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- Short: Start button and explorer in one. Fast.
- Author: s.e.m.lichtendahl@its.tudelft.nl (Stephan Lichtendahl)
- Uploader: s.e.m.lichtendahl@its.tudelft.nl (Stephan Lichtendahl)
- Version: 2.5
- Type: util/wb
- Status: GiftWare
- Requires: AmigaOS 3.5, PopupMenu.library v8.0, Reqtools.library v38.1436, WBStart.library 2.2
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- Only small changes and bugfixes this time; because this release is long overdue!
-
- Introduction:
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- OK, so it is another one of those Windoze Start button lookalikes. However,
- with this one you can browse your directory tree without ever needing to wait
- for icons to load, because they are loaded dynamically. In addition, icons are
- shown for files that do not have icons (based on filetype) and thumbnails are
- created on the fly for Jpeg pictures. Most importantly, Dynamite is a lot
- faster in loading icons, especially default icons, than Workbench / DOpus.
-
- Features
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- · Easy browsing to directories, starting files (with filetype recognition) and
- performing file management (copy, rename, delete, etc.).
- · From the start button you can browse your (virtual) directory tree; at the
- same time the dock icons next to the start button provide additonal browsers.
-
- · You can drop icons on files to change the icon image or on hotlists to add
- items to the hotlist (or even on the start button to change the image).
-
- · Supports old, NewIcons and OS3.5 icon formats (and conversion to OS3.5 format)
- · Shows default icons for files that do not have icons, based on filetype.
- · Can scale all icons to a specified size.
-
- · Shows thumbnails for all types of pictures, created on the fly.
-
- Dynamite is faster in displaying icons than Workbench / DOpus, because:
- · Only those icons are loaded that are on the current and next two "pages".
- · Only one default icon is loaded for each filetype and reused for every file
- of the same type.
- · You don't have to wait for the icons or thumbnails to finish loading.
-
- · Files and directories can be added to various hotlists or as dock icons.
- · Supports the creation of hierarchical hotlist structures, i.e. you can have
- one hotlist opening another and that one another, ...
-
- · Filetype recognition is based on file extensions. The "def_*.info" files in
- the "EnvArc:sys/" directory are used as default icons (e.g. "def_doc.info"
- for a "*.doc" file). The "Default Tool" entry is used to open a file and an
- "EDIT" tooltype can be specified as an alternative tool.
-
- · Memory pools are used to reduce memory fragmentation.
-
- Version History
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- Important: as usual, it is recommended to read the documentation!
-
- Dynamite 2.5:
- · BugFix: For copy & paste icon images and dropping icons on windows the icon's
- transparency settings are now taken into account.
- · BugFix: Now launches Arexx scripts a bit differently to prevent problems.
- · BugFix: static strings that contained Arexx functions would accidentily get
- changed (such as for CLOSEVIEW) so they could only be executed properly once.
- · Added tooltype TOP to specify the top coordinate of the main button window
- · Added tooltype CLICKCLOSE to close a window (and its parents) when a program
- is started by clicking the file.
- · Pressing Escape closes a window (and its parents).
-
- Dynamite 2.4:
- · Changed stack size to 8192 bytes, to be on the safe side with file-requesters.
- · All selected items will be given as arguments to tools started with the "Open
- with" or EDIT tooltype features. This opposed to launching the tool for every
- argument, as with the "Open" (VIEWTOOL/DEFTOOL/DIRTOOL) and "Info" (INFOREQ)
- features.
- · The "Open with.." and "Select pattern.." strings are remembered.
- · Copying/moving within the same browser window is now also supported.
- · Flattened down the popup menus, now also separate popup menu for icons.
- · Added copy and paste to icon popup menu for exchanging icon images.
- · When clicking on a directory whose window is open, the window will be closed.
- · When deleting a directory whose window is open, the window will first be closed.
- · BugFix: when deleting pictures, a non-existent datatype object was freed (code
- I forgot to remove when switching to GuiGfx).
- · BugFix: when copying/moving files to hotlists, items are now always added as
- sorted by name (to avoid duplicates).
-
- Dynamite 2.3:
- · As the GuiGfx.library is now used for the creation of thumbnails, more image
- formats are now supported (see `Thumbnails'). Use the PICPAT tooltype to
- specify for what type of images thumnails should be shown (see `Tooltypes').
- · You can specify the font to use instead of the System Default Font with the
- FONT and FONTSIZE tooltypes. Proportional fonts are supported.
- · The "Select Pattern" option will now use case-insensitive matching.
- · The sorting mode of a hotlist (applying to the browser windows opened from
- it) is now saved with the hotlist.
- · Added "Icon->Create" option to popup menu for creating icons from def. icons.
- · Added "Pic->Close Views" option to ask a picture viewer to close its windows.
- · Workaround: added SAVEBLIT tooltype for not blitting directly into the
- screen's bitmap, but using a temporary bitmap instead (which is normally only
- used when the browser window isn't frontmost). This because Picasso leaves
- small vertical lines next to the icons, whereas Cybergraphics does not.
- · BugFix: files could be visibly selected when scrolling up and down.
-
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- ============================= Archive contents =============================
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- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
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- 39232 20561 47.5% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 dynamite
- 35599 12774 64.1% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 DYNAMITE.guide
- 2010 1805 10.1% 16-Sep-00 02:27:56 DYNAMITE.guide.info
- 1363 1142 16.2% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 dynamite.info
- 5441 2443 55.1% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 Dynamite.readme
- 1526 1051 31.1% 16-Sep-00 02:27:58 Dynamite.readme.info
- 1906 1707 10.4% 16-Sep-00 02:30:08 Env.info
- 265 168 36.6% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 +akJFIF.prefs
- 265 169 36.2% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 +dynamite
- 2846 1720 39.5% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 +def_disk.info
- 1891 1675 11.4% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 +def_doc.info
- 2366 1889 20.1% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 +def_drawer.info
- 2002 1799 10.1% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 +def_guide.info
- 2198 1705 22.4% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 +def_hl.info
- 2350 2097 10.7% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 +def_lha.info
- 2515 1899 24.4% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 +def_library.info
- 1618 1407 13.0% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 +def_tool.info
- 2307 2040 11.5% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 +def_zip.info
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