
                            Use of !Patch
                            =============

This program applies and removes patches from applications. To test whether
an application needs patching drop the application (or directory containing
it or indeed the entire contents of $) onto the !Patch icon on the icon bar.
A window will open indicating the known patches for the program, and whether
they can be applied. If a patch has already been applied there will be the
option to remove it. You should always take a backup of an application
before patching it. Press the menu button on the mouse while the pointer is
over the !Patch window to get the menu of patch options.

If the patch files you need are supplied seperately to !Patch, double click
on them or the application directory which supplies them.

!Patch knows how to patch the following programs:

Name        Description                   Patch
----        -----------                   -----
!DDT        Acorn Desktop Debugging Tool  Allows !DDT to run on RISC OS 3.50

!DTP        Acorn Desktop Publisher       Allows !DTP to import RISC OS 3
                                          Draw files (works on RISC OS 2).

!Hutchinsn  Hutchinson Encyclopedia CD    Allow 3D icons to work with RISC OS
                                          3.10 or later.

!Internet   TCP/IP Protocol Suite         Fixes NFS access from task windows
                                          (works on RISC OS 2 with Desktop C),
                                          fixes Internet to work with ARM2as,
                                          fixes *RMKill of Internet crashing
                                          (works on RISC OS 2).

!Jiglet     4Mation: Jiglet               Allows Jiglet to run on RISC OS 3.

!Jigsaw     4Mation: Jigsaw               Allows Jigsaw to run on RISC OS 3.

Note that "works on RISC OS 2" means that the patch will solve the problem
on RISC OS 2 as well as on RISC OS 3. However, !Patch itself will not run on
RISC OS 2, so you will need to copy the software from the RISC OS 2 machine
onto a floppy disc, patch it under RISC OS 3, and then move the patched
version back onto the RISC OS 2 machine.

If you need more information on any of the patches, use !Edit to read the
patch definition files in the !Patch.Patches.Acorn directory.
