Prefs Drawer
The Prefs drawer contains
the icons for the Preferences editors and the Preset drawer. Figure 5-1
illustrates the Preferences editors window.
Figure 5-1. Preferences Window
The following editors
are listed in the order in which they are described in this chapter:
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For changing the
settings, such as the positon and size, of standard Amiga File, Font, and
ScreenMode Requesters. |
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For choosing the
options of the CacheCDFS, such as the way filenames are displayed for different
CD-ROM formats. |
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For setting up
more meaningful icons for psuedo-icons when the menu item, Show All Files,
is picked from the Window menu of Workbench. |
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For changing the
fonts used in the different areas of the screen. |
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For choosing miscellaneous
system options, such as the key used for screen drag. |
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For changing the
mouse speeds, key repeat speeds, and selecting keyboard type. |
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For selecting the
language and locality. |
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For adjusting the
size of the display area for text and for graphics. |
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For changing the
Workbench colors. |
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For changing the
size, shape, and color of the mouse pointer and busy pointer. |
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For specifying
the printer driver that matches your printer and for specifying options,
such as paper size and margin width. |
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For setting up
your printer to print graphics. |
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For controlling
output to a PostScript printer. |
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For setting up
the graphical user interface for OS3.5/3.9 and other Reaction based programs. |
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For choosing a
different monitor display mode. |
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For setting the
specifications for the serial port, which is used to communicate through
modems or networking systems. |
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For determining
the sound your Amiga produces for its display beep. |
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For setting the
time and date. |
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For setting up
the new Shell, VINCEd, in OS3.9. |
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For selecting or
creating background patterns for the Workbench windows and screen. |
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For controlling
the PowerPC support softare in OS3.9 for owners of PowerPC accelerator
cards. |
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For storing different
Preferences editor configurations changed through the Project menu. |
Editor Menus and Presets Drawer
Most of the Preferences
editors have three menus: Project, Edit, and Settings. The Project menu
lets you save and load Prefs preset files, which allow you to quickly change
to different configurations. By default, these files are saved in the Presets
drawer (SYS:Prefs/Presets), although they can be saved to any location
you specify. If you save icons for the files (by selecting Create Icons?),
you can activate the settings by opening the file's icon, rather than opening
the actual editor.
The location of when you
save settings by clicking on the Save button for CacheCDFS, DefIcons, VINCEd,
and WarpOS are described in that particular editor description. For the
other Preferences editors, when you save settings by clicking on the Save
button, the system stores those settings in the following location:
SYS:Prefs/ENV-Archive/Sys/editorx.prefs
where SYS: is the name
of the volume containing the file and editorx is the name of the specific
Preferences editor. The settings saved to the Env-Archive drawer are the
ones used when you boot. We recommend when you use the Save As option that
you use the path provided or a completely different path than this for
storing Preset files.
Project Menu
The following Project
menu options let you save the editor settings to a specific file and open
previously saved files:
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Loads the information
from a specified preset file. |
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Specify the preset
file in which to save the currently displayed settings. The requester provides
a default file name in the Presets drawer. Change this to a different name
if you have more than one preset for that editor. |
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Exits the editor
without performing any changes. The same as Cancel gadget. |
Edit Menu
The Edit menu options
allow you to restore previously used settings or the default settings.
The options are:
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Returns the editor
settings to the system default settings. |
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Returns the editor
settings to the last settings you saved with the Save gadget (not the Save
As item). |
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Returns the editor
to the settings displayed when you opened the editor first. |
The WBPattern and Pointer
Edit Menus have the following additional options:
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Copies and clears
the whole work area to the Clipboard. |
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Copies the whole
work area to the Clipboard. |
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Replaces the whole
work area with the last thing cut or copied. |
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Deletes everything
in the work area. |
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Undoes the last
action performed. |
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Opens a file requester
for entering the name of an image file to use as a background pattern or
picture. |
These options make editing
patterns and pointer images easier. Use Cut, Copy, and Paste to transfer
images between the editor and a Clipboard-aware program with more extensive
drawing tools, such as IconEdit. Use Load Image to import any standard
IFF bitmap image into the editor. (Images larger than the editor work area
are cut off on the bottom and right sides when loaded or pasted.)
Settings Menu
The Settings menu contains
the Create Icons? Item that allows you to save project icons for the preset
files. For example, if you save printer specifications to the SYS:Prefs/Presets/Printer.prefs
file, an icon for the file appears in the Presets window. Double-click
on the icon to activate the file's settings.
Using the Presets Drawer
Open the Presets drawer
and double-click on an Presets Project icon to use its settings. Or open
the editor, choose the Open menu item, and use the Load requester to select
the preset. Select Use to use the settings until you reboot or open another
editor file.
