Short: Start button and explorer in one. Fast. Author: s.e.m.lichtendahl@its.tudelft.nl (Stephan Lichtendahl) Uploader: s.e.m.lichtendahl@its.tudelft.nl (Stephan Lichtendahl) Version: 2.5 Type: util/wb Status: GiftWare Requires: AmigaOS 3.5, PopupMenu.library v8.0, Reqtools.library v38.1436, WBStart.library 2.2 Only small changes and bugfixes this time; because this release is long overdue! Introduction: ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ OK, so it is another one of those Windoze Start button lookalikes. However, with this one you can browse your directory tree without ever needing to wait for icons to load, because they are loaded dynamically. In addition, icons are shown for files that do not have icons (based on filetype) and thumbnails are created on the fly for Jpeg pictures. Most importantly, Dynamite is a lot faster in loading icons, especially default icons, than Workbench / DOpus. Features ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ · Easy browsing to directories, starting files (with filetype recognition) and performing file management (copy, rename, delete, etc.). · From the start button you can browse your (virtual) directory tree; at the same time the dock icons next to the start button provide additonal browsers. · You can drop icons on files to change the icon image or on hotlists to add items to the hotlist (or even on the start button to change the image). · Supports old, NewIcons and OS3.5 icon formats (and conversion to OS3.5 format) · Shows default icons for files that do not have icons, based on filetype. · Can scale all icons to a specified size. · Shows thumbnails for all types of pictures, created on the fly. Dynamite is faster in displaying icons than Workbench / DOpus, because: · Only those icons are loaded that are on the current and next two "pages". · Only one default icon is loaded for each filetype and reused for every file of the same type. · You don't have to wait for the icons or thumbnails to finish loading. · Files and directories can be added to various hotlists or as dock icons. · Supports the creation of hierarchical hotlist structures, i.e. you can have one hotlist opening another and that one another, ... · Filetype recognition is based on file extensions. The "def_*.info" files in the "EnvArc:sys/" directory are used as default icons (e.g. "def_doc.info" for a "*.doc" file). The "Default Tool" entry is used to open a file and an "EDIT" tooltype can be specified as an alternative tool. · Memory pools are used to reduce memory fragmentation. Version History ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Important: as usual, it is recommended to read the documentation! Dynamite 2.5: · BugFix: For copy & paste icon images and dropping icons on windows the icon's transparency settings are now taken into account. · BugFix: Now launches Arexx scripts a bit differently to prevent problems. · BugFix: static strings that contained Arexx functions would accidentily get changed (such as for CLOSEVIEW) so they could only be executed properly once. · Added tooltype TOP to specify the top coordinate of the main button window · Added tooltype CLICKCLOSE to close a window (and its parents) when a program is started by clicking the file. · Pressing Escape closes a window (and its parents). Dynamite 2.4: · Changed stack size to 8192 bytes, to be on the safe side with file-requesters. · All selected items will be given as arguments to tools started with the "Open with" or EDIT tooltype features. This opposed to launching the tool for every argument, as with the "Open" (VIEWTOOL/DEFTOOL/DIRTOOL) and "Info" (INFOREQ) features. · The "Open with.." and "Select pattern.." strings are remembered. · Copying/moving within the same browser window is now also supported. · Flattened down the popup menus, now also separate popup menu for icons. · Added copy and paste to icon popup menu for exchanging icon images. · When clicking on a directory whose window is open, the window will be closed. · When deleting a directory whose window is open, the window will first be closed. · BugFix: when deleting pictures, a non-existent datatype object was freed (code I forgot to remove when switching to GuiGfx). · BugFix: when copying/moving files to hotlists, items are now always added as sorted by name (to avoid duplicates). Dynamite 2.3: · As the GuiGfx.library is now used for the creation of thumbnails, more image formats are now supported (see `Thumbnails'). Use the PICPAT tooltype to specify for what type of images thumnails should be shown (see `Tooltypes'). · You can specify the font to use instead of the System Default Font with the FONT and FONTSIZE tooltypes. Proportional fonts are supported. · The "Select Pattern" option will now use case-insensitive matching. · The sorting mode of a hotlist (applying to the browser windows opened from it) is now saved with the hotlist. · Added "Icon->Create" option to popup menu for creating icons from def. icons. · Added "Pic->Close Views" option to ask a picture viewer to close its windows. · Workaround: added SAVEBLIT tooltype for not blitting directly into the screen's bitmap, but using a temporary bitmap instead (which is normally only used when the browser window isn't frontmost). This because Picasso leaves small vertical lines next to the icons, whereas Cybergraphics does not. · BugFix: files could be visibly selected when scrolling up and down. ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 39232 20561 47.5% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 dynamite 35599 12774 64.1% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 DYNAMITE.guide 2010 1805 10.1% 16-Sep-00 02:27:56 DYNAMITE.guide.info 1363 1142 16.2% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 dynamite.info 5441 2443 55.1% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 Dynamite.readme 1526 1051 31.1% 16-Sep-00 02:27:58 Dynamite.readme.info 1906 1707 10.4% 16-Sep-00 02:30:08 Env.info 265 168 36.6% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 +akJFIF.prefs 265 169 36.2% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 +dynamite 2846 1720 39.5% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 +def_disk.info 1891 1675 11.4% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 +def_doc.info 2366 1889 20.1% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 +def_drawer.info 2002 1799 10.1% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 +def_guide.info 2198 1705 22.4% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 +def_hl.info 2350 2097 10.7% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 +def_lha.info 2515 1899 24.4% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 +def_library.info 1618 1407 13.0% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 +def_tool.info 2307 2040 11.5% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 +def_zip.info -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 107700 58051 46.0% 16-Sep-100 18:00:04 18 files