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DOpus Double Click V1.0
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© 1997 Robert Wilson
Disclaimer
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I don't claim to be a master AmigaDOS or ARexx programmer. I originally
wrote this for my own use, but thought that others may find it useful.
Don't blame me if when using this your hard drive gets zapped or your
monitor blows up. I take no responsibility.
Introduction
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One of the many wonderful things about Directory Opus is the ability to
Double Click on any file and it will be opened or viewed with the best
application for the job.
There were many times when I wanted to do this from the shell, so maybe I
could use multiview...? Okay if I just want to view a picture, read a bit
of text or play a sound, but beyond that it's pretty useless.
This is when Dopus Double Click was born allowing easy opening of any file
from the shell.
Requirements
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Amiga (of course...!)
Directory Opus (tested with 5.5, but should work with 5.11)
rexxtricks.library by Jürgen Kohrmeyer (excellent... available from Aminet)
Installation
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1) copy 'DDC' to your S: assignment, ensuring that the 's' protection
flag is set.
2) copy 'DoubleClick.dopus' to DOpus5:ARexx/
Usage
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From the shell you can now type 'DDC <filename>' and DOpus will perform on
that file just as if you had double clicked on it in a lister.
Alternative usage would be maybe from YAM. In Configuration/Read set the
default MIME viewer to 'S:DDC %s'. VERY IMPORTANT... Your filetype
recognition cannot be reliant on name extensions (eg *.LZX), it should
configured to look at the file itself. For example the first 3 bytes of a
LZX file is 'LZX', therefore 'Match LZX'.
Future
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I've got loads of other ARexx scripts for DOpus and Photogenics2 which
anybody is more that welcome to a copy of. Examples include the
following...
DOpus
Opening a new shell window at the current lister path
Copy the file name to the clipboard (idea borrowed from Win95 Power Toy)
Photogenics
Revert to last saved
Send to ADPro
Send to ImageFX
Load with ImageFX (useful for PICT)
Send to PaintShopPro (need Siamese System for this one)
This is just the tip of the iceburg. Some of them just need a little
tidying up some docs written for them. Maybe if I get some good response
then I'll sort them out and release a full package of scripts on the
Aminet. The future is in your hands, in the mean while if there's
anything in particular you want then I'd be more than happy to send it to
you.
About 6 months ago I did begin to write a package which would integrate
the power of DOpus into Photogenics, allowing better file type recognition
and automatic manipulation. For example loading a 32Bit (24+8) Targa
image the paint layer would automatically me moved to the alpha channel
and on saving the alpha channel would automatically be moved to the piant
layer. All of this (and much more) combined with automatic previews etc I
think would make a wicked package. 75% of the work is done - I just need
a push from YOU.
Contacting the Author
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For more information, scripts, bug reports and anything Amiga...
robert@genpart.demon.co.uk