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- Short: Comprehensive Public Screen Manager V1.0
- Uploader: nick.christie@oucs.ox.ac.uk (Nick Christie)
- Author: nick.christie@oucs.ox.ac.uk (Nick Christie)
- Type: util/wb
- Requires: AmigaOS V2.04+, MUI V2.3+ or BGUI V38+.
- Version: 1.0
- Distribution: Freeware
-
- ScreenMaster is a fully-featured public screen manager of modular
- construction with both ARexx and GUI interfaces.
-
- The GUI module is available in both BGUI and MUI versions. Both
- provide font-sensitive, keyboard-controllable gadgets in a resizeable
- window. Neither BGUI nor MUI are included: get them from AmiNet in
- directories dev/gui and util/libs.
-
- Features:
-
- o Works with AmigaOS 2.04 and above, takes advantage of OS3 if
- present.
-
- o Complete control over the specification of new public screens.
-
- o Can add backdrop patterns/pictures to public screens.
-
- o Can add menus to public screens, with screen management functions,
- plus user-defined Tools menu for launching applications.
-
- o Option to AutoClose screen when all visitor windows have left.
-
- o Control over open public screens: close screen, make default, move
- to front/back, display screen attributes.
-
- o Control over system public screen flags: PopPubScreen and Shanghai.
-
- o ARexx host provides comprehensive public screen management
- facilities for your ARexx scripts.
-
- o Save screen specification from the GUI to an automatically
- generated ARexx script, just double click to open the screen again.
-
- o Can be started from Workbench or Shell.
-
- o Commodity option, with user-definable popup hotkey.
-
- o Font-sensitive gadget layout in resizeable windows using either
- BGUI or MUI systems.
-
- o Opens on the default public screen, optionally on a named one.
-
- o All gadgets have keyboard shortcuts.
-
- o AmigaGuide documentation, available on-line.
-
- o Installer script included.
-
- o Locale support for presenting all text and messages in the user's
- preferred language, plus the option to override and specify the
- language.
-
-
- Limitations:
-
- o No catalog translations available at the present time.
-
- o Some OS3-specific features not yet implemented.
-
-
- $VER: ScreenMaster.readme 1.0 (10.12.95)
-