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Short: Use 3 bitplane icons on >8 color WB (OS3.x, patch.library)
Author: drizzt@trashcan.mcnet.de (Martin Hauner)
Uploader: m.hauner@tu-bs.de (Martin Hauner)
Type: util/wb
Replaces: util/wb/SetPens1.0.lha
PatchWBPens is a patch like MagicColors for displaying icons stripped to 3
bitplanes in the correct colors on a Workbench screen with more than 8 colors.
I wrote it because I didn't get MagicColors so far that icons are displayed in
the correct colors when the Workbench opens for the first time.
It looks not very perfect when they have at first the wrong colors and then
after a few seconds change to the correct ones.
PatchWBPens is nearly a complete rewrite of SetPens1.0.
Features
PatchWBPens will set the correct color pens when:
- the Workbench opens for the first time,
- the Workbench was temporarily closed, (normally done by graphics programs to
get more memory)
- the palette prefs has changed.
Requirements
- It needs the patch.library V3 from Stefan Fuchs (util/libs/PatchLibV3.lha)
(included)
- AmigaOS 3.x.
(not included ;)
Installation
Just insert the following line anywhere before LoadWB. User-Startup will be fine.
run <>NIL: PatchWBPens
Misc
- You may remove PatchWBPens anytime by sending a break signal (CTRL-C).
Though there is no reason to do that.
- Is it possible that setting new pen colors will not work correctly when
the palette has changed, i.e. not all pens are changed to the new
colors.
If that is really the case, PatchWBPens sets the new colors before the
Workbench (IPrefs) has changed the colors itself.
You can correct this by telling PatchWBPens to delay its work by n/50
seconds. ( run <>NIL: PatchWBPens n ) The default value for n is 1.
- PatchWBPens OpenWorkBench patch will not be called, if you have installed
PatchControl, which is a replacment for SetMan. With SetMan it will work
WITHOUT any problem. I have no idea what is wrong here.
Problems, Questions?
write to: drizzt@trashcan.mcnet.de
By the way, would be nice to get any response if anyone else than me is
really using it... ;-)