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- 07:47, 18 March 2012 diff hist +25 Libraries
- 07:46, 18 March 2012 diff hist +39,933 N Exec Interrupts Created page with "= Exec Interrupts = == Interrupts == Exec manages the decoding, dispatching, and sharing of all system interrupts. This includes control of hardware interrupts, software i..."
- 07:46, 18 March 2012 diff hist +21 Libraries
- 07:46, 18 March 2012 diff hist +15,951 N Exec Semaphores Created page with "= Exec Semaphores = Semaphores are a feature of Exec which provide a general method for tasks to arbitrate for the use of memory or other system resources they may be sharing..."
- 07:45, 18 March 2012 diff hist +21 Libraries
- 07:45, 18 March 2012 diff hist +27,665 N Exec Messages and Ports Created page with "= Exec Messages and Ports = For interprocess communication, Exec provides a consistent, high-performance mechanism of messages and ports. This mechanism is used to pass messa..."
- 07:45, 18 March 2012 diff hist +29 Libraries
- 07:44, 18 March 2012 diff hist +26,907 N Exec Lists and Queues Created page with "= Exec Lists and Queues = The Amiga system software operates in a dynamic environment of data structures. An early design goal of Exec was to keep the system flexible and ope..."
- 07:44, 18 March 2012 diff hist +27 Libraries
- 07:43, 18 March 2012 diff hist +12,922 N Exec Signals Created page with "= Exec Signals = Tasks often need to coordinate with other concurrent system activities (like other tasks and interrupts). This coordination is handled by Exec through the ..."
- 07:43, 18 March 2012 diff hist +18 Libraries
- 07:42, 18 March 2012 diff hist +52,131 N Exec Tasks Created page with "= Exec Tasks = One of the most powerful features of the Amiga operating system is its ability to run and manage multiple independent program tasks, providing each task with p..."
- 07:42, 18 March 2012 diff hist +16 Libraries
- 06:20, 18 March 2012 diff hist -16 DeveloperDoc:Main
- 06:19, 18 March 2012 diff hist +27,036 N Exec Memory Allocation Created page with "= Exec Memory Allocation = Exec manages all of the free memory currently available in the system. Using linked list structures, Exec keeps track of memory and provides the ..."
- 06:19, 18 March 2012 diff hist +28 Libraries
- 06:18, 18 March 2012 diff hist +33,490 N Exec Device I/O Created page with "= Exec Device I/O = The Amiga system devices are software engines that provide access to the Amiga hardware. Through these devices, a programmer can operate a modem, spin a d..."
- 06:18, 18 March 2012 diff hist +21 Libraries
- 06:17, 18 March 2012 diff hist +12,671 N Exec Libraries Created page with "= Exec Libraries = Exec maintains lists of ''libraries'' and ''devices''. An Amiga library consists of a collection of related functions which can be anywhere in system memor..."
- 06:17, 18 March 2012 diff hist +20 Libraries
- 06:16, 18 March 2012 diff hist +35,490 N Introduction to Exec Created page with "= Introduction to Exec = The ''Multitasking Executive'', better known as ''Exec'', is the heart of the Amiga’s operating system. All other systems in the Amiga rely on ..."
- 06:16, 18 March 2012 diff hist +26 Libraries
- 06:15, 18 March 2012 diff hist +40,084 N ASL Library Created page with "= ASL Library = This chapter describes the asl.library. The sole purpose of this library is to provide standard file and font requesters for application programs. It is ea..."
- 06:15, 18 March 2012 diff hist +17 Libraries
- 06:15, 18 March 2012 diff hist +126,165 N GadTools Library Created page with "= GadTools Library = GadTools is a new library in Release 2 that is designed to simplify the task of creating user interfaces with Intuition. GadTools offers a flexible and..."
- 06:14, 18 March 2012 diff hist +23 Libraries
- 06:13, 18 March 2012 diff hist +63,386 N Workbench Library Created page with "= Workbench and Icon Library = Workbench is the graphic user interface to the Amiga file system that uses symbols called icons to represent disks, directories and files. This..."
- 06:13, 18 March 2012 diff hist +31 Libraries
- 06:12, 18 March 2012 diff hist +38,750 N Preferences Created page with "= Preferences = To make the Amiga operating system easily configurable by the user, the OS comes with a family of editors and associated data files known collectively as Pref..."
- 06:12, 18 March 2012 diff hist +17 Libraries
- 06:11, 18 March 2012 diff hist +129,042 N BOOPSI - Object Oriented Intuition Created page with "= BOOPSI - Object Oriented Intuition = ''Boopsi'' is an acronym for ''Basic Object Oriented Programming System for Intuition''. Using the Object Oriented Programming (OOP)..."
- 06:10, 18 March 2012 diff hist +40 Libraries
- 06:10, 18 March 2012 diff hist +17,433 N Intuition Special Functions Created page with "= Intuition Special Functions = There are several Intuition topics which, while not large enough to fill chapters of their own, nontheless deserve to be discussed. The subj..."
- 06:09, 18 March 2012 diff hist +33 Libraries
- 06:09, 18 March 2012 diff hist +54,968 N Intuition Mouse Created page with "= Intuition Mouse and Keyboard = In the Intuition system, the mouse is the normal method of making selections and the keyboard is used for entering character data. This secti..."
- 06:08, 18 March 2012 diff hist +34 Libraries
- 06:08, 18 March 2012 diff hist +53,950 N Intuition Input and Output Methods Created page with "= Intuition Input and Output Methods = This chapter discusses the input and output (I/O) techniques used with Intuition. I/O facilities are also available through Exec’..."
- 06:08, 18 March 2012 diff hist +40 Libraries
- 06:07, 18 March 2012 diff hist +45 Libraries
- 06:06, 18 March 2012 diff hist +57,729 N Intuition Requesters Created page with "= Intuition Requesters and Alerts = This chapter explains how to create requesters, the information exchange boxes that both the system and applications can use for confirmin..."
- 06:05, 18 March 2012 diff hist +37 Libraries
- 06:05, 18 March 2012 diff hist +88,505 N Intuition Menus Created page with "= Intuition Menus = Menus are command and option lists associated with an application window that the user can bring into view at any time. These lists provide the user with ..."
- 06:04, 18 March 2012 diff hist +21 Libraries
- 06:04, 18 March 2012 diff hist +141,974 N Intuition Gadgets Created page with "= Intuition Gadgets = This chapter describes the multi-purpose software controls called gadgets. Gadgets are software controls symbolized by an image that the user can operat..."
- 06:03, 18 March 2012 diff hist +23 Libraries
- 06:02, 18 March 2012 diff hist +107,361 N Intuition Windows Created page with "= Intuition Windows = This chapter provides a general description of windows: how to open windows and define their characteristics; how to get the system gadgets for shaping,..."
- 06:02, 18 March 2012 diff hist +23 Libraries
- 06:01, 18 March 2012 diff hist +116,891 N Intuition Screens Created page with "= Intuition Screens = Intuition screens are the basis of any display Intuition can make. Screens determine the fundamental characteristics of the display such as the resoluti..."
- 06:00, 18 March 2012 diff hist +23 Libraries
- 06:00, 18 March 2012 diff hist +35,579 N Intuition Library Created page with "= Intuition and the Amiga Graphical User Interface = Intuition is the collective name for the function libraries, data structures and other elements needed to create a graphi..."