RISC OS 3.7 User Guide


!

  !ArmBoot [1] [2]
  !Boot [1] [2]
    how it's used
    saving
    see also configuration 
  !Configure
  !Fonts
    description
    merging
  !Scrap
    description
  !ShareBoot
  !System
    adding
    description
    merging

$

  $ (root directory)

&

  & (file server directory)

*

  * Commands
    Task manager menu option

1

  16-bit sound

3

  3D window icons

A

  access permission [1] [2] [3]
  access permission, showing
  Acorn Desktop Assembler
  Acorn Desktop C
  activate, pinned icon
  Adjust button, opening directory display
  Adjust size icon
  alias
  allocate memory
  anti-aliasing
    limit
    sub-pixel
  application
    adding to Apps directory (ResourcFS)
    effect of moving on Desktop boot file
    pre RISC OS 3
    use with locked computer
  Application Development Environment
  application tasks
  application, help with
  application, iconising window [1] [2]
  application, menu from iconised window
  application, opening directory
  Apps directory
  Assembler
  Auto (monitor type)

B

  Back icon
  backdrop
    configuring
  backdrop, background picture
  backdrop, making
  backdrop, marble effect
  backdrop, removing
  backdrop, scaling options
  backdrop, sprite as background picture
  background, Filer operations
  backup
    of !Boot
  BBC BASIC
  beep
  bitmap font
    caching
  Break key
    removing tasks

C

  C language
  C/C++
  cache
    bitmap
  cache bitmap
    limit
  Caps Lock
  case sensitivity, in filenames
  CD-ROM
    max number of drives allowed
    SCSI
    volume control
  change
    font cache
    settings in Configuration windows
    System sprites memory
  Choices.Boot directory
  choosing, objects on Desktop
  clear selection
  Close icon [1] [2]
  close, window
  CMOS RAM
    resetting defaults
    resetting from command line
    settings overridden by Desktop boot file
  colon separator
  colour
  colour used in the desktop
  colour, changing display
  colour, used in the desktop
  ColourTransLoadings
  command line
    resetting CMOS RAM defaults
  commenting out lines from Desktop boot file
  computer
    resetting
    unlocking
  configuration
    allocated memory
    CD-ROM drives
    changing default settings
    Configuration window
    default
    desktop windows
    floppy drives
    fonts
    hard disc drives
    hardware
    keyboard
    lock
    mouse
    resolution
    restoring
    saving
    screen
    screen colours
    sound
    starting !Boot
    system
  configuration, saving Pinboard
  Configure file
    saving
  confirm, Filer operation
  control panel for desktop
  conventions
    in Configure dialogue boxes
  Copy (Filer option)
  copy, file with a new name
  copy, files and directories
  Count (Filer option)
  create
    RAM disc
  current filing system, concept
  customise
    computer configuration
    system start-up

D

  default
    CMOS RAM
    configuration settings
    desktop font
    screen configuration
  delete, application
  delete, directory
  delete, file
  deselect, objects
  desktop [1] [2]
    controlling
    default font
    saving properties
  Desktop boot file [1] [2]
    changing font memory allocation
    commenting out lines
    editing
    inside
    limitations
    moving applications
    overriding CMOS
    saving [1] [2]
    saving on a network
    setting up
  Desktop file
  desktop, colours
  desktop, enlarging and reducing
  desktop, Filer menu
  desktop, how it works
  desktop, Pinboard
  directory
    memory used by
    opening on start-up
  directory, creating
  directory, display
  directory, finding
  directory, iconising display
  directory, information
  directory, moving display to front
  directory, opening display
  directory, opening display from Pinboard
  directory, operations on
  directory, parent
  directory, selecting
  directory, stamping
  disc drive, icon
  disc, naming
  display
    and memory
  Display manager
  Display manager, changing resolution
  Display manager, current settings
  Display manager, EIG factor
  Display manager, how it works
  Display manager, number of colours
  display, files and directories
  display, menu
  documentation roadmap
  drag
    instant dragging modes
  drag and drop
  drag, copying a file
  drag, select box around icons
  dynamic areas

E

  Edit$Options
  EIG factor
  EIG factor, definition
  EIG value
  error
    beep
  error box
  exit
    from desktop

F

  Faster (Filer option)
  file type, setting
  file, access permissions [1] [2]
  file, copying
  file, copying with new name
  file, counting size
  file, date stamping
  file, deleting
  file, deselecting
  file, finding [1] [2]
  file, locked
  file, overriding a lock
  file, renaming
  file, selecting
  file, setting type
  file, stamping
  filename, number of characters allowed
  filename, restrictions
  filename, valid characters
  Filer
  Filer, advanced operations
  Filer, background operations
  Filer, confirming operation
  Filer, help option
  Filer, menu options
  Filer, new directory
  Filer, Open $
  Filer, options
  Filer, running operations simultaneously
  Filer, speeding up operations
  Filer_Boot
  Filer_OpenDir
  filing system, current
  find, files or directories
  find, parameters
  find, wildcard characters
  floppy disc drive
    configuration
  font
    changing font cache
    changing memory allocation in Desktop boot file
    configuration
    desktop font
    font cache [1] [2]
  Force (Filer option)
  Force (Filer option), overriding file lock
  forgotten password?
  frame rate
  full info

G

  greyscale
  grid, on Pinboard

H

  hard disc
    changing name
    IDE
    locking
    SCSI
  hardware
    configuration
  help, information about applications

I

  icon bar, moving to the front
  icon, clicking on
  icon, deselecting
  icon, on the Pinboard
  icon, putting on Pinboard
  icon, removing from Pinboard
  iconise, application windows
  iconise, window
  IDE hard disc
    Spindown delay
  Info option
  interactive file copying

K

  keyboard
    auto-repeat
    Break key
    Caps Lock
    configuration

L

  Library directory
  lock
    Configuration window
    locked computer
    locking the computer
    unlocking the computer
    using applications
  lock, icons onto Pinboard grid
  lock, locked file (or directory)
  lock, overriding [1] [2]

M

  manuals, additional
  memory
    adding DRAM and VRAM
    allocation [1] [2] [3]
    changing amount reserved for fonts
    controlling
    font cache
    font cache limit
    module area
    optimising usage
    ram disc
    system heap/stack
    system sprites
  merge
    !Fonts
    !System
  mode
  mode number
  mode number, in use
  mode string
  module
    adding
    loading
    module tasks
  monitor type [1] [2]
    Auto
  mouse
    configuration
    double click cancel distance
    double click delay
    drag delay
    drag start distance
    MouseType
    speed
  move, application

N

  network
    automatic logging on to file server
    configuration
    saving Desktop boot file
  New task
  Newer (Filer option)
  NFS, Filer
  no picture

O

  off screen dragging
  open
    open submenus automatically
  Open $
  open, directory display
  open, parent directory
  operating system
    start-up
  options menu
  order,  in directory display
  outline drags

P

  parent directory
  parent directory, opening
  password
    changing
    forgotten it?!
    locking of disc
    protection
    removing
    setting
  path
  pathname
  Pinboard [1]
  Pinboard, activating a pinned icon
  Pinboard, backdrop
  Pinboard, copying pinned icons
  Pinboard, double clicking
  Pinboard, grid
  Pinboard, menu options
  Pinboard, Pinboard file
  Pinboard, pinning an icon
  Pinboard, removing an icon
  Pinboard, saving layout
  Pinboard, starting pinned application
  Pinboard, tidying icons
  pixel
  PreDesk directory
  PreDesktop file
  print
    quitting during a print operation
  Private or Public access
  problems?
    resetting the computer
  problems?, error messages
  programming languages
  protected file
  Public directory

Q

  quit
    during print
    tasks and applications
    tasks using system monitor

R

  RAM disc [1] [2]
    creating
  rectangular pixel modes
  recurse, access permissions
  rename, DOS file
  rename, files and directories
  reset
    advanced options
    options
    to save memory
  Reset button
  ResetBoot [1] [2]
  resolution [1] [2]
    configuring
  resolution of screen
  resolution, changing
  resource applications
  ResourceFS [1] [2]
  restrictions
  RMEnsure
  roadmap
  root directory
  run
    application on start-up
    obey file

S

  save
    !Boot
    Desktop boot file
  save, saving iconised file without opening window
  SaveCMOS
  screen
    blank delay
    colours
    configuration
    resolution
    screen memory
  screen blank
  scrolling
  scrolling, Scroll arrow
  scrolling, Scroll bar
  SCSI
    hard discs
  search, for file
  search, wildcard characters
  select, all icons in directory display
  select, clearing a selection
  select, files and directories
  select, group of objects
  select, Select all
  select, select box
  separator, in pathname
  set, file type
  shutdown [1] [2] [3]
    messages
  size, of file
  Slider
  software
    changing configuration settings
  sort, order
  sort, types of sorting
  sound
    channel
    configuration
    voices
    volume
  spindown
  sprite
    and memory usage
    sprite pool
  sprite as backdrop
  sprite, as backdrop
  square pixel modes [1] [2]
  Stamp (Filer menu)
  star commands
  start-up options
  storage devices
  subdirectory, opening
  submenu
    automatic display
  switching off
  system
    changing settings
    customising start-up
    memory allocation
  system beep
  system monitor
    quitting tasks
  System sprites
    changing memory

T

  task
    and memory
    controlling
    display
    quitting
  Task manager [1] [2] [3]
    overriding CMOS
    overview
  Task window
  Tasks directory
  Tasks window
  textured backgrounds to windows
  tidy, icons on Pinboard
  Title bar
  Title bar, containing pathname
  Toggle size icon
  type
    MouseType
  type, of file

U

  Utils directory

V

  Verbose (Filer option)
  video memory Ð see VRAM 
  voice
  volume
    control of CD-ROM
  VRAM [1] [2]
    adding
    effect on monitor type
  VRAM, changing

W

  Welcome Guide
  wildcard, in Filer search string
  Wimp Sprite Pool
  WimpSlot
  windo, moving to front
  window
    configuration
    textured backgrounds
  window, changing size
  window, closing
  window, control icons
  window, moving to back

RISC OS 3.7 User Guide - 21 JAN 1997

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