Here's a complete list of all the changes made to the Workbench disk set from 2.1 to 3.0. ============================================================================= C/AddDataTypes New program used to add DEVS:DataTypes descriptors to the DataTypes descriptor list. The REFRESH option is used to scan the DEVS:DataTypes directory for changed DataType descriptors and reload them. ============================================================================= C/IPrefs - Requires Kickstart V39 - Handles the new palette, pointer, and wbpattern preferences - Is smarter about when it needs to reset the WB screen - Now uses utility.library 32-bit math routines - Causes much less screen flashing when changing fonts. - No longer has the QUIT/S command-line option. Removing this option allows a few K of RAM to be saved in every machine, and made the pattern code actually doable. - Gives better error messages when it can't find a font or a picture - Now sends an initial IP_SCREENMODE message to Intuition to force the initial WB screen to be interleaved even if there is no screenmode.prefs file - Now uses datatypes.library to load sound samples instead of custom 8SVX code ============================================================================= C/RequestChoice 39.1 This is a new C: program that lets AmigaDOS and ARexx scripts use the Intuition EasyRequest() feature. The template is: TITLE/A,BODY/A,GADGETS/A,PUBSCREEN/K: TITLE Specifies the title of the requester BODY Specifies the text of the requester. Linefeeds can be embeeded using *n. GADGETS Specifies the text for the different gadgets. The gadgets label are separated with | PUBSCREEN Lets you specify the name of a public screen to open the requester on The number of the selected gadget is returned to standard output. ============================================================================= C/RequestFile 39.1 This is a new C: program that lets AmigaDOS and ARexx scripts use the ASL file requester. The template is: DRAWER,FILE/K,PATTERN/K,TITLE/K,POSITIVE/K,NEGATIVE/K,ACCEPTPATTERN/K, REJECTPATTERN/K,SAVEMODE/S,MULTISELECT/S,DRAWERSONLY/S,NOICONS/S, PUBSCREEN/K DRAWER Specifies the initial contents of the Drawer gadget FILE Specifies the initial contents of the File gadget PATTERN Standard AmigaDOS pattern. Specifies the initial contents of the Pattern gadget. Not providing this option causes the file requester not to have any Pattern gadget TITLE Specifies the title of the file requester POSITIVE Specifies the text to appear in the positive (left) choice in the file requester NEGATIVE Specifies the text to appear in the negative (right) choice in the file requester ACCEPTPATTERN Specifies a standard AmigaDOS pattern. Only files matching this pattern will be displayed in the file requester. REJECTPATTERN Specifies a standard AmigaDOS pattern. Files matching this pattern will not be displayed in the file requester. SAVEMODE Specifying this option causes the requester to operate in save mode MULTISELECT Specifying this option causes the requester to allow multiple files to be selected at once DRAWERSONLY Specifying this option causes the requester to not have a File gadget. This effectively turns the file requester into a directory requester NOICONS Specifying this option causes the requester never to display icons (.info) files PUBSCREEN Lets you provide the name of a public screen to open the file requester on The selected files are returned on the command-line, enclosed in double quotes and separated with spaces. The command generates a return code of 0 if the user selected a file, or 5 if the user cancelled the requester. ============================================================================= C/SetFont - Now sends ESC-C to the console handler *after* doing SetFont() in thw console window's rastport. The only reason SetFont ever worked was by luck, since the escape sequences were buffered by DOS and flushed only after the program exited. - No longer opens console.device - Will no longer crash when passed a font name with more than 80 characters - Now returns with ERROR_BAD_NUMBER if asked for a font < 4 points ============================================================================= C/SetPatch - Activates AA chips - On some systems, NMI interrupts could be caused due to hardware bugs. These NMIs can cause software/hardware to perform incorrectly and has caused major performance problems in some systems. In the V37 ROM, the NMI vector pointed at a generalized routine that saved all registers, does some work which ends up doing nothing, restores all registers, and exits. This patch will, under V37 ROMs, move that vector to point directly at an RTE. - SetPatch no longer will read the longword after the end of each of its hunks. - Now checks for the CPU type before trying to open the 68040.library This is so that the library does not even get loaded if you don't need it. (The 68040.library also does the check) ============================================================================= Classes/DataTypes/amigaguide.datatype This is a new system module that handles AmigaGuide databases. Finally, people can put an AmigaGuide object in their own windows (or requesters). This class is a group class. IE It allows any type of object to be embedded within it. ============================================================================= Classes/DataTypes/ascii.datatype This class is a sub-class of text.datatype and is used to handle ANSI formatted (More-like) text. ============================================================================= Classes/DataTypes/ilbm.datatype ilbm.datatype is a sub-class of picture.datatype and is used to read ILBM pictures. ============================================================================= Classes/DataTypes/picture.datatype This class is the parent class for any bitmap objects (such as ILBM, GIF, JPEG, etc...). It supports color remapping, clipboard, printer output, and an ILBM write method. ============================================================================= Classes/DataTypes/sound.datatype This is the base class for sound objects. ============================================================================= Classes/DataTypes/text.datatype This class is the parent class for any text objects (such as ASCII, Microsoft Bookshelf, NROFF, etc...). It supports clipboard, printer output, and ASCII and FTXT write methods. ============================================================================= Classes/DataTypes/8svx.datatype This sub-class of sound.datatype loads 8svx sample sounds. ============================================================================= Classes/Gadgets/colorwheel.gadget The colorwheel.gadget is a new BOOPSI class to create color wheels to allow color selections by the user. See colorwheel.doc for more info. ============================================================================= Classes/Gadgets/gradientslider.gadget The gradientslider.gadget is a new BOOPSI class to create sliders having a gradient background. This is to be used in combination with the colorwheel.gadget. See gradientslider.doc for more info. ============================================================================= Devs/printer.device - Added small amount of code to support AA 8 bit HAM mode printing. - Uses GetBitMapAttr() if running under V39 to obtain dimensions of source BitMap structure. ============================================================================= L/FastFileSystem - Equivalent to the V39 ROM file system, including DOS\5 support. See ROM release notes for more info. ============================================================================= Libs/68040.library This is a support library for 68040 systems. It addresses a number of issues with that CPU. ============================================================================= Libs/amigaguide.library The amigaguide.library is a new system module providing a means whereby developers can easily add on-line help abilities to their applications. See amigaguide.doc for more info. amigaguide.library was previously available for use in commercial applications. This is the first release of the library as a part of the core operating system. Changes since the previous release include: - All new V39-only version uses datatypes.library for object handling. - Now has an AppWindow, plus an "Open..." menu item. To open a new document, AmigaGuide performs a LINK to it, so that you can RETRACE back through the documents that you have opened. - Now supports wordwrap and proportional fonts. - Now supports font attributes. - Now supports embedded objects. This means that you can LINK to any type of object that the user has a DataTypes descriptor and class for---such as pictures and animations. - Modified how files are located, to search for a localized help file. Now searches in the following order: For each preferred language PROGDIR:Help// HELP:/ PROGDIR: And for compatibility, each directory from the AmigaGuide/Path environment variable. - Renamed s:help.guide to amigaguide.guide and placed the english version in HELP:English. - All sub-databases are now opened localized. ============================================================================= Libs/asl.library - Added support for the new WA_HelpGroupWindow Intuition tag. ASL requesters now inherit the group id of their parent window. - Removed V37 code. The library now requires V39. - Now uses ROM busy pointer instead of custom one. - Added support for OSCAN_VIDEO in the screen mode requester. - Fixed rendering bug with selected items in the file requester. Depending on the size of the requester, sometimes the rendering didn't occur correctly. - Now monitors the Size numeric gadget more closely in the font requester. - ASL now uses scaled checkmark imagery in the font and screenmode requesters. - Fixed font layout bug with checkmark labels ============================================================================= Libs/datatypes.library The datatypes.library is a new system module providing transparent data handling abilities to applications. Application developers can register their data format with datatypes.library and provide a class library for handling their data within other applications. See datatypes.doc for more info. ============================================================================= Libs/diskfont.library - Marks DUPLICATE fonts using one of many free bits in the TextFont Extension. These are fonts opened by diskfont, but match some other font already on the public font list by name, Y size, relevant style, and relevant flags. The font is only marked as a duplicate if a NON-DUPLICATE occurence of this font already exists. DUPLICATE fonts are ignored by OpenFont() if the caller is not tag aware even if there is a font on the list which has a better implied DPI. - Tightened up requirements for source font when scaling. Specifically, an already scaled RAM font of an exact Y size match but differing by DPI will not be used as a the source for a bitmap scaled font (adding scale error, to scale error). - The code which generates the outline fonts now does comparison for OT_DotSize when it calls OpenFont(); essentially honoring the callers request for an OT_DotSize other than the default that diskfont will provide when creating outlined fonts. This makes it possible to have multiple OutLine fonts which differ only by OT_DotSize. - Underlined outline fonts are now supported if the engine can manage it when rendering the glyphs. New tags in diskfonttag.h, and diskfonttag.i added for this purpose. V39 diskfont will ask for underlining if requested in the TextAttr, or TTextAttr, but if not supported by the engine, then it will simply try to open, or create a non-underlined version. So there is no change in behavior for bullet fonts in that it already opens a non-underlined version. The difference is by asking OpenFont() for a non-underlined version, it does not decide to create another copy because of the result returned from WeighTAMatch(). Of interest, our own Text() function when used with SetSoftStyle() does a broken underline (just one pixel, but its definitely not solid), so diskfont.library V39 first asks for broken underlining from the engine, and then solid. If neither form of underlining is supported, then the above is true. - Tag for algorithmic strike-through added to diskfonttag.i, and .h; this is another feature supported in Final Copy, and could be requested if wrapped in a bullet interface. - Underlining off, double solid, and double broken underlining also defined for the new OT_UnderLined tag. Underlining is not an intrinsic style for outline fonts. Actually this does not absolutely have to be the case, but we lack a tag to indicate intrinsic underlined style now, so this is not a new behavior, or limitation. The assumption being that underlining is one of those things that is probably best done algorithmically by the application, or for the purposes of diskfont, by the engine.. Therefore this also leaves open the possibility of placing the underlining code within diskfont for engines that do not support it should we wish to do so in the future. This would however be a feature outside of the scope of the intended bug fix. ============================================================================= Prefs/IControl - Added Mode Promotion gadget when running on AA machines ============================================================================= Prefs/Input - "Show Double-Click" now operates asynchronously. That is, while the double-click sample is displayed, it is still possible to click on other gadgets. ============================================================================= Prefs/Palette - Brand new interface using the colorwheel and gradientslider gadget classes - Allows pen spec editing ============================================================================= Prefs/Pointer - Now opens on the Workbench screen if it can obtain three exclusive pens. - Allows editing of the Normal and Busy pointers. - Supports Low-Res and High-Res pointer resolutions. - Uses datatypes.library for clipboard support. - Semaphore around save during Test. This is to prevent confusing error requesters if the user presses the Test button several times while waiting for the pointer to appear. - Added "Load Image..." menu item in the "Edit" menu. - Uses {SA_LikeWorkbench, TRUE} when using a custom screen. - Increased width of window by 20 pixels to make room for longer strings. ============================================================================= Prefs/ScreenMode 39.1 released to server. Changes include: - Now skips the default monitor when scanning the mode list instead of skipping PAL or NTSC. This means that the prefs file will never contain "default monitor" as a mode, it will always contain an explicit mode. ============================================================================= Prefs/Sound - Now uses DataTypes for sound loading and playing. - Now has a DataTypes filter in the load sample requester so that only sounds will be shown. ============================================================================= Prefs/WBPattern - Added support for picture backdrops. - Added support for Workbench screen backdrop. - Defined a more efficient chunk for the preference data. - Fully supports the First4/Last4 Workbench color scheme. - Clipboard support has been fully implemented (using DataTypes). Bitmaps are mapped to the First4/Last4 Workbench color scheme. - All internal bitmaps now max out at a depth of 3 (less memory usage). - Rearranged the gadgets. - Semaphore around save during Test. This is to prevent confusing error requesters if the user presses the Test button several times while waiting for the pattern to appear on the Workbench. - Added "Load Image..." menu item in the "Edit" menu. ============================================================================= S/Startup-Sequence - Removed "Echo" statement. That means the initial shell window will no longer be displayed on bootup on a standard system. This means a noticeable decrease in bootup time on slower machines (it takes about a second to open and close the shell window). It means even more savings in time when the WB has more bitplanes. Finally, it also looks a heck of a lot more professional. - Added C: in front of every pertinent command. This speeds up the S-S noticeably on floppy systems, since normally the current directory is scanned first for a command, and then C:. By prefixing C:, it no longer checks the current directory making things a whole lot faster. - Added deferred assign for HELP: - Added multi-assign of LIBS: to SYS:Classes in support of the new disk-based BOOPSI classes - Now runs VGAOnly monitor file if it is installed. ============================================================================= Storage/Monitors/#? - Added DblNTSC and DblPAL in support of AA scan doubling - Added VGAOnly monitor - Added AA support throughout ============================================================================= System/DiskCopy - Enabled code to correctly report read errors. Under V38, read errors are reported as write-error. This was not fixed in V38 due to the fact there was no string translation for the error. We now have such a string. ============================================================================= System/Format - Requires V39 - Added Directory Caching support code. - Uses GTLV_MakeVisible tag in its listview ============================================================================= System/Intellifont - Renamed from Fountain to Intellifont - Bare minimum needed to fix visual bug evident when running under V39 gadtools; no longer uses GTLV_Selected tag, though still does not use V39 style selection via GTLV_ShowSelected tag. ============================================================================= Tools/Commodities/MouseBlanker This is a mouse blanking commodity. It blanks the mouse when you start typing and unblanks it when the mouse is moved or any of the mouse buttons are hit. ============================================================================= Tools/HDToolBox - Brand new 2.0-style interface - Now determines the version number of a file system automatically instead of requiring it to be entered manually. - Fixed a great number of bugs ============================================================================= Tools/IconEdit - Implements the First4/Last4 Workbench color scheme. - Uses datatypes.library for clipboard support and picture loading/saving. Therefore, you can now load any picture type that you have a class for. When loading or pasting a picture, the colors are mapped to the Workbench GUI colors (either 2, 4 or 8 colors). 8 color icons will work with any depth Workbench screen. - Default clipboard viewer is now "Multiview CLIPBOARD". - Checks to see if icon already exists when saving a picture or source file and won't overwrite it. - File requester initial position now matches the preference editors. - Now draws the coordinates in the window title bar using the pen spec. - Was reloading icon image after save, even if save failed. - Will now properly undo after loading a new icon image. ============================================================================= Tools/ShowConfig - Added AA chipset support ============================================================================= Utilities/MultiView This is a generic view-anything utility that uses DataTypes for its object handling. ============================================================================= Outline of changes to the Install disk: - It is no longer necessary to boot from the Install disk. - Install Languages no longer exists. This is now merged into the main installation script. - Install Printers no longer exists. The user can easily drag a printer driver icon from the Storage disk to DEVS:Printers - The disk now includes the 68040.library, which gets copied to the HD when performing an install - The various Prod_prep scripts were enhanced and work better. - There are many little utilities in the C: directory which aid the main install script to do a better job. ============================================================================= Outline of changes in the Install script: - Requires V39 ROMs - Now integrates the old "Install Languages" script. When starting the main install script, you are now asked whether to perform a complete installation, or only update the languages. - It now virtually always makes the right decision as to where the WB files should be copied. As a result, if the user picks Novice mode, he will not be asked where the files should go. - Now preserves the tooltypes of many icons. This will avoid zapping the stuff put there by users, making the update process much more transparent - Now preserves the locations of most files. For example, if the user moved Blanker in WBStartup, it will be correctly updated in WBStartup, and left there. In 2.1, the copy in WBStartup would be deleted and the new version installed in Tools/Commodities. - Now preserves left out icons. The UpdateWBFiles program ensures that the contents of the .backdrop file are up to date which removes the need to delete the file. - Now updates 2.04 font prefs files to 2.1 format. - Now deals with the "Storage3.0" disk - Now asks which keymaps to install - Installs the 68040.library - Knows about systems with MapROM, and installs a special startup-sequence. - On an NTSC system, always copies the NTSC monitor to DEVS:Monitors, and copies PAL to DEVS:Monitors on PAL systems. - When installing languages, deletes languages the user did not choose. This is to remove old 2.1 files that might be hanging around. - Does better sniffing to determine whether a 2090 is present, and displays extra info to inform the owner that some files need to be copied. - Will reboot the system for the user at the end of the installation procedure (after asking permission first, of course) ============================================================================= Outline of changes in the HDSetup script: - Will now partition the HD and format it automatically instead of requiring a reboot (thanks to Randell for the new Prod_Prep that does this). The partitions are now called Workbench (DH0) and Work (DH1). DH0: is created as 8M. - DOS\3 is now used by default, and the DMA mask is set to 0xfffffffe instead of 0xfffffffc - The version number for the file systems being installed on a machine is now extracted from the file system load file instead of being hard coded in the prep scripts - After completing the reselection on, reselection off, or update superkickstart option, the system is rebooted automatically. - Updating the super kickstart no longer requires the user to hit RETURN. Errors are also detected now.