BESTSHELL - English instructions
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Although in German, this program is very easy to use - and as you 
can define all of the menu headings the program will be all 
English once you have set it up.

Some Hints:

- The layered menu's can become a little confusing at times; use 
the Clr Home key to return to the main menu if you get lost at a 
low level with no apparent way to get back to the beginning.

- Ignore the drop down menu to start with - pressing any of the F1 
to F5 function keys (or clicking on the menutitels) will allow you 
to define its function.

- Once the Menu titel drop down menu is selected (has a tick next 
to it) you can edit the definition of a menu item.

- Avoid nesting menus more than three deep - this way you can use 
the F10 and ClrHome keys to step back through the menus and free 
off one key on each menu that would otherwise be needed to give 
the return to menu n command.

- Once you've figured out what Best Shell is capable of - make a 
flow chart of your intended menu structure.

- If your most used programs are spread out over a number of 
floppies try to reduce the number of disks to three or less - this 
way you can have a main menu with one F key per disk; just 
remember to swap disks before hitting the F Key. And label your 
disks in line with the names you have given the menu titles. 

- On a system without a hard disk try setting up a (reset proof) 
RAM disks and auto load BESTSHEL and its data files to this at 
boot up. This way flicking between the desktop and Best Shell is 
almost instantaneous.

- Installing Best Shell as an auto loading GEM application (see 
the utilities on DMG.13) and (on a one drive system) keeping all 
work files on a single floppy will give an "idiot proof" desktop: 
just punch the key for the required program.

- Don't forget to save your menu once it is complete - use the 
Arbeit sichern option in the Menu ... drop down menu.

- If you like it send 20DM to the author for the full version. 
(And drop a hint about liking an English version!)



The menu commands:

 Clr Home - Returns to main menu.

 F10 - Toggles between the last two selected menu's.


 Zum Desktop - returns to desktop


 Menu verwaltung drop down menu:

 * Neus Menu anlegen - create new menu; maximum of 5 in this 
   version.
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 * Neuname Menu - re-name menu header
 * Menutitel anderen - Re-title and/or re-define menus - not 
   required if a menu has not yet been installed.
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 * Menu loschen - check names of menus
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 * Arbeit sichern - save menu set up
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When selecting a yet to be defined menu, or re-defining a menu 
(selecting the menu with the Menu titel Flag on) a dialog box is 
displayed with the following options:

 Menu -        define that selecting this menu will lead to 
               another menu - the display that follows allows you 
               to select the menu name that control will be passed 
               to.


 Programm -    define the program that will be be run when this 
               menu item is selected.

                    - Next dialog asks whether a parameter is to 
                    be passed to the application (ie a data file 
                    filename to be loaded automatically once the 
                    program is run) - click on Mit for yes or Ohne 
                    for no. 

                    - the Item selector is displayed. Click on the 
                    program to be run and click on OK, then give 
                    the menu item a name.

                    (Although the item selector displays only 
                    applications with a PRG extender it is 
                    possible to define TTP and TOS applications 
                    also. All programs tried to date have been OK 
                    - but use this with some caution).

 Keine -   Cancel


** No warranty on the above instructions - but they will get you going
with BESTSHEL; any feedback on BESTSHEL welcome **

 
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