AWeb Modes


Change frequently used settings from a Reaction GUI
by Gabriele Favrin


The author is in no way responsible for any damages this program may cause.
Redistribution or modification are forbidden. If you improve this script send me the new version in an E-Mail.



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Introduction

AWeb Modes is an ARexx script that allows you to easily change frequently used AWeb settings without the need to search for them in the various settings windows. AWeb Modes uses William Parker's AWNPipe: to build a Reaction interface with menues and hotkeys.

Installation

Installer should already have installed all the files in the proper directories and configured AWeb, but if you prefer to install AWeb Modes manually you must proceed as described:
  1. Copy to the "AWeb/Plugins/" directory the following files:



  2. Configure AWeb. AWeb Modes may be called from AWeb in several ways. You can use a user button, a menu entry or a key.

    Note: if you are using AWeb 3.4SE you can't configure menues or keys. In that version AWeb Modes is assigned by default to an user button.

    To set AWeb Modes in AWeb (as a menu, user button or a key), add the following entry in the appropriate AWeb GUI settings.

    Title: Modes
    Command: RUN AWebPath:Plugins/AWebModes.awebrx

Usage

AWeb Modes opens a Reaction interface from which you may change the various settings. If it's started while another copy is running, the second one will simply move the first copy in front of all other windows and quit. In some cases it can be faster to restart AWeb Modes than search for its window.

These are the available functions:

AWeb Modes GUI

HTML Mode (hotkey: H)
This chooser allows to select the HTML mode used by AWeb to interpret documents. There are three modes: strict, tolerant and compatible. Strict means only HTML 2.0, 3.2 and 4.0 support. Tolerant adds support for HTML 3.0 and some MSIE and NS extensions. Compatible mode supports badly written HTML but may mess with correct HTML.

Note: by modifying this option a reparse of all currently displayed documents is performed. This could take some time on slower systems.

Use Frames (hotkey: F)
Toggle frame usage.

Note: by modifying this option a reparse of all currently displayed documents is performed. This could take some time on slower systems.

Fixed frames height (hotkey: I)
Toggle the frame height to make framesets more readable on low resolution screens.

This option can only be changed when "Frame usage" is enabled.

GIF animations playback (hotkey: G)
Toggle GIF animation playback.

Note: this option can be changed only if the AWebGif.awebplugin has already been used in the current AWeb session to display a GIF image.

JavaScript mode (hotkey: J)
This chooser allows to select the JavaScript mode. Options are: off (JavaScript usage is disabled), fastidious (AWeb interprets only JavaScript 1.1 scripts); omnivorous (AWeb tries to parse any script).

Note: by modifying this option a reparse of all currently displayed documents is performed. This could take some time on slower systems.

Suppress JavaScript banners (hotkey: B)
Toggle the displaying of the JS generated banner popup windows.

Note: this option can be changed only if "JavaScript mode" is different from "Off" and only from the full version of AWeb.

Show JavaScript errors (hotkey: E)
Toggle the displaying of errors found in JS scripts.

Note: this option can be changed only if "JavaScript mode" is different from "Off".

Watch JavaScript (hotkey: W)
Toggle the monitoring over suspicious JS scripts which may keep system busy forever (endless loops) or eat all the memory.

Note: this option can be changed only if "JavaScript mode" is different from "Off".

Spoof (hotkey: S)
This chooser allows to select which browser to spoof with the HTTP "User Agent" header while requesting a document. Different browsers may cause different behaviours. Suggested browser to spoof is Mozzilla 3.01. Recent ones may cause access to documents not compatible with AWeb.

Note: this option can only be changed from the full version of AWeb.

Anonymous browsing (hotkey: A)
Toggle the stripping of the HTTP "referrer" header which sends the URL of the last visited page to servers.

Ignore MIME types (hotkey: M)
Toggle the ignoring of the server "MIME type" header (useful only for badly configured servers, if left turned on it can cause serious problems in your daily browsing!).

RFC 2109 compliant cookies (hotkey: 9)
Toggle the usage of the cookies definition standard described in RFC 2109. Disabling it can improve compatibility with some servers, other sites may need it turned on.

Disable disk caching (hotkey: C)
Toggle the cache of documents and images on disk.

Note: this option can only be changed from the full version of AWeb.

Load only images on site (hotkey: L)
Toggle the restriction over image's source. When this option is enabled, only images from the same site of the document are loaded. This often allows to not waste time and bandwidth with banners.

Show navigation gadgets (hotkey: N)
Toggle the displaying of the navigation buttons, status, and URL fields.

Show user buttons (hotkey: U)
Toggle the displaying of the user buttons.

Note: when either of the last two option is changed, all the open browser windows are closed and then reopened. AWeb Modes waits 75 ms and then put its window in front of all others. This delay is usually long enough. In case it is not, it's possible to get AWeb Modes back in front by just restarting it.

AWeb Modes menues

AWeb Modes offers some options in the menues as well. The Window item in Project menu contains the following subitems:

Snapshot (hotkey: right Amiga + S)
Saves the current position and size of the AWeb Modes GUI.

Unsnapshot (hotkey: right Amiga + U)
Forget the saved position and size of the AWeb Modes GUI.

Small (hotkey: right Amiga + M)
Toggle between a big and small AWeb Modes window.

ARexx host

Thanks to the power of AWNPipe: this humble ARexx script has also an... ARexx interface!
The ARexx host is called AWEBMODES and supports the following commands:

front
Move the AWeb Modes GUI in front of all other windows.

quit
Tells AWeb Modes to close its GUI and quit.

If you have written a program that forces AWeb to open a new window, you can bring AWeb Modes back to the front automatically. Here is a short example.

'NEW "file://localhost/'filename'"'
if Show('P','AWEBMODES') then address AWEBMODES 'front'

ARexx host can be useful also for the AWeb shutdown script. By adding this lime (if not already present or if you change the default script) AWeb Modes will be automatically closed while quitting from AWeb.

if Show('P', 'AWEBMODES') then address AWEBMODES 'quit'

History

V2.0

V1.2

V1.1

V1.0