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         =                  Alessandro  Benedettini                =
         =                         12/11/94                        =
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   4in1 was written using SAS C V6.50 by

      Alessandro Benedettini                                            
      Via Moretta, 32                                                   
      10139 Torino.   ITALY.

      E-mail: tse09@di.unito.it
           or einn1@di.unito.it

   ( from April/May 1995 write at this NEW address:

      Alessandro Benedettini                                            
      Via Envie, 1                                                   
      10100 Torino.   ITALY.

   )




    4in1 is a small cli command that allows you to:

       * change colours of your shell window

       * clear your shell window (and puts cursor at the top of the window)

       * print date and time

       * change style (bold, underline...) of characters of your shell
         window

    All these features permit you to forget strange and boring
    escape sequences to change color or style to your shell windows.
    For example, in your shell-startup file you can replace the
    incomprehensible

              alias clear "echo *"*E[0;0H*E[J*" "

    with

              alias clear 4in1 H

    Is it simply enough ?


    In every moment you can see the help with:

       4in1 ?

    You can clear the screen with:

       4in1 H

    You can print the date and time with:

       4in1 T

    It is possible to change style with:

       4in1 x

    where changing x to

        BL set style to BOLD 

        I  set style to ITALIC

        U  set style to UNDERLINE

        R  set style to REVERSE

        S  set style to NORMAL

    It is possible to change colour with:

       4in1 y

    where changing y to

        A  set the first color

        B  set the second color

        C  set the third color

        D  set the fourth color



    All parameters are case insensitive (you can use both upper or
    lower letters).

    You can use from 1 to 4 parameters in the order you want.


 

    This is version 1.2 (16/07/1994) of 4in1. I had recompiled it using
    SAS C V6.50. In the previous version (Compiled with Lattice C V5.00)
    there were some problems with new machines. .
    I had debugged the old executable with sushi and mungwall.
    Recompiling the programs and reusing these tools all works fine, so
    I think
    that the problems weren't in my code, but in the compiler.
    Now I think that all
    is OK.
    I had also fixed another little problem.
    If you find bugs contact the


  Frank Kroll (ftp-admin of ftp.tu-clausthal.de).

  Who tested 4in1 on his Amiga 4000/40 finding some hits with Enforcer.

       Grazie, Frank.


  This program is ShareWare. I know that it is only a little program so
  I don' t expect to receive money for it. I used the ShareWare form
  because I don't like FreeWare nor Public Domain (and also demo version
  of programs in which I had to pay to obtain the full version...)
  Writing programs means fatigue and I think that one guy had to obtain
  something from his work !
  Now, because this program is ShareWare, but is also a little program you
  can use it if you spend some of your precious time about
  this program including hw & sw configuration used to test it. 

  I have included this note because TWO LAMErs have insulted me using email
  (they downloaded one of my programs - MouseWatcher
  a little & shareware program !)
  I think that they don't  like the fact that my program is ShareWare !

  I simply reply that:

  I'M FREE TO WRITE AND SPREAD ALL KINDS OF SOFTWARE I WANT AND AT THE LEVEL
  OF QUALITY I WANT. AND YOU ARE FREE TO USE IT IF YOU WANT AND TO PAY THE
  WORK OF THE AUTHOR IF YOU USE IT (AND IF THE AUTHOR HAD ASKED
  MONEY FOR IT).

  Please, expressing your opinion about this subject.

  The installation of 4in1 is simple:
  just copy the executable in your C: drawer.

  You can make it resident using:

    resident c:4in1


  Nothing expecial,just an old A500.
  The program should work with this


  Tested on Kickstart 2.04 and 3.1
  Probably also on all versions of Kickstart (included the old 1.2)


  Tested on Workbench 2.0 and 2.1
  Probably also on all versions of Workbench (included the old 1.2)