Short: A bunch of Arexx Scripts/Modules for Dopus55+
Author: Booze@Videotron.CA
Type: biz/dopus
Requires: DirectoryOpus5.5+
Version: 1.0
Distribution: Freeware

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                           Empire DOPUS Scripts
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                                 Release 1

Here is a bunch of scripts and modules to make Dopus usable not as a pretty
workbench window manager but as a real file manager (Basically, these help
you replace Diskmaster with Dopus).  They will of course work in WBR, but
they are oriented towards the needs of a file manager (Dopus4) more than
twoards a Wb replacement tool.

General features:

 - Reqtools requesters!  When RexxReqTools is available.

 - Fast!  The PlayDT (Delitracker manager) module is even faster than
   the 100% C module called Deliplay - although that was easy to beat ;)

 - Source/Compressed forms are provided.

 - All understand the {Ql} parameter (Modules have this built-in) so you
   can use them in any active lister (no matter if it's a DEST) provided
   you call the scripts from a lister toolbar.

What you will need to know:

 - You are responsible for installation, if you never stepped into a CLI
   before, or never saw an A/Rexx script before, you might want to skip
   this one and keep on playing with your Win95 machine...

 - Most of the scripts are rather easy to install, but the docs to all
   of them are included only in the source code and I strongly
   recommend you read them before you use the scripts.


AREXX SCRIPTS INCLUDED:
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	Assign.rexx:

	  A better Assign, works on the selected drawer(s) or the lister's
	  path when no directory is selected.

	UnAssign.rexx:

	  An updated version of Charles Patterson's script, understands all
	  types of assigns, doesn't need the list of your HDnames anymore,
	  and works on the lister's path when no directory is selected.

	DragD2D.rexx:

	  Small script to facilitate the use of Drag'N'Drop of directories
	  onto destination listers for reading.

	ToLower/ToUpper:

	  Convert filenames to lower/upper case, works on all selected
	  files and/or subdirs...

	VisageShow.rexx:

	  Updated version of Magnus Holmgren's script, works better for me,
	  supports logging of Visage output.


MODULE SCRIPTS INCLUDED:
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	emp_D2D:

	  Parent/Dir2Dest, complete rewrite of Timo Kaikumaa's, almost
	  GARANTEED to give a lister the selected path/dir/parent; will
	  even give a DeviceList lister the other lister's directory
	  if you call D2D from the DeviceList lister!

	emp_Delete!:

	  When you need to delete a big bunch of files and do not want
	  Dopus to annoy you with those silly requesters when it can't
	  delete a file.  The initial "confirm" requester can also be
	  aknowledged with the press of the spacebar like Diskmaster's.

	emp_Parent/emp_ROOT:

	  Here's the one you've been waiting for!  What is the parent to
	  a root directory???  Isn't it the damn DeviceList?!  Well cry no
	  more, those two scripts will bring you to the DeviceList when
	  you reach the top of a volume.  You can also have them Unselect
	  entries before moving up.

	emp_reScanDir:

	  Simple, effective, FORCES Dopus to ReRead the lister's current
	  directory - for when nofitication fails.

	emp_PlayDT:

	  Simply the absolute King of the current Delitracker managers!
	  Direct drop-in replacement for Deliplay, FAST!, 8 Commands,
	  pass startup commandline options to Delitracker, use a DT.cfg
	  Delitracker config for Dopus use, no need for the Delipath
	  env variable, play Single/Modlists, etc!


What the future holds:
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More scripts!  ;-) For sure you will get an updated version of the ArcDir
script so that it supports/traps more commands, supports Lzx1.20r, works
with archives within archives, etc, as well as my own versions of a bunch
of other scripts (Compare, callCmd, etc), and if at all possible I will
give a try to a recursive filetype/action, so you can define crunched
filetypes and once decrunched, pass'em again to Dopus for analysis.


L8r,
B00ze.