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- Short: v1.5, Supports over 80 archive formats (via XAD).
- Author: mechanismx@lineone.net (Andrew Bell)
- Uploader: mechanismx@lineone.net (Andrew Bell)
- Type: util/arc
- Requires: AmigaOS 3.0+, MC68020, 2-4MB of RAM recommended.
- util/arc/xadmaster.lha - version 10+
- util/libs/mui38usr.lha - version 3.8+
- dev/mui/MCC_NList0_89.lha - version 0.89+
- dev/mui/MCC_NListtree.lha - version 18.8+
- dev/mui/MCC_Speedbar.lha - version 1.3+
- Optional: util/virus/xvslibrary.lha - version 33+
- comm/www/OpenURL30.lha - version 3+
- docs/hyper/xadclients.lha - version 1.3+
-
- (Note: This version lacks documentation)
-
- ============================================================================
- Quick Introduction
- ============================================================================
-
- Voodoo-X is an MUI based archive browser and extractor that uses the XAD
- unarchiver engine. This means it doesn't depend on external archiver
- commands being in the C: (etc.) drawer.
-
- The following archives, disk packers and filesystems are supported:
-
- Ace, Ace MS-EXE, Amiga Plus Unpack, Amiga Standard FS, AmiPack, Ar, Arc,
- Arj, Arj MS-EXE, BZip, BZip2, CAB, CAB MS-EXE, CompDisk, Compress, Cpio,
- CrunchDisk, DImp, DImp SFX, DMS, DMS SFX, GZip, LhA, LhA MS-EXE, LhA SFX,
- LhF, LhPak SFX, LhSFX, LhWarp, LZX, Marc's DiskCruncher, Microsoft FAT FS,
- MSA, MXM-Simple Archive SFX, PackDev, PackDisk, PCompress PACK, RAR,
- RAR MS-EXE, S-Omni, S-Pack, S-Pack SFX, SanityOS FS, Savage Compressor,
- SDS Software SFX, Sensi disk FS, Shrink, SuperDuper3, Tar, Trackmo-DOS FS,
- WinZip MS-EXE, xDisk, xMash, XPK Archive, ZAP, Zip, Zip MS-EXE, Zoo, Zoom,
- Zoom 5 plus many more in the future.
-
- This list depends on the version of XAD you're using. By the time you read
- this, XAD might be several generations better and more advanced.
-
-
- ============================================================================
- Long Introduction
- ============================================================================
-
- Voodoo-X is an MUI based front-end for Dirk Stoecker's powerful unarchiving
- system xadmaster.library (Shareware). Unlike other dearchiver front-ends,
- Voodoo-X doesn't depend on external archiver commands (such as LZX, LHA,
- DMS, etc.) being in the C: drawer nor does it require complicated command
- line setups for these commands. This is because XAD does all the hard work.
- :-)
-
- Voodoo-X allows you to quickly browse an archive's contents and view
- individual files (with filetypes) like pictures and documents just by
- double clicking your mouse. This method of browsing archives proves to
- be highly effective since you don't need to get your hands dirty by
- extracting files to temporary locations such as Ram:. Voodoo-X does all
- that for you.
-
- xadmaster.library is a modular system and will support even more archiver
- formats in the future.
-
- Note: Voodoo-X doesn't actually write disk based archives (like DMS, xMash,
- etc.) back to disk, but instead examines them to see if they are
- OFS or FFS formatted, if they are, it then allows you to browse
- through the contents of them and retrieve individual files.
-
- Voodoo-X can also retrieve files from inside standard FFS formatted
- (i.e AmigaDOS) ADF files like those used with WinUAE. OFS, FFS,
- DirCache, International, double-density and high-density disks
- formats are all supported.
-
-
- ============================================================================
- Known bugs/Things still to do
- ============================================================================
-
- These are known problems and are not worth reporting. You're only wasting
- your own time if you report them, but thanks for the effort anyway. :-)
-
- - No Locale support yet (planned).
-
- - Those who use small screen resolutions (i.e. like < 640x512) may notice
- some weird layouts with MUI. Don't ask me why, but some people have
- reported MUI defaulting to the Helvetica font.
-
- - Progress bar resets to 0 with really big archives (100MB+).
-
- - You need to quit Voodoo-X and restart it to update any newly configured
- toolbars. I removed the "Update Toolbar" feature at the last moment due
- to some bugs/design issues that would have taken ages to fix. I'll bring
- this feature back in version 1.6.
-
- - The Listtree viewmode is obsolete, will be totally removed sometime in
- favour of NListtree. So questions like "What's the point of having two
- tree viewmodes?" will be ignored. It's a transitional thing, get used
- to it. ;-)
-
- - Voodoo-X looks for toolbar images in its home dir by default. This can be
- problematic when launching it from environments (like filemanagers, etc.)
- that screw with the PROGDIR: path (this is where Voodoo-X expects to find
- the Images drawer). To bypass this, use an absolute path to the image
- location. For example, use something like "MyTools:Voodoo-X/Images/Quit"
- instead of "Images/Quit".
-
- - Lack of documentation. I've absolutely no time to update the documentation
- for this version. If somebody could do this for me I'd be very greatful. :-)
- You can find the v1.4 HTML docs on my website, in the old v1.4 archive.
-
- You'll just have to play around with it for now. Read the history file
- for a detailed description of changes made since v1.4.
-
-
- ============================================================================
- New things for Voodoo-X 1.5
- ============================================================================
-
- - Major speed improvements when loading archives.
- - Support for Simone Tellini's SpeedBar MUI class. Buttons can now be
- configured to suit. Thanks to Martin Merz for taking the time to
- draw the images for me.
- - Improved client information window.
- - Support for archives with multiple portions.
- - Improved temporary file handling.
- - The About window now shows the history file.
- - Low memory handlers.
- - More shell arguments
- - Support for Carsten Scholling's NListtree.mcc. You now have proper
- multiselection in tree mode. :-)
- - New archive information window. Also shows DMS texts, etc.
- - Overwrite requesters now popup when extracting.
- - New recent submenu that holds recently accessed archives.
- - Run executables inside arhives.
- - Plus lots more (see history file).
-
- ============================================================================
- Features
- ============================================================================
-
- o Browse many archives very quickly. Voodoo-X contains an archive history
- list, much like the URL history list of a web browser. This allows you
- to switch between archives VERY QUICKLY with only three clicks of the
- mouse button.
-
- o Retrieve files from within DMS archives (and other disk based archive
- formats too) without having to extract the entire archive to disk or
- a virtual disk device like FMS.
-
- o Browse archives inside archives. Quickly gain access to that document
- inside that LHA inside that LZX inside that DMS. ;)
-
- o Quickly view pictures, documents or similar files that are inside archives
- simply by double clicking on a file. Voodoo-X will then extract it and
- start the viewer of your choice.
-
- o Drag one or more archive icons from Workbench into the main window to
- browse their contents.
-
- o Support for multipart archives.
-
- o Support for archives that contain multiple portions (like embedded filing
- systems, etc).
-
- o Virus checking. If you have Georg Hoermann's xvs.library system installed
- then you can check archives for file viruses. You can also specify if
- every file extracted should be checked.
-
- o Lots of archiver formats are supported (common ones and obscure ones).
- Disk image formats are also supported, so you can treat AmigaDOS
- formatted ADF files as normal archives under Voodoo-X.
-
- o Fast decompression, thanks to xadmaster.library. Note that this really
- depends on the client being used. Some clients are coded in C and might
- noticeably slower than the original archive program on older CPUs.
-
- o Very easy-to-use user interface, thanks to MUI.
-
- o Quickly copy, move or delete archives using pull down menus. This can
- be highly convenient when going through download directories.
-
- o Search window. Search for strings or filename patterns inside archives.
- Uses assembly optimized string search routines for greater speed.
-
- o Nice progress bars. :-)
-
-
- ============================================================================
- Quick thanks
- ============================================================================
-
- I would like thank those individuals that took the time to send a gift and
- honoured the GIFTWARE status of this program. They know who they are.
- Thanks again!
-
- I would like to say no-thanks to those individuals that said they'd send a
- gift if I added feature X, Y or Z and after I did, they never upheld there
- part of the deal.
-
- So only those people who have took the time and bothered to send a gift will
- get first priority when it comes feature requests.
-
-
- ============================================================================
- Copyright
- ============================================================================
-
- Voodoo-X is Copyright © 2000-2001 Andrew Bell. All rights reserved. Voodoo-X
- is uncrippled GIFTWARE and is provided "AS IS". Please refer to the
- documentation for more information.
-
- Although Voodoo-X is uncrippled GIFTWARE, xadmaster.library and MUI are
- SHAREWARE. Please consider registering XAD/MUI and show your support for
- Amiga software.
-
- Voodoo-X wouldn't be possible without the following third-party software:
-
- xadmaster.library - Copyright © 1998-2001 Dirk Stoecker.
- muimaster.library - Copyright © 1992-2001 Stefan Stuntz.
- NList MUI custom class - Copyright © 1996-2001 Gilles Masson.
- Listtree MUI custom class - Copyright © 1995-1997 Klaus Melchior.
- xvs.library - Copyright © 1997-2001 Georg Hoermann.
- Speedbar MUI custom class - Copyright © 1999-2001 Simone Tellini.
-
- Special thanks to the above programmers, for their hard work.
-
- Another special thanks goes to Dirk for allowing me to access to the beta
- versions of XAD to test with Voodoo-X. Thanks again!
-
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