
                         Thing Information v1.1
                         ======================

    This simply program is based on Ian Bruntlett's Listthg_bas as found
    in the CGH Services public domain library - when CGH Services were
    still supporting the QL. Thing Information provides a user friendly
    menu, that's the main difference.

    You need to have a most recent version of Tony Tebby's Extended Pointer
    Environment loaded, ie. the files ptr_gen, wman and hot_rext. Toolkit
    II is necessary as well. Minerva is recognized.

    Start the program with EX thinfo_obj or from a shell, you can also put
    it on a hotkey and make a sharable thing of it:

        ERT HOT_RES("T",Thinfo_obj)
        ERT HOT_WAKE("t","Thinfo")

    <ALT><T> will start the program or pick it to the top. <ALT><SHIFT><T>
    starts or clones it.

    Using Thing Information is very easy. It quickly reads in the Thing
    table during start-up. At the top of the window are standard items,
    Esc quits this nice prog, the flash updates the table and the two
    squares allow to move around the window.

    You can scroll around in the list of Things as usual. If you DO (this
    is <ENTER> on a keyboard) any of the entries, then a list with extra
    information about the job will pop up. A HIT (or <SPACE>) sorts the
    whole list depending on the row you selected alphabetically, just try
    it out, it's a quicksort. (Program stack has been set to 8k, you may
    have to increase this with QLIB_Patch_obj for sorting large tables.)

    This program has been created with Albin Hessler's EASYPTR II tool to
    develop menus under the Pointer Environment. You will find a Thing
    named "easymenu..." in the list, this is the menu itself and disappears
    with the Thinfo job. My PE versions are: wman v1.39, ptr_gen v1C49,
    hot_rext v2.25 and THING v0.05.

    Thing Information is placed in the public domain, 30/8/92.

        Franz Herrmann.
        Internet: Franz_Herrmann @ bn.maus.de


    History:
    v1.0    30/08/92    original
    v1.1    11/11/92    general speed slightly improved
                        additional extra information window
                        "Location" now Thing's address
                        self-made window move routine removed
    v1.1    19/07/93    documentation updated, no program changes
