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Some Ikons on the Wildfire-CD are NewIcons.
We think that it`s really a nice system and you should give it
a try.

For the installation you need at least:

-Version 43.3 of the Amiga Installers
 (Aminet:  Installer_43_3.lha util/misc  104K  CD 16)

-ClassAct
 (a demoversion is on the Aminet:
  ClassAct2Demo.lha  dev/gui    589K  CD 20)



Short:    The Ultimate GUI Enhancement System, V4!
Author:   Eric Sauvageau <merlin@thule.no>, Phil Vedovatti <vedovatt@u.washington.edu>
Uploader: vedovatt@u.washington.edu
Type:     util/wb
Replaces: util/wb/NewIconsV4.lha


 NewIcons is a revolutionary system patch which enhances your Workbench
 and gives the user much more power and configurability over the
 appearance of the GUI (Graphical User Interface).  The NewIcons
 system works transparently, and provides for a standard icon system
 that will look the same on any system, no matter what the palette is
 set to.

 DefIcons complements the Newicons system.  It works by
 recognizing a file's type, and instantly displaying the appropriate
 icon image for files without icons attached to them.


 The system's features include:

 · Allows up to 256 color icons on an AGA machine. (!)

 · Icon colors are color correct on an AGA system, no matter what your
   palette is set to.  They automatically appear in perfect color.

 · Default icons for dozens of file types automatically appear for
   files without icons (FAST!).  Recognizes file types in a very
   efficient manner.  If you click on a "fake" icon, your appropriate
   user-defined default tool will appear in the "Execute command" text
   field automatically!

 · Make a brush, convert it to an icon.  It will appear on your workbench
   in the _exact_ proper colors you created it in, no matter what your
   palette is set to.  Imagine making gorgeous icons from your digitized
   pics, in _more_ than 32 colors!

 · Icon images are compressed to maximize disk space.  They are
   uncompressed faster than you can say "NewIcons"!

 · Also KS 2.04 compatible (16 color icon limitation).

 · Fix that ugly Cross-DOS icon to look like a standard NewIcon.

 · Unique icons for RAM-Disks and CD-ROM's that don't have icons.

 · A complete set of beautiful, standardized Workbench icons, drawn by
   Phil Vedovatti.  Hundreds of icons are also available separately on
   Aminet, some with a totally different style.

 · Comprehensive set of utilities to allow you to manipulate your
   NewIcons.

 · Totaly FREE!  Why would anyone want to pay cash for icons?

 · Dithering of icon images is selectable for users with fewer available
   Workbench colors.  This is turned off by default.

 · Icons can be given a single tooltype, which will tell NewIcons to display
   a NewIcon image from elsewhere on the system.  This feature
   has some caveats, but introduces a huge number of neat possibilities
   for configuring your Workbench, and saves on disk space and chip RAM.
   Imagine having your Workbench icons appear randomly different on EACH
   reboot!

 · The source for deficons.prefs has been included, so any enterprising
   programmer can add their own file identification types to the system!

 · User configurable, GUI enhanced Preferences program to configure all
   attributes of the NewIcons system (dither, pen precision, etc.)

 · The NewIcons patch is a commodity, which can be enabled and disabled
   on the fly, using Commodities Exchange.

 · RTG (ReTargetable Graphics) mode, which allows graphics card users
   to store icon data in fast RAM instead of chip RAM.  This has the
   advantage of saving your valuable chip RAM for other uses, and speeds
   up rendering of icons on the Workbench.

 · Border removal option!  Remember the Kickstart 1.3 days when there
   were no gray border boxes around the icons?  This new option removes
   those silly looking boxes once again, and is user configurable.

 · The system library is available in different versions, to ensure the
   best speed possible on every system configuration.

 · NEW IN V4: Dragged icons can also be optionally made transparent.

 · NEW IN V4: The text shown under the icons can be optionally rendered
   with a 3D or an outlined look.

 · NEW IN V4: New utilities to make updating whole
   drawers or partitions with a specified drawer image, and a popup
   menu utility that displays icon images in a menu format -- could even
   be used as a program dock launcher with the appropriate scripts.

 · NEW IN V4:  New 32 color icon set.  NewIcons is now sufficiently faster 
   to allow fast rendering of higher bitplane icons.

Changes since 4.0:
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 · LE/newicon.library was accidently requiring graphics.library V39
   instead of V37, so Kickstart 2.04 users were unable to run NI4 at all.


 · Icon TextMode can't work under 2.04 because pen handling was only
   added in Kickstart 3.0.  So it's now disabled under 2.x. (NewIcons
   and NewIconsPrefs)


 · Removed some debugging output that was forgotten in CreateDefaultIcon.


 · CreateDefaultIcon wouldn't properly create a disk.info file (it was
   named '.info') if used from the CLI on a disk.  Also, it can now
   properly handle logical names, so 'CreateDefaultIcon t:' will
   properly create a Ram:T.info file.


 · Fixed all the icons in Icons/Misc/Disks  and /Icons/Misc/Drawers.  The old
   icon structure was corrupt, causing CopyNewIcon to crash if run from the WB.


 · Fixed the drawer type deficons in envarcsys...same problem...damn C= Iconpos
   Program!


 · Changed misnamed envarcsys/def_Trash.info to def_trashcan.info


 · Changed misnamed envarcsys/def_CDDA.info to def_CDDAdisk.info


 · Changed misnamed envarcsys/def_CD0.info to def_CD0disk.info


 · Deleted obsolete deficons (def_zoo.info, def_zoom.info, def_arc.info, 
   def_lzh.info, def_lha.info, def_tar.info)


 · Added deficons def_NETdisk.info, def_FTPdisk.info, def_RADdisk.info,
   def_mpeg.info and def_DTYP.info

 · Fixed Preview.gif...it no longer has transparency set. Not included in the
   update file, but is in the full 4.1 archive.


 · Included deficons.prefs source.


 · Made a small change to the installer to hopefully identify 2.04 systems better for
   installation of the Low End version of the newicon.library.   (People, please
   upgrade...2.04 is ancient!)



 See the enclosed documentation for more information, and visit the
 official NewIcons Web Page at:

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                 http://www.amiganet.org/NewIcons/


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IMPORTANT!IMPORTANT!IMPORTANT!IMPORTANT!IMPORTANT!IMPORTANT!IMPORTANT!

Please read the documentation carefully.  The icons in this archive
have special features and are very different from the usual icons
that you find in other icon packages.

Viewing them requires the NewIcons program to be running.
Patchopenwb must also be installed if you are using Workbench
3.0 or higher.

You NEED version 43.3 of the Amiga Installer to install this package
properly.  The install script won't run if you don't.  Gives you a
good excuse to upgrade to it anyway.  It's on Aminet in util/misc.

If you are running 2.0, you need to set up an appropriate palette.
One is included for your viewing pleasure.

New since version 3, NewIcons must be launched in the user startup with:

run <>NIL: c:newicons

Read the docs!

Failing to do so may result in much frustration.

IMPORTANT!IMPORTANT!IMPORTANT!IMPORTANT!IMPORTANT!IMPORTANT!IMPORTANT!