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Doc Reader by Kjell Irgens / Ultima Thule Software
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I made this tiny freeware program to ease the use of Workbench 2.0, and
to make the workbench windows a bit more tidy. As we all know, the
.doc.info files tend to use a lot of space on the workbench screen,
especially if you don't have a 3000/4000 or a flicker fixer.
Now you can delete those .doc.info / .man.info files for good! And you
can have your docs stored in a single dir, while still being easily
reachable from WB!
How does DocReader work?
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DocReader opens a so calle Appicon on the Workbench screen. Files are
specified by dropping them on this icon.
DocReader works by searching the directory of the specified application for
corresponding files with .guide/.doc/.man/.readme/.docs/.txt prefix and
then uses the right viewer to show the manual file.
If no such file is found, it opens the viewer with the file you put on
DocReader; i.e. you can place textfiles and guidefiles directly on the
Appicon if you wish.
if you place a drawer on top of the icon, DocReader calls MANVIEWER with
the directory name as argument.
How do I start DocReader?
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Move the DocReader to the sys:WBstartup drawer or double click on the
DocReader icon. DocReader can't be started from CLI.
Icon tooltypes
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MANVIEWER - file viewer to use for regular docs
GUIDEVIEVER - file viewer for Amigaguide (tm) style documents
MANPATH - (optional) path where you store document files
GUIDEPATH - (optional) path where you store AmigaGuide
ICON_XPOS
ICON_YPOS - (optional) The appicon's position on the Workbench screen.
ICON_NAME - The Appicons's name on the Workbench screen.
Planned enhancements:
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Support for more filetypes
Handle of multiple assigns in DOCPATH/GUIDEPATH
Please tell me if you find bugs in Doc Reader, or if you have any ideas
for improvements and new features:
E-mail (internet): kjelli@stud.cs.uit.no
Thanks to: Petter Nilsen (betatesting under 3.0),
Øystein Larsen (some help), Nils Sudman (idea, betatesting)
and Tommy Larsen (betatesting)
Enjoy!