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                               D e t r i t u s

                     "What is and what should never be"

                          by David Thomas,  1998-9
                         version 1.00 (28 Jan 1999)
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 Introduction ______________________________________________________________

  Detritus has three functions:

    - Disables OS_Find 0,0 and *Close,
    - Disables OS_FSControl 22 and *Shut,
    - Stops mouse movement unblanking the screen, if blanked.

  The first two help protect against daft programs which try to shut all
files, including the ones they may not be responsible for, either on the
current FS (*Close) or on all FSes (*Shut).  Hopefully this should avoid
situations where other programs have their files closed without their
consent, throwing them into a panic.

  The third function stops mouse movements from affecting down the
screenblanker.  Any keyboard key or mouse button will still unblank the
screen, however.  Respect to Joseph Heenan for writing the module which this
is stolen from. ;-)

  Source code is supplied if you want it to do other things.


 Usage _____________________________________________________________________

  Put it in your PreDesk or just load it, like.


 History ___________________________________________________________________

1.00 (28 Jan 1999)
 - First release.


 Copyright & Contact Addresses _____________________________________________

  This software is copyrighted work of David Thomas, it is supplied as is;
using it is entirely at your own risk.  I make no warranty as to the fitness
of this software for any purpose.  You are free to distribute this program
toanyone you please, as long as you are not supplying it for personal or
commercial gain and it is delivered with all of the supplied files unaltered.

  If you have any comments, bug reports, suggestions for future versions or
anything else dont hesitate to contact me at -

  Mail:  Mr D.P. Thomas
         20 Rosebery Avenue
         Waterloo
         Liverpool
         L22 2BH

  Email: dpt@tristone.co.uk

  WWW:   http://www.tristone.co.uk/davespace/
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