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- PopColours 1.3 - September 1987
-
- PopColours lets you change the Red/Green/Blue components of any colour
- register, on any screen currently in the system.
-
- PopColours has two modes - a large working window and a tiny window for when
- the program is not in use. Switch between the two modes with the toggle
- switch gadget. PopColours also supports Transactor's TWM standard for tiny
- windows, so the tiny window rendering may not necessarily be used.
-
- The PopColours working window has three proportional colour gadgets on its
- instrument panel. These affect the colour of
- the indicated colour register. To modify a colour register other than the
- one currently selected, use the up and down arrows on the
- right of the control panel. When the colour register value gets to the
- highest colour register available in the screen, it next goes back to zero.
- You can hold the arrows down and they will auto-repeat. when modifying the
- colour of the WorkBench screen, a square is drawn next to the colour register
- indicator in the colour that's being changed (the current colour register).
-
- The "TOP SCREEN" message is both an indicator and a gadget. It indicates what
- screen you are changing the colours of, and lets you select either the
- topmost or the second screen. For example, if you started a task that opened
- a new screen, then slid the screen down partially, revealing the WorkBench
- screen, playing with PopColours would change the colours of the new, top
- screen, not the WorkBench screen. This way you can modify the colours of just
- about ANY program. With your new screen in place, you can click on the "TOP
- SCREEN" message; it will switch to "SECOND SCREEN". This choice allows you to
- change the colours of a non-slidable screen (like TextCraft): use left-Amiga
- 'N' to bring the WorkBench screen to the front, then slide it partially down
- to see the other screen, and set PopColours to "SECOND SCREEN" mode. You can
- then muck about with the colours of a program that doesn't give you the
- option to do so. The poor program doesn't know what's going on! If you click
- on "TOP SCREEN" when there isn't another screen, the message "(no 2nd screen)"
- will appear for an instant, then "TOP SCREEN" will re-appear.
-
- PopColours was written by Chris Zamara and Nick Sullivan.
- (c) 1986, 1987 Transactor Publishing Inc.
- and AHA! (Acme Heuristic Applications!).
- Freely distributable.
-