@DATABASE @WIDTH 76 @AUTHOR Georg Steger @TOC "Main" @NODE "Main" "PowerWB" @TOC "Main" @{FG SHINE}-> PowerWB V0.7 <-@{FG TEXT} (C) Copyright 1997 by Georg Steger. All rights reserved! @{" Introduction " LINK "Introduction"} @{" Requirements " LINK "Requirements"} @{" Legal Stuff " LINK "LegalStuff"} @{" Installation " LINK "Installation"} @{" Usage " LINK "Usage"} @{" Known Bugs " LINK "KnownBugs"} @{" History " LINK "History"} @{" Future " LINK "Future"} @{" Author " LINK "Author"} @{" Other Stuff " LINK "OtherStuff"} @ENDNODE @NODE "Introduction" "Introduction" @TOC "Main" PowerWB improves the good (??) old (!!) standard Workbench of the Amiga a little bit. I know there are more and more Workbench replacements coming out, these days. Some of them are really good but anyway not everybody of us will stop using the standard Workbench, whatever the reasons might be (too much memory usage, incompatibility, too expensive, too slow etc.) PowerWB adds the following new features to the Workbench: - Two new gadgets will be added to the titlebar of the workbench windows. One to switch the "View by" mode ("Icon" / "Name") and the other to switch the "Show" mode ("Only Icons" / "All Files") - PowerWB allows you to use the keyboard for some operations which normally can only be done by accessing the menu or the gadgets. @{FG SHINE}@{" PowerWB is SHAREWARE! " LINK "LegalStuff"}@{FG TEXT} @ENDNODE @NODE "Requirements" "Requirements" @TOC "Main" @{FG SHINE}PowerWB should work on any machine with at least AmigaOS 2.0 if the menu layout (position of the items) is exactly the same as in Workbench 3.0!@{FG TEXT} I don't know whether the menu items are at the same position in each version of the operating system (starting from 2.0). Therefore the only Workbench version that is guaranteed to be "compatible" with PowerWB is 3.0!! If the menu layout of your Workbench is not exactly like @{" Menu.iff " LINK "images/Menu.iff/main"}, then PowerWB might create big trouble or do some very strange (and dangerous) things. Contact me if this is the case. I will try to make PowerWB compatible with your Workbench version (don't forget to tell me the @{B}exact@{UB} menu layout of your Workbench!) @ENDNODE @NODE "LegalStuff" "Legal Stuff" @TOC "Main" PowerWB is @{FG SHINE}Shareware@{FG TEXT}. You can do some days or weeks of testings but if you keep using it you have to send me some money. Everything from 2000 Lire (2 DM, 1 US$) upto 5000 Lire (5 DM, 3 US$) is ok. If possible please do not send me the money in any other currency. I might eventually accept also a gift instead of the money, but ask me first (EMail)!!! Send everything to: Georg Steger Hochlercher 30 I-39030 St. Johann/Ahrntal - ITALY EMail: steger@pass.dnet.it @{B}Warning:@{UB} I cannot be held responsible for any damage that might occure when using PowerWB!!! @ENDNODE @NODE "Installation" "Installation" @TOC "Main" To test PowerWB you don't have to install it, just start it by double- clicking the icon (see @{" Usage " LINK "Usage"}) To install PowerWB permanently on your computer either use the supplied Installer script (double-click the Install icon) or do the following: 1) Copy PowerWB anywhere you like. I suggest you to copy it either to "SYS:tools/commodities", "SYS:c" or "SYS:utilities". 2) Add the following line to your "s:user-startup" run <>NIL: PowerWB must be replaced with the directory where you have copied PowerWB! So the real line will look like one of this: run <>NIL: SYS:tools/commodities/PowerWB run <>NIL: SYS:c/PowerWB run <>NIL: SYS:utilities/PowerWB If you want to change/disable some of PowerWB's options have a look at @{" Usage " LINK "Usage"} and change the start line accordingly! @ENDNODE @NODE "Usage" "Usage" @TOC "Main" @{FG SHINE}____________________________________________________________________________@{FG TEXT} 秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤 L A U N C H I N G @{FG SHINE}____________________________________________________________________________@{FG TEXT} 秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤 PowerWB can (actually) only be used from a CLI/Shell (or started as a CLI/ Shell program). It has the following argument template: @{FG SHINE}CX_PRIORITY/N/K,NOGADGETS/S,NOKEYS/S,ADJUSTMINWINWIDTH/S@{FG TEXT} CX_PRIORITY : Commodity priority. Normally you should not have to change this value, which by default is 0, but if PowerWB does not work correctly (shortcuts don't work, etc.) or causes trouble with other commodities (such as hotkeys not working anymore) you can try changing this value which must be in a range between -128 and 127. NOGADGETS : If you specify this keyword, then the two additional gadgets in the titlebar of Workbench windows will not appear. NOKEYS : By specifying this keyword, no advanced keyboard control will be available in Workbench windows. ADJUSTMINWINWIDTH: This option adjusts (increases) the minimum window width of the Workbench windows so that there will be always enough space for at least one or two characters of the window title which normally is not guaranteed if PowerWB places its special gadgets in the titlebar. @{B}Note:@{UB} If the Workbench tries to open a window with a too small width then PowerWB will not automatically make the window big enough. Anyway, if you click on the size gadget the window will be forced to be big enough. This stupid behaviour might be fixed in a future version ... @{FG SHINE}____________________________________________________________________________@{FG TEXT} 秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤 E X A M P L E S @{FG SHINE}____________________________________________________________________________@{FG TEXT} 秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤 PowerWB PowerWB CX_PRIORITY=5 PowerWB NOGADGETS PowerWB NOGADGETS NOKEYS PowerWB NOKEYS NOGADGETS CX_PRIORITY 10 If you launch it during boot (from s:user-startup or s:startup-sequence) you have to start it with "run", otherwise booting will be freezed by PowerWB: run <>NIL: PowerWB run <>NIL: PowerWB CX_PRIORITY=10 NOKEYS run <>NIL: PowerWB NOKEYS CX_PRIORITY -10 NOGADGETS @{FG SHINE}____________________________________________________________________________@{FG TEXT} 秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤 U S A G E W H I L E R U N N I N G @{FG SHINE}____________________________________________________________________________@{FG TEXT} 秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤 @{B}The new gadgets in the titlebar do the following:@{UB} - The first (leftmost) one allows you to switch between "View by Icon" and "View by Name" mode. - The second one allows you to switch between "Show Only Icons" and "Show all Files" mode. @{B}And these are the keys that can now be used in Workbench drawer windows:@{UB} @{FG SHINE}RETURN@{FG TEXT} Switches between "View by Icon" and "View by Name" mode @{FG SHINE}SPACE@{FG TEXT} Switches between "Show only Icons" and "Show all Files" mode @{FG SHINE}DEL@{FG TEXT} Delete selected icon(s). The requester asking you to confirm will still pop up. @{FG SHINE}HELP@{FG TEXT} Bring up the information requester for the selected icon(s) @{FG SHINE}TAB@{FG TEXT} Bring up the "Execute command" window @{FG SHINE}BACKSPACE@{FG TEXT} Switch Workbench backdrop mode on and off @{FG SHINE}ESC@{FG TEXT} Close active Workbench window @{FG SHINE}CURSOR KEYS@{FG TEXT} Scroll content of window (behaves like clicking on the small arrow gadgets in the lower right corner of the window). If you hold down one of the following qualifiers (keys) scrolling will be different: @{B}SHIFT KEYS@{UB}: Scrolls one page @{B}ALT KEYS @{UB}: Scrolls to the beginning/end @{B}CONTROL @{UB}: Scrolls one pixel @{FG SHINE}____________________________________________________________________________@{FG TEXT} 秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤 Q U I T T I N G / D I S A B L I N G @{FG SHINE}____________________________________________________________________________@{FG TEXT} 秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤 To quit PowerWB send it a break (CTRL C) or use the "Remove" button in Ex- change. Quitting might eventually fail (screen flashes) if it was not possible to remove the patches, PowerWB installs. This happens if one or more programs have patched one or more system functions that were already patched by PowerWB. PowerWB can be temporary disabled by using the "Active/Inactive" button in Exchange. When you set PowerWB to inactive the extra gadgets in the title- bar of the workbench windows will be removed. By setting PowerWB to active again, the extra gadgets will be added to the already open Workbench windows automatically. @ENDNODE @NODE "KnownBugs" "Known Bugs" @TOC "Main" - When you scroll the content of Workbench windows with the cursor keys scrolling sometimes does not stop. If this happens activate another window or press one of the cursor keys again. - When you scroll the content of Workbench windows with the cursor keys the arrow gadgets sometimes do not get unselected, after having released the cursor key (I have to select/unselect the arrow gadget, otherwise scrolling with the keyboard does not work) - The extra gadgets in the titlebar of Workbench windows look ugly, especially if the font's height on the Workbench screen is smaller than 13 :( You can send me some images about how you would like them to be. I might eventually add external routine support to allow changing the look of the extra gadgets (just like in PowerWindows) @ENDNODE @NODE "History" "History" @TOC "Main" @{B}V 0.5@{UB} @{FG SHINE}03.10.97@{FG TEXT}: - First public release (project started only 5 (five) days earlier!!) @{B}V 0.6@{UB} @{FG SHINE}09.10.97@{FG TEXT}: - NOGADGETS did not work - Shortcuts do not work anymore if ALT, LEFT, AMIGA or CONTROL are hold down @{B}V 0.7@{UB} @{FG SHINE}26.10.97@{FG TEXT}: - Improved keyboard-scrolling. Important: To get pixel- scrolling you now have to hold down CONTROL!! - New option: ADJUSTMINWINWIDTH. See @{" Usage " LINK "Usage"}! @ENDNODE @NODE "Future" "Future" @TOC "Main" - Maybe some more shortcuts - Maybe make the shortcuts configurable - Maybe a prefs program - Maybe wait for some money from you, first ;-) - Send me your ideas - I don't want the program to become too big. If you want something really cool get Scalos, Directory Opus, MBench or something like that. PowerWB is mainly intended for those who don't have enough memory or money - like me :( @ENDNODE @NODE "Author" "Author" @TOC "Main" @{FG SHINE}PowerWB was created by:@{FG TEXT} Georg Steger Hochlercher 30 I-39030 St. Johann SOUTH TYROL - ITALY @{FG SHINE}Send bug reports, comments, to:@{FG TEXT} EMail: steger@pass.dnet.it Write in german (prefered), italian or english! @ENDNODE @NODE "OtherStuff" "Other Software created by Georg Steger" @TOC "Main" @{" Image " LINK "images/OtherStuff/main"} @{FG SHINE}____________________________________________________________________________@{FG TEXT} 秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤 @{FG SHINE}@{B}PowerCrawler (SHAREWARE):@{UB}@{FG TEXT} A Map-Editor with some incredible features: o Blocksize from 1 x 1 to 255 x 255 o Mapsize from 2 x 2 to 32767 x 32767 o Upto 10 Layers (not parallax) with Mask-Support o Localized o Userdefined Screenmodes/Fonts for Editscreen o Userdefined Font for Main Window on Workbench o Fontsensitive GUI o Userdefined Screenmode for BlockScreen o External Loader/Saver-Support o Many Draw-Tools (Freehand, Line, Rectangle, filled Rectangle, Airbrush,Fill) some with variable modes (vertical/horizontal Filling, OnePointPerRow/Column-Line, ...) o MAP-EDITING WITH VARIABLE ZOOM (1% - 100%) o Zoom Pre-Calculation for faster Editing o Fliptable for controlled flipping o Savable MAP-PREVIEW (1% - 100%) o Brushes. You can give them names, sort them, save them! o Mask-Creation inside program. Invert Mask. Load Mask as IFF-File. o Up to 6 projects in memory which can all have different settings, pictures, ... o Project-Saving/Loading which will save/load Map-Data,Settings, FileNames,Fliptable,Brushes,Mask in/from one file! o Shortcuts for nearly everything. o Popup-Menus for Brushes and Zoom. o Undo/Redo o Datatypes-Support o Iff-Library-Support o HAM/EHB-Mode-Support o Color0-Remapping and DRIPENS for good looking GUI in all modes! o OS-conform (hopefully) o Thousands of TOOLTYPES to change GUI, Flags for AllocBitmap, internal routines, ... o Loading/Saving settings to a file o Online Help @{U}How to get the registerd Version of PowerCrawler:@{UU} Send US$ 25 (DM 35) (LIRE 30000) @{B}CASH ONLY@{UB} to the following address: Georg Steger Hochlercher 30 I-39030 St. Johann/Ahrntal @{B}ITALY@{UB} EMail: steger@pass.dnet.it @{B}YOU @{U}MUST@{UU} INCLUDE: ONE EMPTY DISK RETURN STAMPS@{UB} @{FG SHINE}____________________________________________________________________________@{FG TEXT} 秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤 @{FG SHINE}@{B}PowerWindows (Shareware):@{UB}@{FG TEXT} This Program allows you to move Windows out of Screen!!!!!!! No joke! It's real! The Windows also get an Iconify-Gadget which allows you to iconify Windows in a 100 % compatible way! Check this out!! Tons of features, works on GFX-Boards!!! @{FG SHINE}____________________________________________________________________________@{FG TEXT} 秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤 @{FG SHINE}@{B}PowerIcons (Giftware):@{UB}@{FG TEXT} This little commodity removes the border around the Icons when you drag them. It makes color 0 of the Icons transparent. This program is especially useful if you use NewIcons V3. NewIcons already removed the border around the Icons but not when you dragged them. @{FG SHINE}____________________________________________________________________________@{FG TEXT} 秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤 @{FG SHINE}@{B}StackAttack (Freeware):@{UB}@{FG TEXT} StackAttack can help avoiding/killing GURUs (especially strange and casual ones). GURUs are sometimes caused by a too low stack of some programs. With StackAttack you can select what minimum and additional stack new processes (programs) shall get. @{FG SHINE}____________________________________________________________________________@{FG TEXT} 秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤秤 @{FG SHINE}@{B}WBAttack (Freeware):@{UB}@{FG TEXT} WBAttack is a little program which allows you to change the backdrop mode of the main Workbench window. It is (mainly) intended to be used with pro- grams like Toolmanager which allow starting programs with a configurable hotkey. As such hotkeys can be used in any occasion (it does not matter which window or screen is the active one) accessing the icons of the main Workbench window (by switching the Workbench backdrop mode off, which brings the Workbench window automatically to front) will be very very easy. @ENDNODE