Short: Makes guide of aminet files etc. v1.6 Author: fini.alring@netmedia.dk (Fini 'Warp' Alring) Uploader: fini.alring@netmedia.dk Version: 1.6 Type: comm/misc Replaces: comm/misc/AminetGuide.lha Requires: Arexx, rexxsupport.library, aminet:util/sys/DirII.lha (v3.3a). Long: Fini "Warp" Alring of GiGA Productions. Presents ·GigaGuide (ex. AmiNetGuide)· I made it because my dowload dir, is approx. 80MB, and I simply can't cope with it! Dopus just isn't enough... ;-) GigaGuide scans the first line of all readme files in a given dir, where the Short: description is located (Look at the first line of this text!!!) It then generates an AmigaGuide, with links to both readme and it's main file. It can also be used to make a guide of your pictures dir, or archives dir etc... When you click on the filename gadget, the archive will be decompressed into Ram:, or anywhere you desire (you can also choose by file requester). Pictures and Samples can be viewed/played by a siple click, using you preferable viewer/player. When you click on the Short: text, the whole readme file will be shown. Sub-Dirs are shown as gadgets, and by a click, you can generate a Guide for that directory too. It can put the Short:-line into the archive's filenote (comment), which is very useful, especially for BBS ownerS! ;-) It can sort files in 'Alphabetical order' or 'Newest at top order'. History: (This will be moved to a Guide soon! =) ---- New in v1.6 - 07-Jul-1997 Comment: AminetGuide has changed name to GigaGuide. Enjoy this cool version! · FIXED Download dir path, can have spaces in it. In v1.4 only my argument handler supported it. · IMPRO Usage text, Delete gadget and other cosmetics. · FIXED The -Aminet.guide will not be shown it it's own list. · ADDED AminetGuide now requires DirII v3.3a+ by Stephen Davies ©1995 · ADDED Option: -SM. CASE = Alpha order. DATE = Newest files at the top. · ADDED Filedates are written in the -Aminet.guide. · ADDED Option: -N = Set the min. length of filename gadgets. ( -N 18 ) · ADDED Option: -U REQ = Brings up a dir-requester, so you can choose where to unpack! Note: If you hit cancel, it will unpack to the dir, where the guide is. · ADDED Option: -NS = No screen, guides will open on workbench screen. · ADDED Option: -SP = Sound Sample player. (-SP C:Play16) · ADDED ZIP support, using C:Unzip. · ADDED PNG picture support. · ADDED IFF picture support. · ADDED HAM picture support. · ADDED HAM8 picture support. · ADDED ILBM picture support. · ADDED FILE_ID.DIZ support using multiview. · ADDED 8SVX sound sample support. · ADDED WAV sound sample support. · ADDED SND sound sample support. · ADDED Old -Aminet.guide's will be deleted automatically. (This will be done, in the next couple of versions). · MODIF Because of the new name created guides, will be called -GiGA.guide instead. · IMPRO Info content now shows all options, and supported suffixes, and more. ---- New in v1.5 - 25-Jun-1997 Comment: Can now unpack/view files, which doesn't have a readme file. · IMPRO AmiNetGuide can see all files, even if they don't have a readme file. · IMPRO This history text, now uses MCP's history format. · FIXED Guide "hanged" when opening a Sub-Dir guide. · FIXED Sub-Dir guides did not use the options set by user. · FIXED Multithreading now works 100% :). · ADDED AmigaGuide® support using MultiView (or other clone). · ADDED NFO support (Text files) using MultiView (or other clone). · ADDED DMS support, unpacks DMS files (defaults to RAD:). · ADDED Option: -D = Set DMS unpack destination. ( -D RAD: ) · ADDED Ignores .info files (Icons). · ADDED Readme files also gets the short: message attached, in -C mode. ---- New in v1.4f - Fixed a bug, no default value for short length... ups! why does it always happen!! ---- New in v1.4 (Huge update!!!) 13 Jun 1997. · Made a very good argument parsing, which also alows to use spaces in in args, eg. "Dh1:Down load" <- Just put double quote on both sides. · Added Seven (Yup 7! ;) options, of which many have been requested by users. Usage: AminetGuide [Options] Options: -F = Sets Guide font. ( -F Topaz.font 8 ) -V = Path to MultiView. ( -V C:Multiview ) -U = Set unpack dir. ( -U Dh1:Download/Unpacked/ ) -S = Set the length of Short: notes. ( -S 55 ) -C = Add Short: into filecomment, of the archieve. -G = Don't make Guide, use if only filecomments are wanted. -P = Path to image viewer. ( -P C:PPshow ) · Option characters are non-case dependant ( -c = -C ). · Options can be put in any order, but all it's arguments must be entered. ---- New in v1.3 - (Ups! Pic bug!) 09 Jun 1997 · Pictures couldn't be viewed. - Sorry! Won't happen again! ;-D · Added LZH support. - Unpacks using LHA. · Added TXT support. - Using Multiview. - Thanks Per Gustav Ousdal ;-) · Short: message is now 55 chars long. - Legal Short:'s should only be 40 chars, but many people don't respect this. Tell me what length you want! Maybe argument? ---- New in v1.2 (Bugfixed v1.1) 08 Jun 1997 · Sorry guys!! I didn't test v1.1 good enough, it couldn't unpack lha... This is fixed... Once again, I'm very sorry! · Download paths can be bounded with double quotes eg. "dh1:download/" This is needed for Dopus v5.5 (and Magellan). ( C:AminetGuide {s} ) · GIF is now supported, some guy asked for it, and it was soo easy to support! ----- New in v1.1 (Added lots of new things.) · Proper Alpha sorting. - Thanks Per Gustav Ousdal!! ;-) · LZX support - Now also unpack lzx archives. · Added gadget "Delete" - Deletes archive, and readme file. · Readme files are now opened on their own screen. · JPG and JPEG are now supported, requires PPshow. · Sub directories are detected, gadgets at the bottom!! - Thanks Martin Lundqvist! Note: AminetGuide must be in C: to make Sub-dirs work..! -------------------------------------------------------------------- Usage: GigaGuide [Options] Other features: · It's MailWare - I only want your own productions, and a little letter...! · It multithreads, so you can unpack many files at ones, and have multiple readme windows opened at the same time... · The -GiGA.guide will be placed in the download directory... Future: · Type sorting. · Support of more pictures and Archives. · Maybe support for FILEID.DIZ extraction. · Which picture viewer should be default?? · write me!! 8) *** NOTE: To get more help, start the program without arguments *** Author: fini.alring@netmedia.dk (Fini 'Warp' Alring) IRC: Sunsite.auc.dk or irc.FUnet.fi (FUnet - EFnet?). Channel: #AmigaDK NOTE to bug reporters: Please tell me what version you are using, since I make updates frequently. Only Amiga makes it possible!!! ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 13959 13959 0.0% 03-Jul-97 00:41:00 +DirII.lha 610 415 31.9% 03-Jul-97 00:41:08 +DirII.readme 7184 7082 1.4% 07-Jul-97 00:13:14 GigaGuide 7207 3172 55.9% 07-Jul-97 00:20:34 GigaGuide.readme -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 28960 24628 14.9% 09-Jul-97 00:02:10 4 files