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SOFTWARE: Xit 2.1 Desktop Enhancement (update)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mick Brown)
Mon Feb 19 08:19:36 1996
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: 18 Feb 1996 12:32:17 GMT
From: lfirrantello@BIX.com (Mick Brown)
Reply-To: mshill@axionet.com
Reply-To: mshill@axionet.com
Submitted by: mshill@axionet.com
Source: mshill@axionet.com
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CodeSmith has now released Xit 2.1. This release has mainly documentation
updates - payments can now be made via credit card with BMT Micro. Xit 2.2 is
currently under development and will be a bug fix release (slowdown problems,
etc.) and contain documentation support for German, Japanese, Spanish and
Dutch.
"I have found this to be one of my most treasured add-ons."
- Collin Summers, OS/2 Warp Newsletter Feb. 1996
XIT PRODUCT SUMMARY:
Product: Xit for OS/2 (XITnn.ZIP where nn is the version number)
Type: Desktop enhancement utility, Shareware
Price: $15 US (major credit cards, checks, money orders, cash or gold :)
Company: CodeSmith Software, Box 39167, 3695 West 10th Avenue,
Vancouver, BC, Canada V6R 1G0
Web: http://www.wilmington.net/bmtmicro/catalog/xit.html
Email: mshill@axionet.com
Requirements: OS/2 2.0 or later. @200K RAM (Xits usage), 300K disk space
XIT 2.1 CHANGES FROM 2.0
o Updated new email address for author contact.
o Updated new ordering info for credit card payments via BMT Micro.
o Updated exception list for known problem apps.
o Added /W option to remove taskbar conflict warning dialog.
o Added warning "Xit already running" if loaded twice.
o Added warning at startup if help file not found.
o Updated online help and readme for all of above.
XIT 2.1 FEATURES
o Multiple user defined titlebar buttons - assign a predefined action to them
or launch any PM, DOS or Windows program. Place them on the left or the
right side of the titlebar.
o Over 30 useful predefined actions.
o Window actions include close, rollup, next, previous, move, size, task list
o Edit actions include cut, copy, copy all, paste and clear. These actions are
available in any PM window or any command line window. Copy all will copy
the entire text in a PM multi-line entry field with a single click - no need
to mark it first! Copy from static text or the titlebar!
o Folder actions include open parent, open parent and close, sort, arrange and
refresh.
o User defined middle and right mouse buttons - assign them with the same
actions available for the titlebar buttons. Plus, you can assign the right
or left mouse button double click action to a single mouse button or a key
- never have to double click again!
o Keyboard keys can also be assigned any predefined action.
o User defined popup menus for edit and folder actions. Copy and paste or sort
a folder with almost no mouse movements.
o Full OS/2 and DOS command window support, including font size and full
screen actions. And finally, the feature you've been waiting for from IBM -
bypass that pesky "are you sure" dialog when closing a command line window.
o Other available actions that can be assigned are Xit task list (single click
to another program), OS/2 task list, LaunchPad, and Help.
OBTAINING XITnn.ZIP
http://www.wilmington.net/bmtmicro (web)
ftp://ftp.wilmington.net/bmtmicro (ftp)
ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/wpsutil (ftp)
ftp://ftp-os2.cdrom.com (ftp)
http://www.os2bbs.com/david_barnes/ (web)
http://www.os2.hammer.org/OS2 (web)
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