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AMOSPro 1.12/2.00 Multi-Envoironment Patch V1.4
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Written By Paul Hickman (ph@doc.ic.ac.uk) - June 1994
Additions and Amos Patch by Mark deJong and Darryl Lewis -September 1995
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Adapted from AMOS Multi-Envoironment Patch V1.1 for AMOS 1.36
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IMPORTANT
=========
APME V1.2 contained a bug which made Amospro V2.00 crash. Before
installing this fixed version, copy your original unpatched AmosPro
V2.00 file over the patched AmosPro file in you AMOSPro_System:
directory.
APME V1.3 did not work on all builds of the AMOSPro file.
Disclaimer
----------
The program PatchAMOSPro will modify your AMOSPro program.
I take no resposibility if it wreck's it - make sure you
have a backup.
I also take no responsibilty explicitly, implicity, and all
that other legal crap if something else that you didn't want
to happen does, 'cos i'm still in an irresponsible mood!
Distribution
------------
Whatever - modify / copy / hack to pieces. Please post me
back any improvements - these are among my first E programs,
so the sources can probably be improved.
Files
-----
Install_AMOSProMultiEnv The installer script
AmosIcon An Icon To Load AMOSPro.
GetAMOSProEnv A Program to select an envoironment.
PatchAMOSPro A Program to modify AMOSPro file.
Readme.Doc This File.
PatchAMOSPro.old The old modification program
GetAMOSProEnv13.e The Sources
PatchAMOSPro.amos
PatchAMOSPro.e.old
Requirements
------------
AMOSPro V1.12 or V2.00 - NOT AMOSPro V1.0, or any other version.
2 bytes are overwritten in the AMOSPro program file - they may
be at a different location in different versions of AMOSPro.
ReqTools Library - Any version will probably work - I only
use the file requester.
Overview
--------
When you load AMOSPro, it searches for one of the files:
S:AMOSPro_Interpreter_Config
AMOS_ProSystem:S/AMOSPro_Interpreter_Config
And loads the first one it finds. These files contain your
AmosPro interpreter configuration (Suprisingly enough) which
contains the loaded extensions, number of bobs, copperlist
buffer size etc. Running PatchAMOSPro modifies AMOSPro so it
searches the files:
T:AMOSPro_Interpreter_Config
S:AMOSPro_Interpreter_Config
GetAMOSProEnv opens a reqtools filerequester in the directory
AMOSPro_System:APSystem/Interpreter_Configs (Which is created
by the installer scripts). Initially this contains the file
Default.config. Whatever file you select here is copied to
T:AMOSPro_Interpreter_Config before AMOSPro is run hence
becoming the configuration you use for that session.
Installation
------------
Just double click the installer icon and select your AMOSPro
System directory / disk.
AMOSPro will be patched, the configs directory created, your
current configuration copied into it as the default, the
GetAMOSProEnv program is copied into the AMOSPro_System directory,
along with an iconx script to load AMOSPro via the selector.
AMOSPro can still be run with it's default config in S: by
double clicking on it's original icon.
Usage
-----
Double click on the "Amos Env-Loader" icon. Select An
Envoironment.
Multi-Selection
---------------
To load AMOSPro with an AMOS program in the editor & run the
program, select the program's icon, then shift double-click
the "Amos Env-Loader" icon.
Toolmanager
-----------
AMOSPro Multi-Env works great from a toolmanager dock window, or
toolmanager App Icon. Simply create an exec object to the Amos
script, of type CLI, which has the "Arguments" box checkmarked.
Then create an image object, and a dock / icon object to launch
it.
To run AmosPro from toolmanger, click on the dock icon / app icon.
To load a file into AmosPro from toolmanager, drop the file on the
dock icon / app icon.
Modifing Configurations
-----------------------
To modify a configuration, select "Set Interpreter" from the config
menu, then select "Load other configuration". Goto the directory
"AMOSPro_System/APSystem/Interpreter_Configs" and choose a
configuration to modify. Change it, then save it to a new file in
the same directory. End the filename in ".config" so it matches
the filer pattern "#?.config" in the GetAMOSProEnv filerequester.
To not save/load the default configuration as this is not used
when loading AMOSPro via the Env-Loader. Instead, the
Default.Config file is used for the default configuration.
Notes / Hints
-------------
You will need the program Install. If you don't have it already,
many versions of it are available on Aminet.
The AMOS 1.36 compiler uses the envoironment specified by it's
own configuration files - Not the envoironment you select
with this filerequester. I don't know what the AMOS Pro compiler
does, as I don't have it.
Get toolmanger, and use it - it's easily the best way to
load AMOSPro. If you do this set the save with icons option
in the configuration editor so your programs have
icons to drop on the toolmanager dock/app icon.
Credits
-------
GetAMOSProEnv, was written in E. Thanks
go to Wouter van Oortmerssen for a rather nice language.
Reqtools.library is written by Nico Francois.
Toolmanager was written by Stefan Becker.
The E language, Reqtools & Toolmanager are all available
on aminet. Thanks also to whoever it was that posted to the
AMOS mailing list about removing/installing extenions for
the inspiration!
Changes: AMOSMultiEnv V1.0 ---> V1.1
------------------------------------
Both E programs now use exception handling for error
recovery, and print errors to requesters, not the command line.
PatchAMOS can now accept the AMOS file to patch as a
command line argument.
Both programs now accept the argument in double quotes.
The installer script now creates a customised launching
script for your system - there is no "Amos" file in the
distribution anymore.
The cancel button in the filerequester now cancels the
Loading of AMOS.
Shift-Selected / Toolmanager / CLI arguments to the AMOS
script are passed on to AMOS1.36 so you can autoload & run
programs.
Changes: AMOSMultiEnv V1.1 ---> AMOSProMultiEnv V1.1
----------------------------------------------------
All file directory names in Installer Script, Readme file
and E programs changed to AMOSPro versions.
PatchAMOSPro now changes the relevant bytes for AMOSPro V1.12
The installer script now creates a directory for configs, and
copies your current default into it.
Changes: AMOSProMultiEnv V1.1 ---> AMOSProMultiEnv V1.2
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Title of error requesters changed.
Now works for Amospro V2.00 as well as V1.12.
Changes: AMOSProMultiEnv V1.2 ---> AMOSProMultiEnv V1.3
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It turns out I was lying last time - it didn't work for AMOS V2.00.
This is now fixed.
Memory allocation bugs have been fixed in both E programs. It used to
"forget" the filename between you selecting it, and it opening it
before - now it doesn't
AMOSPro V2.00 searched for the files in S: first, then T:, so you
had to delete the copy in S: for it to work. This is now reversed -
T: is searched first, so you can still keep a copy in S:
Changes: AMOSProMultiEnv V1.3 ---> AMOSProvMultiEnv V1.4
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Some versions of AMOSPro use different cases for specifing directories.
A replacement patch written in Amos, and compiled, replaces the
PatchAMOSPro that was written in E.