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- This is Info file WinArrange_E.guide, produced by Makeinfo-1.55 from
- the input file WinArrange_E.texi.
-
- Copyright 1995 Thomas Alexnat
-
- Full documentation and hints for WinArrange under AmigaOS.
- WinArrange sorts in many ways Windows on a screen. (documentation
- for release 1.0 (Version 0.67 (02.03.95)) of WinArrange)
-
- File: WinArrange_E.guide, Node: Top, Next: Purpose, Prev: (DIR), Up: (DIR)
-
-
-
- * Menu:
-
- W I N A R R A N G E ( e n g l i s h ) D O C U M E N T A T I O N
- ==================================================================
- Release of WinArrange:
- 1.0
-
- WinArrange:
- 0.67 (02.03.95)
-
- english documentation:
- 0.1 (21.02.95)
-
- Operating system:
- at least AmigaOS 2.04 (AmigaOS 3.1 is highly recommended!)
-
-
-
-
- Copyright (C) 1995 Thomas Alexnat
-
- To contact the author of all files which are involved with WinArrange (i.e.
- executable of WinArrange itself, the different documentations and some other
- relevant files), try to reach one of the following addresses:
- Thomas Alexnat
- Westendstrasse 7
- 82110 Germering (Germany)
-
- Fido: 2:2480/700.5
- MAX: 91:5150/10.5
- E-Mail: alexnat@eikon.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de
-
- Please read on for more information about using WinArrange.
-
-
- * Purpose:: Purpose of WinArrange
-
- * Installation:: Installing WinArrange
-
- * Usage:: How to handle with WinArrange
- * Tutorial::
- * Shell-Options::
- * Configuring:: Configure WinArrange
- * Hints:: Tips and Tricks
-
- * Concept Index:: Word-Index
-
- File: WinArrange_E.guide, Node: Purpose, Next: Installation, Prev: Top, Up: Top
-
- Purpose
- *******
-
- WinArrange is a small utility to rearrange your windows on the
- active screen.
-
- Why WinArrange ?
- ================
-
- * In former days I went crazy, while sorting and arranging windows
- on the workbench screen. Serveral shell, editor and normal
- workbench windows were untidying my beautiful workenvironment.
- I wasn't really cabable of knowing what was really going on. The
- only solution for this problem was to rearrange all windows on
- this screen. Unfortunally, this event took me a lot of time. After
- rebooting and starting my programms my workbench was again in a
- mess. As you know time is money, I started to write this little
- programm to make the life under AmigaOS with Intuition
- windows and screens peacefuller.
-
- * Another important point is, that I wanted to implement a
- feature, which nearly every operating system should support:
- The rearrangement of windows for accessing faster the applications.
-
- What does it do ?
- =================
-
- WinArranges has got the abillity to reorganzie the windows on
- the active screen. This can be done in many different ways. You can
- cascade, shuffle or sort the windows e.g. depending relatively on the
- current screen resolution or aspect ratio. If you don't want to
- have the windows sorted, which are owned by the Workbench's task, you
- can just switch this off. Here is a list of some features:
-
- * * many different sorting methods: e.g. horizontal, shuffle, chess,
- user-defined
-
- * * abillity to ignore windows for sorting (e.g. workbench window)
-
- * * executable since AmigaOS 2.04 (37.175)
-
- * * nearly all features AmigaOS provides are supported
-
- * * continuing support and development
-
- File: WinArrange_E.guide, Node: Installation, Next: Usage, Prev: Purpose, Up: Top
-
- Installation
- ************
-
- At first you must check out, which version of AmigaOS you have
- installed. Ususally it should be something like 2.1 oder higher.
- Otherwise update your Hardware, to enjoy this litte utility.
- Installing WinArrange is very easy. There are two possibillities
- of making WinArrange start-ready for your system:
-
- 1. Double-click on the `Install_English' icon (or the desired
- language). For novice Users, the installation-script
- auto-configures WinArrange. For detailed information read the
- concerning chapters. The installation-procedure will also copy
- files like the onlinedocumentation and texinfofiles to the desired
- directories.
-
- 2. Expert-Users can also drop the `WinArrange' icon into the desired
- drawer of your workstation, due to the fact, that WinArrange
- is not too complicated.
-
- File: WinArrange_E.guide, Node: Usage, Next: Tutorial, Prev: Installation, Up: Top
-
- Usage
- *****
-
- This chapter will introduce you, dealing with WinArrange. See
- these few pages as a tutorial. You will learn how to start and
- configure WinArrange for your special own needs and wishes.
- Please make sure, that you have followed the installing instruction in
- the corresponding chapter and install script.
-
- File: WinArrange_E.guide, Node: Tutorial
-
- Tutorial
- ========
-
- If you want a fast image, what WinArrange can do for you, you
- may double click on the WinArrange icon. The default setting is,
- that all resizable Windows on the active screen are sorted vertically.
-
- Choosetype
- ----------
-
- If you don't want, that the WorkBench's windows (which are
- containing all the icons) are sorted, you can switch this off by
- adding/changing the tooltype `CHOOSETYPE'. Changing this tooltype is
- very easy:
-
- 1. Open the drawer on the WorkBench, where WinArrange is located.
-
- 2. Select the WinArrange Icon (just click once, not twice)
-
- 3. Hold down the menu button on your mouse (usually the right mouse
- button), and select in the menu `ICON' the item `INFORMATION...'.
-
- 4. Now you can see, if already entered, different tooltypes.
-
- 5. Click on the line with the entry `(CHOOSETYPE=NOWB)'.
-
- 6. Then remove the two brackets, or if the line doesn't exist, add the
- tooltype `CHOOSETYPE=NOWB' also without the brackets
- and save these settings.
-
- Now try to doubleclick on the icon. You will recognize, that
- WinArrange won't sort the WorkBench's windows.
-
- Sorttype
- --------
-
- The default sorting method of WinArrange is very boring. You can
- try to use another system: `CHESS' -- You have only to change
- to tooltype `SORTTYPE' from `(SORTTYPE=HORIZ)' to
- `SORTTYPE=CHESS'. Please proceed in the same way a showed above.
-
- Now you have seen, what WinArrange can do for you. We'll start now,
- with the detailed documentation
-
- File: WinArrange_E.guide, Node: Shell-Options
-
- Shell-Options
- =============
-
- As you have noticed, WinArrange is able to be started via a command
- shell or the AmigaOS WorkBench. At first I explain you the
- CLI-template-string. Open a command shell and go to the directory
- where WinArrange is located (e.g. double-click the `Shell' Icon in
- `SYS:System/' and type in `CD Utilities'):
-
- To get the template-string(1) type the following sequence:
-
- `WinArrange ?' [RETURN]
-
- This should give you the follwing result:
-
- `H=Horiz/K/N,V=Vert/K/N,C=Chess/S,S=Shuffle/S,WB=WBOnly/S,NoWB/S,Min/S,Max/S:'
-
- H=Horiz/K/N
- The `Horiz' parameter requires an integer number. In other words,
- it is are percentage number, which means, that in what way the
- windows are expanded or shrinked horiontally.
-
- V=Vert/K/N
- Same parameters and effects like `Horiz', but the resizing affects
- the vertical size.
-
- C=Chess/S
- This is a mutal exclude switch. All windows are sorted like a
- chess table. This method is very interesting for big
- resulutions and many windows. You can keep track of all your
- windows while seeing a part of the contents in the windows. The
- `Horiz' and the `Vert' have got the highest priority, so if
- such a parameter is set, the `Chess' sorting method will be
- overiden by a normal `Shuffle' system.
-
- S=Shuffle/S
- This is a mutal exclude switch. The windows are here placed in a
- diagonal line, beginning at the left side of the current screen.
- The top side and the window step depends on the active screenfont.
-
- WB=WBOnly/S
- Using this switch will affect all windows which are owned by the
- workbench task. WinArrange checks if the workbench flag is set.
- Other windows are ignored. The opposite flag is `NoWB'
-
- NoWB/S
- All windows which are not owned by the wokbench are involved in
- rearranging. The opposite command is `WBOnly'.
-
- Min/S
- The `Min' switch is some kind of a macro. It sets the `Horiz' and
- `Vert' options to 1 percent. The `Min' command can be seen as a
- global iconify option. The opposite function is `Max'
-
- Max/S
- This option sets `Horiz' and `Vert' to the maximum. The result is
- the opposite side of `Min', as described above.
-
- ---------- Footnotes ----------
-
- (1) The template-string should help the user a little bit. It
- displays all arguments and options, which are needed to start
- succsessfully a program. Usually this string can be accessed by adding
- a question mark ``?'' to the command.
-
- File: WinArrange_E.guide, Node: Configuring
-
- Configuring
- ===========
-
- As you have seen, WinArrange is a powerfull tool. To keep track of
- all windows and sorting methods, WinArrnge has got the abillity to be
- configured via a config-file. This file is stored in the
- logically drive `ENV:' and is named `WinArrange.config'.
-
- Structure of the config-file
- ----------------------------
-
- The config-file uses normal ASCII strings and tags and is also
- readable humans. Here follow some declarations which are needed
- to use the config-file.
-
- Semicolons
- Semicolons '`;'' are treated like in the AmigaOS shell or
- Basic commands as remarks. A remark should start always at the
- beginning of a new line. Multiple remarks in a line are not
- allowed.
-
- other conditions
- Please note, that WinArrange hasn't got a professional config-file
- parser. If something weired happens, feel free to contact me.
-
- To demomstrate, how the config-file works, I've included an example
- configuration-file.
-
- ; $VER: WinArrange.config 0.1 (20.07.94)
- ; © 1994 by Thomas Alexnat
- ;
- ; This is a configfile for WinArrange
- ;
- ; 1.
- ; Please note, that the keyword 'configtype', is a identifier
- ; for WinArranges' configparser. It may happen, that the format
- ; of the config changes in future. At the moment, the is only existing
- ; one type: 1
- ;
- ; 2.
- ; Semicolons ';' are treated like in AmigaOS or Basic as remarks
- ;
- ; 3.
- ; It is also allowed to enter are blank line
- ;
- ; 4.
- ; At this point of time, you may not use linebreaks. This means, that a
- ; name has got to be at maximum, only a full line, preceeded by a normal
- ; AmigaOS linebreak command.
- ;
- ; 5.
- ; The config file should be plain AmigaOS-ASCII
- ;
- ; Thank you, for reading all this information. You may also cut out these
- ; remarks for speed improvisation
-
- ;Global options:
- WBONLY FALSE
-
-
- ;Now all options and patterns for the windows:
- ACCEPTWINDOW ToolmanagerDock
- REJECTWINDOW WorkBench
-
- ;Now all options and patterns for the tasks:
- ACCEPTTASK WorkBench
- REJECTTASK CEd
-
- File: WinArrange_E.guide, Node: Hints, Next: Concept Index, Prev: Configuring, Up: Top
-
- Hints
- *****
-
- * Due to the fact, that WinArrange is not a AmigaOS Commodity, it
- hasn't got the abillity to be started or activated via hotkeys. I
- recommend you to assign some keys with e.g. ToolManager, DockTool.
-
- * WinArrange prints always his version string out. If you don't like
- that, just copy the output to a file (e.g. `NIL:'). To keep in
- control with your system, you may also enter something like this:
- `WinArrange >LOGDIR:WinArrange.log'. If WinArrange has got some
- problems, you'll see what WinArrange dumped in his logfile.
-
- File: WinArrange_E.guide, Node: Concept Index, Prev: Hints, Up: Top
-
- Concept Index
- *************
-
- * Menu:
-
- * Choosetype: Tutorial.
- * Configuring: Configuring.
- * fontsensitiv: Shell-Options.
- * Hints: Hints.
- * Installation: Installation.
- * Purpose: Purpose.
- * Shell-Options: Shell-Options.
- * Sorttype: Tutorial.
- * Structure of the config-file: Configuring.
- * Tutorial: Tutorial.
- * Usage: Usage.
- * config-file: Configuring.
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