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- RemapInfo 1.0 User Manual
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- May 17, 1991
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- Preface
- =======
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- The programs and files in this distribution are freely distributable,
- but are also Copyright (c) Nico François. They may be freely distributed as
- long as no more than a nominal fee is charged to cover time and copying costs.
- No commercial usage is permitted without written permission from the
- author. Everything in this distribution must be kept together, in original
- unmodified form.
- The above is generally known as freeware.
-
- If you have suggestions or remarks about this program, or if you find
- any bugs, please let me know.
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- Write to the following address:
-
- Nico François
- Corbielaan 13
- B-3060 Bertem
- BELGIUM
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-
- Contents
- ========
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- 1. An introduction
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- 2. Usage
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- 1. An introduction
- ==================
-
- This program was written out of utter frustration (as many good programs
- are :-) Commodore has decided to change the colors of the new Workbench 2.0
- compared to 1.3. Black and white are reversed! So what's the problem you may
- ask ? Well, icon images with black and white swapped look fairly ugly!
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- I know of two other programs that allow you to recolor the icons so they
- look ok again, but neither of these programs features a Workbench interface!
- Quite extraordinary if you ask me, a program that helps to make your Workbench
- look nicer, but doesn't support it ?!?
-
- So there you have it, that's why you are now reading the documentation of
- RemapInfo, the icon color remapper with an easy to use Workbench interface.
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- RemapInfo is not just useful to Workbench 2.0 users, but also to people
- who want to use icons designed for 2.0 on Workbench 1.3. There are also many
- people who have changed their Workbench 1.3 colors completely and it is very
- possible that by using this program they may discover that they can enhance
- their Workbench look significantly.
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- RemapInfo is compatible with and supports Kickstart & Workbench 2.0.
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- 2. Usage
- ========
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- RemapInfo can be used in several different ways.
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- - First of all via the CLI:
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- If you enter 'RemapInfo ?' you will get a short usage message printed
- to the console. You use RemapInfo like this:
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- RemapInfo [<file|dir>...]
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- So simply give one or more filenames of icons you want to recolor as
- arguments to RemapInfo. There is no need to include the '.info'.
-
- Example: 'RemapInfo SYS:System SYS:Utilities/Clock.info'
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- If you enter RemapInfo without arguments and you have arp.library or
- asl.library installed in Libs: you will be presented with a filerequester.
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- - Via the WorkBench:
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- This is definately the easiest way to use RemapInfo, the CLI interface
- was only implemented for completeness.
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- There are two ways ways of using RemapInfo via the workbench: you can
- simply double-click the RemapInfo icon and select a filename using the Arp
- or Asl filerequester or, and this is certainly the easiest way: you can
- single click the RemapInfo icon and then extend-select one or more other
- icons (use shift click, double-clicking the last one). RemapInfo will then
- proceed and recolor each of the icons you selected.
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- If your Amiga has Kickstart 2.0 in ROM there is an even easier way to use
- RemapInfo: When you double-click RemapInfo you will NOT be presented with
- a filerequester but with an additional icon in the Workbench window. If you
- now drop some other icons on this icon these will be recolored. Couldn't be
- easier now, could it :-) Double-clicking the icon quits RemapInfo.
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- NOTE: - RemapInfo has one limitation. It will only remap 4 color icons.
- If you know that 95% of all the Amiga icons are in 4 colors you must
- realize that this is not a big problem :-)
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- As always, I hope you find this program useful!
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- PROGRAM HISTORY:
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- VERSION 1.0
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- First release.
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- *****************************************************************************
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- RemapInfo 1.0 written by Nico François (Yes, Nico is my first name :-)
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- (c) 1991 Nico François / PowerPeak
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- //
- Thanks to \X/ Amiga for being the best computer ever !
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