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- Short: Customizable GUI for ImageFX
- Author: dhomas@youngmonkey.ca (dhomas trenn)
- Uploader: dhomas@youngmonkey.ca (dhomas trenn)
- Version: 00.Mar.26 (01.Apr.02)
- Type: gfx/ifx
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- April 2, 2001 Re-release
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- Commander (Amiga) is now freely distributable.
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- About Commander
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- One of the drawbacks of many programs is the lack of a customizable
- user interface. Functions, such as ARexx scripting and plug-ins, often
- have to be started via file requesters or multi-level menus. This
- approach can slow down your workflow - and often hinder your creative
- energy.
-
- ImageFX, for example, lacks a customizable (or updated) command
- interface. When new modules/hooks scripts are added to the program
- (home-made, pd, shareware, or commerical) you're required to select
- those functions through a file requester or other means. This can slow
- down the creative process. Commander is the solution to that problem.
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- Features
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- - Can control any program that has an ARexx command set. However, it is
- ONLY available for: ImageFX and there are no plans to develop this
- product further. See ImageFX special features below.
-
- - Commander is currently available for: ImageFX. See special features
- below.
-
- - Extensive customization allows the user to design multiple
- interfaces for all kinds of different approaches to working.
- Just about everything is customizable, including: layout, fonts,
- gadgets, colors, images, etc.
-
- - Openable on any public screen. Can be run multiple times on the same
- screen and/or on different screens, each with a different or same GUI.
-
- - Can control more than one application from one GUI.
-
- - GUIs are designed external to the main program. This minimizes memory
- requirements and increases the interface speed.
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- - Includes useful examples and tutorials to get you started. Example
- files can be modified to meet your needs, or new interfaces can be
- created.
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- ImageFX Features
- ----------------
- - Works with any version of ImageFX under WB2.x or higher.
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- - Full control of ImageFX via it's ARexx command set. Now you can have
- immediate access to all those extra hooks and effects that aren't part
- of the standard ImageFX GUI.
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- - Commander can start automatically when ImageFX starts. Quitting
- Commander can also quit ImageFX.
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- - Can be run multiple times on different screens, for multiple
- simultaneous iterations of ImageFX.
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- What Will Commander Do?
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- Commander allows you to customize your own GUI for supported
- applications, giving you the ability to directly access your favourite
- ARexx commands, scripts, and plug-ins in a way that works best for you.
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- If you use a large screen (1280x1024) you may wish to have numerous
- independently movable panels of grouped commands. If you use a smaller
- display (640x400) you may prefer to have a page flipping type
- interface. Or you may want to have multiple configurations for
- different kinds of workflow. Commander can do it all.
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- What Won't Commander Do?
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- Commander won't help you to be creative, but it will help your creative
- flow by avoiding the hinderance of a cumbersome GUI.
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- Requirements
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- - WB 2.x+
- - Text editor
- - A supported application (see above)
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- FOR MORE INFORMATION
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- http://www.youngmonkey.ca/hands/files/Commander/
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