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- NewMultiView 0.9ß (6.10.95)
-
- Copyright (C) 1995 by Michael Fedrowitz. All rights reserved.
-
-
- Welcome to the second public beta release of NewMultiView! Sorry, there's
- no proper documentation yet. For the moment you'll have to do with this
- ReadMe.
-
- This is program is GIFTWARE! If you like it and use it regularly, you are
- encouraged to send any kind of donation to the author.
-
-
- Distribution
- ------------
-
- This piece of software is freely distributable with the following
- restrictions:
-
- - You may only redistribute the complete and unchanged archive.
-
- - You are only allowed to charge a reasonable fee for the medium and
- copying, but NOT for the program itself.
-
- - You must not distribute this program as a part of a commercial product
- without the prior consent of the author.
-
-
- Disclaimer
- ----------
-
- This program is provided as-is WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, without even the
- implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.
- The author can under no circumstances be held responsible for any damages
- arising from using (or the inability to use) this program.
-
-
- Introduction
- ------------
-
- With AmigaOS 3.0 the concept of datatypes and the MultiView program were
- introduced. This allows you to display all kinds of files with just one
- program. MultiView has a number of disadvantages though. You can't specify
- more than one file at a time, it has no wildcard support and it lacks a lot of
- important functions for many datatypes (e.g. you can't even search in a text
- file!).
-
- NewMultiView is a frontend for MultiView, which allows you to specify
- several files on the commandline, in the filerequestor or from Workbench, and
- gives you the possibility to call alternative programs for datatypes MultiView
- has only insufficient support for.
-
- NewMultiView doesn't need any third party libraries, it uses the standard
- datatypes.library which comes with AmigaOS 3.0+. But I might add (optional)
- support for some other library (maybe whatis.library).
-
-
- Requirements
- ------------
-
- NewMultiView should run on any Amiga equiped with AmigaOS 3.0 (V39) or
- higher.
-
-
- Installation
- ------------
-
- You can copy the NewMultiView anywhere in your path. It is recommended
- though to rename the original MultiView to OldMultiView (or some other name),
- rename NewMultiView to MultiView and copy it to SYS:Utilities/. NewMultiView
- needs a configuration file NewMultiView.prefs in ENV:, see below for details.
- If you wish to use the German localization instead of the English defaults,
- copy the supplied catalog to LOCALE:Catalogs/deutsch/.
-
-
- Configuration
- -------------
-
- NewMultiView.prefs is a simple ASCII file, where you specify display
- programs for the various datatypes and a default program (usually the original
- MultiView). The format should be self-explanatory, just have a look at the
- supplied example configuration. If a program name contains spaces you have to
- enclose it in double quotes ('"'). After the program name you can specify any
- number of options, but don't put them into quotes together with the program
- name. Save your configuration to ENVARC: and, to immediately activate it, to
- ENV:.
-
-
- Usage
- -----
-
- The template for NewMultiView is FROM/M,OPTS=OPTIONS/K/F. I.e. you can
- specify any number of files (or non at all), optionally followed by the
- keyword OPTS (or OPTIONS) and then any number of options, which will be passed
- through unchanged to the actual display program. Wildcards are of course
- supported. Workbench usage is exactly like the original MultiView, except that
- you can shift-select more than one file to be displayed. If you start
- NewMultiView without specifying any files (no matter if from shell, or from
- Workbench), a file-requester will pop up, where you can select the files to
- be displayed.
-
-
- Todo
- ----
-
- - Support for some third party filetype identification library
- (suggestions which library to use welcome!)
-
- - Parsing of tooltypes
-
- - Multitasking option for displaying several files at once
-
- - Better documentation
-
- - Installer script
-
- - Prefs editor
-
- - ... (further suggestion always welcome)
-
- How many of these things I will actually implement, highly depends on the
- amount of feedback I receive!
-
-
- Address
- -------
-
- Send any donations, comments, bug reports, etc. to:
-
- Michael Fedrowitz
- Felsenstr. 60
- 74081 Heilbronn
- Germany
-
- mfedrowi@ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de
- 2:246/1045.5@fidonet
-
- From 15 Oct to 15 Feb and 15 Apr to 15 Jul you can also use the following
- address (valid until summer 1997):
-
- Michael Fedrowitz
- Im Neuenheimer Feld 696
- 69120 Heidelberg
- Germany
-
- It is highly recommended to use email. If you want a response via snail
- mail, please include an SASE, if you're living inside Germany, one IRC, if you'
- re living inside Europe, two IRCs otherwise. IRCs should be available at your
- local post office.
-