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Yass V1.1 - Manual
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NAME
Yass - Yet Another Screen Selector
DESCRIPTION
Yass is a new Screen-Selector Commodity for Amigas with OS2.0
or higher. Here's a rundown of Yass' features:
o Completely controllable via keyboard.
(of course you can use your mouse, if you really want to).
o Shows Screens and Windows (option).
o Shows PublicScreenname or ScreenTitle (option).
o Ability to change the default Public screen.
o Opens window even on non-public screens (option).
o Font-sensitive.
o Resizeable window.
COPYRIGHT
Yass is freely distributable.
Yass is free to be spread on public-domain and shareware disks
especially on Fred Fish's AmigaLibDisks, as long as they are sold
for a reasonable charge that is less than US $6 or DM 8.- .
For use in commercial products the permission of the authors is required.
Yass may be copied and distributed via electronic networks such
as the Internet, also it may be held available on anonymous ftp-servers,
mail-boxes or BBS's.
The Copyright is still by the Author.
AUTHOR
Albert Schweizer
Kelterstr. 9
71032 Böblingen
Germany
Internet: schweizr@rhds01.rz.fht-esslingen.de
Ps. IF YOU LIKE THIS PROGRAM A LOT, SEND ME A POSTCARD !!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
REQUIREMENTS
o Any Amiga with Kickstart 2.04 (V37) or higher
STARTING
Yass is a COMMODITY, therefore it _only_ runs under WB Release
2.0 (V37.175) and newer. A Commodity is normally started in the
"SYS:WBStartup" drawer. So it will be automatically started on the
workbench startup (LoadWB, usually in "S:Startup-Sequence").
So, just copy "Yass" and "Yass.info" to "SYS:WBStartup", or
click and move the icon to the drawer.
To get Yass started without rebooting now, double-click the icon.
If the Tool Types weren't changed yet, a window shows up. Double-click
once more, if the window doesn't show up.
You can start Yass from the CLI or another Shell.
For example you can start Yass in the S:User-Startup:
Run >NIL: <NIL: Yass CX_POPUP=NO
OPTIONS - TOOL TYPES
Yass knows some ToolTypes which can either be located within the
.info file or may be issued on the command line. The syntax should
be of the form ToolType=Value.
Here are the ToolTypes the program recognizes.
DONOTWAIT
When started from WBStartup, let
WB know that it doesn't have to wait
for Yass.
CX_PRIORITY=<-128 - 129>
Priority in "commodities.library"'s queue
Default: 0
CX_POPUP=<YES | NO>
When Yass is started, the Screenlist-Window may show
up when set to 'YES' or any (!) other String
than 'NO'.
Default: YES
CX_POPKEY=<Hot Key>
The hot key opens the Screenlist-Window of Yass.
Default: Shift Escape
EXTPOPUP=<YES | NO>
Yass' Screenlist-Window will popup on every screen
(even on non-public screens !) when set to 'YES' or any
other string than 'NO'. See WARNINGS for more information.
Default: YES
SHOWWINDOWS=<YES | NO>
The Screenlist will also contain windows when set
to 'YES' or any other string than 'NO'.
Default: NO
LEFT=<startup X-position>
Yass' Screenlist-Window x-position at startup.
Default: 100
TOP=<starup Y-position>
Yass' Screenlist-Window y-position at startup.
Default: 100
WIDTH=<starup width min. 180>
Yass' Screenlist-Window width at startup.
(width is font-sensitive !!
The relation is 1:1 for topaz.8)
Default: 270
HEIGHT=<starup height min. 120>
Yass' Screenlist-Window height at startup.
(height is font-sensitive !!
The relation is 1:1 for topaz.8)
Default: 133
USAGE
When the CX_POPUP Tooltype is set to 'YES' and Yass is being started
or when the hot key was pressed, the Screenlist-Window shows up.
SCREENLIST WINDOW (V39 style):
Keys in "[]" are short-cuts. With them you can access the gadgets
with the keyboard w/o moving the mouse.
+-+--------------------------+-+-+
|o| Yass <Shift Esc> |Q|H|
+-+--------------------------+-+-+
| |
| ScreenList |
| | ScreenList:
| +--------------------------+-+ |
| |Workbench | | | Use mouse or [SHIFT]+
| | -Work 77 % voll, 43 M fr| | | CURSOR-UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT
| | -AmigaShell | | | to select window/screen.
| |CygnusEdScreen1 | | |
| | +-+ |
| | |A| |
| | |V| |
| +--------------------------+-+ |
| |
| Default [P]ublicScreen | CycleGadget:
| |
| +---+------------------------+ | The value inside the
| | G | Workbench | | Cycle-Gadget is set to
| +---+------------------------+ | the current default
| | Public screen.
| +----------+ +----------+ |
| | [S]elect | | [C]ancel | |
| +----------+ +----------+ |
| |
+------------------------------+-+
| |/|
+------------------------------+-+
GADGET-KEYBOARD-CONTROL
o To select next/previous ScreenList-Item use CURSOR-UP/DOWN.
o If ShowWindows-Option is enabled use CURSOR-LEFT/RIGHT to
select next/previous Screen.
o Press 'p' to change the default Public screen.
Use SHIFT to alter the entry in the other direction.
o Press 's' or <return> to activate selected screen/window.
o Press 'c' or <esc> to close the window w/o action.
MENU ITEMS:
Menu items can also be used via the keyboard, use the shown
Command Keys.
+---------+
| Project |
+-+-------+--------+
|Screenname »|
| +------------+
| | Title T| Show Screentitle
| |/ PubName P| Show Public screen name
| +------------+
|/ Ext. Popup E| Enables extended popup-mode.
| Show Windows W| Include windows in Screenlist.
|----------------|
|About ?| Shows up the version and Copyright.
|----------------|
|Quit Q| Exit Yass.
+----------------+
WARNINGS
If you use the EXTENDED POPUP-MODE, Yass will try to open its window
on every Screen (even on non-public screens). This could cause problems
if a program trys to close the screen while Yass' window is open.
It might be possible that situations emerge which confuze the OS and
lead to a software failure.
In other words don't experiment with it when you haven't saved that
file you are editing yet. Remember you use this at your own risk!
TESTING
This program was developed on an A4000/040 and was tested on the
following configurations:
o A1000, 120 MB IDE HD, Multivision FF, 512 KB Chip-RAM and
2 MB Fast-RAM. (OS2.1+OS3.0)
o A2000, '030 25MHz, 200 MB SCSI HD, oMniBus-Gfx-System, 1 MB Chip-RAM
and some MB 32Bit-Fast-RAM. (OS3.0)
o A3000 25MHz, 1 GB SCSI HD, oMniBus-Gfx-System, 2 MB Chip-RAM and
some MB Fast-RAM. (OS3.0)
o A4000/040, 2x 170MB IDE HDs, oMniBus-Gfx-System, 2 MB Chip-RAM
and 8 MB Fast-RAM. (OS3.0)
On all these configuration the program seems to work fine, so I guess
you can run it on almost any machine (with a bit of spare memory).
TODO
If you have any suggestions, let me know!
BUGS
Tell me about any you find!
RELEASE NOTES
V0.xß - Internal releases, for betatesters only. DON'T USE.
V1.0 - First Public release
V1.1 - Fixed nasty resize-Bug + some internal changes.