Once the categories, emulators, programs and required filters have been set up,
BeebEF can be used for what it is meant to: as a front-end for BBC
emulators.
The main window looks as follows.
All buttons on the tool bar have popup hints to allow for easy reference.
The window offers the following possibilities.
Before running a program, a window may pop up, giving you a warning about an incompatibility of the emulator and the program, or about the fact that the sideways ram slot of an E00 DFS should be writeable. (These warnings can be switched off in the Options window.)
After running a program, a window may pop up that says 'Press OK after running emulator.'
This window pops up in a number of circumstances in which BeebEF has to do some work after the emulator has finished running. (For example, to copy or delete a disk image, to restore the emulator's default DFS rom, or to copy a picture file.)
It is important that you only press 'OK' after the emulator has finished running. If you press 'OK' earlier, unexpected things might happen. (For example, a disk image might be deleted while the emulator is still using it, the default DFS rom might be restored while the emulator still uses the E00 DFS, or the wrong picture file might be copied.)
The status bar of the main window gives information about the selected program. The first panel displays the program type, the second one whether a program was marked as 'favourite', the third one whether the program requires an E00 DFS, the fourth panel displays an exclamation mark (!) if there is any entry on the 'Information' tab page, and the fifth one displays the number of programs in the current view.