "M" markbutton in the window title bar.Marking files is handy when you have to makesome decision about a large group of files.For example, if you receive a diskette of newpictures, you may only want to add some ofthem to your system. Select all of thepictures and activate the "M" button. Thenclick on the VIEW command button. Afterdisplaying each picture, SID will ask if youwant to mark or skip that file. Mark thepictures you want, and skip the pictures youdon't want.The source file is older than the destinationfile. You have two options:OVERWRITE Copy the older source file over the newer destination file.SKIP IT Do not copy the file. The file will remain selected, allowing you to deal with it after the command.This requester appeared because you asked tobe warned when copying older files over newerfiles. You can change this setting with thefollowing menu item: Flags Copy WarnThe source file already exists in thedestination directory. You have two options:OVERWRITE Copy the source file over the destination file.SKIP IT Do not copy the file. The file will remain selected, allowing you to deal with it after the command.This requester appeared because you asked tobe warned when source files already exist inthe destination directory. You can changethis setting with the following menu item: Flags Copy WarnThe specified file is protected from deletion(its "Deletable" protection flag is cleared).To delete the file anyway, click on theDELETE button. To leave the file intact,click on the SKIP IT button.If you do not want the ability to deleteprotected files, change this in SID-Professional with the following menu item: Program Edit Prefs Configuration A new set of menus will appear: Cmds Delete Protected x No YesAll files who were created or last modifiedin the date range you specify will beselected. Directories are ignored.Previously selected files which do not fallin the date range are NOT unselected.Click on the corresponding up or down arrowto increase or decrease the month, day, andyear. Click once to change once. Click andhold to keep changing.A diskette has been inserted. Click on the"<>" button to load its root directory inthe right display. Click on IGNORE to donothing.To turn this feature off, select thefollowing menu item: Flags Diskette x Ignore Auto Load Load & SwitchThe Disk requester displays the followinginformation about the volumes in bothdisplays: NAME Volume name. SIZE Volume size in round numbers. TOTAL Exact total size in blocks and bytes. USED Number of blocks and bytes used. FREE Number of blocks and bytes available. DENSITY Number of bytes per block. So that devices can read data faster, data is stored on volumes in blocks. The DENSITY factor lists how many bytes are stored in each block. Disk drives and hard disk volumes using the old file system usually have 488 bytes/block. The new FastFileSystem usually has 512 bytes/ block. ERRORS Number of read/write errors that have occurred since the volume was mounted. Any number other than zero would indicate a potential problem. STATUS I/O status: "Read/Write" means you can both read and write data from the volume; "Read Only" means you can read data but not write to it; "Validating" means the volume has not been validated by AmigaDOS...this could indicate a problem.The Drives requester displays all of thedrives in your system and the followinginformation: Unit Unit name such as DF0:, DH0:, etc. Size Total size of the volume. Free Amount of space available on the volume. Full Percent the volume is full. Not that the RAM: drive will always register 100% full. Name Name of the volume associated with the drive or "(no disk present)" if a diskette is not in the drive.Enter the full path name of the icon you wantto create with each directory. To activatethis feature, select the following menu item: Flags Make Directory No Icon x Create IconFor the icon to work properly in Workbench,be sure to specify a drawer icon. If youspecify a file that doesn't exist, SID willask you again for the name of the icon file.Enter the output window device, such as CON:or NEWCON:. SID supports any valid AmigaDOSconsole device. One method to test whether adevice will work with SID is to enter thefollowing in the CLI: dir >device:0/0/400/100/Testwhere 'device' is the name of the outputdevice you want to test. If a window opensand the current directory is displayed, thisoutput window device will work within SID.To receive help on the Input requesteritself, click OK to exit the Help requester,then press while in the Input requester.Enter the number of previous directories SIDshould save in memory.When you load a new directory in a display,SID saves the current directory list inmemory. If you access that directory again,SID loads it instantly. This is particularlyhandy for diskette or large hard drivedirectories.So you don't run out of memory, you will wantto specify some limit on the number ofdirectories SID saves in memory. When thenumber of directories stored in memoryreaches the number of directories youspecified to save, the oldest directory isfreed.You can free all previous directories frommemory at any time by selecting the followingmenu item: Program Free Directories PreviousIf you want SID to save the current directoryfor the duration of the program, activate the"S" save button in the window title bar.This one is a little complicated, so bearwith me. The refresh distance is the "numberof entries away from where the directory listshould be before SID refreshes the displayinstead of scrolling it." Let's try anexample:Think of a directory list as a table with abunch of entries. Assume we have a list with150 entries, and the first entry--entry #0--is currently at the top of the display. Whenyou grab the slider and move it down, thelist starts scrolling down, with entry #1 atthe top of the list, then entry #2, and soon.Now there may come a point where the positionof the slider is far ahead of the position ofthe list. For example, you may grab theslider and move it to the bottom of thecontainer very quickly. In this case, entry#125 should be at the top of the list, butSID is still scrolling the list, and onlyentry #15 is at the top. This is where therefresh distance comes in.It specifies the difference between what thetop entry is and what it should be before SIDrefreshes the display. Assume the refreshdistance is 30. If you move the slider sothat entry #45 should be at the top, andcurrently entry #14 is at the top, because45-14=31 is greater than the refresh distanceof 30, SID will refresh the list with entry#45 at the top, so that now the list hascaught up with your slider movements.What does this mean in practical terms? Thehigher the number, the more fluid thedirectory list movements will be. However,you may find that the list lags behind theyour slider position, such that the list isstill scrolling to catch up with you afteryou stop moving the slider. Conversely, thelower the number, the more responsive--andchoppy--the list movements will be.The best method with the refresh distance isexperimentation. Load a large directory,then try different values, scrolling throughthe list each time.I've found that for my 25MHz Amiga 3000, 32is a good value. For my A1000, 20 is a goodvalue.Note that you can always stop the list fromscrolling and have it catch up to your sliderposition by releasing the left mouse button.To receive help on the Input requesteritself, click OK to exit the Help requester,then press while in the Input requester.Enter the priority of SID's title bar clock.This should be a number between -128 and 127.The priority determines how much attentionthe clock gets in the Amiga's multitaskingsystem. If the priority is low, the clockmay not refresh while the system is busy. Apriority of 0 gives the clock equal prioritywith most other programs running on yoursystem. If it's important that the clockrefreshes promptly even while the system isbusy, use a higher priority such as 20.Note that you can also specify how often youwant the clock to refresh with the followingmenu item: Misc Clock RefreshTo receive help on the Input requesteritself, click OK to exit the Help requester,then press while in the Input requester.Enter how many times per second you wouldlike the SID title bar clock to updateitself. A value between 1 and 4 is best.To receive help on the Input requesteritself, click OK to exit the Help requester,then press while in the Input requester.Enter the name of the directory that SIDshould load automatically each time you beginthe program. Note that you can specify thedirectory to be loaded in both the left andright displays.To receive help on the Input requesteritself, click OK to exit the Help requester,then press while in the Input requester.This menu item edits the error requestercolors: Text Light Border Shadow Border BackgroundThis menu item edits the informationrequester colors: Text Light Border Shadow Border BackgroundThis menu item edits the input requestercolors: Text Input Field Text Light Border Shadow Border BackgroundThis menu item edits the message box colors: xxxK Free Removed Disk No Directory Message Text Error Text Light Border Shadow BorderThe message box the box at the bottom of theSID window in which messages and directoryinformation appears.This menu item edits the command buttonsdefault colors: Text Light Border Shadow Border BackgroundNote that you can also edit the text andbackground colors of each individual buttonin SID-Professional by pressing and holdingthe left-ALT key and clicking on the button.This menu item edits the directory entrycolors: Unselected Files Unselected Files Background Selected Files Selected Files Background Unselected Directories Unselected Directories Background Selected Directories Selected Directories BackgroundThis menu item edits the color of the borderssurrounding the active and inactive filedisplays: Active Display Light Border Active Display Shadow Border Inactive Display Light Border Inactive Display Shadow BorderThis menu item edits the up/down arrowbuttons connected to each display: Arrow Detail color Light Border Shadow BorderNote the Light and Shadow border colors alsoapply to the sliders. However, to edit theslider body and container colors, you need toselect the following menu item: Colors Full Window MenuThen: Menu Background = Slider Body color Menu Title color = Slider Container colorThis menu item sets the active and inactivearrow colors and the arrow background color.This is the big arrow in between the two filedisplays.This menu item sets the text, light border,and shadow border colors for the path fields.This menu item sets the colors in the SIDfull window title bar: F/O/R/M/S Button Text Clock Text Button Detail (close, shrink, etc.) Swap Arrows Light Borders Shadow Borders BackgroundThis menu item sets the SID window menutitle, text, and background colors. The textcolor is the default color, as you canspecify a different color for each individualmenu item.The menu background color also serves as thecolor of the file display sliders (and allsliders, as a matter of fact). The menutitle color also serves as the sliderbackground color. These are factors of theAmiga operating system, not SID. Sorry aboutthat.This menu item sets the light and shadowcolors of the border that surrounds the SIDwindow.This menu item sets the SID shrink windowmenu title and background colors. The menuitem text colors are retained from the fullwindow menus.This menu item sets the SID shrink windowcolors, including the button detail, lightand shadow borders, SID name and clock text,and the window background.This menu item sets the SID Custom Screentext and title bar colors. These settingswill also affect the colors of all windowsopened on the SID screen.This menu item sets the SID window palette,in other words, it allows you to adjust thecolors.This flag specifies whether the Stoprequester should appear while commands areexecuting. No The Stop requester does not appear. You can still stop the command in progress by pressing , but you cannot pause the command. Use this option if the stop requester degrades performance on your machine. Yes The Stop requester appears.Use this menu item to specify the outputwindow device, such as CON: or NEWCON:.Use this menu item to specify the icon fileto be created with each directory you createwith the MAKEDIR command button. Note thatthis just specifies which file to use. Toactually turn this feature on, use the "Flags- Make Directory - Create Icon" menu item.For the icon to work properly in Workbench,be sure to specify a drawer icon.This flag specifies whether you want theoption to delete protected files. No Displays an error when you attempt to delete a file protected from deletion. To delete the file, you would have to clear its "Deletable" protection bit and attempt to delete it again. Yes Displays a requester when you attempt to delete a file protected from deletion, asking if you would like to delete it anyway.A checkmark appears next to the selectedoption. To make your selection permanent,select the "Program - Save Prefs -Configuration" menu item.This flag specifies how directory entrieswill be sorted in both displays when theprogram begins: by Name Alphabetically by name in ascending order, ignoring case. by Date By creation / last modification date in ascending order, i.e. oldest file first. by Size By file size in ascending order.Once the program begins, you can change thesort order with the CHANGE command button orby clicking the left mouse button in themessage box.This flag specifies whether the file displaysshould scroll while operating on entries.This definitely adds time and overhead tocommands as they execute, but you have toadmit it looks pretty cool. No The directory lists remain fixed, and entries are unselected after the entire command has finished. Yes Each entry is unselected as it is operated on, and the list scrolls to show the current entry.This flag specifies whether selecteddirectory entries should remain selected orbe cleared when you load a directory that hasbeen stored in memory. Leave Entries Selected Entries which were selected when the directory list was stored in memory will remain selected when you reload the list. The advantage to this option is that you can select some entries, load a couple of other directories, and return to this directory with the entries still selected. Unselect When Load All entries are unselected when you load a directory that was stored in memory. The advantage to this method is you will not accidentally operate on entries which you selected earlier and may not realize are selected when you load a saved directory.This applies to both saved directories(directories which you specifically told SIDto save) and previous directories (recentdirectories which SID saves automatically).If you access a directory which SID has savedin memory, and that directory has beenchanged (most likely by another program)since SID saved it: Yes SID will reload the directory. Select this option to make sure the directory list you see is accurate. No SID will NOT reload the directory. An exclamation point (!) will appear to the right of the "Free" display in the message box to indicate the directory was changed and the list is no longer accurate.This menu item governs how responsive andfluid the directory lists are. Select themenu item and press while in the Inputrequester for a very detailed explanation.This menu item specifies how many directoriesSID saves in memory.When you load a new directory in a display,SID saves the current directory list inmemory. If you access that directory again,SID loads it instantly. This is particularlyhandy for diskette or large hard drivedirectories.So you don't run out of memory, you will wantto specify some limit on the number ofdirectories SID saves in memory. When thenumber of directories stored in memoryreaches the number of directories youspecified to save, the oldest directory isfreed.This flag specifies whether the names ofdirectory entries should be displayed as SIDloads them: Do Not Display Speeds up the directory loading process a bit. Display Indicates that SID is indeed working.This flag specifies in what order directoryentries are displayed when SID first begins: Directories First Directories are listed first, then files. Files First Files are listed first, then directories. Dirs/Files Mixed Directories and files are sorted together.Once the program begins, you can change thelist order with the CHANGE command button orby clicking the left mouse button in themessage box./* emenuconfig.c */Dirs menu: Free Directories itemThis flag specifies the directory entryformat when SID first begins. All of theseformats display the file name followed byanother piece of information: File Size Date/Time Protection (protection bits) Filenote DescriptionOnce the program begins, you can change theentry format with the CHANGE command button orby clicking the left mouse button in themessage box. You can also cycle betweendifferent formats by clicking the right mousebutton in the message box.This flag specifies how directory entriesshould appear when in the Date/Time format: Date/Time Display the file date, followed by the time. Size/Date Display the file size, followed by the date (no time).The Date/Time format is one of the fiveformats in which you can display directoryentries. To change the entry format, clickon the CHANGE command button or by click theleft mouse button in the message box. Youcan also cycle between different formats byclicking the right mouse button in themessage box.This flag specifies in which direction thearrow located in the center of the SID windowpoints: To Active Display Arrow points at the currently active display. With File Flow Arrow points in the direction files would move using the copy or move commands.This flag specifies whether clicking on ahalf-size command button activates thecorresponding file display: Manually You have to manually click on a display to make it active. Button Click Clicking on a half-size command button activates the corresponding display before executing the command.Note that half-size command buttons differfrom full-size buttons in that the commandcorresponding to the half-size button isexecuted in the display under which it sits.The full-size buttons always execute in theactive display.This flag indicates whether the position ofthe SID full and shrink windows are retained: Fixed The full and shrink windows always open in the same configured position. You can change this position by saving the Layout preferences. Previous The full and shrink windows open in the same position they were in the last time you closed them.You can save the current window position byselecting the following menu item: Program Save Prefs LayoutTo save the shrink window position, move theshrink window where you want it, expand thewindow, then save the layout as shown above.This flag specifies whether you want 12-hour(AM and PM) or 24-hour (military) time.Changing this flag instantly changes all timevalues EXCEPT the title bar clock. To showthe change there, select the following menuitem: Program RefreshThis flag specifies whether the mouse pointershould jump to requesters opened in the SIDwindow. No You perform all the mouse movement yourself. Yes SID tries to guess where the mouse pointer should move. For example, if the Stop requester appears, SID moves the mouse over the STOP button. When the requester disappears, SID returns the pointer to its original position. This option can definitely be annoying if you are not used to it.This menu item specifies the key used tosummon SID from the depths of your system.If the SID window is hidden or shrunk,pressing this hotkey expands the SID windowand brings it to the front of your screen.To activate this feature, select thefollowing menu item: Misc Fetch SID No x YesThis flag specifies whether a hot key cansummon SID from the depths of your system.If the SID window is hidden or shrunk,pressing this hotkey expands the SID windowand brings it to the front of your scren.To set the SID hot key, select the followingmenu item: Misc Hot KeyThis flag specifies whether DOS requesterssuch as "No disk present in device DF0" or"Please enter volume XYZ in any drive" willappear in SID. No SID suppresses DOS requesters and displays all error messages itself. Yes AmigaDOS displays error messages.This is purely a matter of personalpreference. Some people find the AmigaDOSrequesters helpful; others find themannoying.This flag specifies the format of all datesinside SID: Month/Day/Year Day/Month/Year Year/Month/DayThis flag specifies how dates appear: Numeric Dates always appear as digits, such as "03/05/92". Written Recent dates appear as text, such as "Monday", "Yesterday", "Today", etc.This menu item specifies how often the SIDtitle bar clock updates its display.This menu item specifies the priority of theSID title bar clock in relation to the otherprograms running on the Amiga multitaskingsystem. A higher priority will ensure theclock updates consistently, even while thesystem is very busy.This flag specifies whether SID stores theimage of each command button bank in memory. Do Not Store in Memory SID redraws each button in a button bank every time that bank is displayed. This can make flipping banks rather slow, especially on older Amigas. Store in Memory When SID first displays a button bank, it stores its image in memory so that it can display the bank instantly the next time. This requires the following amount of memory PER button bank: 4 color screen ... 11K 8 color screen ... 17K 16 color screen ... 23KThis flag specifies whether SID will verifythat you want to quit the program.This flag specifies whether SID should beginthe program with the shrink or full window.You can force SID to open the window shrunkby specifying the "-s" argument in thecommand line.This flag specifies whether the SID customscreen should open in front of or behind allother screens. This flag is meaningless ifSID opens on the Workbench screen. You canforce SID to open behind all other screens byspecifying the "-b" argument in the commandline.This flag specifies whether SID warns youwhen quitting if the preferences were changed: Ignore If you make any preferences changes, SID ignores them when you quit the program. Warn If you make any preferences changes, SID displays a requester, such as: The buttons have been modified. You can save the changes, ignore the changes, or return to SID.This menu item specifies the directory to beloaded in the left display automatically eachtime you begin the program.This menu item changes the SID custom screenfonts. This will affect the font for thescreen title bar and ALL windows opened onthe SID custom screen. This has no effect onthe Workbench screen.This menu item changes the SID shrink windowfont.This menu item changes the font used in everyrequester button.This menu item changes the requester fixedfont. Fixed fonts are used in requesterscroll lists so that each item is properlyspaced.This menu item changes the requester textfont. This font is used in most requestertitles and text.This menu item changes the font used for themessage box that appears in the bottom of theSID window. It must be a fairly small fixedfont for messages to fit inside the box.This menu item changes the font used forcommand buttons. Note that this font shouldbe small enough, or the button titles willoverflow into each other.This menu item changes the font used fordirectory entries.This menu item changes the font used for thedirectory path fields.This menu item changes the font used for theSID title bar clock.This menu item changes the font used for the"F", "O", "R", "M", and "S" buttons thatappear in the SID window title bar.This menu item changes the "SID by TimmMartin" font.This menu item changes the menu ITEM fonts.If the SID window is on a custom screen, the"Custom Screen" font determines the menutitle font. If the SID window is on theWorkbench screen, the Workbench font as setin "Preferences" (Workbench Preferences, NOTSID preferences) determines the menu titlefont.This menu item changes ALL fonts used in SIDat once.This flag specifies whether the SID windowshould cover or completely expose the SIDcustom window title bar: Expose The entire SID custom screen title bar is exposed. Cover SID covers as much of the custom screen title bar as it needs to open the largest possible window.Note that this will have no effect if the SIDwindow opens on the Workbench screen.This menu item sets the output window sizeand position.After the output window opens, move and sizethe window as desired then click on thewindow close button. To cancel the changes,press the key.This flag specifies whether all input fieldborders should be single or double width: Single With normal "shadowing", input fields appear as indented. This option is handy if you are using a two-dimensional color scheme instead of the original 3D shadowing scheme. Double Input field borders are doubled up to appear as "bumps". This following the normal Workbench v2.x convention.This flag specifies whether there should be aclock in the SID window title bar. Note thatthe SID clock updates continuously, evenwhile SID is working.This flag specifies whether all buttonborders should be single or double width: Single In my opinion, this looks better in interlace screens. Double The borders are twice as thick as they are tall. This looks better in non- interlace screen.This menu item adjusts the vertical distancebetween the shrink window text and the bottomwindow border./**/This menu item adjusts the vertical distancebetween the shrink window text and the topwindow border.This menu item adjusts the vertical distancebetween the message box border and the windowbottom border.This menu item adjusts the vertical distancebetween the message box text and the messagebox bottom border.This menu item adjusts the vertical distancebetween the message box text and the messagebox top border.This menu item adjusts the vertical distancebetween the bottom command button row and themessage box top border.This menu item adjusts the vertical distancebetween each row of command buttons.This menu item adjusts the vertical distancebetween the text and bottom border of eachcommand button.This menu item adjusts the vertical distancebetween the text and top border of eachcommand button.This menu item adjusts the vertical distancebetween the bottom of the file displays andthe top row of command buttons.This menu item adjusts the height of the upand down arrow buttons connected to each filedisplay.This menu item adjusts the vertical distancebetween the bottom border of the path fieldsand the top border of the file displays.This menu item adjusts the vertical distancebetween the text and bottom border of thepath fields.This menu item adjusts the vertical distancebetween the text and top border of the pathfields.This menu item adjusts the vertical distancebetween the bottom border of the title barbuttons and the top border of the pathfields.This menu item adjusts the vertical distancebetween the "SID by Timm Martin" title textand the bottom title bar border.This menu item adjusts the vertical distancebetween the "SID by Timm Martin" title textand the top title bar border.This menu item adjusts the horizontaldistance between each command button column.This menu item adjusts the horizontaldistance between the two directory displaysliders.This menu item adjusts the width of the filedisplay sliders.This menu item adjusts the horizontaldistance between the file display borders andtheir corresponding sliders.This menu item adjusts the width of theinvisible parent buttons embedded in thewindow border adjacent to each file display.An error has occurred with the specifiedentry. Look in the message box at the bottomof the window for an error message. For abetter explanation, click on the WHY? button.To retry this command on the current entry,click on the RETRY button. To stop thiscommand, click on STOP. To skip this entryand continue processing with the nextselected entry, click on the CONTINUE button.Enter a directory path and press toload it.To learn the special editing capabilities inSID input fields, display the Input requester(rename a file, for example) and press .Hi! Welcome to SID2 on-line help system. Toreceive a general overview of how SID works,select the following menu item: Program Help Getting StartedThat's the "Program" menu, "Help" submenu,and "Getting Started" subitem. To see themenus, make sure the mouse pointer is at thetop of the window and press the right mousebutton.If you need help with the terms used in theon-line help, select the following menu item: Program Help GlossaryTo receive help--------------- Buttons Press and hold the key and click on the button. Menus Press and hold the key and select the menu item. Requesters Press the key.To see key shortcuts-------------------- Buttons, menus, and even mouse clicks all have key shortcuts. Press and hold the left key while clicking on the desired button or selecting a menu item. Notice that you must press the left key, not the right one.To edit key shortcuts--------------------- To edit the key shortcuts, press and hold the right key while clicking on the desired button or menu item. Note that some key shortcuts (especially for requester buttons) cannot be changed.To edit buttons and menus------------------------- If you are using SID-Professional, you can edit individual buttons and menus by pressing and holding the left key while clicking on the button or menu item. Again, this must be the left key, not the right one.If you are running SID-Professional, youchange which key you hold down to edit andview keys and help files. Select thefollowing menu item: Program Edit Prefs ConfigurationAnother set of menus will appear. Thenselect: Misc Click ButtonsEnter the command-line arguments for thespecified program. You may or may not beable to skip entering arguments based on howthis menu item is configured.To receive help on the Input requesteritself, click OK to exit the Help requester,then press while in the Input requester.Enter the name of the file you wish to findor a wildcard pattern (such as #?.c).SID then searches the selected directories inthe active list for a file which matches thepattern. You then have the option to viewthe file (if possible), load the directorycontaining the file, continue the search, orstop the search.Select the desired title bar font from thelist on the left and the desired font sizefrom the list on the right. The title bar ispreviewed with the selected font.Select the desired font from the list on theleft and the desired font size from the liston the right. The F/O/R/M/S buttons arepreviewed with the selected font.Select the desired clock font from the liston the left and the desired font size fromthe list on the right. The clock ispreviewed with the selected font.Select the desired field font from the liston the left and the desired font size fromthe list on the right. A sample path fieldis previewed with the selected font.Select the desired font from the list on theleft and the desired font size from the liston the right. Some sample directory entriesare previewed with the selected font.Select the desired command button text fontfrom the list on the left and the desiredfont size from the list on the right. Samplebuttons with all upper-case text and mixed-case text are previewed with the selectedfont.Select the desired message text font from thelist on the left and the desired font sizefrom the list on the right. A sample messagebox is previewed with the selected font.Select the desired requester text font fromthe list on the left and the desired fontsize from the list on the right. Theselected font is previewed in the box below.Select the desired requester button font fromthe list on the left and the desired fontsize from the list on the right. Sample OKand CANCEL requester buttons are previewedwith the selected font.Select the desired requester fixed font fromthe list on the left and the desired fontsize from the list on the right. Samplescroll list entries are previewed with theselected font.Select the desired menu item font from thelist on the left and the desired font sizefrom the list on the right. Sample menuitems are previewed with the selected font.Menu titles use the custom screen font (ifSID is on its own custom screen) or theWorkbench font (if SID is on the Workbenchscreen).Select the desired custom screen font fromthe list on the left and the desired fontsize from the list on the right. The SIDCustom Screen title is previewed with theselected font. Note that this font alsoaffects all windows opened on the SID customscreen, most notably with CLI windows.Select the desired shrink window font fromthe list on the left and the desired fontsize from the list on the right. A sampleshrink window is previewed with the selectedfont.Select the desired font from the list on theleft and the desired font size from the liston the right. The selected font is previewedin the box below. All fonts in SID will usethe selected font if you click on the OKbutton.The format requester sets the entry format,sort order, and list order for thecorresponding display.Format (Entry Format)--------------------- SIZE The number of bytes available on that volume. DATE The date the volume was created (actually, last formatted). BITS R means the volume is readable. W means the volume is writable. NOTE Ignored. DESC Displays "device" for all entries. You can also cycle through entry formats by clicking the right mouse button in the message box at the bottom the window.Sort By (Sort Order)-------------------- by Name Alphabetically by name in ascending order, ignoring case. by Date By creation / last modification date in ascending order, i.e. oldest file first. by Size By file size in ascending order.First (List Order)------------------ Directories First Directories are listed first, then files. Files First Files are listed first, then directories. Dirs/Files Mixed Directories and files are sorted together.Any changes you make here last only as longas the program is running. To make thechanges permanent, select the following menuitem in SID-Professional: Program Edit Prefs ConfigurationA new set of menus will appear. You can thenset the initial entry format, list order, andsort order with the following items in the"Dirs" menu: Dirs Format (initial) List Order (initial) Sort Order (initial)Click on the FREE button to free the currentdirectories and all directories saved inmemory by SID.To turn this verification off, select thefollowing menu item in SID-Professional: Program Edit Prefs ConfigurationA new set of menus will appear. Then selectthe following menu item: Free Directories x No Verify VerifyClick on the FREE button to free the currentdirectories displayed in the SID window.To turn this verification off, select thefollowing menu item in SID-Professional: Program Edit Prefs ConfigurationA new set of menus will appear. Then selectthe following menu item: Free Directories x No Verify VerifyClick on the FREE button to free all previousdirectories saved in memory by SID.When you load a new directory, SID saves thecurrent directory in memory so that it willload instantly the next time you access it.This is handy for diskette and largedirectories.To turn this verification off, select thefollowing menu item in SID-Professional: Program Edit Prefs ConfigurationA new set of menus will appear. Then selectthe following menu item: Free Directories x No Verify VerifyClick on the FREE button to free directoriesyou told SID to save in memory by clicking onthe corresponding "S" button in the windowtitle bar.To turn this verification off, select thefollowing menu item in SID-Professional: Program Edit Prefs ConfigurationA new set of menus will appear. Then selectthe following menu item: Free Directories x No Verify VerifyClick anywhere in the path field to move thecursor to that position. If you click pastthe end of the text in the field, the cursorwill jump to the last character in the field.When the "F" filter button in the windowtitle bar is activated, only those files inselected directories that match the filterwill be acted upon.For example, if you are copying a group ofdirectories but only want the .c files in thedirectories to be copied, you would enter afilter string of "#?.c". Then you wouldactivate the "F" filter button, then click onthe COPY command button.If the "F" button is not activated, ALL filesin the selected directories are acted upon.The filter does not apply to subdirectories(all subdirectories are investigated).When you click on the "F" button, the currentfilter is displayed in the message box. Tochange the filter, click on the FILTERcommand button.To see the results of a command, click on the"O" button to open a CLI window. This ishandy when debugging button and menu commandsas it allows you to see any error messagesdisplayed when launching the correspondingprograms.The "R" requester button displays the Inputrequester for each command you run, allowingyou to change the command before executing it.The "R" button allows you to different thingsfor different items: DIRLOAD command buttons Specify the directory to be loaded. Other LAUNCH command buttons Edit the command line. Custom menu items Edit the command to be executed. Load/Save preferences Change the name of the preferences file(s).If this button is activated, a requesterappears after SID operates on each file (forthose commands which operate on one file at atime). It asks if you want to mark that file(leave it selected), skip that file (unselectit), or stop the command.Marking files is handy when you have to makesome decision about a large group of files.For example, if you receive a diskette of newpictures, you may only want to add some ofthem to your system. Select all of thepictures and activate the "M" button. Thenclick on the VIEW command button. Afterdisplaying each picture, SID will ask if youwant to mark or skip that file. Mark thepictures you want, and skip the pictures youdon't want.When activated, the corresponding directorylist will be saved in memory until theprogram ends.Normally, SID will save in memory only aspecified number of directory lists. Thisallows SID to display the directory instantlywhen you load it again. If you want SID tosave the directory list for the entireduration of the program, however, click onthe corresponding "S" button in the windowtitle bar.To display a list of all saved directories,click on the SAVED command button. You canfree directories from memory with the REMOVEcommand button, or by deactivating thecorresponding "S" button when the directoryis loaded in one of the displays.The Shrink button shrinks the SID window to asmall title bar on the Workbench screen. Ifyou have a title bar clock, the clock will beincluded in the shrink window.To save the current position of the shrinkwindow, select the following menu item: Program Save Prefs LayoutThe center arrow serves many purposes.First, it helps identify which display isactive. You can change the orientation ofthe arrow by selecting the following menuitem in SID-Professional: Program Edit Prefs ConfigurationA new set of menus will appear. Then checkout the following submenu: Dirs Arrow DirectionYou can "activate" the arrow by clicking onit. The arrow will change to a differentcolor (which you can set): Program Colors Edit Prefs --then-> Arrow ColorsIf you double-click on a directory entrywhile the arrow is active, SID loads thedirectory you clicked in the inactivedisplay. This is handy when looking througha bunch of directories.If the arrow is active, SID will redirectoutput from LAUNCH commands if thecorresponding button is configured to monitorthe arrow. When editing a button in theButton requester, set the "Change Dir" flagto "per Arrow".Clicking the right or left mouse button overa directory display will activate it. Allcommands operate primarily on the activedisplay.The up and down arrows scroll entries in thecorresponding directory display.You can also scroll entries by clicking theright mouse button over the display andmoving the pointer up and down to scroll thelist up and down.If you click on an arrow button once, thedisplay will scroll one entry. To scrollmultiple entries, click and hold the button.The entries will scroll slowly at first, thenspeed up.To flip button banks, click to the left orright of the button bank with the left mousebutton, OR click on the button bank with theright mouse button. Clicking on the leftflips to the previous button bank; click onthe right flips to the next button bank.Clicking the right mouse button in themessage box cycles the entry format in thecorresponding display. Note that the DESCformat is skipped. To display entrydescriptions, either click in the message boxwith the left mouse button or click on theCHANGE command button.Clicking the left mouse button in the messagebox displays the Format requester, allowingyou to change the entry format, list order,and sort order. You can also do this byclicking on the CHANGE command button.Enter the directory to be loaded when youclick on this command button. You can alsoedit the directory by pressing and holdingthe left key and clicking on thecommand button.This requester appeared because the "R"requester button is activated.Active Display Directory display on which most commands operate. In the initial color configuration, the active display appears "outdented." You make a display active by clicking the left or right mouse button in it.Arrow The center arrow indicates which display is active by pointing toward the inactive display and showing the direction copied files travel (from the source display to the destination display).Button Bank Because there are more commands than can fit in buttons, there are multiple banks of buttons. You can view other banks by clicking the right mouse button over the button bank. You can also add as many button banks as memory will permit.Button Clipboard Deleted command buttons are placed in the button clipboard so that you won't lose their information. These buttons will disappear, however, when you end the program.Clock The SID clock appears in the title bar and continues ticking even while SID is working.Close Button Clicking the close button in the upper left corner of the window ends the program.Command Button The command buttons are situated at the bottom of the window. These commands operate on selected entries in the active display.Custom Menus You can create custom menus to launch programs external to SID. These menus appear in the title bar when you click the right mouse button at the top of the window. They appear after to the right of the "Flags" menu.Custom Screen The SID custom screen is separate from the Workbench screen and contains solely the SID window and the programs you run from SID.Descriptions Each file can be described in some way, such as IFF picture, ASCII text file, 8SVX sound, etc. When you double click on a file, SID determines what type of file it is and executes the button corresponding to that file description.Destination Display Files are copied from the source display into the destination display. In the initial color configuration, the destination display appears "indented."Display There are two directory displays in the SID window: left and right. One of the displays is always active.Double click To double click is to click the left mouse button twice quickly. Double-click on directory entries to load them. Double- click on file entries to view them.Entry When SID loads a directory, it creates an entry in memory for each file and subdirectory containing information such as the name, size, date, protection bits, filenote, etc.F/O/R/M/S Buttons The "F" "O" "R" "M" and "S" buttons located in the window title bar.Fixed Menus SID has three permanent menus plus a number of fixed preferences menus which appear in place of the custom menus when you edit the colors, configuration, fonts, and layout.Full Window The SID full window is what you have open now: all the buttons, displays, etc.Full-Size Buttons Full-size command buttons execute the corresponding command on selected entries in the active display.Half-Size Buttons Half-size command buttons are duplicate sets of full-size buttons and appear under each display. Clicking on a half-size button executes the command on selected entries in the display under which the button is located.Inactive Display The same as the destination display.Interlace Screen The interlace screen is the same as the custom screen except that it doubles the number of scan lines giving you twice as much vertical information. However, this also causes an annoying flicker on some monitors.Invisible Buttons There are invisible buttons in the SID window: to the left and right of the path fields, directory displays, command button bank, and message box. Press and hold the key and click on them to find out what they do.List When SID loads a directory, it creates a list of entries in memory. These lists are saved in memory even after you've loaded other directories.Message Box The message box is located at the bottom of the SID window. SID displays messages, errors, and directory information there.Path Field A path field is situated above each directory display and contains the full name of the directory in that display.Permanent Menus SID has three permanent menus which are always visible: "Program," "Display," and "Flags."Previous Directory SID saves a certain number of directory lists in memory so that it can load the directory instantly if you access it later.Requesters Requesters are mini-windows that open on the SID window, however you cannot move them.Saved Directory In addition to lists that SID saves automatically (previous directories), you can also tell SID to save a directory list for the entire duration of the program by clicking the corresponding "S" save button in the window title bar.Shrink Button The shrink button is just to the right of the clock in the title bar. Clicking on this button will shrink the SID window to just a title bar on the Workbench screen.Shrink Window The SID shrink window is a small title bar on the Workbench screen.Sliders Sliders appear next to each list and allow you to scroll the list when you click on the slider and hold down the left mouse button. You can scroll the list one container at a time by clicking above or below the slider. The slider body size is always proportional to how many list entries you can see.Source Display The source display is the same as the active display.Submenus A menu inside a menu is called a submenu. Submenus names are followed by a double set of arrows to indicate there are subitems.Title Bar The top row of buttons in the SID window makes up the title bar.Up/Down Arrows The up and down arrows scroll the corresponding list. Scrolling starts slowly and increases with speed if you keep the mouse button held down.This menu item sets the text reader programSID should use to read output. This is thetext reader used when you configure the"Output" option to "Text Reader" in theButton requester. All output from theprogram launched by that button is collectedin a temporary file in RAM, then read by thetext reader you specify here. Note that thisis NOT necessarily the same text reader usedby the READ launch command button.The Information requester displays thefollowing information about the selected fileor directory: NAME File or directory name. DATE, TIME Date and time file was created or last modified. If a directory, this is the date and time a file or subdirectory was added or deleted from that directory. SIZE Size of the file. Blank for directories. BLOCKS Number of blocks occupied by the file, not including the directory entry. Blank for directories. DESC File description (such as "ASCII file", "IFF picture", etc.) STATUS Protection bits. A letter indicates the corresponding bit is set: H = Hidden S = Script P = Pure A = Archived R = Readable W = Writable E = Executable D = Deletable A hyphen indicates the corresponding protection bit is cleared. NOTE Filenote.The Input Requester appears in the middle ofthe SID window, allowing you to enter a textstring. If you need help on what input isexpected, press the key while in theinput requester.The Input Requester has a single field forinput and can have either two or four buttons: Accept Button This button appears on the far left and usually takes the name of the command you are executing. Click on this button or press the key to accept the text you have typed. Cancel Button This button appears on the far right and is named either STOP (if the Input Requester appears for each selected entry) or CANCEL (if the Input Requester appears only once per command). Click on this button or press the key to cancel the current command or operation. PREVIOUS Button This button will appear for commands that operate on one selected entry at a time. Click on this button (or press RightAmiga-P) to execute the command on the previous selected entry in the active list. The current entry will be ignored. If you are currently operating on the first selected entry in the list, this button will be disabled. NEXT Button This button will appear for commands that operate on one selected entry at a time. Click on this button (or press CTRL- RightArrow) to execute the command on the next selected entry in the active list. The current entry will be ignored. If you are currently operating on the last selected entry in the list, this button will be disabled.SID uses a modified version of SmartFieldsfor text input. Because of this, there are anumber of powerful editing features availablethat are not found in regular Amiga stringgadgets: Cursor Movement Character Previous ... LeftArrow Next ....... RightArrow Word Previous ... ALT-LeftArrow Next ....... ALT-RightArrow Field Beginning ... SHIFT-LeftArrow End ......... SHIFT-RightArrow Delete Character Under Cursor ........ DELete To Left of Cursor ... BACKSPACE Field Entire ..... CTRL-X or RightAmiga-X Forward .... CTRL-F Backward ... CTRL-B Restore Field Contents .... CTRL-R or RightAmiga-QYou can also move the cursor to a desiredposition in the input field by clicking theleft mouse button on that position.There are two type modes available in theinput field: "insert" mode and "typeover"mode. If you type a character while ininsert mode, that character is inserted atthe current cursor position, and allcharacters at and to the right of the cursorare moved over one character position to makeroom for the typed character. If you type acharacter while in typeover mode, thecharacter you type replaces the characterunder the cursor.Normal Intuition string gadgets use theinsert mode exclusively, whereas in SID, youcan configure which mode you want to use bypressing the following keys: Insert Mode ..... CTRL-I Typeover Mode ... CTRL-TTo save the mode permanently, select thefollowing menu item: Program Save Prefs ConfigurationSID maintains its own private clipboard,allowing you to transfer data between any ofthe input fields in SID: Copy field to clip .... CTRL-C Cut field to clip ..... CTRL-K Paste clip in field ... CTRL-PThis clipboard remains in effect as long asthe program is running.To duplicate data from the last Inputrequester, press CTRL-D.Finally, you can insert a newline in theinput field by pressing CTRL-N. On mostAmigas, the newline character will appear asa reverse video capital 'N'.If the SID window becomes inactive, thecursor in the input field appears "ghosted"and you cannot type into the field. If youneed to enter data in the input field, simplyclick on the SID window to make it activeagain.Enter the key shortcut for the specifiedbutton. The only keys you cannot use are, space, , and becausethese serve other purposes in the program.Enter the insert text for the specifiedcommand. You configured this command toprompt for text to be inserted in the commandline.To edit the entire command instead,activate the "R" requester button in thewindow title bar.To receive help on the Input requesteritself, click OK to exit the Help requester,then press while in the Input requester.Enter the command line for this LAUNCHbutton. This requester appeared eitherbecause the "R" requester button is activatedin the window title bar, or you configuredthe launch command to ask for the commandline.The insert text is inserted at the end of thecommand line, then selected file names afterthat. You can change this by adding %f toinsert file names, and %i to add insert text.To receive help on the Input requesteritself, click OK to exit the Help requester,then press while in the Input requester.Enter the command line for this LAUNCHbutton. This requester appeared eitherbecause the "R" requester button is activatedin the window title bar, or you configuredthe launch command to ask for the commandline.The selected file names are inserted at theend of the command line, and the insert textis added after that. You can change this byadding %f to insert file names, and %i to addinsert text.To receive help on the Input requesteritself, click OK to exit the Help requester,then press while in the Input requester.The LAUNCH command launches a programexternal to SID to operate on the selectedentries. To edit the launch information inSID-Professional, press and hold the left key and click on the desired commandbutton. Then click on the LAUNCH button inthe Button requester.Click on the arrows to adjust the verticaldistance between the text and top border inthe window title bar. Click on RESET toreset it to the original distance.Click on the arrows to adjust the verticaldistance between the text and bottom borderin the window title bar. Click on RESET toreset it to the original distance.Click on the arrows to adjust the verticaldistance between the title bar bottom borderand the path field top border. Click onRESET to reset it to the original distance.Click on the arrows to adjust the height ofthe up/down arrow buttons. Click on RESET toreset them to their original height.Click on the arrows to adjust the verticaldistance between the text and top border inthe path fields. Click on RESET to reset itto the original distance.Click on the arrows to adjust the verticaldistance between the text and bottom borderin the path fields. Click on RESET to resetit to the original distance.Click on the arrows to adjust the verticaldistance between the directory display topborder and the path field bottom border.Click on RESET to reset it to the originaldistance.Click on the arrows to adjust the verticaldistance between the directory display bottomborder and the top row of command buttons.Click on RESET to reset it to the originaldistance.Click on the arrows to adjust the verticaldistance between the text and top border ineach command button. Click on RESET to resetit to the original distance.Click on the arrows to adjust the verticaldistance between the text and bottom borderin each command button. Click on RESET toreset it to the original distance.Click on the arrows to adjust the verticaldistance between each command button row.Click on RESET to reset it to the originaldistance.Click on the arrows to adjust the verticaldistance between the bottom command buttonrow and the message box top border. Click onRESET to reset it to the original distance.Click on the arrows to adjust the verticaldistance between the message box text and themessage box top border. Click on RESET toreset it to the original distance.Click on the arrows to adjust the verticaldistance between the message box text and themessage box bottom border. Click on RESET toreset it to the original distance.Click on the arrows to adjust the verticaldistance between the message box bottomborder and the window border. Click on RESETto reset it to the original distance.Click on the arrows to adjust the verticaldistance between the shrink window text andthe top window border. Click on RESET toreset it to the original distance.Click on the arrows to adjust the verticaldistance between the shrink window text andthe bottom window border. Click on RESET toreset it to the original distance.Click on the arrows to adjust the width ofthe invisible parent directory buttonlocated in the window borders adjacent toeach directory display. Click on RESET toreturn them to their original width.Click on the arrows to adjust the horizontaldistance between directory display bordersand their corresponding sliders. Click onRESET to reset it to the original distance.Click on the arrows to adjust the width ofthe directory display sliders. Click onRESET to return them to their original width.Click on the arrows to adjust the horizontaldistance between directory display sliders.Click on RESET to reset it to the originaldistance.Click on the arrows to adjust the horizontaldistance between each command button column.Click on RESET to reset it to the originaldistance.Enter where you want to send the directorylisting. You can specify the name of thefile, print it by entering "PRT:", send itacross the serial port by entering "SER:",etc.Click on the SEND button to print thelisting, or CANCEL to cancel.To receive help on the Input requesteritself, click OK to exit the Help requester,then press while in the Input requester.The List Directory requester determines howthe entries in the directory listing areformatted. The current format is displayedin the "List format" box. Each characterrepresents an information "field" about theentry: B - protection bits D - date and time N - name O - filenote S - size ? - descriptionYou can separate fields with blanks or anewline.Enter the name of the directory you want tocreate. The name can have up to 30characters, where each character is aprinting character excluding the slash '/'and the colon ':', and must be unique.Select the "Quit" item to end SID. This isthe same as clicking on the close button inthe upper left corner of the window.If you summoned SID using the SID hot-key,selecting the "Return" menu item will returnyou to the program you were running when yousummoned SID, if it still exists.The "Refresh" menu item refreshes the entireSID display. Use this in case SID becomesconfused about how you've configured it.This shouldn't happen, so if it does, pleasecontact me.Select this item to free all saveddirectories. SID retains a certain number ofdirectories in memory so that they loadinstantly when you access them. However, youcan tell SID to retain a directory for theentire duration of the program by clicking onthe corresponding "S" button in the windowtitle bar.Notice that the number of saved directoriesand the memory they occupy is listed in themenu item. If you run low on memory, thismenu item will allow you to free all saveddirectories at once. You can also freeindividual saved directories with the REMOVEcommand. First, display a list of saveddirectories with the SAVED command button.Then select the saved directories you want tofree and click on the REMOVE command button.Select this menu item to free all previousdirectories. SID saves a certain number ofdirectories in memory so that they loadinstantly when you access them. This isparticularly handy for diskette or large harddrive directories. If you run short onmemory, you can free all previous directorieswith this menu item.Notice that the number of previousdirectories and the memory they occupy islisted in the menu item. If you wish tochange the number of previous directoriesthat SID retains, select the "Program - EditPrefs - Configuration" menu item. A new setof menus will appear. Then select the "Dirs- Previous Directories" menu item.Select this menu item to free the directorylists currently visible in the left and rightdirectory displays. Notice that the numberof current directories and the memory theyoccupy is listed in the menu item.Select this menu item to free the directoriescurrently displayed, all previous directoriesretained in memory for quick access, and alldirectories you specifically saved. Noticethe number of directories and the memory theyoccupy is listed in the menu item.This menu item saves the custom menupreferences file. The file is saved asSID2.menus in the current preferences path.To change the name of the file, activate the"R" button before saving.The custom menu preferences includes allcustom menus, items, and subitem, plus allfixed menu key shortcuts.This menu item saves the layout preferencesfile. The file is saved as SID2.layout inthe current preferences path. To change thename of the file, activate the "R" buttonbefore saving.The layout includes the full window, shrinkwindow, and output window layout andposition, border formatting, and whetherthere is a title bar clock.This menu item saves the fonts preferencesfile. The file is saved as SID2.fonts in thecurrent preferences path. To change the nameof the file, activate the "R" button beforesaving.This menu item saves the descriptionspreferences file. The file is saved asSID2.desc in the current preferences path.To change the name of the file, activate the"R" button before saving.This menu item saves the SID configurationpreferences file. The file is saved asSID2.config in the current preferences path.To change the name of the file, activate the"R" button before saving.The configuration includes all configurationflags as set in the "Flags" and "Edit Prefs -Configuration" menus, plus the state of the"F/O/R/M" buttons, the center arrow state,the filter pattern, the SET command bit mask,etc.This menu item saves the color preferencesfile. The file is saved as SID2.colors inthe current preferences path. To change thename of the file, activate the "R" buttonbefore saving.This menu item saves the button preferencesfile. The file is saved as SID2.buttons inthe current preferences path. To change thename of the file, activate the "R" buttonbefore saving.The buttons include all command buttons,button bank format, and fixed button keyshortcuts.This menu item saves the all preferencesfiles in the current preferences path. Tochange the path, activate the "R" buttonbefore saving, or select the following menuitem: Program Edit Prefs PathThis menu item loads the custom menupreferences file. The file is loaded asSID2.menus in the current preferences path.To load a different menu file, activate the"R" button before loading. Any changes youhave made to the custom menus thus far willbe lost.The custom menu preferences includes allcustom menus, items, and subitem, plus allfixed menu key shortcuts.This menu item loads the layout preferencesfile. The file is loaded as SID2.layout inthe current preferences path. To load adifferent layout file, activate the "R"button before loading. Any changes you havemade to the layout thus far will be lost.The layout includes the full window, shrinkwindow, and output window layout andposition, border formatting, and whetherthere is a title bar clock.This menu item loads the fonts preferencesfile. The file is loaded as SID2.fonts inthe current preferences path. To load adifferent fonts file, activate the "R" buttonbefore loading. Any changes you have made tothe fonts thus far will be lost.This menu item loads the descriptionspreferences file. The file is loaded asSID2.desc in the current preferences path.To load a different description file,activate the "R" button before loading. Anychanges you have made to the descriptionsthus far will be lost.This menu item loads the SID configurationpreferences file. The file is loaded asSID2.config in the current preferences path.To load a different configuration file,activate the "R" button before loading. Anychanges you have made to the configurationthus far will be lost.The configuration includes all configurationflags as set in the "Flags" and "Edit Prefs -Configuration" menus, plus the state of the"F/O/R/M" buttons, the center arrow state,the filter pattern, etc.This menu item loads the color preferencesfile. The file is loaded as SID2.colors inthe current preferences path. To load adifferent color file, activate the "R" buttonbefore loading. Any changes you have made tothe colors thus far will be lost.This menu item loads the button preferencesfile. The file is loaded as SID2.buttons inthe current preferences path. To load adifferent button file, activate the "R"button before saving. Any changes you havemade to the buttons thus far will be lost.The buttons include all command buttons,button bank format, and fixed button keyshortcuts.This menu item loads the all preferencesfiles in the current preferences path. Tochange the path, activate the "R" buttonbefore loading, or select the following menuitem: Program Edit Prefs PathThis menu item displays the Menu requester,allowing you to add, change, edit, or deletemenus, items, submenus, and subitems. Youcan also edit individual custom menu items bypressing and holding the left key andselecting the desired item.To save any changes you make to the menus,select the following menu item: Program Save Prefs MenusThis menu item displays another set of menusthat allow you to edit the layoutpreferences. These layout menus replace thecustom menus. To redisplay the custom menusagain, select the following menu item: Program Edit Prefs EndTo save any changes you make to the layoutpreferences, select the following menu item: Program Save Prefs LayoutThis menu item displays another set of menusthat allow you to edit the fonts. These fontmenus replace the custom menus. To redisplaythe custom menus again, select the followingmenu item: Program Edit Prefs EndTo save any changes you make to the fonts,select the following menu item: Program Save Prefs FontsThis menu item displays the Descriptionrequester, allowing you to add, change, edit,or delete file descriptions and linkdescriptions to command buttons.To save any changes you make to thedescriptions, select the following menu item: Program Save Prefs DescriptionsThis menu item displays another set of menusthat allow you to edit the configuration.These configmenus replace the custom menus. To redisplaythe custom menus again, select the followingmenu item: Program Edit Prefs EndTo save any changes you make to theconfiguration, select the following menu item: Program Save Prefs ConfigurationThis menu item displays another set of menusthat allow you to edit the colors. Thesecolor menus replace the custom menus. Toredisplay the custom menus again, select thefollowing menu item: Program Edit Prefs EndTo save any changes you make to the colors,select the following menu item: Program Save Prefs ColorsThis menu item displays the Bank requester,allowing you to add, change, edit, or deletecommand buttons and button banks. You canalso edit individual custom command buttonsby pressing and holding the left keyand clicking on the desired button.To save any changes you make to the buttons,select the following menu item: Program Save Prefs ButtonsThis menu item removes any preferencesediting menus and redisplays the custommenus.This menu item displays the last importantmessage displayed in the message box at thebottom of the window. This includes bytecount, file fit, etc.This menu item displays additional help forthe last error to occur within SID.This menu item displays a requestercontaining program information such as theauthor's name and address, copyright notices,and the version number. In SID-Professional,you can also print the SID registration form.The requester opens with a few fireworks. Toavoid the delay the next time, click the leftmouse button when the requester is opening.Thank you for using SID. You can summon theSID on-line help system at any time bypressing the key. You can alsoreceive help on buttons and menus by pressingand holding the key and selecting theitem with the mouse.Directory Displays------------------There are two "displays" in which directoriescan be loaded in the SID window. When youload a directory, SID creates an "entry" inmemory for every file and subdirectory inthe directory. Each entry containsinformation about the file such as name, dateand time created or last modified, protectionbits, filenote, etc. These entries aregathered together into a directory "list" andpresented in one of the displays.SID stores these lists in memory even afteryou replace them with new directory lists.That way, if you reload one of thedirectories SID previously loaded, it willappear instantly instead of reading it offdisk again. As with everything in SID2, youcan configure how many directory lists youwant SID to save.One of the two displays is always consideredthe "active" or "source" display. This isthe directory on which commands are executed.The other display is considered "inactive" orthe "destination" display, because when filesare copied from one directory to the other,they are always copied from the sourcedisplay to the destination display. With theinitial 3-D color configuration, the activedisplay appears outdented, while the sourcedisplay appears indented. You can make adisplay the active display by clicking theleft or right mouse button while the pointeris in that display.Loading Directories-------------------Above each display is a "path field"containing the full name of the directorycurrently loaded in that display. Click theleft mouse button in the path field to movethe cursor there, and type the name of thedirectory you want to load.You can also load a directories with one ofthe buttons at the bottom of the window. Thebutton named "VOL" displays all volumes andassignments on your system. The button named"DEV" displays all drives in your system.You can load the directory corresponding toone of these by double-clicking the leftmouse button while the mouse pointer is overthe name of the directory.Selecting Entries-----------------Most commands operate on entries in theactive display which have been selected. Toselect an entry, simply click the left mousebutton once while the mouse pointer ispositioned over that entry. Click on theentry again to unselect it. Selected entriesappear highlighted.You can select many entries at once byholding down the left mouse button whiledragging the pointer over the desiredentries. The list will scroll when you reachthe top or bottom edge.Files and directories appear as differentcolors in the directory displays andmatch the colors of the "Files" and "Dirs"text in the message box located at the bottomof the window. Before "Files" and "Dirs" aretwo sets of numbers, such as "001/045 Files".In this example, there are 45 files in thislist and 1 file is currently selected.A lowercase 'f' in "files" means there arehidden files; a lowercase 'd' in "dirs"indicates hidden directories; a lowercase 'f'in "free" indicates you stopped the adirectory load in progress and only a partialdirectory list is shown. An asterik after"Free*" indicates the directory list was onethat SID saved in memory and did not have tore-read from disk. An exclamation pointafter "Free!" indicates the saved directoryhas been modified since SID read it fromdisk. You may want to click on the "DIR"button to reload it.Scrolling---------Notice that SID also has right mouse buttonscrolling. When you click and hold the rightmouse button over ANY list in SID, the listwill scroll up if the pointer is in the tophalf of the list, and down if the pointer isin the bottom half of the list. Thescrolling is variable-speed, meaning that itslows down as the pointer approaches thecenter of the list.Window Features---------------Let's start in the title bar at the top ofthe window. The button in the upper leftcorner is the "close button". Clicking onthat will end the program. The buttonlabelled "SID by Timm Martin" is the dragbutton which you can use to drag the windowaround.Next are the F/O/R/M/S buttons. Press andhold the key while clicking on themfor more information.Next is the left arrow which copies thedirectory list in the right display to theleft display. The middle set of arrows swapsboth lists in the two displays. The rightarrow copies the directory list in the leftdisplay to the right display.You can use the button with the clock also tomove the SID window. The next button to theright is the shrink button which shrinks SIDto a small title bar on the Workbench screen.Then there are one or two (in Workbench v2.xand 1.3 respectively) window deptharrangement buttons to rearrange the positionof the SID window.Below the title bar are the two path fieldsand a large arrow in the center. The arrowindicates which display is active; it pointsto the destination list and represents whichdirection files move when copied. When youclick on the arrow, it becomes a differentcolor to indicate that it's activated. Whenactivated, every time you double click on adirectory, it loads in the destinationdisplay. This is very handy when exploring alarge number of subdirectories. There areother uses for the center arrow: press andhold the key and click on the arrowfor more information.To the left of the left path field and theright of the right path field are "invisiblebuttons" that reload the previous directoryin the corresponding display.Below the path fields of course are thedirectory displays. In the center of thewindow are sliders and up and down arrowbuttons which scroll the directory lists. Tothe left of the left display and to the rightof the right display are two more invisiblebuttons. Clicking on these will load theparent of the directory in the correspondingdisplay, if any exists.Below the directory displays is a bank of"command buttons." Most of these buttonsoperate on selected entries in the activedisplay. If you're not sure what a buttondoes, do the ol' CTRL+click routine todisplay its on-line help.Because there are more commands in SID thanroom for buttons to execute them, SIDmaintains multiple button banks. To displayadditional banks, simply click the rightmouse button over the bank, or click the leftmouse button on invisible buttons to the leftand right of the bank. Actually, clicking onthe left side of the bank will scrollbackward through the button banks, andclicking on the right side will scrollforward. But since there are initially onlytwo button banks, it doesn't really matteron which side you click. Just remember thatyou can add as many banks as you wish, andcan even add and delete rows and columns ofbuttons.When first configured, there are four rows often buttons each. You'll notice that the toprow actually contains twenty buttons. Theseare called "half-size" buttons. Clicking onthe half-size buttons will execute thecommand on the selected entries in thedisplay under which the half-size button issituated. Clicking on a full-size buttonwill execute the command on selected entriesin the active display.Below the command buttons is the message box.As named, this is where SID displays mostmessages. It also contains information aboutthe current directories as mentioned earlier.Clicking the left mouse button in the messagebox will display a requester allowing you tochange the format, sort order, and list orderof the entries in the corresponding display.You can also click the right mouse button inthe message box to change the entry formatand display the file size, date/time,protection bits, filenote, and filedescription.To the left and right of the message box isanother set of invisible buttons. Thesebuttons reselect entries which were selectedbefore you ran the previous command.99.94% Configurable-------------------One of the nice things about SID2 is thatit's fully configurable. You adjusteverything to your liking and save theconfiguration so that SID appears exactly thesame the next time you run it. SID saves theconfiguration information in seven differentpreferences files: Buttons These are the command buttons at the bottom of the SID window. You can configure the number of button banks, which is limited only by memory (believe me, you can have thousands!!), and the number of button rows and columns, which is limited only by the window size. You can also configure the name, text and background color, and command of each button. Colors You can set the color of literally everything within SID. Descriptions File descriptions describe what files are, for example, IFF pictures, ASCII text files, 8SVX music files, etc. File descriptions can be tied to buttons such that when you double click on a file, it automatically executes the command associated with that button. You currently cannot edit file descriptions (this will likely be added to a future release). Fonts All of the fonts in SID are editable! Layout Believe it or not, you can specify how fat the directory list sliders should be, how tall the up/down arrow buttons should be, how much space there should be above and below the command button text, etc. Menus Although SID has three fixed menus which remain permanently, you can as many custom menus as can fit in the window. These custom menus can have items, submenus, and subitems. The custom menus are used to run programs external to SID and do not operate on directory entries. This will likely change in a future release. Configuration This is the catch-all for everything that doesn't fit in any of the above preferences files.Before we talk about editing and savingpreferences, we need to talk aboutversions...Versions--------There are three different versions of SID: Professional For use by registered users only, SID- Professional has full preferences editing and saving. This version has the full name and address of the registered user encoded in the program to discourage illegal distribution. Personal This is similar to the Professional version except that it does not have preferences editing or saving; of course, this also considerably reduces the size of the program. If you run tight on memory, use this version after configuring SID to your liking. Trial This version is distributable (with some restrictions). Although it's fully functional like SID-Professional, it does not save user preferences, which will hopefully encourage frequent SID users to send in their registration fee.Editing Preferences-------------------That said, you now know that you can onlyedit preferences from within SID-Professionalor SID-Trial. To edit preferences, selectthe preference that you want to edit from the"Edit Prefs" submenu in the "Program" menu.When you select "Colors," "Configuration,""Fonts," or "Layout" from the menu, anotherset of menus will appear, replacing thecustom menus (if any). If you select"Buttons" or "Menus," a requester appears.You can also edit individual command buttonsor menu items by pressing and holding theleft key and selecting the button ormenu.Saving Preferences------------------Once you have configured SID to the way youlike it, you'll probably want to save thepreferences so that your configuration willbe there the next time you run SID. You canonly save preferences from within SID-Professional. To do so, select thepreference file you want to save from the"Save Prefs" submenu in the "Program" menu.Well, I hope this is enough information toget you started. Remember, when in doubt,press or use the CTRL+click method.Use this menu to select the number of colorsfor the SID custom or interlace screens.This does not affect SID when the window isopened on the Workbench screen.The window and custom screen requiresapproximately the following amount of memory: Screen Window Colors Memory ------ ------- ------ ------ Workbench 640x200 4 Workbench 640x400 4 Custom 640x200 4 26K Custom 640x200 8 48K Custom 640x200 16 69K Interlace 640x400 4 58K Interlace 640x400 8 96K Interlace 640x400 16 134KSelect this menu item to open the SID windowon its own custom interlace screen. Advantage: - displays more files Disadvantages: - requires more memory - can produce annoying flickerInterlace screens can display twice as muchinformation vertically than regular non-interlaced screens because the Amiga doublesthe number of scan lines with a hardwaretrick. While a normal screen requires asingle pass to draw all of the scan lines, aninterlace screen requires two passes: all ofthe odd scan lines are drawn on the firstpast (line 1, 3, 5, etc.), then all of theeven lines are drawn on the second pass (line2, 4, 6, etc.)With U.S. current, the Amiga draws the screenimage sixty times per second. Because aninterlace screen requires two refreshes perimage, the image is only drawn thirty timesper second. The human eye can detect thefading of the image before it is refreshed,and therefore interlace screens can produce aflicker that is annoying to many people.The Amiga 3000 eliminates the flicker with aspecial graphics chip. There are also third-party products that do the same.To save this setting, select the followingmenu item in SID-Professional: Program Save Prefs LayoutSelect this menu item to open SID on its ownnon-interlaced custom screen. You might wantto move the SID window off the Workbenchscreen to reduce clutter, or if you want tosetup your own color scheme or use eight or16 colors. Opening SID on its own customscreen requires more memory, however.To save this setting, select the followingmenu item in SID-Professional: Program Save Prefs LayoutSelect this menu item to open the SID on theWorkbench screen. The SID window inheritsthe number of colors and color selection ofthe Workbench screen. This saves memorycompared to opening SID on its own customscreen.To save this setting, select the followingmenu item in SID-Professional: Program Save Prefs LayoutSelect this menu item to manually adjust thesize of the SID window. Whereas the"Maximum" menu option always opens the SIDwindow as large as possible, "Specify" allowsyou to size the SID window exactly as you seefit.A sizing button appears in the lower rightcorner of the window. Click and hold theleft mouse button, then drag the corner tosize the window as desired, releasing themouse button when finished.To save the size and position of the SIDwindow, select the following menu item inSID-Professional: Program Save Prefs LayoutSelect this menu item to open the SID windowas large as possible for the current screen.The window may not necessarily fill theentire screen vertically, as SID will openonly as large as necessary to accommodate asmany directory entries as possible.You can specify whether you want the customscreen title bar to be covered with thefollowing menu item (in SID-Professional): Program Edit Prefs LayoutAnother set of menus will appear. Thenselect: Layout Screen Title Bar Expose CoverTo save the size and position of the SIDwindow, select the following menu item inSID-Professional: Program Save Prefs LayoutSelect this menu item to shrink the SIDwindow to just a small title bar on theWorkbench screen. You can also accomplishthis by clicking on the "shrink" button inthe top right corner of the SID window.If you want SID to open as a shrink windowwhen the program first begins, select thefollowing menu item in SID-Professional: Program Edit Prefs ConfigurationAnother set of menus will appear. Thenselect: Run/Quit Initial Window Full x ShrunkThis flag specifies whether SID shouldinterrupt a command if an error occurs anddisplay the Error requester. The Errorrequester gives you the option to retry theproblem file or directory, skip the file,display further information about the error,or end the command.To save this option, select the followingmenu item in SID-Professional: Program Save Prefs ConfigurationThis flag specifies whether SID should createan icon for each directory you create withthe MAKEDIR command button. This icon allowsyou to access the directory from Workbench.To save this option, select the followingmenu item in SID-Professional: Program Save Prefs ConfigurationSpecify which icon file to copy withthe following menu item in SID-Professional: Program Edit Prefs ConfigurationA new set of menus will appear. Then select: Cmds Make Directory IconIcons created with directories will have thesame characteristics as the icon you specify(including image, icon type, protection bits,etc).This flag specifies where programs run fromSID open their windows. This is the default;you can override this option with each menuand command button. Workbench Screen Programs run from SID open their windows on the Workbench screen. If SID is sitting on its own custom screen, this can be a hassle as you would have to toggle back and forth between screens to see the programs you run. Custom Screen Programs run from SID open their windows on the SID custom screen. This is handy, but remember that the program must end before the custom screen can close.Note that this has no effect on programswhich open their own custom screen.To save this option, select the followingmenu item in SID-Professional: Program Save Prefs ConfigurationThis flag specifies whether to show or hidehidden files in the directory lists.Hidden files (and directories) are thosefiles which have the "H" hidden protectionbit set. This bit is optional, meaning thatnot all programs honor it. In SID, you havethe option of displaying or hiding files withthe hidden bit set.You may want to hide .info icon files tounclutter directories. To do this, selectthe desired files and click on the SETcommand button.You can tell when a directory has hiddenfiles because the "f" in "Files" in themessage box at the bottom of the window islowercase. By the same token, the "d" in"Dirs" is lowercase when there are hiddendirectories.If there are currently hidden files in thecurrent directory and you select "Show" todisplay them, you must reload the directorywith the DIR command button to see them.To save this option, select the followingmenu item in SID-Professional: Program Save Prefs ConfigurationThis flag specifies whether SID should verifythat you want to load the directory of aninserted diskette. It works in conjunctionwith the "Diskette" item in the "Flags" menu.If that menu item is set to "Auto Load" or"Load & Switch": No Verify SID loads the root directory of the inseted diskette. Verify SID displays a requester with the name, date, and size of the inserted diskette. You have the option to load its root directory in either display or ignore it.To save this option, select the followingmenu item in SID-Professional: Program Save Prefs ConfigurationThis flag specifies whether SID should loadthe root directory of inserted diskettes: Ignore SID ignores inserted diskettes. Auto Load SID automatically loads the root directory of inserted diskettes in the active display. Load & Switch SID automatically loads the root directory of inserted diskettes in the active display, then makes the other display active. This is handy when inserting many diskettes.You can also have SID verify that you want toload the diskette directory with thefollowing menu item: Flags Diskette Verify No Verify x VerifyTo save this option, select the followingmenu item in SID-Professional: Program Save Prefs ConfigurationThis flag specifies whether you want toverify the deletion of each selecteddirectory: No Verify Deletes selected directories without verification. Verify Displays a requester before deleting each directory to verify that you want to delete that directory.The verification requester appears ONLYif the selected directory has files orsubdirectories. If the directory is empty,it will be deleted without verification.This flag specifies whether you want toverify the deletion of selected files anddirectories when you click on the DELETEcommand button: No Verify Begins deleting the selected files and directories immediately after you click on the DELETE command button. Verify Displays a requester verifying that you want to delete the selected files and directories. This is definitely the preferred option unless you are perfect.A checkmark appears next to the selectedoption. To make your selection permanent,select the "Program - Save Prefs -Configuration" menu item.This flag specifies when you will be warnedif moving or copying a file that alreadyexists in the destination directory: No Verify Never warn you. Old over New - skip If the selected file already exists in the destination directory and is newer than the source file, do not copy or move that file. Old over New - verify If the selected file already exists in the destination directory and is newer than the source file, display a requester verifying that you want to replace the newer destination file with the older source file. Same Name - skip If the selected file already exists in the destination directory, do not copy or move that file. Same Name - verify If the selected file already exists in the destination directory, display a requester verifying that you want to replace the destination file with the source file.A checkmark appears next to the selectedoption. To make your selection permanent,select the "Program - Save Prefs -Configuration" menu item.This flag specifies whether the file date iscopied with files: New Date Stamps copied or moved files with the current date and time. Preserve Date Transfers the file's date and time with the file. With this method, the file date represents when the file was created or last modified.A checkmark appears next to the selectedoption. To make your selection permanent,select the "Program - Save Prefs -Configuration" menu item.This flag specifies whether to copy or clearthe archive bit. Clear Bit Clears the archive bit when copying or moving files. Many backup programs have the option to backup only those files with the archive bit cleared (which indicates the file is new or has been modified since the last backup). Thus, clearing the archive bit marks the copied or moved files for backup. Copy Bit Copies the source file's archive bit.A checkmark appears next to the selectedoption. To make your selection permanent,select the "Program - Save Prefs -Configuration" menu item.This flag specifies how to count bytes withthe BYTES command button:Actual Displays the actual number of bytes, calculated by summing the size of each selected file. The directories themselves are ignored, but the files within selected directories are added to the count.Occupied Displays the number of bytes the selected files and directories occupy on disk. This takes into account the blocking factor of the disk (the number of bytes that can fit into each block). This will be larger than the "Actual" figure because: 1) each file requires one block for its directory header, 2) each file requires a whole number of blocks even though it may not entirely fill up the last block, and 3) each directory requires one block for its entry. This figure may not be exact because sometimes an extra block is required for additional directory hash tables.A checkmark appears next to the selectedoption. To make your selection permanent,select the "Program - Save Prefs -Configuration" menu item.This is a custom menu item that allows you torun external programs. To edit the command,activate the "R" button in the window titlebar. To edit the menu item, its name,colors, command line and flags, press andhold the left key and select the menuitem.The MOVEAS command allows you to rename filesand directories while you move them. Enter anew file name, or simply press the key to use the same name.To skip moving this file, click on the NEXTbutton. To quit moving all files, click onthe STOP button.To receive help on the Input requesteritself, click OK to exit the Help requester,then press while in the Input requester.Enter the path name where the SID preferencesfiles you want to load are located. If youwant SID to always load preferences filesfrom this directory, save the path with thefollowing menu item in SID-Professional: Program Save Prefs PathTo receive help on the Input requesteritself, click OK to exit the Help requester,then press while in the Input requester.SID could not load the specified preferencesfile. You can either RETRY to the load thefile, SKIP IT and load the next file, or STOPloading the files.Enter the full name and path of the specifiedpreferences file. This requester appearedbecause the "R" requester button in thewindow title bar is active.The specified preferences file has beenmodified. You have three options: SAVE CHANGES Save the changes to the default preferences file and continue to exit. IGNORE CHANGES Ignore the perferences changes and continue to exit. Any changes you made will be lost. RETURN TO SID Return to SID so you can save the preferences. You may want to do this if you are unsure what you changed and you want to check, or if you want to save the preferences somewhere else than the default file.To prevent these verification requesters fromappearing, select the following menu item inSID-Professional: Program Edit Prefs ConfigurationA new set of menus appear. Then select: Run/Quit Change Preferences Ignore x WarnEnter the path name where you want to savethe SID preferences files. The directorymust already exist.If you want SID to always save and loadpreferences files from this directory, savethe path with the following menu item in SID-Professional: Program Save Prefs PathTo receive help on the Input requesteritself, click OK to exit the Help requester,then press while in the Input requester.Enter the full name and path of the specifiedpreferences file. This requester appearedbecause the "R" requester button in thewindow title bar is active. This allows youto save the preferences in a different fileother than the default.Click on the READY button when your printeris ready to print the SID2 registration form.If you decide not to print the form, click onthe CANCEL button.This requester contains the basic informationabout SID2. Remember that SID2 is shareware.I invested thousands of hours of personaltime in creating this, so if you like thisprogram and intend to use it, please send inyour registration fee. You can print aregistration form by clicking on the (youguessed it!) PRINT REGISTRATION FORM button.This requester also contains the versionnumber and version type (Professional,Personal, or Trial).The Professional version is fully functional,allowing you to edit and save yourpreferences. It is encoded with your fullname and address to discourage illegaldistribution. You can display thatinformation by selecting "Registration" fromthe "Program" menu.The Trial version is similar to theProfessional version except that it doesn'tsave preferences. This should encourageusers to register if they intend to use SIDfrequently.The Personal version is fully functionalexcept that it does not edit or savepreferences. This also reduces the size,which makes it attractive to people who aretight on memory.When this requester first opened, there was alengthy spiral introduction. This willappear when you close the requester as well.To prevent this intro in the future, clickthe left mouse button when the requesterbegins to open.This requester sets the protection bits forthe specified file or directory.To accept the bit setting, click on thePROTECT button. Click on PREVIOUS to skipthis file and set the protection for theprevious file; click on NEXT to skip thisfile and set the protection for the nextfile; and click on STOP to cancel thiscommand.The "New" box in the bottom left cornerindicates the protection bit setting you haveselected. Each letter indicates thecorresponding bit is set: H - Hidden S - Script P - Pure A - Archived R - Readable W - Writable E - Executable D - DeletableA dash indicates the bit is cleared.The "Old" button in the bottom right cornershows the current state of the protectionbits. Click on this button to reset the bitsto their original state.Click on the box next to the name of theprotection bit to set or clear it. Acheckmark in the box indicates the bit isset. You can set or clear all bits with thecheck and empty buttons in the center of therequester. You can also click and drag themouse to set or clear multiple bits, justlike you select directory entries.Here's what the bits mean: Hidden The file should not be displayed in directory lists. This bit is voluntary, meaning that programs do not have to honor it (it isn't enforced by the operating system like in MS-DOS). In SID, you can either display or hide hidden files. See the "Flags - Hidden Files" menu item. Script Batch files with the script bit set can be run as programs without using the AmigaDOS "Execute" command. Pure This bit indicates the program can be made resident. Each time a normal program is run, the entire program is loaded off disk into memory and executed. Resident programs, on the other hand, reside in memory and can be called many times using the same set of code. This reduces run time since the program is already in memory, and reduces memory consumption since only one copy of the program is used. Archived When a backup program saves a file, it sets that file's archive bit. If that file is modified, the archive bit is cleared, indicating that it needs to be backed up again. Readable This bit indicates whether the file is readable. This is not supported or enforced by the system. Writable This bit indicates whether the file is writable, meaning you can modify it. This, too, is not supported or enforced by the system. Executable This bit indicates whether the file is a program and can be executed. Deletable If cleared, you cannot delete the file or directory. SID allows you to get around this by telling you the file is protected from deletion and asking if you want to delete it anyway.This requester sets the protection bits forall selected files at once. This includesall files contained in selected directories.To accept the bit setting, click on the SETbutton. Click on CANCEL to ignore this bitsetting.The "New" box in the bottom left cornerindicates the protection bit setting you haveselected. Each letter indicates thecorresponding bit is set: H - Hidden S - Script P - Pure A - Archived R - Readable W - Writable E - Executable D - DeletableA dash indicates the bit is cleared. Anasterik means that bit should be ignored.The "Old" button in the bottom right cornershows the current state of the protectionbits. Click on this button to reset the bitsto their original state.Click on the box next to the name of theprotection bit to set, clear, or ignore it.A checkmark in the box indicates the bit isto be set for all selected files; an asterikmeans that bit should be ignored; a blank boxmeans that bit should be cleared.You can set, ignore, or clear all bits withthe check, asterik, and empty buttons in thecenter of the requester. You can also clickand drag the mouse to set or clear multiplebits, just like you select directory entries.Here's what the bits mean: Hidden The file should not be displayed in directory lists. This bit is voluntary, meaning that programs do not have to honor it (it isn't enforced by the operating system like in MS-DOS). In SID, you can either display or hide hidden files. See the "Flags - Hidden Files" menu item. Script Batch files with the script bit set can be run as programs without using the AmigaDOS "Execute" command. Pure This bit indicates the program can be made resident. Each time a normal program is run, the entire program is loaded off disk into memory and executed. Resident programs, on the other hand, reside in memory and can be called many times using the same set of code. This reduces run time since the program is already in memory, and reduces memory consumption since only one copy of the program is used. Archived When a backup program saves a file, it sets that file's archive bit. If that file is modified, the archive bit is cleared, indicating that it needs to be backed up again. Readable This bit indicates whether the file is readable. This is not supported or enforced by the system. Writable This bit indicates whether the file is writable, meaning you can modify it. This, too, is not supported or enforced by the system. Executable This bit indicates whether the file is a program and can be executed. Deletable If cleared, you cannot delete the file or directory. SID allows you to get around this by telling you the file is protected from deletion and asking if you want to delete it anyway.This requester selects entries in the activelist based on their protection bit setting.To select the entries that match the bitsetting you specified, click on the SELECTbutton. Click on CANCEL to cancel thiscommand.The "New" box in the bottom left cornerindicates the protection bit setting you haveselected. Each letter indicates thecorresponding bit is set: H - Hidden S - Script P - Pure A - Archived R - Readable W - Writable E - Executable D - DeletableA dash indicates the bit is cleared. Anasterik indicates that bit should be ignoredin the selection.The "Old" button in the bottom right cornershows the original state of the protectionbits. Click on this button to reset the bitsto their original state.Click on the box next to the name of theprotection bit to set, clear, or ignore it.A checkmark in the box indicates the entryshould be selected if that protection bit isset; a blank box means the entry should beselected if that bit is cleared; an asterikmeans that bit should be ignored. A file'sprotection bits must match every set orcleared bit to be selected.You can set, ignore, or clear all bits withthe check, asterik, and empty buttons in thecenter of the requester. You can also clickand drag the mouse to set or clear multiplebits, just like you select directory entries.This menu item specifies the directory to beloaded in the left display automatically eachtime you begin the program.This flag specifies whether SID should ignoreor process right mouse button clicks: Scrolling SID intercepts right mouse button (RMB) clicks BELOW the path fields (all clicks at or above the path fields are interpreted as menu selections). With this option, clicking the RMB in a file display scrolls the directory list; clicking the RMB over the command button bank flips the bank (left side to flip backward, right side to flip forward); clicking in the message box changes the entry format. Only Menus SID ignores all right mouse button clicks. The Amiga then interprets these as menu selections. This option is handy if you use a pop-up menu program.This menu item frees all extra memory used bySID's memory manager. Use this option,together with the "Free Dirs" option in the"Program" menu to free memory when you arerunning short.SID has an internal memory manager thatallocates memory for menus, button banks, andrequesters all on the fly. For example, thememory for all of the buttons and field in arequester are not allocated until you openthat requester. Once you close therequester, the memory remains allocated incase you open it again (because there is avery slight delay when allocating memory fora requester). To free this memory, justselect the "Free Memory" item.Click on this button to make the requester goaway!This requester contains your full name andaddress to indicate this copy of the programis registered to you. Please do notdistribute SID-Professional to others. Aswith commercial programs, distribution toothers is illegal. Because your name isencoded both visibly and invisibly, illegalcopies can be easily traced.To prevent dishonest people from attemptingto remove their name from the program, SIDperforms over two dozen verifications. Theseverifications will change with each version,so hopefully it won't be worth the effort todisassmble the program, as this effort wouldbe required with every release.I apologizing for having to go to suchextremes to encourage sharewarecontributions, but rumor has it that only 1in 50 SID v1.06 users sent in a contribution.As an honest person, I hope you see this asan effort to protect thousands of hours ofhard work and promote the continueddevelopment of quality Amiga software. Thereare many other programs that the Amiga badlyneeds, and I would like to create as many ofthose as I can.This menu item displays a requester with yourfull name and address to discouragedistribution. Please remember that SID-Professional is for use by registered usersonly, and use by others constitutes theft.Someone has tampered with the registrationinformation, which includes your full nameand address.To encourage shareware contributions (rumorhas it that only 1 in 50 SID v1.06 users sentin a shareware contribution), I've encodedyour full name and address in SID-Professional. You can view this by selectingthe following menu item: Program RegistrationWith this information encoded both visiblyand invisibly within SID, people are lesslikely to distribute SID-Professional toothers.To prevent dishonest people from attemptingto remove their name from the program, SIDperforms over two dozen verifications. Theseverifications will change with each version,so hopefully it won't be worth the effort todisassmble the program, as this effort wouldbe required with every release.This requester appears as the first warningthat SID has been tampered with. Subsequentwarnings are not as pleasant.This menu item edits the name of the pathwhere the SID preferences files are stored.Normally, SID stores its preferences files inthe s: directory, but you can specify anotherdirectory if s: is filling up (as it quicklydoes).If you specify another directory, SID createsa "SID2.path" file in the s: directory thatspecifies where to find the preferencesfiles. To save the path, select thefollowing menu item: Program Save Prefs PathThis menu item loads the path where the SIDpreferences files are stored. SID storesthis information in the "SID2.path" filelocated in your s: directory. If that filedoes not exist, SID assumes you want to storethe preferences files in s:.This menu item saves the path where SIDstores its preferences files. SID assumesthe preferences files are stored in s:, butif you want to store them somewhere else, SIDcreates a "SID2.path" file in s: containingthe name of the directory in which thepreferences files are stored.Enter the full path name where you want tostore the SID preferences files.A trailing colon is required, but not atrailing slash. For example, WB: RAM: Work: S: ... are OK WB RAM Work S ... are not WB:s/ Work:prefs/ ... are OK WB:s Work:prefs ... are also OKTo save the preferences path, select thefollowing menu item: Program Save Prefs PathTo receive help on the Input requesteritself, click OK to exit the Help requester,then press while in the Input requester.The Input requester required input and youdid not provide any.The specified file or directory is protectedfrom deletion. You can clear the deleteprotection bit with the PROTECT or SETcommand buttons.You can also have SID prompt you to deleteprotected files anyway without having toclear the protection bit: in SID-Professional, select the "Program - EditPrefs - Configuration" menu item. Thenselect the "Cmds - Delete Protected - Yes"menu item.The volume name you specified does not exist.Use the DEVS, VOLS, or DRIVES command buttonsto display a list of available volumes.The directory is not empty, and thereforecannot be deleted. Verify that all files andsubdirectories have been removed from thisdirectory.The directory does not exist. Click on theDIR command button to reload the currentdirectory and verify it still exists.The diskette or hard disk volume is full.The diskette or hard disk volume is notvalidated. If you just inserted thediskette, the disk validation process may notbe finished. Also, the volume may becorrupt.The diskette is write-protected. Flip thewrite-protect tab on the back of the disketteso that you cannot see through the squarehole.The file format is invalid.The file or directory name is incorrect.A file name can have up to 30 characters,where each character is a printing characterexcluding the slash '/' and the colon ':'.You may also want to avoid AmigaDOS wildcardcharacters such as: # - pound sign ? - question mark % - percent sign () - parentheses ' - apostropheThe last value you entered was incorrect forsome reason. "Can you be any more vague?"The filenote has exceeded the maximum numberof characters (79).The specified diskette is not an AmigaDOSdisk. Either it has not been formatted, itis a diskette with a foreign format (such asMacintosh, MS-DOS, or Quarterback), or it iscorrupt.There is no diskette in the specified drive.The previous button required selecteddirectory entries on which to operate.Select some entries.There currently is another window open on theSID custom screen. The screen cannot closeif there are any other windows open on it(other than the SID window).Click on the QUIT button if you have closedall other windows. Click on the RETURN TOSID button if you don't want to quit at thistime.Click on YES to end SID. Click on NO toreturn to SID.To prevent this requester from appearing,select the following menu item in SID-Professional: Program Edit Prefs ConfigurationAnother set of menus will appear. Thenselect: Run/Quit Quit x No Verify VerifyEnter a word or phrase, and SID will searchall selected files and files in selecteddirectories for that word.If SID finds a file that contains thespecified search text, it displays arequester with the file's information. Youthen have the option to view the file (ifpossible), load the directory containing thefile, continue the search, or stop the search.The search is case INsensitive, meaning upperand lower case letters are the same.To receive help on the Input requesteritself, click OK to exit the Help requester,then press while in the Input requester.The Stop requester appears each time you runa command that operates on selected entriesin the directory displays.Click on the STOP button to stop the commandin progress. Click on the PAUSE button topause the command in progress, and thenRESUME to continue where it left off.The Stop requester also displays a progressbar to show you how many of the selectedentries have been operated on while thecommand is running. Note that this does nottake into account files and subdirectoriescontained within the selected directories.If you have an older Amiga, you can improveSID performance by preventing the Stoprequester from opening. Select the followingmenu item in SID-Professional: Program Edit Prefs ConfigurationAnother set of menus will appear. Thenselect: Cmds Stop Requester x No YesNote that even if the Stop requester doesn'topen, you can halt a command in progress bypressing the key.Enter the device where you want to copy theselected files. This can be any validAmigaDOS device, such as PAR:, PRT:, SER:,AUX:, PIPE:, etc.To receive help on the Input requesteritself, click OK to exit the Help requester,then press while in the Input requester.Enter an AmigaDOS command to be executed. Ifyou want to see the output of the command,activate the "O" output button in the windowtitle bar.You can enter any valid command that youcould type in a CLI, such as ASSIGN, JOIN,etc.To receive help on the Input requesteritself, click OK to exit the Help requester,then press while in the Input requester.Enter the command used to open the new CLIwindow. It takes the following format: command arguments"command" is the AmigaDOS command used toopen the CLI window, for example: c:newcli newshell"arguments" are the command-line argumentsused by the NewCLI command. Arguments forAmigaDOS's "newcli" and "newshell" followthis format: device:x/y/width/height/title/optionswhere device is a valid AmigaDOS device such as CON: and NEWCON: x is the horizontal pixel position of the left edge of the CLI window y is the vertical pixel position of the top edge of the CLI window width is the CLI window width in pixels height is the CLI window height in pixels title is the name to appear in the CLI window title bar; note that if the title contains blank spaces, you must include the entire argument in quotes (see examples below) options available under WB 2.x only, these are keywords which further customize the CLI window; they can appear in any order separated by slashes; the one that may apply to this command is CLOSE, which puts a close button in the CLI windowTo save the NEWCLI command, select thefollowing menu item: Program Save Prefs ConfigurationEnter the parameters to be used by thespecified program.This requester appeared because you activatedthe "R" requester button in the window titlebar. To receive help on the Input requesteritself, click OK to exit the Help requester,then press while in the Input requester.Enter the parameters to be used by thespecified batch file.This requester appeared because you activatedthe "R" requester button in the window titlebar. To receive help on the Input requesteritself, click OK to exit the Help requester,then press while in the Input requester.Enter the new name of the specified volume.The name can be up to 30 characters long andcontain any printing character except theslash and colon.To receive help on the Input requesteritself, click OK to exit the Help requester,then press while in the Input requester.Use this requester to change the colors inthe palette for the current custom screen.If the SID window opened on the Workbenchscreen, you will be unable to adjust thecolors.You can change the number of colors in thecustom screen with the following menu item: Display ColorsThe three sliders represent the Red, Green,and Blue components of each color. These canhave an intensity value between zero (none)and fifteen (full), which are shown ashexadecimal digits to the right of the slider(0 through 9, then A through F to represent10 through 15).To save the color changes you make, selectthe following menu item in SID-Professional: Program Save Prefs ColorsThis requester adjusts the color of thecustom screen title bar (and ultimately, mostwindows which will open on the SID customscreen).To save the color changes you make, selectthe following menu item in SID-Professional: Program Save Prefs ColorsThis requester adjusts the SID shrink windowcolors: SID the name "SID" Clock clock and memory meter Button Detail detail inside the close, expand, and depth buttons Light Border top and left edges of all buttons Shadow Border bottom and right edges of all buttons Background background behind title barClick on the close, expand, and depth buttonto see how these buttons are highlighted whenyou click on them.If the SID window is sitting on its owncustom screen, the shrink window as shown inthe preview box may not appear the same onthe Workbench screen.To save the color changes you make, selectthe following menu item in SID-Professional: Program Save Prefs ColorsThis requester adjusts the colors of theshrink window menus. You cannot adjust themenu item text color because SID uses thetext color from the full window menus.Click on the title and menu items to see howthese are highlighted when you click on them.To save the color changes you make, selectthe following menu item in SID-Professional: Program Save Prefs ColorsThis requester adjusts the colors of theborder around the full window.To save the color changes you make, selectthe following menu item in SID-Professional: Program Save Prefs ColorsThis requester adjusts the colors of the fullwindow menus. You can also adjust thetext color of each individual menu item byediting those items.Note that these colors also affect the filedisplay sliders (sorry, that's a product ofthe Amiga graphics system): Background ... slider body Text ......... slider body when clicked on Titles ....... slider backgroundClick on the title and menu items to see howthese are highlighted when you click on them.To save the color changes you make, selectthe following menu item in SID-Professional: Program Save Prefs ColorsThis requester adjusts the colors of the fullwindow title bar: F/O/R/M/S Text "F" "O" "R" "M" and "S" button text, plus the "SID by Timm Martin" text Clock Text clock and memory meter text Button Detail detail in close, shrink, and depth buttons Swap Arrows left, swap, and right arrows Light Border top and left edges of all buttons Shadow Border bottom and right edges of all buttons Background background behind title barClick on the close, "F", and swap arrowbuttons to see how these buttons arehighlighted when you click on them.This requester adjusts the path field colors.To save the color changes you make, selectthe following menu item in SID-Professional: Program Save Prefs ColorsThis requester adjusts the center arrowcolors. Click on the arrow to see what itlooks like when activated.To save the color changes you make, selectthe following menu item in SID-Professional: Program Save Prefs ColorsThis requester adjusts the colors of the upand down file display buttons. Click on thebuttons to see the highlighting when youclick on them.The slider colors are determined by the fullwindow menus (believe it or not...this isdictated by the Amiga graphics system). Toedit the slider colors, select the followingmenu item: Colors Full Window MenuTo save the color changes you make, selectthe following menu item in SID-Professional: Program Save Prefs ColorsThis requester adjusts the color of theborders around the active and inactive filedisplays.To save the color changes you make, selectthe following menu item in SID-Professional: Program Save Prefs ColorsThis requester edits the directory entrycolors: Files unselected file names, plus the "xxx/xxx Files" text in the message box at the bottom of the SID window Directories unselected directory names, plus the "xxx/xxx Dirs" text in the message box Background file display box background color Selected Files selected file names Sel File Backgrnd background color of selected files Selected Dirs selected directory names Sel Dir Background background color of selected directoriesTo save the color changes you make, selectthe following menu item in SID-Professional: Program Save Prefs ColorsThis requester sets the command buttoncolors. You can also set the text andbackground color for each individual buttonin SID-Professional by editing the desiredbuttons.To save the color changes you make, selectthe following menu item in SID-Professional: Program Save Prefs ColorsThis requester edits the color of messageswhich appear in the message box at the bottomof the SID window: xxxK Free "xxxK Free" displayed for each directory Removed Disk when you remove a diskette, the disk information text ("Files", "Dirs", and "Free") is all set to this color to indicate the volume is no longer mounted No Directory "No Directory" when there isn't a directory list in the corresponding file display Message Text general message text Error Text error messages Light Border top and left borders Shadow Border bottom and right bordersTo save the color changes you make, selectthe following menu item in SID-Professional: Program Save Prefs ColorsThis requester edits the colors for inputrequesters. Input requesters require sometype of input from you and should be givencolors to grab your attention. These includethe following: Boolean, Button, Button Bank,Button Bank Format, Color, Date, Font,Format, Input, Key, Launch, Layout, ListDirectory, Menu, Menu Item, Multiple Command,Protection, and Submenu requesters.To save the color changes you make, selectthe following menu item in SID-Professional: Program Save Prefs ColorsThis requester edits the colors forinformation requesters. Informationrequesters just convey some information andcan be given neutral colors. These includethe following: Directory, Disk, FileInformation, Registration, and Stoprequesters.To save the color changes you make, selectthe following menu item in SID-Professional: Program Save Prefs ColorsThis requester edits error requester colors.There currently is only one error requester,and it should be given bold colors.To save the color changes you make, selectthe following menu item in SID-Professional: Program Save Prefs ColorsThis requester assigns qualifier keys to thefollowing actions: HELP display the corresponding help file SHOW KEY show the corresponding key-shortcut EDIT KEY edit the corresponding key-shortcut EDIT edit the corresponding button or menu itemYou must assign one of the followingqualifier keys to each of the aboveoperations: CTRL LEFT SHIFT LEFT ALT LEFT AMIGA RIGHT AMIGA RIGHT ALT RIGHT SHIFTClick an operation button on the left, thenclick the qualifier button you want to assignto that operation on the right.For example, if you want to be able to editkey shortcuts by pressing the right key, click the EDIT KEY button on the left,then click the RIGHT ALT button on the right.Notice a line is drawn between those twobuttons. If either button was previouslyconnected to something else, that connectionis broken.Click on OK when you are finished. Eachoperation must have a corresponding qualifierkey, or SID will display an error message.This menu item sets the qualifier keyspressed to display help files, edit buttonsand menus, and display and edit key shortcuts.The Bank requester edits the button banks.You can copy, move, swap, delete, and editcommand buttons; add and delete button banks;and edit the button bank formats by addingand deleting button rows and columns.In the center of the requester is the "buttonclipboard". SID copies command buttons youdelete to the clipboard. This includesbuttons that are replaced by copying otherbuttons over them, buttons which are deletedwhen you delete button banks, etc. Thebutton clipboard is freed when you end theprogram.The Button requester edits the selectedcommand button. You can specify the buttonname, text and background color, associatedcommand, key shortcut, and launch information(if appropriate).Changing the command will erase all of thelaunch settings for this command button.Click on CHANGE COMMAND to continue with thechange (you will lose any launch settings).Click on CANCEL to retain the settings.You ran out of memory and could not completethe previous command. To free memory fromwithin SID, select the following menu item: Program Free MemoryYou can also free the memory used bydirectory lists with the following menuitems: Program Free Directories All Current Previous SavedThe Launch requester edits launch informationfor the specified command button. The LAUNCHcommand executes programs external to SIDthat operate on selected files anddirectories.Cycle Buttons-------------There are a number of options for each launchcommand, as indicated by the cycle buttonsalong the left edge. Press and clickon each button to find out more about them.Input Fields------------There are three input fields: Participle This is the message displayed in the message box when SID operates on each entry. For example, if this button views files, you might want to specify "Viewing". SID will then display the message "Viewing filename" for each file it views. This field is required. Req Title This is the title of the Input requester and is required if you set the "Input Req" cycle button to "Before Command" or "Each Entry". Say something meaningful so you will know what to enter in the Input requester. For example, if this is an archive button, you may want to say "Enter the name of the archive:". Default Command This is the command line to be executed for this command button. There is an AmigaDOS limit of 255-characters, including insert text and file names. This field is required. If there are no multiple commands, or if a file does not correspond to a file type specified by one of the multiple commands, the Default Command is executed.To run the program in the background, precedethe command with "run". Note that you canexecute more than one command by separatingthe commands with a newline (press CTRL-N).For example, to change the stack size to 8000before running a program, you would type: stack 8000press CTRL-N, then enter the program to beexecuted.When SID executes a launch command, it grabsthe command line, appends the "insert text"if any, and adds the names of selected filesand directories.Insert Text-----------Insert text may be program arguments, flags,parameters, etc. For example, consider theARC launch button. If you wanted to archivea group of files from the CLI, you wouldtype: arc a archive file1 file2where: arc ....... name of program a ......... parameter to create archive archive ... name of archive to create file1 ..... file to be added to archive file2 ..... file to be added to archiveWithin SID, you wouldn't want to have to dealwith the entire command line. Instead, toarchive a file you would just want to specifythe name of the archive. To accomplish this,you would tell SID to ask for insert text(with the "Input Req" and "Req Text" cyclebuttons), then create a command line likethis: arc aSID automatically adds the insert text (thename of the archive you enter) to the end ofthe command line, then appends the selectedfile names after that.You can change where the insert text and filenames are added with %i and %f. For example: join %f as %ijoins all selected files into one file thatyou specify as insert text.File Names----------You can operate on selected entries one at atime or all at once (see the "Entries" cyclebutton). Normally the name of the selectedfile(s) and the entire path name is added tothe command line. However, if you make thedirectory in the active display the currentdirectory (with the "Change Dir" cyclebutton), only the names of the files areadded (the path is not needed).This menu item edits the directory containingthe SID help files. There are two files: SID2.HelpText Contains the actual help file text. SID2.HelpData Contains information enabling SID to quickly access help files.To reduce memory consumption, SID stores allhelp file information on disk and loads onlywhat's needed into memory on demand.The file or directory already exists. Notethat when creating or renaming a file ordirectory, you must specify a unique name.Select a file description from the list andenter the command line to be executed whenthis button operates on that type of file.Click on DELETE to delete the specifiedmultiple command. Click on CANCEL to keepit.Select DELETE to delete this button from theclipboard, and hence from SID. Allinformation will be lost.Select DELETE ALL to delete all of thebuttons in the clipboard. All the buttoninformation will be lost.Select CANCEL to cancel the delete operationand leave the button intact.Click on the DELETE button to delete thecurrent bank of command buttons. All commandbuttons in this bank are moved to the buttonclipboard, so nothing is really lost untilyou end the program. Click on CANCEL if youdecide to save the bank (it's not an S&L :)Click on the ADD BANK button to insert a bankof blank command buttons. You can add asmany button banks as memory permits.This requester sets the format of the commandbutton bank, allowing you to add or deleterows and columns of buttons, or switch thebuttons from half-size to full-size and vice-versa.Click on one of the buttons to set the mode.For example, clicking on the INSERT ROWbutton will put you in the mode to insert abutton row. Then just click where in thebutton bank you want to insert a row. SIDwill show you where the row would beinserted, then confirm that you want to add arow there.If you are done editing the button bankformat, click on the CANCEL button. Allchanges you have made so far will beaccepted. To save these changes, select thefollowing menu item: Program Save Prefs ButtonsClick on this button to show the previousbutton bank.SID groups command buttons in "banks" andstores them one after another in a list. Youcan navigate backward through this list byclicking on the SHOW PREVIOUS button, or byclicking the left mouse button to the left ofthe button bank, or by clicking the rightmouse button anywhere on the left side of thebutton bank.Click on this button to show the next buttonbank.SID groups command buttons in "banks" andstores them one after another in a list. Youcan navigate forward through this list byclicking on the SHOW NEXT button, or byclicking the left mouse button to the rightof the button bank, or by clicking the rightmouse button anywhere on the right side ofthe button bank.This button inserts a bank of blank commandbuttons before the bank currently shown. Youcan add as many banks as memory permits.This button inserts a bank of blank commandbuttons before the bank currently shown. Youcan add as many banks as memory permits.This button deletes the current commandbutton bank. All command buttons in thisbank are moved to the button clipboard, sonothing is really lost until you end theprogram. A requester appears to verify thatyou want to delete the current bank.This button displays another requester whichallows you to insert and delete rows andcolumns in the button banks. You can alsochange half-size buttons to full-size, andvice-versa.Click on the OK button when you are doneediting the button banks. There is no way tocancel any of the changes you have made thusfar, though you can reload the buttons fromthe original preferences file by selectingthe following menu item: Program Load Prefs ButtonsTo save the changes you have made, select: Program Save Prefs ButtonsClicking on the EDIT button activates it andputs you in edit mode. Each time you clickon a command button in a button bank or inthe button clipboard, the Button requesterappears, allowing you to edit that button.Click on the EDIT button again to deactivateit and exit the edit mode.Clicking on the COPY button activates it andputs you in copy mode. Then when you clickon a command button in a button bank or inthe button clipboard, a message appearsasking where you want to copy the selectedbutton. Click on another button, and thesource button will be copied to thatlocation. The command button currently inthat location will be saved in the buttonclipboard.To exit copy mode, or to cancel a copyoperation in progress, simply click on theCOPY mode button again.Clicking on the MOVE button activates it andputs you in move mode. Then when you clickon a command button in a button bank or inthe button clipboard, a message appearsasking where you want to move the selectedbutton. Click on another button, and thesource button will be moved to that location.The command button currently in that locationwill be saved to the button clipboard.To exit move mode, or to cancel a moveoperation in progress, simply click on theMOVE mode button again.Clicking on the SWAP button activates it andputs you in swap mode. Then when you clickon a command button in a button bank or inthe button clipboard, a message appearsasking which button do you want to swap itwith. Click on another button, and the twobuttons will swap position.To exit swap mode, or to cancel a swapoperation in progress, simply click on theSWAP mode button again.Clicking on the DELETE button activates itand puts you in delete mode. Then when youclick on a command button in a button bank,that button is deleted from the bank andsaved to the button clipboard. If you clickon a command button in the clipboard, thebutton is deleted forever, though SIDverifies that you want to do this.To exit delete mode, simply click on theDELETE mode button again.This operation displays help filescorresponding to buttons and menu items.This operation shows key shortcutscorresponding to buttons and menu items.This operation edits key shortcutscorresponding to command buttons and menuitems. Key shortcuts for requester buttonscannot be edited.This operation edits command buttons andcustom menu items. Requester buttons andfixed menu items cannot be edited.The key is located on the left edge ofthe keyboard below the key and to theleft of the key.The left key is located on the leftedge of the keyboard immediately to the leftof the key. Notice that SIDdifferentiates between the left and right keys for these operations.The left key is located in the bottomleft corner of the keyboard below the key. Notice that SID differentiates betweenthe left and right keys for theseoperations.The left key is located in the bottomrow of the keyboard immediately to the leftof the space bar. Notice that SIDdifferentiates between the left and right keys for these operations.The right key is located in thebottom row of the keyboard immediately to theright of the space bar. On some keyboards,this is known as the "right Commodore"button. Notice that SID differentiatesbetween the right and left keys forthese operations.The right key is located in the bottomrow of the keyboard below the right key. Notice that SID differentiates betweenthe right and left keys for theseoperations.The right key is located on the rightside of the keyboard immediately to the rightof the /? key. Notice that SIDdifferentiates between the right and left keys for these operations.Click on this button to accept the changesyou have made. You must pair each operationwith a qualifier key, or SID will display anerror message.To save the changes you have made, select thefollowing menu item: Program Save Prefs ConfigurationClick on this button to reset the operationsto their original qualifiers when you firstopened this requester. This is the same asclicking CANCEL and opening the requesteragain.Click on this button to cancel any changesyou have made to the operations andqualifiers.Click on the NAME button to include the fileor directory name in the directory listing.Notice that an 'N' appears at the end of thelist format string.Click on the DATE button to include the timeand date in the directory listing. This isthe date the file was created or lastmodified. For directories, this is the datethat a file or subdirectory was last added ordeleted. Notice that a 'D' appears at theend of the list format string.Click on the NOTE button to include thefilenote. The entire filenote (all 79characters) is printed. Notice that an 'O'appears at the end of the list format string.Click on the BLANK button to insert a blankin the list format string. Notice that the'·' character appears so you can see whereyou inserted the blank.Click on the SIZE button to insert the filesize in the list format string. Nothing willbe printed for directories. Notice that an'S' appears at the end of the list formatstring.Click on the BITS button to insert theprotection bits in the list format string.The bits will be displayed as HSPARWED. Thecorresponding letter prints if the bit isset, and a hyphen prints if the bit iscleared.Notice that a 'B' appears at the end of thelist format string.Click on the DESC button to insert the filedescription in the list format string. Thedescription describes the file, for example,"ASCII file", "IFF sound", etc. Notice thata '?' appears at the end of the list formatstring.Click on the NEWLINE button to insert a newline in the list format string. You can usethis if there is too much information to fiton a single line. Notice that a '/' appearsat the end of the list format string.Each entry appears on a separate line. Ifyou want to separate entries with a blankline, add a NEWLINE to the end of the listformat string.Click on the BACKSPACE button to erase thelast field in the list format string. Noticethat the last character disappears.Click on the CLEAR button to erase the entirelist format string.Click on the OK button to print the selectedentries with the specified list formatstring. A requester will then ask you whereyou want to send the listing.To make this list format string permanent,save the configuration with the "Program -Save Prefs - Configuration" menu item.Click on the CANCEL button to cancel thedirectory listing. The list format stringwill not be changed.Click on the OK button to close therequester.Click on the NEXT button to display theinformation associated with the volume in theother directory display.The view button views the selected file withthe corresponding button command (as shown inthe view button) based on the filedescription. For example, if the file is anASCII file, the command corresponding to theREAD button will be called to view the file.Click on the PREVIOUS button to display fileinformation for the previous selected file.Click on the NEXT button to display fileinformation for the next selected file.Click on the STOP button to stop the currentcommand.Click on the OK button or press touse the key shown for the specified button.To save the key permanently, select thefollowing menu item in SID-Professional: Program Save Prefs ButtonsClick on the NONE button or press the spacebar to assign no key to the specified button.Click on this button to cancel the changesyou have made to this button's key.Click on the OK button accept the command forthe specified description. You MUST enter acommand and select a description, or an errormessage appears.Click on this button to cancel the changesyou made to the specified description.This list contains descriptions of the filesSID can recognize. When you click on adescription, its name appears in the selectedbox below the list.Click on the OK button to make the Drivesrequester go away.Click on a drive button to load thecorresponding drive in the active display.Click on this button to exit from thisrequester without making any changes to thebutton bank format.This button inserts a row of command buttonsin the button bank where you indicate.Click on the INSERT ROW button to activateit, then click where in the button bank youwant to insert a new row of command buttons.A requester verifies that you want to insertthe button row where specified.This button inserts a column of commandbuttons in the button bank where youindicate.Click on the INSERT COLUMN button to activateit, then click where in the button bank youwant to insert a new column of commandbuttons. A requester verifies that you wantto insert the button column where specified.This button deletes a row of command buttonsin the button bank where you indicate.Click on the DELETE ROW button to activateit. Then click on the row of command buttonsyou want to delete from the bank. Arequester verifies that you want to deletethe row.This button deletes a column of commandbuttons in the button bank where youindicate.Click on the DELETE COLUMN button to activateit. Then click on the column of commandbuttons you want to delete from the bank. Arequester verifies that you want to deletethe column.This button changes the format of a row ofcommand buttons from half to full buttons orvice versa.Click on the HALF/FULL button to activate it.Then click on the row of command buttons youwant to change. A requester verifies thatyou want to change the format of that buttonrow.Half-size command buttons offer an entire rowof buttons beneath each directory display.Clicking on a half-size button executes thecommand in the corresponding display.Clicking on a full-size button execute thecommand in the active display.Click on the INSERT button to insert a row ofcommand buttons where indicated by thehighlighting. Click on CANCEL if you'vechanged your mind.Click on the INSERT button to insert a columnof command buttons where indicated by thehighlighting. Click on CANCEL if you'vechanged your mind.Click on the DELETE button to delete the rowof command buttons as indicated by thehighlighting. Click on CANCEL to leave themalone.Click on the DELETE button to delete thecolumn of command buttons as indicated by thehighlighting. Click on CANCEL to leave themalone.Click on the SWITCH button to change thespecified command button row from half-sizebuttons to full-size buttons.With full-size buttons, commands are executedin the active display.Click on the SWITCH button to change thespecified command button row from full-sizebuttons to half-size buttons.Half-size command buttons offer an entire rowof buttons beneath each directory display.Clicking on a half-size button executes thecommand in the corresponding display.Another program is currently using the fileor directory, and thus you cannot update ordelete it. Try to find the program using thefile in question and release it. Note thatsometimes programs leave files lockedaccidentally, in which case you need toreboot to free the file.SID cannot find the specified file ordirectory. Click on the DIR button to reloadthe active directory and verify that the filestill exists.You attempted to do something to a file thatcan only be done to a directory (such as addfiles to it), or you attempted to dosomething to a directory that can only bedone to files (such as run it).AmigaDOS allows for path names up to 255characters. You have exceeded that length.You terminated the last command.The requester is too large to fit in thewindow. Either size the window larger(select the "Display - Window - Specify Size"menu item), or reduce the size of therequester font (select the "Program - EditPrefs - Fonts" menu item).There was no previous error. You're perfect!I'm not sure what just happened. Sorry :(Enter the text reader program SID should useto read output. This is the text reader usedwhen you configure the "Output" option to"Text Reader" in the Button requester. Alloutput from the program launched by thatbutton is collected in a temporary file inRAM, then read by the text reader you specifyhere. Note that this is NOT necessarily thesame text reader used by the READ launchcommand button.This button adds a menu after the currentlyhighlighted menu. SID does not check to makesure you have entered too many menus for thewindow to handle. Theoretically, SID willhandle an unlimited number of menus.This button adds a submenu in the currentlyhighlighted menu. SID does not check to makesure you have entered too many submenus tofit in the window. Theoretically, SID willhandle an unlimited number of submenus.This button adds a menu item to the currentlyhighlighted menu. SID does not check to makesure you have entered too many items to fitin the window. Theoretically, SID willhandle an unlimited number of items.This button adds a menu item to the currentlyhighlighted submenu. If there is no currentsubmenu, an error message appears. SID doesnot check to make sure you have entered toomany subitems to fit in the window.Theoretically, SID will handle an unlimitednumber of subitems.This button moves up the selected menu entry.What happens depends on what is currentlyselected: Menu The entire menu moves before the previous menu, if there is one. Submenu The entire submenu moves before the previous submenu or menu item. If this is the first entry in this menu, the selected submenu becomes the final entry in the previous menu. Item The item moves before the previous item. If the previous entry is a submenu, the item becomes the final subitem in that submenu. If this is the first entry in this menu, the selected item becomes the final item in previous menu. Subitem The subitem moves before the previous subitem. If this is the first subitem in the submenu, it becomes the final subitem in the previous submenu. If there is no previous submenu, the subitem is promoted to an item and placed before the submenu.This button moves down the selected menuentry. What happens depends on what iscurrently selected: Menu The entire menu moves after the next menu, if there is one. Submenu The entire submenu moves after the next submenu or menu item. If this is the final entry in this menu, the selected submenu becomes the first entry in the next menu. Item The item moves after the next item. If the next entry is a submenu, the item becomes the first subitem in that submenu. If this is the final entry in the menu, the selected item becomes the first item in next menu. Subitem The subitem moves after the next subitem. If this is the final subitem in the submenu, it becomes the first subitem in the next submenu. If there is no next submenu, the subitem is promoted to an item and placed after the submenu.This button promotes submenus to menus andsubitems to items. Menus and items arealready at the highest level and cannot bepromoted.This button demotes menus to submenus anditems to subitems. A menu cannot be demotedif it contains any submenus with subitems.An item cannot be demoted if there are nosubmenus nearby to attach it to.This button edits the selected menu entry.You can also edit an entry by double-clickingon it.This button duplicates the selected menuentry. If it is a menu with items or submenuwith subitems, a requester verifies that youwant to duplicate it. Everything isduplicated EXCEPT key shortcuts.This button deletes the selected menu entry.A requester verifies that you want to deletethe entry.Clicking on the OK button implements all ofthe changes you made to the custom menus.The existing menus are freed and new menusare created.The save the changes you made, select thefollowing menu item: Program Save Prefs MenusClicking on the CANCEL button ignores all ofthe changes you made to the custom menus.The original custom menus are retained.The Menu requester allows you to add, delete,and edit custom menus, submenus, items, andsubitems.For simplicity, these menu entriesappear in a one-dimensional list. Menusappear flush left with the list. Submenusare indented and followed by a '»'. Itemsare indented, but not followed by the doublearrows. Subitems appear under submenus areindented even further.If you think about it, there are really onlytwo types of menu entries: menus and items.Their position in relation to other menus anditems determines whether they are submenusand subitems.For menus, you can only edit the names.Because of the way the Amiga works, menutitles must all have the same color. Tochange this color, select the following menuitems: Program Colors Edit Prefs --then-> Full Window Menu ColorsFor submenus, you can edit the names and textcolor.For items and subitems, you can edit thename, text color, key shortcut, command, andcommand flags.To save any changes to the custom menus,select the following menu item: Program Save Prefs MenusOne menu entry is always selected. Use thearrow buttons or slider to change which entryis selected, or click on the desired entry.Double-clicking on an entry will edit it.Click on the LOAD button to load thedirectory corresponding to the specifiedfile. The directory is loaded into theinactive display.Click on the CONTINUE button to ignore thisfile and continue the search.Enter the name of the menu. It can be up to31 characters long, however SID does notcheck to make sure the menus can fit in thewindow. Theoretically, you can add anunlimited number of custom menus to the SIDwindow.Click on the desired submenu text color or onthe DEFAULT button to use the default color.If the DEFAULT button is activated, SID willuse the default menu item color for thissubmenu's text.To set the default menu item color, selectthe following menu items: Program Colors Edit Prefs --then-> Full Window Menu ColorsThe SubMenu requester allows you to edit thename and text color of the selected submenu.The submenu is previewed in the box to giveyou an idea how it will look in the menus.The submenu name can be up to 31 characterslong, though SID does not make sure thesubmenu will fit in the window. SIDautomatically attaches the double-arrows '»'to the end of the submenu name when you clickon the OK button.Click on the OK button to accept the changesyou made to this submenu. The changes arenot accepted completely until you click on OKback in the Menu requester.Click on this button to cancel the changesyou made to the specified submenu.Click on the DELETE button to delete thespecified menu entry.Click on the DUPLICATE button to duplicatethe specified menu or submenu and all itschildren.This menu item displays vital information onthe use of SID to help you get startedquickly. Check it out!This menu item displays a list of terms usedin the help files. It may help to read thisif you are unfamiliar with SID terminology.This button accepts the input you haveentered.To receive context help, press the keywhile in the Input requester. To receivehelp on the Input requester itself, click OKto exit the Help requester, then press while in the Input requester.This menu item displays the previouslydisplayed help file, just in case you wantedto see it again.This menu item displays the amount of chipmemory, fast memory, and total memory.Chip RAM is memory that can be accessed bythe graphics and sound chips inside theAmiga. This limits how much sound andgraphics data you can access at one time.Because the 680x0 microprocessor has tocontend with the custom chips to access CHIPmemory, use of this memory is usually slower.Fast RAM is memory connected directly to the680x0 microprocessor, and thus is called"fast" because the processor can alwaysaccess it without loss of speed.Remember, the person who dies with the mostmemory wins.This menu item displays the current date andtime.This button ignores the current input andoperates on the previous selected entry inthe active list.To receive context help, press the keywhile in the Input requester. To receivehelp on the Input requester itself, click OKto exit the Help requester, then press while in the Input requester.This button ignores the current input andoperates on the next selected entry in theactive list. This entry remains selectedafter the command is finished to indicatethat you skipped it.To receive context help, press the keywhile in the Input requester. To receivehelp on the Input requester itself, click OKto exit the Help requester, then press while in the Input requester.This button ignores the current input andcancels the current command. If this is acommand that operates on multiple selectedentries, this and all remaining entriesremain selected to indicate that you skippedthem.To receive context help, press the keywhile in the Input requester. To receivehelp on the Input requester itself, click OKto exit the Help requester, then press while in the Input requester.Click on the OK button to accept the changesyou made to the current menu item. If theMenuItem requester was called from the Menurequester, the changes are not acceptedcompletely until you click on OK back in theMenu requester. If you displayed thisrequester directly editing a menu item, thechanges appear instantly.To save custom menu changes, select thefollowing menu item: Program Save Prefs MenusThis button will cancel the changes you havemade to the selected menu item.This cycle button determines how the screensare handled when you execute thecorresponding menu item command. This flagis meaningful only if the SID window is onits own custom screen. Click on the buttonto cycle through the following choices: Ignore Do not do anything. The program will open wherever it pleases. WB to front Bring the Workbench screen to the front before executing the command. WB & return Bring the Workbench screen to the front before executing the command, then bring the SID Custom Screen to the front after the command is finished. This option is useless if you add "run" before the program name because control immediately returns to SID, and the SID Custom Screen will appear in front right after the program is launched. Open on SID Run the program on the SID Custom Screen.Note that by default you can force allprograms to open on the SID Custom Screen byselecting the following menu subitem: Flags Launch Programs Workbench Screen x Custom ScreenThe "Open on SID" option will take priorityover the state of the "Launch Programs" flag.This cycle button determines if an inputrequester should open when you execute thecorresponding menu item command. Click on thebutton to cycle through the following choices: No The command will execute without input. Entire Command The Input requester allows you to edit the entire command before running it. You can also accomplish this by activating the "R" requester button in the window title bar. Optional Args The Input requester asks you for optional arguments to add after the specified command line. Reqd Arguments The Input requester asks you for arguments to add after the specified command line. You MUST enter something. This is handy if the program requires command-line input to run.This cycle button determines if the outputwindow should open when you execute thecorresponding menu item command. Click onthe button to cycle through the followingchoices: Ignore Command-line output from the program is ignored. CLI & close A CLI window opens and catches all command-line output from the specified command. You can also interact with the program from the CLI window (if the program supports it). The CLI window is closed when the command finishes. CLI & remain Same as "CLI & close", except the CLI window remains open after command executes. It then operates as a regular CLI window. This option is equivalent to activating the "O" output button in the window title bar.The MenuItem requester allows you to edit thename, key-shortcut, text color, command, andcommand flags of the specified menu item orsubitem.The name can be up to 31 characters long,though SID does not check to make sure it canfit in the window. The name is previewed togive you an idea of how it will look in thecustom menus.The key-shortcut can be any key pressed onthe keyboard. Upper and lower case aretreated identically.The command can be anything that you wouldrun from the CLI. Include the full path nameif necessary. To run the program in thebackground, precede the command with "run".Click on the desired menu item text color oron the DEFAULT button to use the defaultcolor.If the DEFAULT button is activated, SID willuse the default menu item color for thisitem's text.To set the default menu item color, selectthe following menu items: Program Colors Edit Prefs --then-> Full Window Menu ColorsTo reduce program size, SID-Personal cannotprint the registration form. If you want toregister, please run SID-Professional andprint the registration form by selecting thefollowing menu item: Program InformationThen click on the "PRINT REGISTRATION FORM"button. Or print the registration formincluded as a separate file with thisprogram.If those attempts fail, simply send $25 inU.S. cash or a check in U.S. dollars drawn ona U.S. bank to: Timm Martin P.O. Box 3205 Cincinnati, OH 45201-3205 U.S.A.Thank you for registering!You need SID-Professional to edit thepreferences. This is a larger version ofSID2 that contains all preferences editingand saving.Click OK to accept the changes you made tothis command button's launch information.The changes are not accepted completely untilyou click on OK back in the Button requester.Click on this button to cancel the changesyou made to this command button's launchinformation.Click this button to add a "multiplecommand". Multiple commands allow youexecute an external program based on acertain file type.For example, you can create a command buttonthat unarchives files. For .arc files, itruns the arc program; for .zip files, it runsthe zip program; for .lzh files, it runs thelharc program, etc.Click this button to edit the multiplecommand that appears in the preview box belowthe multiple command list. You can also edita command by double-clicking on it.Click this button to delete the multiplecommand that appears in the preview box belowthe multiple command list. A requester willverify that you want to delete that command.This cycle button specifies whether SIDshould ignore or process selected files inthe active display.This button is automatically set to "Ignore"if you select "Ignore" for the "Entries"cycle button.This cycle button specifies whether SIDshould ignore or process selected directoriesin the active display: Ignore Ignore selected directories. Top Level Operate on selected directories only at the top level. This means that any files and subdirectories contained in selected directories will be ignored. Deep (as found) Operate on selected directories AND files and subdirectories contained in the selected directories. SID operates on these files and subdirectories one at a time as it reads the entire selected directory. Deep (preload) Operate on selected directories AND files and subdirectories contained in the selected directories. This differs from the option above in that the contents of entire subdirectories are read before the files are operated on. This is useful if the command will somehow corrupt the subdirectory list by deleting files.This cycle button specifies whether SIDoperates on selected entries in the activedisplay: Ignore Ignore selected entries. One at a time Execute the corresponding command once for each selected entry. You will not want to run the command in the background (by preceding it with "run") because it would run a copy of the program for each selected entry. All at once Execute the corresponding command on all selected entries at once. If there are more entries than can fit on a command line (AmigaDOS imposes a 255-character limit), the entries which were not operated on remain selected after the command finishes. To reduce the length of each file name, you may want to set "Change Dir" to "to Source" so that SID doesn't have to precede each file name with the full path name. All until done Execute the corresponding command on all selected entries at once. If there are more entries than can fit on a command line, the command is repeated until every entry is operated on.This cycle button specifies whether SIDshould enclose each selected file anddirectory name in quotes. This isrecommended because the command will fail ifthere are any embedded blanks in the pathname. This option was provided because somevery old programs did not follow theconvention of enclosing file names in quotes.This cycle button specifies what should beappended to the name of each selecteddirectory: Nothing Leave the selected directory names as is. Add /* Add a slash and asterik to the end of each selected directory name. This enables the "zoo" program to archive the entire contents of selected directories. Add /#? Add a slash and AmigaDOS wildcard to the end of each selected directory name. This enables the "lharc" program to archive the entire contents of selected directories.This cycle button specifies whether thecurrent directory should be changed beforethe command is executed: No Do not change the current directory. All entry names are preceeded with their full path name in the command line. per Arrow Change directory based on the state of the arrow in the center of the SID window. If the arrow is inactive, the active directory is made the current directory; if the arrow is inactive, the destination directory is made the current directory. This is handy, for example, when unarchiving files. You can place the unarchived files in the same directory as the archive or in another directory based on the arrow state. to Source Make the active (source) directory the current directory. Because this is now the current directory, only the names of the selected entries are added to the command line. The full path name is no longer needed. to Destination Make the inactive (destination) directory the current directory. It must exist or an error message appears. All entry names are preceeded with their full path names in the command line.This cycle button specifies where any windowsfor the launched program will open: Ignore Follow the rules as set by the "Launch Programs" item in the "Flags" menu: open either on the Workbench screen or on the SID custom screen. WB to front Bring the Workbench screen to front before running the program. Of course, this only makes sense if programs are to open on the Workbench screen as set by the "Launch Programs" menu item. WB & return Bring the Workbench screen to the front before running the program, and bring the SID custom screen to the front after the program finishes. This does not make any sense if you run the program in the background (by preceeding it in the command line with "run") because the SID custom screen will be brought to the front immediately. Open on SID Run the program on the SID custom screen. This will only work if the SID window opened on its own custom screen.Of course, these options have no effect ifthe launched program opens its window on itsown custom screen.This cycle button specifies when SID shoulddisplay the Input requester: No Never, unless the "R" requester button in the window title bar is active. Before Command Display the Input requester once before executing the command (regardless if the command operates on entries one at a time or all at once). Each Entry Display the Input requester before operating on each entry. This only makes sense when the "Entries" option is set to "One at a time".You can specify what SID should ask for inthat Input requester with the "Req Text"cycle button.If you select any option other than "No", youmust enter the Input requester text in the"Req Title" field. This is the title thatappears above the input field in therequester. A good title would explain whattype of input you are looking for.This cycle button specifies what the Inputrequester should ask for. It applies only if"Input Req" is set to "Before Command" or"Each Entry": Entire Command Allows you to edit the entire command. This is the same as if the "R" requester button in the window title bar was active. Insert Text Input requester asks only for the "insert text", which is REQUIRED. Insert (blank) The Input requester asks only for the insert text, which may be blank.Insert text may be program arguments, flags,parameters, etc. For example, consider theARC launch button. If you wanted to arc agroup of files from the CLI, you would type: arc a archive file1 file2where: arc ....... name of program a ......... parameter to create archive archive ... name of archive to create file1 ..... file to be added to archive file2 ..... file to be added to archiveWithin SID, you wouldn't want to have to dealwith the entire command line. Instead, toarc a file you would just want to specify thename of the archive. To accomplish this, youwould tell SID to ask for insert text, thencreate a command line like this: arc aSID automatically adds insert text to the endof the command line, then appends theselected file names after that.This cycle button specifies what SID shoulddo with the output from the program launchedby this command button: Ignore Ignore the output. The launched program is responsible for providing windows to display output. CLI & close Open a CLI window to display program output and close it immediately after the program has finished. CLI & remain Open a CLI window to display program output and leave it open after the program has finished. This is equivalent to activating the "O" output button in the window title bar and is handy for debugging commands because the window stays open for you to read error messages. You need to close the CLI window by entering "endcli". Text Reader Capture all program output in a temporary file and display it with a text reader. This is not necessarily the text reader attached to the READ command button. To specify which text reader to use, select the following menu item: Program Edit Prefs Configuration A new set of menus appear. Then select: Cmds Text ReaderThis cycle button specifies what SID will doafter the command finishes: Do Nothing Reformat Entry The information about each selected entry is reloaded (name, size, date, bits, etc.) and refreshed in the directory list. This may be handy if you edit the files somehow. Reload Dir The directory in the active list (or in the inactive list if you change directory with the center arrow--see "Change Dir") is reloaded. Use this option if the command creates or deletes files.This is a list of "multiple commands" forthis launch button. Multiple commands allowyou execute an external program based on acertain file type.For example, you can create a command buttonthat unarchives files. For .arc files, itruns the arc program; for .zip files, it runsthe zip program; for .lzh files, it runs thelharc program, etc.The file description appears on the left andthe associated command on the right. Clickon a command to select it. You can then editor delete it.Click on the OK button to accept all of thechanges you have made to the current commandbutton. The button must have a name and anassociated command.Click on the KEY button to edit the keyshortcut corresponding to the current commandbutton.Click on the LAUNCH button to edit the launchinformation for this command button.The LAUNCH command launches an externalprogram to operate on the selected entries inthe active display. For example, you coulduse the LAUNCH command to run a program toview selected IFF pictures.If the command button you are editing uses aninternal SID command, the LAUNCH button isdisabled, meaning you cannot click on it.Clicking on this button will cancel allchanges you have made to it.Select the text color for this commandbutton. Or click on the correspondingDEFAULT button to use the default text colorset for all buttons.Activate the DEFAULT button to use thedefault command button text color as set bythe following menu item: Program Colors Edit Prefs --then-> Command Buttons ColorsSelect the color to serve as the backgroundfor this command button. Or click on thecorresponding DEFAULT button to use thedefault background color set for all buttons.Activate the DEFAULT button to use thedefault command button background color asset by the following menu item: Program Colors Edit Prefs --then-> Command Buttons ColorsSID has built-in commands, plus supports thelaunching of external programs. The commandsare arranged by category: Entry Selection To select/unselect directory entries Directory List To manage the directory lists Directory Load To load/display directories Creation/Deletion To create/delete files/directories Transfer To copy/move files/directories Statistics Display/edit file/dir characteristics Search Find files and text External Execute external commands Launch Launch programs that operate on entriesFor more information on a specific command,assign that command to a button, then seekhelp on the button itself.