Short: Deluxe Replacement for WB2+ Info, V1.0
Uploader: nick.christie@oucs.ox.ac.uk (Nick Christie)
Author: nick.christie@oucs.ox.ac.uk (Nick Christie)
Type: util/wb

ExtraInfo  is  a replacement for the Workbench "Information" function,
and  adds  a  great deal of functionality on top. I wrote it because I
was  sick  of  squinting at that tiny topaz-8 font in a window without
keyboard  shortcuts  that  is Commodore's original offering. ExtraInfo
does *not* require OS3 like all the others, since I'm still getting by
with  OS2. That does mean, however, that it doesn't patch the WBInfo()
library function: you have to run it like a normal program.

ExtraInfo  uses  the  excellent  BGUI  library by Jan van den Baard to
provide font-sensitive, keyboard-controllable gadgets in a  resizeable
window. You'll find the full package on AmiNet in directory dev/gui.


Requirements:

 o AmigaOS 2.04 / Kickstart V37 or higher.

 o bgui.library V38 or higher (included).


Status:

 o Freeware.


Features:

 o Can be started from Workbench or Shell.

 o Edit tooltypes, with Insert, Toggle, Duplicate and Remove buttons.
   Also arrange their order with Top, Bottom, Up and Down, and
   cut/copy/paste them to/from the clipboard.

 o Comprehensive file, volume and icon information.

 o Displays file version ID strings and file type (using WhatIs
   library, by Sylvain Rougier and Pierre Carrette, not included).

 o Strip or add bitplanes to icon images - useful for reducing size of
   icon file and eliminating image corruption in faulty icons.

 o UnSnapshot icon position and swap pens 1 and 2 (black and white,
   called "ReColor" in IconEdit).

 o AppWindow support - drop icons on window to show info for them.
   Also: drop icons on special image box to replace existing icon
   imagery. It is also possible to add icons to files this way.

 o AppIcon option, with user-definable imagery and placement.

 o Opens on the default public screen, optionally on a named one.

 o Font-sensitive gadget layout in resizeable windows using BGUI
   library: uses the screen's default font. Option to override and
   specify font.

 o Option to specify tooltypes listview font.

 o All gadgets have keyboard shortcuts.

 o AmigaGuide documentation, available on-line.

 o Installer script included.

 o Locale support for presenting all text and messages in the user's
   preferred language, plus option to override and specify language.
   NB: No translations available at the present time.

$VER: ExtraInfo.readme 1.0 (9.5.95)