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Format: screensaver [FROM] [EDIT|USE|SAVE] [PUBSCREEN]
Template: FROM,EDIT/S,USE/S,SAVE/S,PUBSCREEN/K
Purpose: Edits or use a shadowmaster preferences file.
Screensaver allows the user to change the configuration
of a currently running ShadowMaster, or the starting
configuration for shadowmaster. The command line
arguments or tooltypes given to Shadowmaster can
override the selected starting configuration.
Specification: If FROM is specified, that is the file that any
action is to be taken against. Otherwise,
env:shadowmaster/shadowmaster.prefs is used. The action
is specified as one of EDIT, USE or SAVE, with EDIT
being the default. EDIT opens the editor window after
loading the FROM file. USE changes the configuration
of a running ShadowMaster, or any ShadowMaster run
until the system is rebooted. SAVE does the same thing
as USE, and also changes the configuration for any
ShadowMaster run after the system is rebooted. If USE
or SAVE are specified, the editor window is not opened.
If present, PUBSCREEN is the name of a public screen
that the editor window should open on.
Standard Menus: The following menus should be part of every ShadowMaster
preferences editor:
Projects>Open: Use the system file requester to load a preferences
file. Keyboard shortcut is Amiga-O.
Projects>Save: Use the system file requester to select a file to save
the current configuration in. Keyboard shortcut is
Amiga-A.
Projects>Quit: Exit immediately, with no changes for this preferences
file.
Edit>Reset: Resets the configuration to the default mode.
Edit>Last: Reloads the last saved configuration.
Edit>Restore: Reloads the initial configuration specifed by the FROM file.
Edit>Undo: Undoes the last change made in the editor. Note that
some changes - particularly string and number gadgets
- may be visible in the edit window without the editor being
aware of them. These will not undo as expected. This
is a system limitation, and can be avoided by always
hitting return to finish a text or number entry gadget.
Options>Create: A checkmark entry that causes icons to be created when
a file is saved. Note: The Save and Use gadgets cause
files to be saved in envarc: and env:; these files
will also have - or not have - icons saved depending
on the state of this menu entry. The icon is copied
from env:shadowmaster/shadowmaster.info. IconEdit can
be used to tailor this icon to your tastes.
Standard Gadgets:
The following gadgets and menu entries should be part of
every ShadowMaster preferences editor, though the
meaning may change slightly for some of them.
Command: String gadget containing the command to run to blank the
screen.
Select: Open a scrolling list of all saver modules, from which
the module to be run is selected.
Config: Runs the configuration program for the currently selected
saver module.
Test: Cause ShadowMaster to run the currently selected saver
module. ShadowMaster must be running for this button
to work.
Cancel: Exits the configuration program, making no changes.
Use: Use the current configuration until the system is
rebooted. Note that command line arguments and
TOOLTYPES can override this the next time ShadowMaster
is started, though the currently running copy will use
the current configuration.
Save: Use the current configuration until and after the
system is rebooted.
NonStandard Gadget:
In addition to all the above, screensaver has a
Seconds gadget for entering a number. This is the
how long ShadowMaster waits after that last keyboard
or mouse activity before blanking the screen.