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- .name
- ExtraInfo
- .type
- Workbench Tool
- .short
- Deluxe Replacement for WB2+ Info
- .description
- 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
- does *not* require OS3 like all the others, since I'm still getting by
- with OS2. That does mean, however, that it doesn't patch the WBInfo()
- library function: you have to run it like a normal program.\n
- ExtraInfo uses the excellent BGUI library by Jan van den Baard to
- provide font-sensitive, keyboard-controllable gadgets in a resizeable
- window. You'll find the full package on AmiNet in directory dev/gui.\n
- Version 1.1:\n
- - Fixed Enforcer hits on File Info page.\n
- - No longer disables paste button when tooltypes list is empty.\n
- - Forgot to optimize - saves 1K.\n
- Summary of Features:\n
- o Can be started from Workbench or Shell.\n
- 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.\n
- o Comprehensive file, volume and icon information.\n
- o Displays file version ID strings and file type (using WhatIs
- library, by Sylvain Rougier and Pierre Carrette, not included).\n
- o Strip or add bitplanes to icon images - useful for reducing size of
- icon file and eliminating image corruption in faulty icons.\n
- o UnSnapshot icon position and swap pens 1 and 2 (black and white,
- called "ReColor" in IconEdit).\n
- o AppWindow support - drop icons on window to show info for them.
- Also: drop icons on special image box to replace existing icon
- imagery. It is also possible to add icons to files this way.\n
- o AppIcon option, with user-definable imagery and placement.\n
- o Opens on the default public screen, optionally on a named one.\n
- o Font-sensitive gadget layout in resizeable windows using BGUI
- library: uses the screen's default font. Option to override and
- specify font.\n
- o Option to specify tooltypes listview font.\n
- o All gadgets have keyboard shortcuts.\n
- o Installer script included.\n
- o AmigaGuide documentation, available on-line.\n
- o Locale support for presenting all text and messages in the user's
- preferred language, plus option to override and specify language.\n
- .version
- 1.1
- .date
- 1995.05.21
- .author
- Nick Christie
- .restrictions
- No catalog translations available yet. Doesn't patch OS3 WBInfo function.
- .requirements
- WB2.04+ (V37+), BGUI library V38+
- .distribution
- Freeware
- .address
- 39 St Georges Drive
- Bransgore
- BH23 8EZ
- Great Britain
- .email
- nick.christie@oucs.ox.ac.uk (Nick Christie)
- nick@vax.ox.ac.uk (Nick Christie)
- .exectype
- Compiled C
- .installsize
- 35K - 200K
- The minimum value doesn't include bgui.library.
- .construction
- SAS/C 6.55
- .tested
- A2000/030, ECS, 10MB Fast, 1MB Chip, OS V37.
- .run
- ExtraInfo=WB,ExtraInfo
- ExtraInfo=CLI,ExtraInfo
- .docs
- ExtraInfo.guide
- .described-by
- nick.christie@oucs.ox.ac.uk (Nick Christie)
-