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- Short: Deluxe Replacement for WB2+ Info, V1.1
- Uploader: nick.christie@oucs.ox.ac.uk (Nick Christie)
- Author: nick.christie@oucs.ox.ac.uk (Nick Christie)
- Type: util/wb
-
- 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.
-
- 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.
-
-
- Version Notes:
-
- 1.1 - Fixed Enforcer hits on File Info page.
- No longer disables paste button when tooltypes list is empty.
- Forgot to optimize - saves 1K.
-
-
- 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 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.
-
- o Displays file version ID strings and file type (using WhatIs
- library, by Sylvain Rougier and Pierre Carrette, not included).
-
- 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 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.
-
- o AppIcon option, with user-definable imagery 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. 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.
- NB: No translations available at the present time.
-
- $VER: ExtraInfo.readme 1.1 (21.5.95)
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