// \\ // PWKeys V1.0 \// 1991 by Preben Nielsen WHAT IS PWKEYS ? PWKeys is an input-handler that allows you to move windows and screens by pressing keys on the keyboard (a lot faster than using the mouse). HOW TO START PWKEYS From CLI : Type 'PWKeys' and press RETURN. There is NO need to use 'RUN', 'RUNBACK', 'ARUN' etc. PWKeys terminates immediately leaving only the handler in memory (only 1124 bytes). To use other key-bindings than the default type: 'PWKeys filename' where 'filename' is the name of a file created by the program SetPWKeys. From Workbench: Double-click on the PWKeys icon. To use other key-bindings than the default you can do two thing: 1. a. Single-click on the PWKeys icon (its a Tool Icon) b. Select 'Info' from the 'Project' menu c. In the 'Tool Types' field write 'FILE=filename' where 'filename' is the name of a file created by the program SetPWKeys. 2. a. Create a Project icon b. Single-click on the the icon c. Select 'Info' from the 'Project' menu d. In the 'Tool Types' field write 'FILE=filename' where 'filename' is the name of a file created by the program SetPWKeys. e. In the 'Default Tool' field write the pathname of PWKeys program (e.g. 'SYS:utilties/PWKeys' if PWKeys is in the utilities drawer on SYS: HOW TO END PWKEYS To remove PWKeys simply 1. double-click its icon again or 2. type 'PWKeys' RETURN in a CLI. WHAT CAN PWKEYS DO ?? PWKeys lets you perform 17 functions on windows/screens. These functions are: Window-to-top : Moves the active window to the top of the screen Window-to-bottom : Moves the active window to the bottom of the screen Window-to-left : Moves the active window to the left of the screen Window-to-right : Moves the active window to the right of the screen Window-to-left-top : Moves the active window to the upper left corner of the screen Window-to-left-bottom : Moves the active window to the lower left corner of the screen Window-to-right-top : Moves the active window to the upper right corner of the screen Window-to-right-bottom : Moves the active window to the lower left corner of the screen Window-to-center : Centers the active window on the screen Window-to-front : Moves the active window in front of all others on the screen Window-to-back : Moves the active window behind all others on the screen Activate-previous-window : Activates the window behind the currently-active one. Activate-next-window : Activates the window above the currently-active one. Back-window-to-front : Moves the back-most window to the front and activates it Front-window-to-back : Moves the front-most window to the back and activates the new front-most window Back-screen-to-front : Moves the back-most screen to the front and activates it's top-most window Front-screen-to-back : Moves the front-most screen to the back and activates the top-most window on the new front-most screen By default PWKeys binds the functions to following key-combinations: LAMIGA-KP1 : Window-to-left-bottom \ LAMIGA-KP2 : Window-to-bottom \ LAMIGA-KP3 : Window-to-right-bottom \ LAMIGA-KP4 : Window-to-left \ Take a look at the LAMIGA-KP5 : Window-to-center >numeric keyboard to LAMIGA-KP6 : Window-to-right / why I chose these LAMIGA-KP7 : Window-to-left-top / LAMIGA-KP8 : Window-to-top / LAMIGA-KP9 : Window-to-right / LAMIGA-LEFTARROW : Activate-previous-window LAMIGE-RIGHTARROW : Activate-next-window LAMIGA-UPARROW : Window-to-back LAMIGA-DOWNARROW : Window-to-front LSHIFT-LAMIGA-UPARROW : Front-window-to-back LSHIFT-LAMIGA-DOWNARROW: Back-window-to-front RAMIGA-UPARROW : Front-screen-to-back RAMIGA-DOWNARROW : Back-screen-to-front where LAMIGA means the left Amiga key RAMIGA means the right Amiga key LSHIFT means the left shift key KP1 means '1' on the numeric keyboard KP2 means '2' on the numeric keyboard KP3 means '3' on the numeric keyboard KP4 means '4' on the numeric keyboard KP5 means '5' on the numeric keyboard KP6 means '6' on the numeric keyboard KP7 means '7' on the numeric keyboard KP8 means '8' on the numeric keyboard KP9 means '9' on the numeric keyboard UPARROW means arrow-up key DOWNARROW means arrow-down key RIGHTARROW means arrow-right key LEFTARROW means arrow-left key To overwrite the default bindings above use the program SetPWKeys which will let you bind each of the 17 function to any key-combination you may prefer. WHY WON'T IT SOMETIMES WORK ?? 1. Intuition will not let you manipulate screens and windows in any way if the active window has an active gadget in it (especially stringgadgets), so in these cases PWKeys won't try to do anything. 2. PWKeys won't try to MOVE backdrop-windows HOW DOES PWKEYS WORK ? PWKeys works by installing an input-handler at priority 51. This handler recieves every input-event before Intuition does. It then compares every raw-key event with the key-bindings you have made (using binary search) and executes the associated function if it finds a match. FUTURE FEATURES: » The ability to minimize/maximize windows » The ability to bind a function to more than one key-definition. This would allow something like SHIFT-UPARROW (i.e. the ability to activate a function by pressing either LSHIFT-UPARROW or RSHIFT-UPARROW). It is actually not PWKeys fault that this is not currently possible. SetPWkeys is to blame for this. CREDITS: Davide P. Cervone for his wKeys from Fisk-disk 128. ===================================================================== Send bug-reports, suggestions, comments etc. to: /// /// Preben Nielsen \\\ /// Oehlenschlægersgade 72 st. T.V. \\\/// 1663 Copenhagen V. \/// Denmark