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      ^2H I N T S   F O R   B E T T E R   P R O G R A M M I N G .

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^5 To start with, here are a couple of commands that (again) are not in
^5the Amos Manual.

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^2 Amos Lock      Amos Unlock

^5 Amos Lock disables the <LEFT AMIGA + A>  from being used together to
^5toggle between different programs in memory. This in effect stops the
^5Amiga multi-tasking on more than one program.

^5 Amos Unlock enables these keys.

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^2 Request Off   Request On

^5 This  command will turn off the System Request box that pops up from
^5time  to time to tell you that your disk is write protected etc.  You
^5will  probably  have found out by now that you cannot always get back
^5to to your program after one of these boxes has appeared.

^5 Request On turns the box on again.

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^4 This  next  tip solved a problem that was occurring in some programs
^4where we needed to stop the user moving the mouse around clicking all
^4over  the  screen while certain other things were being transacted eg
^4an  animation sequence where  unwanted movement  of the pointer could
^4cause  glitches to appear in your display.  (a glitch is a corruption
^4of  the  graphic  display  which can include flickering, bits of bobs
^4left on screen etc)

^2 Use  Limit Mouse with the same start and finish coordinates to limit
^2the mouse to a single pixel until you want it to move freely again.

^4 eg Limit Mouse 160,100 to 160,100 

^1 To free the mouse pointer, use Limit Mouse without coordinates.

^4 This use of Limit Mouse is very useful if you have a bob attached to
^4your pointer as it will not cause the image to shudder as it would if
^4you use X Mouse, Y Mouse.

^2 Thanks to Paul of Technical Fred Software for solving this problem.

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^2 If  you  have  tried  messing about with the Amos commands and found
^2something interesting, please let us know!

^2 It  proves  that  you shouldn't assume anything, ie that Limit Mouse
^2has  to  have different start and end coordinates to work.  The above
^2tip proves otherwise!

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