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DirWork V1.62 - Chris Hames 12th June 92. All rights Reserved.
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DW Size 70968 bytes
Need to get around your directories fast and simply. Force yourself
to read fully this doc file and I think you will find this program of great
use. What makes DirWork better than the rest ?
VERY Configurable. Buttons/Button-keys/Options/Screen Mode/
Screen Colors/Window Size/Window Position/PopKeys/Tools etc can be
modified and the DW executable modified to have these values.
External configuration editor program to make changes easier.
Detaches. So when you type DW from Shell/CLI you can still use your
Shell/CLI as if nothing happened. No need to Run! Paths are kept!
Sleep. Can be put to sleep so it disappears completely until you
select it from the workbench tools menu (kick2.0-) or press left
Ctrl-Shift-Alt-D or whatever keys you configured it to.
Also can be started in sleep mode so "DW -s" in your
startup-sequence will have it there for when you want it later.
You can also place DW in your WBStartUp drawer and add the ToolTypes
SLEEP & DONOTWAIT.
Intelligent. Double click the left mouse button on the filename of
a IFF picture and it will be automatically displayed. Double click
a text file to display it, press the right mouse button to edit it!
Double Click a .lzh file and you see the contents, right mouse
button on one extracts the contents to the destination dir and then
reads in the new entries. If you have a middle button then pressing
it on the .lzh will extract the files in the background so you can
continue doing other things.
As well as many other instant actions on different types of files
and the instant types are configurable.
The inbuilt text viewer, picture viewer and disk functions
run as separate processes on separate screen so you can double
click a text file and then continue working with DW then swap
the screen and the text viewer is still there. Your diskcopy
can be going on one screen while you a copying files with DW as
normal.
A show built in that loads in the next picture while your looking
at the last. Does icons, SHAM and some DHIRES pictures. You can
of course set up a button to use your own show utility.
Buffered directories. Press the right mouse button over the dir
text gadget and you get a menu of previous directories which you
can instantly go to. Parent buttons that will use the buffered
dir when appropriate to save you heaps of dir loading time.
A completely mouse controlled type/hxtype which will automatically
decrunch powerpacker crunched text files.
Both memory and BootBlock virus checking.
Inbuilt Diskcopy/Format/Install with multiple destinations etc.
PopKeys. Define keys to start up programs. eg make Amiga-P start
your paint program. Amiga-Escape start a NewShell etc etc etc
Also adds these programs to DW's menu and your workbench Tools menu
if using Kick2.0-.
ScreenBlanker so that the phosphors on your monitor get a rest.
AutoPoint option so that the window the mouse is over is selected.
MouseAccelerator with selectable threshold.
Copy & move cloning so that the date/protection/filenote is same.
Fast and Smooth Floppy Dirs! Getting a directory off a floppy
is up to 2 times faster. And your drive doesn't grind back and
forward anywhere near as much as normal.
Size. At less than 70K uncompressed it makes mince meat of most
of those huge memory hungry utilities.
This program is SHAREWARE so please support the work that has gone into it.
To minimize bank charges please try to contribute with one of the following:-
Australian Cash or Cheque.
Any cheque drawn on a Australian Bank.
Foreign Cash (US, English or German preferred).
International Money Order or Bank Cheque.
The suggested contribution of $35 makes you a registered user. This allows
you to get direct support from me as well as access to updates. You also a
disk containing the next major version (when it is available) of this program
sent to you.
Please send the contribution & any ideas etc to:-
C Hames |Internet:
Snail: 6 Pamela Crt | bytey@phoenix.pub.uu.oz.au
Blackburn South | bytey@phoenix.apana.org.au
VIC 3130 |FidoNet BBS:
Australia | 3:633/353
And don't forget to include the version number you have!
This program may be copied as long as it is accompanied by this doc file
both unaltered & no money is charged(except for a reasonable copying fee
such as what Fred Fish charges). All use of this program is at your own
risk & I assume no responsibility or liability for any problems that occur.
Future Improvements:- (When registering please tell me which ones you want)
More configurable. ie Screens/ButtonPositions/Colors/Priority etc
copy/move not going to fit requester
Sort by date and size.
Text viewer handle ANSI better(& 8 color option).
BootBlock brain file.
Play Stereo sound samples.
PointerBlanker.
print separate process.
Window to front by double clicking.
Recorded keystrokes.
Auto load of directory on startup. DW dh0:
Copy/delete/move option to copy .infos as well
copy,delete,move want to quit, try again unprotected, continue.
Faster(the need for speed!).
NOTE:
**************************************************************************
* Updates don't magically appear. So support the product by contributing. *
* If there aren't many contributing in the future no updates, crippleware *
* or similar will be what happens. *
**************************************************************************
History:-
27/ 1/90 1.00 First Release.
5/ 2/90 1.01 VMK updated to v27. Stopped title bar flashing.
12/ 2/90 1.02 Icon. Faster. Smaller. Now uses less memory(5K) if
destination display is not used.
15/ 2/90 1.03 Detaches from CLI. Some Workbench problems fixed.
A Show bug fixed.
22/ 2/90 1.04 CD bug fixed. Volumes button added. Dir buttons
and options can be modified and saved. VMK can
now automatically be executed every 10 secs.
14/ 7/90 1.10 Heaps of little improvements. Copy/Delete/Move Dirs.
Now VERY configurable buttons. Sleep. Window sizing.
HxType/Type/Search Esc works anytime now. Rename/
makdir/copy/move/delete add or remove from both
filelists where appropriate. So many more changes
that I am calling it 1.10 !
30/ 7/90 1.11 Bug fixed when getting dirs with spaces in them.
17/ 8/90 1.12 Rare problem getting dirs with spaces at end.
10/ 1/91 1.20 More than 255 files displayed.
Dirs above files option added.
And too many other things to mention.
13/ 1/91 1.21 Sometimes crashed when started from cli,
bug found in detach routine. Argh!!
Display .info files option added.
Window Pos now saved with config.
16/ 1/91 1.22 Recognition of text files improved. Other little
things improved.
10/ 6/91 1.30 Wouldn't save config if started in sleep mode (-s)
fixed. Didn't open some windows at same offset as
window fixed. Now gets the dirs after sleep.
Automatically gets info(bytes free) for dirs after
a copy move or delete. MakeDir can have icon.
Bootblock checking. Popkeys. ScreenBlanking.
Runs programs with spaces(Dave!).
Save's path of DW program with save executable.
Paths other than C: recognized(Thanks Randell).
Parent/root far left or right of the text gadget
right mouse button over text gadget gets dir.
Shells etc now have close gadgets if kick 2.0,
and the N,x,u commands have been improved.
Kick 2.0 looks. Heaps of other little things.
22/ 6/91 1.31 Requester kick 1.2/1.3 freeze bug hopefully gone.
Crash after RMB instant getdir gone.
AutoPoint for James. Screen option.
Copy/move clone code better and kick 1.2/1.3 date.
Filenote problem with FSDirs problem fixed.
Better FileSelection. Requester bigger.
FileBits/Note writing under Kick 1.2/1.3 fixed.
Resizing doesn't make slide gadgets go to top.
Kick 2.0- execute window title shows path.
Delete didn't request for non-empty dirs fixed.
Popkey stuff gets added to tools menu in Kick2.0-
No flashing b