From megalith!errors@uunet.UU.NET Thu May 19 03:28:59 1994 Received: from relay3.UU.NET by toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu (4.1/UCD.CS.2.5) id AA29973; Thu, 19 May 94 03:28:55 PDT Received: from uucp5.uu.net by relay3.UU.NET with SMTP (5.61/UUNET-internet-primary) id AA07223; Thu, 19 May 94 06:28:52 -0400 Received: from megalith.UUCP by uucp5.uu.net with UUCP/RMAIL ; Thu, 19 May 1994 06:28:54 -0400 Received: by megalith.miami.fl.us (V1.16.20/w5, Dec 29 1993, 21:22:55) id <1h3t@megalith.miami.fl.us>; Thu, 19 May 94 02:44:46 EDT -0400 Return-Path: Sender: overlord@megalith.miami.fl.us Errors-To: errors@megalith.miami.fl.us Warnings-To: errors@megalith.miami.fl.us Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Reply-To: swaz@iconz.co.nz (Swaz) Message-Number: 827 Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.announce X-Newssoftware: CSAA NMS 1.2 Organisation: Matrix Systems Development Message-Id: Date: Thu, 19 May 1994 02:44:43 -0400 (EDT) From: swaz@iconz.co.nz (Swaz) (CSAA) To: announce@cs.ucdavis.edu (CSAA-Submissions) Subject: WindowDaemon 1.9 Status: RO TITLE Window Daemon - Control Intuition Windows and Screens VERSION Distribution version 1.9 AUTHORS David Swasbrook E-mail address: swaz@iconz.co.nz DESCRIPTION Window Daemon gives extended control to intuition windows and screens through HotKeys and Arexx. In addition there is better workbench drawer manipulation, you can close the current drawer window when opening another drawer, and when closing a drawer can open its parent automatically. Using a hotkey you can manage the task priority owning the current window and even suspend the task. Also the active window can be brought to the front or pushed to the back by simply holding down both mouse buttons. FEATURES 1. Arexx, Commodities and Locale Support. 2. HotKey and Arexx support to manipulate the currently active window and screen. Standard window controls are avalable such as Zip, Close, Size, ToFront, ToBack, NextScreen, etc... Also can suspend tasks and modify priorities. 3. Able to close the parent window of a drawer when opened on "Workbench" if QUAALIFIER is held down. (Only available under kickstart V39 or higher) 4. Can open parent window of a "Workbench" drawer when the drawer closed if QUALIFIER is held down. 5. Closes all "Workbench" drawers when a drawer is closed if either of the ALT keys are held down. 6. Specialized options to forcefully close windows and screens, and also to remove tasks that own the active window. 7. Font sensitive interface. 8. DEL key can be used to DELETE icons on workbench. 9. HELP key can be used to get INFO on icons on wrkbench. 10. Screen/Window selection requestor SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS o OS release 2.04 or newer is required. o "matrix.library" version 23.1916 required. (included in archive) o Hypertext compatable document. (ie. MultiView/AmigaGuide) o Commodore installer. o Distribution is archived with lha so a program to un-archive them is needed. UPDATE This archive is an update of the WindowDaemon18.lha archive. New features: * Configuration is now saved in ENV: so there is no need for all the tool types now. * Minor bug in DEL/HELP code fixed. * The qualifier for workbench window manipulation for drawer open/close can be selected from Control, Shift or MiddleMouseButton. * Screen/Window selection requestor by pressing the right mouse button in the top right hand corner of a screen. HOST NAME Software has been uploaded to the Aminet Site: wuarchive.wustl.edu 128.252.135.4 and will be readily available on other Aminet sites. DIRECTORY /pub/aminet/util/misc FILE NAMES WindowDaemon19.lha - Window Daemon binaries and documentation PRICE Shareware $10US ($20NZ). Contributions are gratefully accepted. DISTRIBUTABILITY Freely distributable as long as the contents of the archive are kept in tact. Window Daemon is shareware, and may not be included in any other distribution or used for commercial use without my express permission. OTHER E-mail address for bug reports and fixes: swaz@iconz.co.nz or msd@iconz.co.nz -- David Swasbrook (Swaz) ; Matrix Systems Development Email: msd@iconz.co.nz Personal: swaz@iconz.co.nz [alias for msd] -- Read all administrative posts before putting your post up. Mailing list: announce-request@cs.ucdavis.edu. Comments to CSAA2@megalith.miami.fl.us. MAIL ALL COMP.SYS.AMIGA.ANNOUNCE ANNOUNCEMENTS TO announce@cs.ucdavis.edu.