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Scalos --- Workbench-replacement
Version 1.0 PreRelease
SOME FEATURES
- 100% Workbench replacement, all functions should work like the WB ones
- 64bit arithmetics for Harddisksizes
- all Icon-imagetypes are supported such as Backfill or Complement
- full multitasking, every window has it's own task, while loading icons
any windowfunction (e.g. Drag&Drop) is available
- icon datatype system, newicon datatype included
- cybergraphics and 24bit datatypes support
- unlimited windowpatterns, configurable via tooltypes
- optimized backgroundpatterns routine
- driectory-notification
- Menu-Preferences to have full configurable menus (includes ToolsDaemon and
Parm import)
- big Application interface, anything is possible from outside
- custom Palette and Pattern preferences program
- nearly all WB-preferences will be used, install and uninstall is very easy
- plugin system to exchange or add features
- it enhances the workbench and make it more configurable
- and much much more ...
REQUIRMENTS
Kickstart 3.0 or higher and
MC68020 or higher
LIABILITY
THERE IS NO LIABILITY TO THIS PROGRAM-PACKAGE,IN REFERENCE TO THE
ASSERTED LAWS. THE COPYRIGHT OWNERS, AND/OR A THIRD PARTY, PLACE
THIS PROGRAM PACKAGE AT YOUR DISPOSAL "AS IS" (EXCEPT WHERE THIS
IS FIXED ANYWHERE ELSE IN A WRITTEN WAY) WITHOUT ANY GUARANTEE IN
ANY FORM (INDIRECT OR DIRECT FORM). THE FULL RISK OF QUALITY AND
FUNCTIONALITY OF THIS PROGRAM IS AT YOUR OWN. IF THE PROGRAM HAS
A BUG, YOU HAVE TO PAY ALL COSTS OF THE NECESSARY SERVICE-WORKS
AND REPAIRS FOR YOURSELF.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, THE COPYRIGHT OWNERS OR A THIRD PARTY
DISTRIBUTING THIS PROGRAM PACKAGE, AS ALLOWED, JUST BEFORE, CAN
NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE CAUSED IN ANY USUAL,
SPECIAL, OR ACCIDENTAL WAY OR BY THE PROGRAM PACKAGE (SURROUNDING
BUT NOT RESTRICTED ARE THE LOSS OF DATA OR NOTCORRECTLY DISPLAYED
DATA OR LOSSES CAUSED BY YOU OR A THIRD PARTY OR BY A FAULTY WORK
OF THIS PROGRAM PACKAGE WITH OTHER PROGRAMS), ALSO IF THE OWNER
OR A THIRD PARTY HAS BEEN POINTED AT SUCH POSSIBILITIES OF DAMAGE.
INSTALLATION
Please use the Installscript.
!!! Don't try to use Emulation mode if you are not registered. !!!
REGISTRATION
With the unregistered version you cannot use the emulation mode of Scalos.
This means Scalos will open a screen and appicon/appwindows and appmenus will
not be supported. You can see how Scalos works, but you can't use it as a real
replacement. Minor updates are free and major updates will cost an update fee.
How to order:
Send the registerform by email or snailmail.
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Scalos Version 1.0 Pre
Name: ____________________________
Address: _________________________
_________________________
_________________________
Country: _________________________
E-Mail: __________________________
Phone: ___________________________
Kickstart: _______________________
Processor: _______________________
Memory: __________________________
GraphicsCard: ____________________
How to receive the keyfile:
( ) by EMail [ 30DM / 20$ ]
( ) by SnailMail [ 35DM / 22$ ]
( ) by SnailMail, I've included a prepayed backletter and a disk. [ 30DM / 20$ ]
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You may send the money by snailmail or eurocheque. Germany only: Banküberweisung
but don't forget your email or real name.
Kontonr: 5412749
Bankleitzahl: 16020086
"Bayerische Vereinsbank"
KNOWN BUGS
- backfill-icons will crash on a picasso, because of a bug in the emulation
I'll not add a workaround.
- little problems with Leftout/PutAway
- if you have the same file in your .backdrop files multiple times, Scalos will
display them all
- the transparency effects will not work with CGFX 3 - SuperGels
TODO
- minor features and fixes
- beginning to rewrite Scalos in C
MANUAL
Scalos works 99% like the original Workbench. You should look at the Workbench-Book
for information.
Scalos will use most of the known Workbench preferences, except Palette and WBPattern.
For these two exist replacements in the Scalos archive.
All Scalos Preferences are mainly based on the MUI 3 Drag&Drop system.
- Palette:
Here you can select pens which will be locked on the Scalos screen. It will replace
the good old MagicWB-Daemon. Don't forget to adjust the Scalos internal pens, just
click on PenAdjust and drag the colors you like to the defaultpens.
- Pattern:
Here you can select a list of patterns. Scalos will recognize them by the number
you give them. If you use the same number for multiple patterns Scalos will use
a randomroutine to select one of them.
"Tiled/Fit Size" - how should the pattern be displayed? If you like to use
"Fit Size" you have to enable "use GUIGFX"
"No remap" - don't remap the picture
"use GUIGFX" - the GUIGFX library gives you a very fast and high quality rendering
routines (e.g. the colorreduction and ditherring)
"Pen Precision" - select the precision how the pens should be allocated
GUIGFX Options:
"AutoDither" - will enable dithering automatically if the picture may lose to many
pens
"Colorweight" - how many free pens should be used for your picture
DefaultsPage:
"asyncron Layout" - render the picture while reading the icons instead of waiting
for the layout to finish before opening the window
"use friendbitmap" - speed up the patternrefresh by using a second bitmap. Is
ignored if you use a V43 picture.datatype and/or GUIGFX
"always relayout" - scale the picture again if you change the window size
"randomize everytime" - select one of the random patterns every time you open a
window with the selected pattern instead of randomize the
patterns only on bootup.
"asyncron-Task priority" - TaskPri of the asynclayout task
... default patterns: Select where you whish to use which pattern.
Additionals: With the tooltype "SCALOS_PATTERNNO" you can select a different patterns
for the windows.
- Menu:
That's the menu Scalos will use. Try out the menu-presets.
- Scalos Mainprefs:
Check it out. I don't have to write much about it. Don't forget to use Drag&Drop.
Miscellaneous:
"Auto Remove Icon" - remove the icon from display if you start dragging
"Hardemulation" - Scalos will patch some private functions to make the standard
Iconinfo available. Swazinfo work without HardEmu.
"Non-masked clickarea" - if you enabled this you can only select transparent icons
(e.g. newicons) by clicking directly on the image. Clicking
in a transparent area of the icon will do nothing.
"Menu Currentdir" - Set the currentdir to the window's dir if you start a AmigaDOS
program via menu.
"MMB Move" - Enable the scrolling of the innerwindow part using the middle mouse-
button.
PlugIn's:
You can only add OOP Plugins here. Menu-Plugins are for use with the MenuPrefs only.
PlugIns:
OOP:
These plugin's have to be added in the ScalosPrefs PlugIn list.
"title_freepens.plugin" - addes "%wp" command to the title commands which shows the
current free pens.
Menu:
These plugin's can be added in the MenuPrefs.
"sorted_cleanup" - will sort the icons by name before it cleanups. Dir's will be sorted
first.
SUPPORTED LIBRARIES
guigfx.library (available at http://tek.flynet.de or the Aminet)
popupmenu.library - which is needed to use the popup menus (available: Aminet
util/libs/pmuser.lha or http://www.algonet.se/~henisak/pm/pm.html)
newicon.library (available: Aminet)
DEVELOPER
If you are interessted in supporting Scalos, feel free to leave me a message. Developer
files are available.
AUTHOR
Stefan Sommerfeld
Kaulbachstr. 3
14612 Falkensee
Germany
Phone: ++49-[0]3322-202452
EMail: zerocom@cs.tu-berlin.de
WWW: www.cs.tu-berlin.de/~zerocom/aliendesign.html