The Atari Compendium Index

A
about menu, 11.15, 6.26
access permissions, see MiNT access permissions
AC_CLOSE message, 6.7, 6.68
AC_OPEN message, 6.7, 6.68
ACIA, B.43
ACSI
ADC
address error, 3.35, B.4

AES

alerts, 6.25, 11.10

application identifier, 6.4

application services library

applications, 6.4, 11.24

clipping rectangles

desk accessories

desktop window

dialogs, 6.24, 6.81, 11.8

drop-down list boxes, 6.28, 6.108, 11.19

environment string, 6.9, 6.139

event dispatcher

event library

event loop

file selector library, 6.85, 11.12

form library

function calling procedure

graphics library

hierachical menus, 6.27, 11.20

language, 6.49, 11.23

menu buffer, 6.28, 6.154

menus, 6.25, 11.15

message events, 6.11, 6.64

mouse button events, 6.12, 6.61

objects

object library

popup menus, 6.28, 6.108, 11.18

rectangle list

scrap library

shell buffer, 6.35, 6.140

shell library

timer events, 6.12, 6.73

user-defined messages, 6.12

VDI workstation, 6.33

window toolbars, 6.33, 11.14

windows, 6.29, 11.4

window library

B
bad sector list
basepage
BASIC
Bconin(),
Bconmap(), 3.14
Bconout(),3.19, 3.23
Bconstat(),
bezier curves, see GDOS bezier curves
BGM partition

BIOS

calling from an interrupt

devices

errors, D.3

function calling procedure

parameter block

vectors

C
C
C++
caches
CACR register
camera drivers, see VDI camera drivers
cartridges
Cauxin(), 2.34
Cauxis(), 2.34
Cauxos(), 2.34
Cauxout(), 2.34
Cconin(),2.34
Cconis(), 2.34
Cconos(), 2.34
Cconout(), 2.34
Cconrs(), 2.34
Cconws(), 2.34
CD-ROM drives, 2.3, 2.23, 4.12
CHAR, see Data Types
CICON structure
CICONBLK structure
client, see MiNT pipes
clipboard, see AES scrap library
clipping, see VDI clipping
clock, see real time clock
Cnecin(), 2.34
cold boot

colors

bit layout, 4.5, 5.25

mapping

proper use of

setting

using, see VDI using colors

window

cookie jar

COOKIE structure

determining hardware presence

placing a cookie

searching for a cookie

system cookies

D
DAC
data cache, see caches
DATA segment
data types
Dbmsg(), 4.19
Dclosedir(), 2.16
Dcntl(), 2.16, 2.50
Dcreate(), 2.4
Ddelete(), 2.4
debugging
debugging keys, see MultiTOS debugging keys
debugging levels
deferred vertical blank handlers
DESKCICN.RSC file
DESKCOPY environment variable, see desktop extensibility
DESKFMT environment variable, see desktop extensibility
DESKICON.RSC file
desktop window, see AES desktop window

desktop

drag and drop usage

extendibility

messages

TOS application launching

DSP

connection matrix

controller registers, B.36

debugging

general-purpose pins

ISR register

memory map

programs

sending data

state

subroutines

word size

E
edit menu, 11.17
EgetPalette(), 4.5
EgetShift(), 4.4
enhanced joystick, 5.8
entertainment software, 11.25
Epson printer, 4.96
error codes, D.1
EsetBank(), 4.5
EsetColor(), 4.5
EsetGray(), 4.4
EsetPalette(), 4.5
EsetShift(), 4.4, 4.61
EsetSmear(), 4.4
EOF, 2.39-2.41
evnt_button(), 6.12, 6.61
evnt_dclick(), 6.9
evnt_keybd(), 6.12, 6.63
evnt_mesag(), 6.11, 6.64
evnt_mouse(), 6.12, 6.70
evnt_multi(), 6.10, 6.71
evnt_timer(), 6.12, 6.73
exception vectors, B.4
expansion area, B.46
EXTEND.SYS file, 7.15
extended partition, see XGM partition
extension (file), 2.4

F
Falcon030, 1.6
FALSE, see Data Types
FAT, see file allocation table
Fattrib(), 2.6, 2.64
Fchmod(), 2.15, 2.65
Fchown(),2.15
Fclose(), 2.66
Fcntl(), 2.15, 2.67
Fcreate(), 2.6, 2.74
Fdatime(), 2.7, 2.75
Fdelete(), 2.7, 2.76
Fdup(), 2.8, 2.76
Fforce(), 2.8, 2.77
Fgetchar(), 2.15
Fgetdta(), 2.6
file allocation table, 4.14
file menu, 11.16
file selector library, see AES file selector library
file systems, see MiNT loadable file systems
filenames, see GEMDOS filenames
fine scrolling, 5.26
Finstat(), 2.15
fix31, see Data Types
Flink(), 2.15
floating-point coprocessor, 5.4
floating-point support, see _FPU cookie
flock system variable, B.8
Flock(), 2.7, 2.82
floppy drives, 4.15
Flopfmt(), 4.15
Floprd(), 4.15
Flopver(), 4.15
Flopwr(), 4.15

.FNT file format, C.7

character offset table, C.9

data, C.8

header, C.7

horizontal offset table, C.9

fonts

in AES objects, 6.20

bitmap, see VDI fonts

file format, C.7

outline, see VDI fonts

system, 6.36, 6.48

G
gadgets, see AES windows
gain, see sound setting gain

game controllers, 5.8

GDOS, 7.11

bezier curves, 7.13

caching, 7.15

camera drivers, 7.17

device drivers, 7.16

error support, 7.13

fix31 data type, 7.14

font naming convention, 7.12

FONTGDOS, 7.13

fonts, 7.12

FSMGDOS, 7.12-7.13

function calling procedure, see VDI function calling procedure

kerning, 7.15

memory driver, 7.18

metafiles, 7.17

original, 7.12

plotter drivers, 7.16

printer drivers, 7.16

special effects, 7.15

SpeedoGDOS, 7.12, 7.14

Speedo character indexes, 7.15

tablet drivers, 7.17

user-defined printer buffer, 7.17

version, 7.11

GEM, 1.7

partition type, 4.16

user interface guidelines, 11.1

GEMDOS, 2.1

ARGV, 2.12

application startup, 2.11

character functions, 2.34

command line, 2.11

date functions, 2.35

default directory, 2.5

default drive, 2.5

deleting files, 2.7

directories, 2.4

drive identifiers, 2.3

DTA, 2.6

environment string, 2.12

errors, D.3

executable file format, 2.9

file attributes, 2.6

file handles, 2.7

file locking, 2.7

file position pointer, 2.7

file time/date stamp, 2.7

filenames, 2.4

function calling procedure, 2.35

path, 2.5

processes, 2.9

record locking, 2.7

redirection, 2.8

root directory, 2.4

time functions, 2.35

the TOS file system, 2.3

vectors, 2.13

version, 2.3

volume label, 2.6

H
handles, see GEMDOS file handles or VDI workstation handles
hierarchical menus, 11.20

I

icon, 6.21

color, 6.22

IKBD, 5.10

commands, 5.14

scan codes, F.1

.IMG file format, C.5

extra palette information, C.5

header, C.5

image compression, C.6

image data format, C.6

J
Jdisint(), 4.18
Jenabint(), 4.18, 4.76
joysticks, 5.8, 5.12

K
Kbrate(), 4.13,
Kbshift(), 3.7, 3.32
kerning, see GDOS kerning
keyboard, 5.11
keyboard equivalents, 11.20
keyboard tables, 4.12, 7.15, F.1
Keytbl(), 4.12, 4.78
KEYTBL.TBL file, 4.13

L
LAN connector, 4.17
Lattice C, 1.9
light gun, 5.10

Line-A, 8.1

arbitrary line function, 8.12

copy raster function, 8.21

draw sprite function, 8.20

filled rectangle function, 8.13

font headers, 8.7

function calling procedure, 8.8

hide mouse function, 8.19

initialize function, 8.11

seed fill function, 8.22

variable table, 8.3

M
magneto-optical drives, 2.3
make codes, 5.11
Malloc(), 2.8, 2.98
matrix, see sound connection matrix
media change, 3.15
Mediach(), 3.15, 3.33
Mega ST, 1.4
Mega STe, 1.4
memory driver, see GDOS memory driver
memory initialization, 3.3
memory management unit, B.5
memory map, B.1
memory protection, 2.14
memory types, 2.8
MEMORY.SYS, see GDOS memory driver
MENU structure, 6.103
menu buffer, see AES menu buffer
menu_attach(), 6.27, 6.103
menu_bar(), 6.27,6.105
menu_icheck(), 6.27, 6.106
menu_ienable(), 6.27, 6.106
menu_istart(), 6.27, 6.107
menu_popup(), 6.28, 6.108
menu_register(), 6.4, 6.7, 6.109
menu_settings(), 6.28, 6.110
menu_text(), 6.27
menu_tnormal(), 6.27, 6.111
menus, see AES menus
messages, see AES message events
META.SYS driver, see GDOS metafiles
METADOS, 4.12

metafiles

creating, see GDOS metafiles

header, C.3

records, C.4

sub-opcodes, C.4

MFP, B.5

configuration, 4.17

interrupts, 4.18

ST port registers, B.37

vectors, B.5

MiNT, 2.14

access permissions, 2.14

cookie, 3.13

debugging, 2.31

default directory, 2.16

DEV directory, 2.17

directory enumeration, 2.16

exit codes, 2.14

file attributes, 2.15

file ownership, 2.15

file status, 2.15

file system extensions, 2.15

function calling procedure, see GEMDOS function calling

procedure

hard links, 2.15

interprocess communication, 2.27

links, 2.15

loadable devices, 2.17

loadable file systems, 2.23

messages, 2.31

MINT.CNF file, 2.33

PIPE directory, 2.27

pipes, 2.27

PROC directory, 2.16

process attributes, 2.17

process context, 2.32

process identifier, 2.14

process priority, 2.14

processes, 2.14

pseudo-drives, 2.16

resources, 2.14

semaphores, 2.31

shared memory, 2.30

SHM directory, 2.30

signals, 2.28

symbolic links, 2.15

threads, 2.14

timeslice, 2.14

tracing, 2.31

user-defined longword, 2.14

N
NDC, see VDI coordinate systems
NEWDESK.INF file, 9.4
non-maskable interrupt, 5.3
non-volatile RAM, see NVMaccess()
normalized device coordinates, see VDI coordinate systems
NULL device, 2.17
NVMaccess(), 4.18

O
objc_add(), 6.14, 6.115
objc_change(), 6.17, 6.115
objc_delete(), 6.14, 6.116
objc_draw(), 6.117
objc_edit(), 6.25, 6.118
objc_find(), 6.14, 6.119
objc_offset(), 6.14, 6.120
objc_order(), 6.14, 6.121
objc_sysvar(), 6.122
OBJC_COLORWORD structure, 6.18

objects, 6.13

colorword, 6.18

flags, 6.16

fonts, 6.20

ob_spec, 6.18

states, 6.17

structure, 6.15

types, 6.15

P
p_cookies, see cookie jar
p_kbshift, 3.7
p_root, 3.5
p_run, 3.7
paddles, 5.9
page flipping, 4.3
palette, see VDI palette based devices
palette registers, 4.4
PARMBLK structure, 6.23
partition information block, 4.16
Pascal, 1.9
Pdomain(), 2.3
peripheral mode, 5.4
Pexec(), 2.9, 2.103
Pfork(), 2.14, 2.105
Physbase(), 4.3
physical screen, 4.3
Pgeteuid(), 2.14
Pgetpgrp(), 2.14
Pgetpid(), 2.14, 2.107
Pgetppid(), 2.14
Pgetuid(), 2.14
Pkill(), 2.109
plotter drivers, see VDI plotter drivers
Pmsg(), 2.31
Pnice(), 2.14
Popup(), 10.32
popup menus, 6.28, 11.18
Prenice(), 2.14
prescaler, 4.7
PRGFLAGS, 2.9
printer, 4.18
printer device, 2.8, 2.17
printer drivers, see VDI printer drivers
prn: file, see printer device
process terminate handler, see GEMDOS vectors
processor cache control,MegaSTe, B.34
processor state save area, B.7
progress indicators, 11.12
prt_cnt, B.12
Prtblk(), 4.18
Prusage(), 2.14
Psemaphore(), 2.31
Psetlimit(), 2.14
Psetuid(), 2.14
pseudo-drive, 2.16
PSG, I.1
Psigaction(), 2.28
Psigblock(), 2.28
Psignal(), 2.28
Psigreturn(), 2.28
Psigsetmask(), 2.28
Pterm(), 2.9, 2.11
Ptermres(), 2.11, 2.123
PTRACEFLOW, 2.31
PTRACEGO, 2.31
PTRACESFLAGS, 2.31
PTRACESTEP, 2.31
Pumask(), 2.16
Puntaes(), 3.7, 4.19
Pusrval(), 2.14
Pvfork(), 2.14
Pwait(), 2.14
Pwait3(), 2.14
Pwaitpid(), 2.14

Q
QMS/Imagen, 7.13

R
Random(), 4.18
raster coordinates, see VDI coordinate systems
raster forms, see VDI raster forms
RC, see VDI coordinate systems
RCS, see resource construction set
real-time clock, B.31
rectangle list, see AES rectangle list
rectangles, see VDI rectangles
reset vector, see BIOS vectors
resolutions, see screen
resource construction set, 6.13
resources, 6.13
file format, see .RSC file format
usage, see AES resource library
ROOT definition, 6.14

.RSC file format, C.9

CICONBLK extension, C.11

extension array, C.11

free strings and images, C.11

header, C.9

object trees, C.10

AES 3.30 resource format, C.11

S
Salert(), 2.28
scan codes, F.1

SCC, 4.17

DMA registers, B.33

ports, B.33

vectors, B.6

screen

determining the size, 4.4

memory, 4.3, 5.25

registers, B.19

resolution, 4.4, 5.24

resolution change, 6.144

sound

attenuation, 4.8

adjusting gain, 4.8

configuring levels, 4.8

connection matrix, 4.7

determining status, 4.8

envelopes, I.6

Falcon030 sound system, 4.6

FM, I.3

handshaking, 4.7

interrupts, 4.8

playing, I.1

proper use of, 11.24

recording, 4.8

registers, B.25

selecting tracks, 4.8

setting frequency, 4.7

STe/TT digital sound, 5.28

T
tablet drivers, see VDI tablet drivers
Talarm(), 2.131
TEDINFO structure, 6.19
terminal device, 2.17
TEXT segment, 2.9
Tgetdate(), 2.35
Tgettime(), 2.35
threads, see MiNT threads
three-dimensional objects, 6.16
Tickcal(), 3.36
timer, see AES timer events
timer tick vector, see GEMDOS vectors
toolbars, 6.33, 11.14
toolboxes, 11.13

TOS, 1.3

configuration bits, 3.6

file system, 2.3

header, 3.4

OSHEADER structure, 3.5

U
UBYTE, see Data Types
UCHAR, see Data Types
ULONG, see Data Types
UNIX, 2.3
Unlocksnd(), 4.6
user interface, 11.1
user mode, 4.12
UWORD, see Data Types

V
v_arc(), 7.24
v_bar(), 7.25
v_bez(), 7.13
v_bez_fill(), 7.13, 7.27
v_bez_off(), 7.13
v_bez_on(), 7.13
v_bit_image(), 7.31
v_cellarray(), 7.32
v_circle(), 7.33
v_clear_disp_list(), 7.34
v_clrwk(), 7.34
v_clsvwk(), 7.35
v_clswk(), 7.35
v_contourfill(), 7.36
v_curdown(), 7.37
v_curhome(), 7.37
v_curleft(), 7.38
v_curright(), 7.38
v_curtext(), 7.39
v_curup(),7.40
v_dspcur(),7.40
v_eeol(), 7.41
v_eeos(), 7.42
v_ellarc(), 7.42
v_ellipse(), 7.43
v_ellpie(), 7.44
v_enter_cur(), 7.45
v_exit_cur(), 7.46
v_fillarea(), 7.46
v_flushcache(), 7.47
v_fontinit(), 7.48
v_form_adv(), 7.48
v_ftext(), 7.49
v_ftext16(), 7.16, 7.50
v_ftext_offset(), 7.51
v_ftext_offset16(), 7.16, 7.52
v_get_pixel(), 4.5, 7.55
v_getbitmap_info(), 7.12
v_getoutline(), 7.12
v_gtext(), 7.56
v_hardcopy(), 7.57
v_hide_c(), 7.57
v_justified(), 7.58
v_killoutline(), 7.12
v_loadcache(), 7.59
v_meta_extents(), 7.60
v_opnvwk(), 7.3
V_Opnvwk(), 7.5
v_opnwk(), 7.3, 7.66
V_Opnwk(), 7.5
v_output_window(), 7.68
v_pgcount(), 7.69
v_pieslice(), 7.70
v_pline(), 7.71
v_pmarker(), 7.72
v_rbox(), 7.72
v_rfbox(), 7.73
v_rmcur(), 7.74
v_rvoff(), 7.75
v_rvon(), 7.75
v_savecache(), 7.76
v_set_app_buff(), 7.77
v_show_c(), 7.77
v_updwk(), 7.16, 7.78
v_write_meta(), 7.79
validation string, 6.19

VDI, 7.1

clipping, 7.3, 7.125

color mapping, 7.9

coordinate systems, 7.5

device IDs, 7.4

device-specific format, 7.10

fonts, see GDOS fonts

function availability, 7.8

function calling procedure, 7.18

function reference, 7.21

GDOS, see GDOS

GDP's, 7.6

monochrome devices, 7.9

raster forms, 7.9

rectangles, 7.7

rendering graphics, 7.6

palette-based devices, 7.9

parameter block, 7.18

physical workstations, 7.3

standard format, 7.10

true-color devices, 7.9

using color, 7.8

vector handling, 7.10

virtual workstations, 7.4

workstations, 7.3

workstation handles, 7.3

vertical blank

handlers, 3.19

interrupt, 3.19

W
warm boot, 3.3
WavePlay(), 4.110
wildcards, 2.5
wind_calc(), 6.33, 6.149
wind_close(), 6.31, 6.150
wind_create(), 6.29, 6.150
wind_delete(), 6.31, 6.152
wind_find(), 6.31, 6.152
wind_get(), 6.31, 6.153
wind_new(), 6.157
wind_open(), 6.31, 6.158
wind_set(), 6.31, 6.158
wind_update(), 6.32, 6.161
windows, see AES windows
WORD, see Data Types
workstations, see VDI workstations
WORM drives, 2.3
write modes, see VDI write modes

X

XBIOS, 4.1

calling from an interrupt, 4.20

function calling procedure, 4.19

XCONTROL, 10.1

boot-only CPX's, 10.6

callback functions, 10.17

cpx flavors, 10.6

event CPX's, 10.9

executable format, 10.3

file formats, 10.12

file naming, 10.12

form CPX's, 10.6

function calling procedure, 10.13

function reference, 10.15

parameter block, 10.5

resident CPX's, 10.7

set-only CPX's, 10.7

stack space, 10.13

utility functions, 10.27