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- Short: V3.0: Icon-based program hotlist
- Author: who@infokom.de (Maik Schmidt)
- Uploader: who@infokom.de (Maik Schmidt)
- Type: util/wb
-
- HotBar is a workbench utility that shows a line of icons of
- your often-used programs. Move the mouse pointer to the
- bottom of the workbench screen to activate HotBar, when it
- runs.
-
- The programs to show are defined in the file HotBar.data
- file, wich must be located in the same directory as the
- HotBar program file. It can be changed using any ASCII
- editor: Just type a line containing the path and name of the
- tool and it's arguments, e.g. "DH0:Prefs/EditKeys NOMAP"
- (The quotations marks ARE part of the string!).
-
- After the main string the additional parameters ICON (for
- an alternative icon to be loaded instead of the own one)
- and TEXT (to create a text gadget instead of an icon) can
- be used, e.g.:
- "SYS:Tools/Diskmaster CACHE=OFF" ICON=DH2:Icons/Maus
- "SYS:Tools/Diskmaster CACHE=OFF" TEXT=Disk-Master
-
- The additional POPUP parameter causes HotBar to generate a
- popup menu consisting of following entries that are
- seperated by "|", e.g.:
- "SYS:System" POPUP="SYS:Diskmaster"|"SYS:CygnusEdit"
-
- Batchup files (e.g. for use with IconX) are supported, too,
- and will be launched using the c:EXECUTE command.
-
-
-
- CLI PARAMETERS:
- GAP defines the distance between the icons
- (default is GAP=4).
- BORDER defines the frame size around the icons
- (dafault is BORDER=0, meaning there is no one).
- ALIGN says HotBar where to put the icon bar, possible
- are:
- ALIGN=BOTTOM (default)
- ALIGN=RIGHT
- ALIGH=LEFT
- NOCENTER
- toggles off the automatic center
- DELAY defines a waiting period in 1/50 seconds before the
- icon bar is generated.
- PLUS this keyword allowes HotBar to show the icons just
- at the active screen, not only at the Workbench.
- (This argument will be useless if WBFIX is set!)
- WBFIX the icons are loaded immediately after HotBar's
- execution and will be visible all the time.
- FONT sets the font used by text gadgets in the following
- format:
- FONT=font_name/font_size
- default is:
- FONT=topaz/8
-
-
-
- INSTALLATION:
- - Copy HotBar and HotBar.data to any directory you wish,
- e.g. to SYS:s/
- - Add the following line to your StartUp-Sequence, if
- possible after the LoadWB command:
- Run >NIL: SYS:s/HotBar
-
-
-
-
- WHEN HOTBAR ICONS ARE VISIBLE ONLY:
- Esc - Quit
- Help - Show information
-
-
-
- THANKS
- to Nils Goers for his Execute routine,
- to Georg Rottlaender for his fabulous ideas,
- to Alexandre Gabriel who persuaded me to create popups,
- and for further suggestions by Eberhard Hafermalz
- and Tony McKimm.
-
-
-
- AUTHOR INFORMATION:
- Requests by Email to who@infokom.de
- Don't miss visiting my homepage:
- http://www.infokom.de/home/who/
-
- HotBar ©1997-98 by Maik Schmidt. All rights reserved.
- Freeware - not for commercial use.
-
-
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- 25412 24815 2.3% 20-Dec-97 18:50:40 HotBar
- 262 186 29.0% 20-Dec-97 18:31:24 HotBar.data
- 2699 1477 45.2% 20-Dec-97 18:32:10 HotBar.readme
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- 28373 26478 6.6% 26-Dec-97 06:50:30 3 files
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