Amiga Emulator FAQ

Workbench 1.3 Menus

• Workbench menu
  • Open.
    • This is used on a selected icon. Instead of double clicking on
      an icon to show contents of a disk or drawer or run a program you
      can select an icon with the pointer and Select Open to display or
      run it.
• Close
  • Instead of clicking on the Close Gadget at the top left of a
    disk or drawer window just select the window (borders blue) and
    select Close.
• Duplicate
  • This open allows you to copy files and disks. To copy a file
    select the icon and then select Duplicate. Another icon will appear
    saying Copy_of_file or whatever, you can then move that file elsewhere
    or Rename it.
• Rename
  • This option allows you to change the name of a disk, a drawer or
    a file. Select the disk, drawer or file icon to rename, select rename,
    and then type in the new name in the given requester.
• Info
  • This option displays details of a given disk, drawer or file.
    Workbench has 5 types of workbench icons: Disk, Drawer, Trashcan,
    Project and Tool. A Trashcan is a special drawer for use with the
    'Empty Trash' feature to delete files. A Project is a data file and
    a Tool is a Program. Info will display the type, size, stack size,
    default file, comment and protection flags of a file.
• Discard
  • This is a delete function, to delete a file you would normally
    drag and drop the file into the Trashcan drawer to empty later.
    This option allows you to delete a file straight away. A requester
    may appear to confirm deletion.
• Disk menu
  • Empty Trash
    • This option deletes all the files in a selected Trashcan drawer
      of a disk. This feature is useful because you may want to delete a
      file but you could change your mind and decide to keep it, all you
      have to do is to drag the file out of the Trashcan back to its
      original drawer or disk.
  • Initialise
    • This option formats a disk for use by the Amiga. It splits
      the disk into the right number of tracks/sectors and creates an
      empty root directory. It can also automatically create a Trashcan
      drawer. To use, select the disk to format and select Initialise.
• Special menu
  • Cleanup
    • This option rearrages icons on a drawer or disk into a less
      cluttered state. To use, open the window to rearrange and select
      Cleanup. To keep the icons in the new positions, select all the
      icons and select 'Snapshot'.
  • Last Error
    • This will display the last message that appeared in the menu
      bar at the top of the screen.
  • Redraw
    • If the screen or window has been corrupted by another program
      and not all the icons or windows have been drawn then this option
      will do it for you.
  • Snapshot
    • This option allows you to save the position of an icon on a
      disk or a drawer. To use, select the icon, drag the icon to its
      new location and Snapshot it.
  • Version
    • This will display the version of Workbench and Kickstart
      you are using. Commodore uses release numbers. For 1.3 it is
      release 34.
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