Short: "PostIt Note" type reminder Type: os20/util Uploader: adean@eleceng.ucl.ac.uk Author: adean@eleceng.ucl.ac.uk StickIt - Version 1.03 (written 15th November '93) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Copyright 1993 Andy Dean, all rights reserved ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved on all copies. No guarantee of any kind is given that the programs described in this document are 100% reliable. You are using this material at your own risk. The author *can not* be made responsible for any damage which is caused by using these programs. This package is freely distributable, but still copyright by Andy Dean. This means that you can copy it freely as long as you don't ask for a more than nominal copying fee. Permission is granted to include this package in Public-Domain collections, especially in the excellent Fred Fish Amiga Disk Library (including CD ROM versions of it). The distribution file may be uploaded to Bulletin Board Systems or FTP servers. If you want to distribute this program you must use the original distribution archive "StickIt-1.03.lha". None of the programs nor the source code (nor parts of it) may be included or used in commercial programs unless by written permission from the author. Requirements ~~~~~~~~~~~~ o AmigaDos 2.04+ What Is StickIt ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ StickIt is a computer replacement for the ol' Post-It note. It allows you to stick notes onto your screen which will be displayed every time you re-boot; useful to remind you of things to do. Features ~~~~~~~~ o Unlimited number of notes on screen. o The notes remember where you left them. o User-defined font name/size. o User-defined note size. o User-defined text/background colour (yep, they can be yellow if you want !) o User-defined delay at startup to avoid disk thrashing. o User-defined filename for note information. o Standard Workbench 2 interface, with keyboard shortcuts. Designed with the wonderful "GadToolsBox" by Jan van den Baard. Why Did I Write StickIt ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ StickIt was written with a job to do... to replace all the bits of paper I used to leave around to remind me to do something. I have tried to write a program to do that with the minimum of fuss and with a nice clean Workbench 2 interface. I have tried to make the program configurable enough for each user's needs, without over-doing it. There was no such utility available in the Public Domain at the time. Limitations ~~~~~~~~~~~ o All data is stored in a linked list and so there is no limit to the number of notes available for use. o 29 characters can be used in the `Title' field. o 255 characters can be used in the `Note' field. My Address... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Andy Dean Electronic Engineering Dept. University College London Torrington Place London WC1E 7JE England Email: adean@eleceng.ucl.ac.uk StickIt-1.02 Changes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ o Bug fixed with note refresh; background of note was not correctly redrawn if any colour other than the Workbench colour was used. * o Added "Notes..." button to edit window. * o now cycles through the string gadgets, like . * o There are now keyboard shortcuts available for the StickIt notes: * "f" - bring note to front. "b" - send note to back. "h" - hides the note (same as double-clicking on the note). "e" - calls up edit window (same as clicking the right mouse button on the note). o Note that my Email address is now in the more conventional form. * Found / suggested by Raoul Rodriguez. StickIt-1.03 Changes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ o Bug fixed which caused an almighty system crash if you tried to run StickIt on any system less than 2.04. This was due to the cleanup() function being incorrectly set up if any library less than V37 was found. Anyone who had the full 2.04 setup installed is unaffected, however the smaller diskfont.library (the one without scalable fonts) is actually V36 and caused StickIt to fail. * * Found by John McKillop. Finally, on a more pleasent note, I would like to thank everyone over the last few months who has taken the time to write to me and comment on StickIt. I have tried to reply to everyone who has left a reply address, If you've written and I haven't written back then a big "THANK YOU" ! Many thanks again, Andy Dean. ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 704 324 53.9% 15-Nov-93 23:33:46 StickIt/CreateEmptyFile.rexx 843 322 61.8% 15-Nov-93 23:33:46 StickIt/CreateEmptyFile.rexx.info 632 277 56.1% 15-Nov-93 23:33:46 StickIt/Source.info 7762 1984 74.4% 16-Nov-93 00:10:58 StickIt/Source/about.c 632 273 56.8% 15-Nov-93 23:33:46 StickIt/Source/Brushes.info 1050 755 28.0% 16-Nov-93 00:09:46 StickIt/Source/Brushes/About.brush 476 229 51.8% 15-Nov-93 23:33:46 StickIt/Source/Brushes/About.brush.info 540 302 44.0% 15-Nov-93 23:33:46 StickIt/Source/Brushes/Icon.brush 476 231 51.4% 15-Nov-93 23:33:46 StickIt/Source/Brushes/Icon.brush.info 1269 457 63.9% 15-Nov-93 23:33:44 StickIt/Source/commodore.c 604 213 64.7% 15-Nov-93 23:40:14 StickIt/Source/consts.h 4397 1122 74.4% 15-Nov-93 23:33:44 StickIt/Source/edit.c 2869 996 65.2% 15-Nov-93 23:33:44 StickIt/Source/files.c 5262 1497 71.5% 15-Nov-93 23:33:44 StickIt/Source/general.c 2512 746 70.3% 15-Nov-93 23:33:44 StickIt/Source/linkedli.c 7700 2010 73.8% 15-Nov-93 23:39:44 StickIt/Source/main.c 930 324 65.1% 15-Nov-93 23:33:44 StickIt/Source/makefile 10466 2577 75.3% 15-Nov-93 23:39:12 StickIt/Source/notes.c 1650 473 71.3% 15-Nov-93 23:40:14 StickIt/Source/prototype.h 11839 3005 74.6% 16-Nov-93 00:22:48 StickIt/Source/stickit.c 6486 1114 82.8% 16-Nov-93 00:22:58 StickIt/Source/stickit.gui 998 463 53.6% 16-Nov-93 00:22:58 StickIt/Source/stickit.gui.info 3993 873 78.1% 16-Nov-93 00:26:52 StickIt/Source/stickit.h 12776 2649 79.2% 15-Nov-93 23:33:42 StickIt/Source/stickit_fns.c 1666 656 60.6% 15-Nov-93 23:40:14 StickIt/Source/structs.h 30736 15728 48.8% 16-Nov-93 00:36:20 StickIt/StickIt 12445 5063 59.3% 16-Nov-93 22:29:42 StickIt/StickIt.doc 509 274 46.1% 15-Nov-93 23:33:42 StickIt/StickIt.doc.info 652 389 40.3% 15-Nov-93 23:33:42 StickIt/StickIt.info 136 117 13.9% 15-Nov-93 23:33:42 StickIt/StickIt.notes 4684 2140 54.3% 16-Nov-93 22:32:10 StickIt/StickIt.readme 509 276 45.7% 15-Nov-93 23:33:40 StickIt/StickIt.readme.info 632 273 56.8% 15-Nov-93 23:33:58 StickIt.info -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 138835 48132 65.3% 18-Nov-93 17:59:00 33 files