Deft 1.0 may be copied and distributed provided that
1. only a nominal copying fee is charged,
2. this file is included,
3. if Deft is included with other programs in a compilation disk
or set of disks, then a copy of these disk/s is sent to me.
Deft may not be used for any commercial purposes without express written permission.
Deft is a program to change the Default Tool of Project icons. Deft will search through a disk or directory finding all icons that contain a specified Default Tool and change that tool to a different one. It is useful for changing the Default Tools of all the doc files on a public domain disk to your favourite text reader. Deft works under Workbench 1.2,1.3 and 2.0.
Installing Deft:
Deft can be installed on either a hard or floppy disk by dragging its icon into the drawer you want to keep it in. No assigns or other files are required for its operation.
Running Deft:
Deft can be started either from the CLI or Workbench. Either type the programs name in a CLI or double-click the Deft icon. Except for one specific occasion (covered later), Deft will open a window on the Workbench screen. At the top of this window are three string gadgets. The top one (Old Default:) allows you to specify which icon Default Tool to search for. The second string gadget (New Default:) is where you enter the new default tool that you want to change the icons with Old Default to. The third string gadget (Path:) contains the disk/directory to search through.
At the bottom of the window are three gadgets. The 'Change' gadget starts the search and changes the icons that are found. The 'Change & Quit' gadget changes all icons and then quits the program. The 'Quit' gadget quits Deft.
The Old Default: string gadget is where you enter the default tool you want to change. Only icons that match this string exactly will be changed. For example, if you enter just "more" in this string, then an icon with a default tool of ":c/more" will not be changed. If this string gadget is empty, then you will be asked if you want to change all project icons to the New Default: tool. If you are using Workbench 2, then dropping the icon of a project file will place the default tool of that icon into the Old Default: string gadget.
The New Default: string gadget is where you enter the new default tool to use. You will not be able to change any icons if this string gadget is empty.
The Path: string gadget is where you enter the disk or directory to search through. All of the sub-directories of this disk/directory will also be searched. If you are using Workbench 2, dropping an icon of a directory on top of the window will place the name of this directory into this string gadget. If you drop the icon of a file on top of the window, the directory that the file is in will be added to the Path: gadget. Clicking on the 'Disk' gadget beside the Path: string gadget will bring up a standard ASL requester where you can enter the directory to search.
You will not be able to change any icons if this string gadget is empty.
Clicking the 'Change' or the 'Change & Quit' gadget starts the search. If Deft finds any project icons that have a default tool matching the Old Default:, it will change the default tool to the New Default: tool. The name of the file being changed will be printed above the 'Change' gadget. After you have clicked either the 'Change' or 'Change & Quit' gadgets, the 'Quit' gadget will change to a 'Stop' gadget. This gadget allows you to stop a search in progress.
Deft can also be run from the CLI. You can supply three strings - the disk/directory. the Old Default, and the New Default. They must be in that order. If you do supply these three strings, then the Deft window will not open - the search will start immediately and information about files changed will be outputted to the CLI. If you do not supply exactly three strings, then the normal Deft window will open, and the strings will be ignored.
