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Short: Powerful script based launching tool.
Uploader: di3andpe@ida.his.se (Anders Persson)
Author: di3andpe@ida.his.se (Anders Persson)
Version: 5.5
Type: util/misc
Replaces: util/misc/selector54.lha
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* Description *
Highly configurable launching tool for almost any purpose. But
it is not yet another program like toolsdeamon or launchingpad.
Selector serves as a complement to these types of programs. It's
more like a script language.
Selector is a powerful tool to use within shell scripts or to
make a little GUI for your CLI type program. I have for example
made a GUI for GMPlay (gmplay_gui13.lha on Aminet) using selector.
It is really easy to produce a button panel, info window or a little
requester with selector.
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* Requirements *
Selector needs AmigaDos2.0. A hard disk is strongly recommended.
Some of the included examples need AmigaOS3+
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* What's new in Selector 5.5 (970609) *
-Bugfix: The X and Y option atPointer did not work if you let selector
open its own screen.
-Selector can now work with ExecuteHack (by Norbert Püschel). ExecuteHack
is also included as a bonus tool. This means that you can protect a
selector script +S and then run it as a executable program.
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* What was new in Selector 5.4 (970529) *
-Added new options to the X and Y commands that makes it possible to
open the window where the mouse pointer is. Useful for popup menues etc.
-Changed the noborder command to Border ON/OFF. This to make the
commands more similar to each other. For example: Close ON/OFF, Title OFF
etc. But the NOBORDER command is still available for compability reasons.
-Reworked the command reference part of the documentation.
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* What was new in Selector 5.3 (970521) *
-Bugfix: The error handling routine introduced in the last version
calls the routine that handles string enclosing (with " ' @ etc.)
So, if there was an error enclosing a string, these two routines
keept on calling eachother until the stack was overflowed.
-New version of the SelectorFont program. It can now remember what
font you last selected, so that it won't start with topaz 8 all the
time. Please note that the shell options not are the same.
Try "SelectorFont ?" for more specific information.
-New bonus tools:
SelectorText: Converts (and optionally reformats) a text file to
a selector script file.
WBRun: Starts a program like it was started from workbench.
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* What was new in Selector 5.2 (970422) *
-Bugfix: Selector did not work with FastIPrefs or ToolManager.
Thanks to Stefan Nilsson for the bug report!
-The error handling was extended so that longer error messages
now can be displayed without problems.
-Bug fixed in the version command.
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* What was new in Selector 5.1 (970407) *
-I discovered that I needed to use both "-signs and '-signs in strings,
so I extended the string enclosing signs from ( " and ' ) to
( " ' @ # £ ^ and & ). So now you can write for example:
text ^Isn't this "cool"?^ for the text: Isn't this "cool"?
Or a little more concrete example:
screen DM
button Tempdir @rx "address DM newdir 'dh2:temp/*'"@
button ^Mark lha^ &rx "address DM select '*.lha'"&
-Bugfix:
It wasn't possible to use fonts larger than about 40.
-Bugfix:
The window became to big when using "noborder".
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* What was new in Selector 5.0 (970319) *
-Bug on graphics cards and super hires fixed.
-Fonts support. New command: Font
-New support program: SelectorFont, to set the default font for
selector, or request a font in your scripts. This program
needs asl.library.
-Now possible to open the window on any public screen
using the extended SCREEN command.
-The X and Y commands were extended.
-New command: OnExit
-New button/onchange/onexit options: Quit, DumpX, DumpY
-The button/onchange/onexit option "Update" will now ignore the X and
Y commands. If you want selector to behave as before: Use Load [this]
instead of update.
-AmigaDos1.3 no longer supported. At least AmigaDos2.0 is needed.
Some of the included examples need AmigaOS3.
-Added "Bonus Tools"
-The copyrights is changed.
Greetings to Henrik Thurén, "KnC" McWhirter, Jörn Hansson
and Stefan Nilsson! Thanks for your help and support!
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* Copyrights *
Selector is Copyrighted (C) 1997 by Anders Persson, but you can
distribute it with your freeware software as long as you also include
this readme file.
You can also include selector with any shareware or commercial
software, as long as you send me a registred version of your product.
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