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- Workbench Disk Special HandyIcons
- Requires 1.2
-
- HandyIcons is an extension to the Workbench menu strip which
- permits the user to run user-selectable Tools by menu selection.
- The present version only supports Workbench Tools - not Projects.
- The number of Tools is limited to font size & current vertical resolution
- of your Workbench screen. Type Size | Hires | Interlace
- Topaz 8 | 22 | 47
- Topaz 9 | 19 | 41
- Topaz 11 | 15 | 34
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- Tool Selection
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- Tools can be selected by the user in two ways:
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- * Workbench Extended Selection
- * Workbench Tool Types
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- Extended Selection is the fast and more flexable method of selection.
- The Tools selected in this way will be displayed in the menu before those
- selected by Tool Types. To use this technique:
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- * Open disks, drawers, ect. to display the Tool Icons of interest
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- * Press the mouse select button over a blank part of the screen
- or window to insure de-selection of all other icons
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- * Select the HandyIcons icon
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- * Select your menu Tools While continuing to press a Shift key
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- * Release the Shift key, go to the Workbench menu and choose Open
- ( Shortcut: On the last Tool double-click while Shifting )
-
- Tool Types is the way to select Tools without going through
- the effort of Extended Selection every time. It's possible to use Extended
- Selection and Tool Types simultaneously, but if you select more Tools
- than displayable, Tools at the bottom of this list won't be rendered
- in the menu. To use this technique:
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- * Select the HandyIcons icon
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- * Choose Info from the Worbench menu
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- * Select the Add gadget & Type Pathname(s) to your Tool(s)
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- * Select the Save gadget when finished
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- The next time you run HandyIcons these Tools will automatically
- be included in your menu. Some examples & suggestions:
-
- Clock ________________ /These Tools would be in the
- Preferences \same drawer as this Program
- Utilities/Notepad ------------<Just on directory deep
- Group \ Extras:AmigaBASIC /It's wise to use
- Directories > Extras:Tools/MicroEmacs -------< Volume names (Extras:)
- Together / Extras:Tools/Fed \whenever possible
-
- Note: Even though it's permissible to use relative pathnames, your
- safest bet is using full volume & pathnames. This insures HandyIcons will
- find the Tool no matter what directory HandyIcons currently resides.
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- [More] HandyWB
-
- We now have a means to start HandyIcons from a CLI.
- Only the Tool Types method of selection applies but - by placing it in
- your startup-sequence - it's possible to have menu access to your tools
- immediately after booting.
-
- Using HandyWB without any arguments defaults to looking for
- HandyIcons in Sys:System drawer (Sys:System/HandyIcons). If for some
- reason you don't want HandyIcons there, simply add the real pathname
- as the first argument.
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- Examples: LoadWB - or - LoadWB
- HandyWB HandyWB Extras:Tools/HandyIcons
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- To take advantage of this:
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- * Copy HandyWB to your C: directory
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- * Copy HandyIcons into Sys:System or somewhere (hopefully)
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- * Edit your startup-sequence and place HandyWB after LoadWB
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- Even though I can't permit multiple instances of HandyIcons
- running concurrently, there's nothing preventing you from making multiple
- disk copies, each with its' own Tool Types list. Perhaps "HandyIcons-DP"
- for you desktop publishing environment or "HandyIcons-PRO" for programmimg.
- When starting these copies using HandyWB there is one naming
- restriction. The first ten characters must be "HandyIcons" and case IS
- significant.
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- Any suggestions or comments can be sent to:
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- Alan Rubright
- 1016 N. Duke Street
- Lancaster, PA 17602-1908
-