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- Short: J-Windows new extension,preview
- Author: J.Housley
- Uploader: steve@f1lw.demon.co.uk (Steve Bye)
- Type: dev/amos
-
- Requires Workbench 2 or higher and Amos Pro.
-
- J-Windows is a huge, previously unreleasd Amos extension designed to
- let you easily get at many of the interesting and useful parts of the
- operating system. The speed of the executables is the fastest seen yet from
- an Intuition extension and J-Windows supports just about every command
- you could possibly need, including an easy ListView, which is pretty
- impressive.
-
- In English, this means WINDOWS, AGA graphics and proper WORKBENCH support.
-
- J-Windows contains about two hundred new commands and is a 'PROPER'
- extension, not a set of procedures, though this is arguable since it does
- use procedures that you can create through Gadstools, not supplied.
- NB. You don't have to use Gadstols but it is easier & quicker if you do.
-
- Full control of Workbench Windows. We're not talking Workbench look-
- a-like windows on AMOS screens, we're talking full, proper, multi-tasking,
- good-looking Intuition Windows and FAST.
-
- Full control of Workbench screens, including AGA, HAM-8 all the other
- interesting varieties of screens you can't use on AMOS.
- This includes support for text (better than AMOS), drawing and changing
- palettes.
-
- Proper gadgets to put in your windows. These are drawn and handled by
- Intuition and the extension - you just say where and when. By the way,
- these are MUCH easier to use than Interface gadgets.
-
- Full support for menus.
- This includes checkable items, mutual exclude and hotkeys.
-
- Supports the GadToolsBox program, which makes the design of complex
- user interfaces quick and easy. Using this, you can create a fully
- working set of screens and windows with nice gadgets, all working, without
- typing a line of code! Because coding in AMOS is so quick anyway, you will
- be able to write your program quicker than in almost any other language.
- How quick? The entire examples set for this extension was written in 3
- afternoons!
-
- You can use the proper system file, font and screen requesters. In
- about 3 lines of code.
-
- Replacement of the AMOS file handling system with a totally new one.
- This is faster (3-20 times faster...), and vastly more logical and
- efficient.
-
- A new font handling system, to replace AMOS's bloody awful one.
-
- Various assorted bug fixes for AMOS, including the equates system
- (which now works), and the Merge Ascii menu item which exhibited possibly
- the strangest bug I've EVER seen...
-
- Commands allowing you to use exec lists. Don't know what this means? Enjoy.
-
- Useful little utilities, such as the one that generates code letting
- you easily use procedures from the system libraries (sort of an ad hoc
- extension creator).
-
- HUGE manual in AmigaGuide form, including 13 tutorials covering
- almost every aspect of the extension.
-
- Examples of programs, most of which actually LOOK GOOD and DO USEFUL
- things. Bit of a break for normal AMOS extensions...
-
- Obviously lots more...
-
- ============================= Archive contents =============================
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- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
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- 51168 49810 2.6% 25-Apr-96 06:46:44 AllGadgets
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- 4614 705 84.7% 25-Apr-96 11:51:52 AllGadgets.Asc.info
- 3338 724 78.3% 25-Apr-96 11:51:26 AllGadgets.info
- 2060 710 65.5% 25-Apr-96 11:51:56 Disk.info
- 43816 42698 2.5% 25-Apr-96 06:47:12 Font
- 5081 1927 62.0% 25-Apr-96 06:31:22 Font.asc
- 4614 705 84.7% 25-Apr-96 11:51:40 Font.Asc.info
- 3338 726 78.2% 25-Apr-96 11:51:28 Font.info
- 440 145 67.0% 25-Apr-96 11:58:42 FontFont.abk
- 152 125 17.7% 25-Apr-96 11:58:44 FontFont2.abk
- 45248 44175 2.3% 25-Apr-96 06:47:40 Fractal
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- 3338 726 78.2% 25-Apr-96 11:51:30 Fractal.info
- 60 45 25.0% 25-Apr-96 11:54:52 fractalfrac.abk
- 35 35 0.0% 25-Apr-96 11:54:54 fractalfrac2.abk
- 3429 1794 47.6% 25-Apr-96 13:50:12 Information.Asc
- 4614 705 84.7% 25-Apr-96 11:51:56 Information.Asc.info
- 14406 4250 70.4% 25-Apr-96 06:52:40 jwindows.Iff
- 454 277 38.9% 25-Apr-96 11:51:54 jwindows.Iff.info
- 43640 42531 2.5% 25-Apr-96 06:48:10 ListView
- 3338 729 78.1% 25-Apr-96 11:51:34 Listview.info
- 7812 2655 66.0% 25-Apr-96 06:34:36 ListViewc.asc
- 45048 43965 2.4% 25-Apr-96 06:48:40 Me
- 7867 2928 62.7% 25-Apr-96 06:40:34 me.Asc
- 4614 707 84.6% 25-Apr-96 11:51:42 Me.Asc.info
- 3338 728 78.1% 25-Apr-96 11:51:34 Me.info
- 21020 8493 59.5% 25-Apr-96 12:05:00 mod.tinymod
- 49028 47747 2.6% 25-Apr-96 06:49:12 Music
- 2612 1208 53.7% 25-Apr-96 06:41:34 Music.Asc
- 3338 728 78.1% 25-Apr-96 11:51:36 Music.info
- 44688 43613 2.4% 25-Apr-96 06:49:44 Os&Xs
- 6559 2422 63.0% 25-Apr-96 06:43:36 Os&Xs.asc
- 4614 708 84.6% 25-Apr-96 11:51:48 Os&Xs.Asc.info
- 3338 723 78.3% 25-Apr-96 11:51:38 Os&Xs.info
- 100 55 45.0% 25-Apr-96 11:54:40 Os_and_XsOX.abk
- 43 43 0.0% 25-Apr-96 11:54:44 Os_and_XsOX2.abk
- 47852 46684 2.4% 25-Apr-96 06:50:16 Paint
- 14629 5233 64.2% 25-Apr-96 06:45:26 Paint.asc
- 4614 706 84.6% 25-Apr-96 11:51:50 Paint.Asc.info
- 3338 726 78.2% 25-Apr-96 11:51:38 Paint.info
- 260 118 54.6% 25-Apr-96 12:00:36 PaintArt.abk
- 120 100 16.6% 25-Apr-96 12:00:38 PaintArt2.abk
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