CUSTOMKEYS 

                   (Hotkey program from George Knight)


   Ed: Be careful about one thing - if the program is run a second time,
  it will cancel itself, so run it once only and try it out. Use L-Alt 
  and F1 or F10 to see how it works.
 

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INTRODUCTION

   CustomKeys is a hotkey program with a user-friendly interface. It is much
  easier to set up and use than other programs that offer this feature.

   Intentionally, the number of options available (24 hotkeys) has been kept
  to a minimum to keep the program simple and available to the novice.
  Having said this, the experienced user will be interested because you can,
  very quickly and easily, alter the configuration. This means that you need
  not hesitate to change the hotkey setup, even for fairly small jobs that
  take no more than an hour or two. For example, I am using it in preparing
  this doc - I've got to keep stopping and starting because it bores me if I
  attempt to do too much at a time. It is going to be a lot worst when I
  start writing my masterpiece.

   The specification of a configuration requires, at least, a basic knowledge
  of CLI, e.g., how to run a program from CLI. If you are not able to do
  this yet, don't despair!  Read the "CLI Introdction" tutorial, also on this
  disk.  Refer also to the example configuration that is used here for
  demonstration purposes.


GETTING STARTED

   Click on the CustomKeys icon and, to your disgust, very little happens; if
  you are perceptive, you may notice a little disk activity.

   But your disgust will turn to delight when you press the F10 function key
  while holding down the left Alt key, the one at the bottom left hand corner
  of the keyboard. If all goes well, you should see a display of the
  configuration that has been created for demo purposes and which is on file
  in the CustomKeys drawer. You have used the hotkey facility to execute a
  command that runs the CustomKeys configuration program CKCon. If you use
  the F1 fey, you open a shell window; F2 has FullView read this document
  file.

   There are ten function keys, F1 through F10, that can be used as hotkeys
  with either the left or right Alt keys held down. This ought to be enough
  because, when there are more than this, one tends to forget which hotkey
  does what. All you ever do to have a stored CLI command executed is to
  press one of the function keys while holding down the appropriate Alt key.


INSTALLATION

   Before you begin configuration, you may want to install CustomKeys on your
  hard disk or Workbench. Simply copy the CustomKeys drawer + contents to
  its new home and insert a line in your User Startup-Sequence to run
  CustomKeys, e.g.,

                dh0:Tools/Commodities/CustomKeys/CustomKeys

  if you have copied the CustomKeys drawer into the Tools/Commodities drawer
  on your hard drive partition (dh0:). Now, each time you boot up, the
  hotkeys that you define will be immediately available for use.


CONFIGURATION

   To use CustomKeys effectively, you should specify a configuration to suit
  your own individual requirements. You do this by using the program CKCon,
  the program that you ran in the demo.

   Another way to run this program is to click on the CKCon icon but I think
  you will agree that the use of a hot key is a much better way.

   A window opens showing the current configuration displayed in a number of
  string gadgets. To change the configuration, activate a string gadget and
  use the keyboard, in the usual way, to change the contents of the gadget.
  When satisfied, press the SAVE button and you are in business.


COMMANDS

   To run a program, enter the program path/name followed, if appropriate, by
  the path name of a file to be loaded by the program. Do not use Run
  because CustomKeys does this for you.

   CustomKeys is a little more forgiving than CLI, at least in one respect.
  If the file is in the same directory as the program, you don't have to
  repeat the path. For example:

        df0:Paint/DeluxePaint/DPaint /Images/Madonna

  is equivalent to:

        df0:Paint/DeluxePaint/DPaint df0:Paint/DeluxePaint/Images/Madonna


  If one command is insufficient, you can create a script file and use:-

        execute <scriptname>


                                                George Knight
                                                1 Audie Pde
                                                Berkeley Vale 2259



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