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Here are some tools for icon tricks... Note that these tools are
really hacks because they exploit some areas of the .info files
that the current version of WorkBench does not clear or reset upon
loading the icon. These appear to be the only fields in the .info
files that will do anything useful. I am releasing these for public
use simply because 1.4 is in development and I think it would be neat
if 1.4 allowed some sort of customization in colours to take place.
The effect provided by Fix has been mentioned in Amiga Transactor, but
I discovered it independantly and it was in use on AMUC's newsletter
disks before the artical appeared.
Fix allows you to specify the two colours that go into the borders
of WorkBench windows. For some neat effects try:
1 2
2 1
0 0
1 1
3 0
note that WorkBench's default is: 3 0. Note also that playing
with these settings can change the colours used in WorkBenches
menus.
Lift allows you to raise or lower the text that goes under an icon,
type "lift" to get help. This is a neat tool as it allows you
to put the "hanging" text right into the imagery of the icon
giving WorkBench drawers a whole new look.
Center has been improved by adding an optional parameter, "c" for clear,
which will clear the effects of previous centering or lifting.
Center is a more restricted version of Lift.
For a command line summary of each tool just type the tools name at the
CLI prompt.
Source code is included.
Anyway have fun with these...
Stephen Vermeulen