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- Short: Small, quick, and useful taskbar util
- Uploader: ah210@chebucto.ns.ca
- Author: ah210@chebucto.ns.ca
- Type: util/boot
- Version: 1.0
-
- Wibby is (c) 2000-2001 John Mason
-
- Please read the Changes file for info on new features and bugfixes.
-
- Wibby is another taskbar type program, but my main goal in writing it was to make
- something that was small, fast, and useful. This version should be considered a
- work in progress, although it is 99% functional. I decided to upload it to Aminet
- and see if anyone likes it or not; so please let me know if you do!
-
- == DISCLAIMER ==================================================================
-
- As usual, no one, including myself, will be held responsible for any direct or
- indirect damages of any kind resulting from the use of Wibby (or the reading
- of this text file for that matter!).
-
- ================================================================================
-
- Installation:
-
- Put Wibby in your WBStartup drawer. :)
-
- Setup:
-
- Wibby can be configured using Tooltypes. Currently they are:
-
- OPENON - The screen(s) to open on. The values for this tooltype are:
-
- ALL - Wibby will open on any and all screens.
- WORKBENCH - Wibby will only open on the Workbench Screen.
- THESE - Wibby will only open on screens you specify (see below)
- NOTTHESE - Wibby will open on all screens except those you specify (see
- below)
-
- For the THESE and NOTTHESE settings, you must also specify a list of
- screennames. To do this, add some tooltypes like these:
-
- SCREEN1=Workbench Screen
- SCREEN2=Someother Screen
- etc.
-
- Note that the screen name used here should match the screen's default title,
- which is shown in brackets following the screen name in screens mode unless
- the default title is the same as the screen's current title. Since the screen
- associated with a given program can change, future versions may check screens
- by taskname instead...
-
- LEFTOUTVOLNAME - The volume to use for the left out icon mode (see below).
- Note the volume name should NOT include a colon.
-
- HELPSTAYS - If this is set to YES, then one the help box has opened, it will
- stay open, even if you switch modes.
-
- HELPTIME - Use this to specify in tenths of a second how long Wibby should
- wait before opening its help box. If this is not specified, Wibby
- will default to a one second delay.
-
- MODERESET - This tooltype causes Wibby to return to a default mode each
- time you use it. If this tooltype is present, you can also
- add the DEFAULTMODE tooltype, and give it one of these values:
-
- WINDOWS - Default to windows mode
- SCREENS - Default to screens mode
- COMMODITIES - Default to commodities mode
-
- GUI Pen Tooltypes:
-
- Wibby allows you to set the colours used for its interface. There are
- seven tooltypes for doing this:
-
- TEXTFG - The colour for each button's title
- TEXTBG - The background for each button
- SHINE - The colour for the shine of each button (top and left sides)
- SHADOW - The colour for the shadow of each button (bottom and right sides)
- HELPFG - The colour for the help box's text
- HELPBG - The colour for the help box's background
- HELPBORDER - The colour for the help box's border
-
- To set the colour to use for each of these items, set the tooltype value
- to the RGB value you want, ie:
-
- "TEXTFG=255,255,255" for full white
- "TEXTFG=0,0,0" for full black
- "TEXTFG=255,0,0" for full red
-
- Wibby will try to find the best pen in the screen's palette to represent
- your chosen colour, so the colours may not be exactly the same on each
- screen.
-
-
- Usage:
-
- Once installed, Wibby will appear when you move the mouse to the bottom of the
- Workbench screen. If you need to point at the bottom of the screen without
- activating Wibby, hold down the left shift key. When Wibby opens, there should
- be several buttons along the bottom of the screen, one for each of the currently
- available objects, depending on the current mode.
-
- There are four modes -- Windows, Screens, Commodities, and Left out icons, so
- if you are in windows mode (the default) then you'll see a button for each
- window open on the Workbench screen. As you point at one of the buttons, the
- Workbench screen's title bar will show you the full title of the object you're
- pointing at, as well as the mode that you are currently using.
-
- Clicking on any button should bring that window to the front, and holding shift
- while clicking a button should send that window to the back. Also, holding alt
- while clicking a button should zip the window, as if you had clicked the zoom
- gadget. In other modes, things work slightly differently:
-
- Mode Click Shift Click Alt Click
- ================ ================ ======--======== =============
- Screens Bring screen N/A N/A
- to front
-
- Commodities Show commodity's Hide commodity's N/A (kill commodity?)
- interface interface
-
- Left out icons Run program N/A N/A
-
-
- Note that the left out icons mode does not work for all left out icons -- it
- tries to Execute() the left out icon, so for it to work properly, the icon must
- be for an executable program, and as well the program must run from outside of its
- own directory. Finally, it only shows left out icons for the volume named "Work".
- In future versions this mode should be a little more complete if anyone actually
- uses it :)
-
- To switch modes, simply click the right mouse button once.
-
- Wibby has a help feature for buttons that are too small to read easily --
- if you keep the mouse pointer on Wibby for a certain period of time,
- a help box will appear next to the mouse pointer that gives you the full
- name of the object you're pointing at. It will float left and right as
- you move to mouse so you can see the full names of every item.
-
- Contact:
-
- If you use Wibby regularly, please send me an email. My address is
- ah210@chebucto.ns.ca. The more feedback I get, the better motivated I'll
- be to keep working on the program.
-
- Also, take a look at my website at http://chebucto.ns.ca/~ah210 for some
- of my other programs.
-