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- Short: Deluxe Replacement for WB2+ Info, V1.3
- Uploader: nick.christie@oucs.ox.ac.uk (Nick Christie)
- Author: nick.christie@oucs.ox.ac.uk (Nick Christie)
- Type: util/sys
-
- ExtraInfo is a replacement for the Workbench "Information" function,
- and adds a great deal of functionality on top. I wrote it because I
- was sick of squinting at that tiny topaz-8 font in a window without
- keyboard shortcuts that is Commodore's original offering. ExtraInfo
- takes advantage of AmigaOS3 features, but only requires OS2.
-
- ExtraInfo uses the excellent BGUI library by Jan van den Baard to
- provide font-sensitive, keyboard-controllable gadgets in a resizeable
- window. The library itself is included, but programmers are encouraged
- to get the full package from AmiNet in directory dev/gui.
-
-
- Version 1.3
- -----------
- - FIX: Incorrect memory deallocation was causing guru on exit (WB3).
-
- - FIX: Bug in installer script was putting ExtraWBInfo icon in wrong
- directory.
-
-
- Version 1.2
- -----------
-
- - NEW: AmigaOS3 WBInfo() support. Now includes ExtraWBInfo, by Simon
- Dick, allowing you to summon ExtraInfo using the Workbench
- "Information" menu item, and within other programs that support
- this interface.
-
- - NEW: NewIcons support. Load, replace and save NewIcons. Displays
- NewIcons correctly remapped for the screen. Can replace a standard
- icon with a NewIcon (but not vice versa).
-
- - NEW: MultiUser filesystem support. Changes file protection bits
- through MultiUser, if available. Displays GroupID and UserID names.
- Checks user's access rights to the current object and enables or
- disables functions as appropriate.
-
- - NEW: Multiple selection of tooltypes for Toggle, Remove, Cut and
- Copy functions.
-
- - NEW: Multiple target files support. Specify multiple files from
- Workbench or Shell and select them using Next/Prev buttons or menu.
-
- - NEW: Image button on icon page, to replace icon image with that of
- either the default icon (as specified by WhatIs or the AmigaOS), or
- one chosen using a file requester.
-
- - NEW: More intelligent tooltypes Toggle function: replaces YES/NO,
- TRUE/FALSE and ON/OFF with the opposite value.
-
- - NEW: Menu item to launch user-configurable, external icon editor.
-
- - NEW: "Save As" menu option to save icon under another name.
-
- - NEW: READICON keyword forces ExtraInfo to get its configuration
- from program icon tooltypes instead of Shell command line.
-
- - NEW: Support for AmigaOS3+ memory pools reduces memory
- fragmentation.
-
- - NEW: CENTRESCREEN keyword to open window in the centre of the
- screen, provided no window definition is saved in ENV:.
-
- - NEW: Checks tooltype length during load and paste, warns before
- truncating.
-
- - NEW: Optional "Discard Changes?" warning.
-
- - NEW: Warns before pasting large clipboard texts.
-
- - NEW: Abbreviations added to shell template.
-
- - NEW: File requesters now retain their last used directory, etc.
-
- - NEW: Now sets protection bits of icon file to same as target except
- for pure, script, execute (always false) and read (always true).
-
- - NEW: German and Italian catalogs.
-
- - CHG: Changed KEEPWINSIZE to SAVEWINSIZE of opposite logic. If
- SAVEWINSIZE is set, window size and position is written to ENV:
- each time ExtraInfo is quit.
-
- - FIX: ASL File requesters now open with a more reasonable height.
-
- - FIX: No longer checks manually for guide when Help is requested.
- This lets you put the guide anywhere in AmigaGuide's path without
- having to set the GUIDENAME tooltype.
-
- - FIX: Finally enables/disables tooltypes paste button correctly.
-
- - FIX: Language keyword had no effect previously.
-
-
- Requirements
- ------------
-
- o AmigaOS 2.04 / Kickstart V37 or higher.
-
- o bgui.library V38 or higher (included).
-
-
- Status
- ------
-
- o Freeware.
-
-
- Features
- --------
-
- o Can be started from Workbench or Shell.
-
- o AmigaOS3 WBInfo() support, using ExtraWBInfo by Simon Dick,
- allowing you to summon ExtraInfo using the Workbench "Information"
- menu item, and within other programs that support this interface.
-
- o Edit tooltypes, with Insert, Toggle, Duplicate and Remove buttons.
- Also arrange their order with Top, Bottom, Up and Down, and
- cut/copy/paste them to/from the clipboard.
-
- o Comprehensive file, volume and icon information display.
-
- o Fully supports the NewIcons system, by Nicola Salmoria.
-
- o Displays file version ID strings and file type (using WhatIs
- library, by Sylvain Rougier and Pierre Carrette, not included).
-
- o Replace icon image by dragging and dropping, or requesting WhatIs/
- AmigaOS default icon, or by choosing an icon with a requester.
-
- o Strip or add bitplanes to icon images - useful for reducing size of
- icon file and eliminating image corruption in faulty icons.
-
- o UnSnapshot icon position and swap pens 1 and 2 (black and white,
- called "ReColor" in IconEdit).
-
- o Menu item to launch user-configurable, external icon editor.
-
- o AppWindow support - drop icons on window to show info for them, to
- replace icon images, to specify default tool, or to quickly insert
- filenames into tooltypes.
-
- o AppIcon option, with user-configurable image and placement.
-
- o Opens on the default public screen, optionally on a named one.
-
- o Font-sensitive gadget layout in resizeable windows using BGUI
- library: uses the screen's default font, with option to override
- and specify font.
-
- o Option to specify tooltypes listview font.
-
- o All gadgets have keyboard shortcuts.
-
- o AmigaGuide documentation, available on-line.
-
- o Installer script included.
-
- o Locale support for presenting all text and messages in the user's
- preferred language, plus option to override and specify language.
-
-
- Limitations
- -----------
-
- o You cannot replace a NewIcon image with a standard one, or change
- the standard image that is "inside" a NewIcon.
-
- o Depending on the icon size, the window may be too tall to open on
- a 200-line (ie. NTSC) screen.
-
-
- $VER: ExtraInfo.readme 1.3 (16.8.95)
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