Phlegm Hack

Phlegm Hack 1.3
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What is Phlegm Hack?
Phlegm Hack is a small HackMaster extension program for the Palm Computing Platform. It allows you to quickly switch from your current application to the previous one by simply swiping your pen from the silkscreen "Apps" button into the upper-left graffiti area. In addition, a swipe from the "Menu" button to the "Apps" button will pop up a list of you most recently used applications for you to jump to. Users of SwitchHack will find PhlegmHack very similar. Other features of PhlegmHack include: You can chose which applications will be ignored by PhlegmHack from the preferences screen in HackMaster. You can choose "favorite" apps which will always be shown in the MRU list. You can clear the cache of applications stored by PhlegmHack from the preferences screen. Small icons give you a visual cue in the most-recently-used list. Phlegm Hack is free to use, and licensed under the GNU General Public License. It requires HackMaster to run, which is not free and should be registered for $5 from Daggerware. You can get HackMaster and register it from the Daggerware Site. It is assumed that you are familiar with using HackMaster extensions, so please read the HackMaster documentation before installing Phlegm Hack. In particular, you should always disable hacks before uninstalling or upgrading them.
How does it work?
From the Preferences screen, you can mark any application on your Palm to be either a "Favorite" or to be "Ignored". Applications that are ignored will never show up on your most-recently-used list, and you cannot jump back to them with the backstroke (Apps button to graffiti area). Applications that you mark as "Favorites" will always show up on your MRU list, and will be shown in bold font. Any app on your MRU list will show its associated small-icon if the author of that app defined it. If not, it will show nothing but the title. Applications are sorted by their order of use, so that the most-recently used app will be at the bottom of the list (closest to your pen). If you delete an application from your Palm that is stored in the MRU cache, it will show up as "Err" in the list. You can clear just the deleted apps from the MRU list by either entering the PhlegmHack Prefs screen, or by trying to follow the link to the "Err" app.
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Warning!! Danger Will Robinson! If you use a 3rd-party launcher like LauncherIII or Handscape, you should set PhlegmHack to ignore your launcher before you activate PhlegmHack. Otherwise, PhlegmHack will think it is just another program and attempt to start it (again). You might want to look at the ChangeLog. Also, remember to de-activate and de-install your previous versions of PhlegmHack if you are upgrading. WARNING - you should read the BUGS file before using PhlegmHack. phlegm.prc - Just the PRC file, for people in a hurry. phlegm-1.3.zip - Contains the PRC file plus this web page. phlegm-src-1.3.tar.gz - Everything including the source code.
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