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Amigaguide preferences - Lee Kindness. - v />Version Amigaguide NN ND<\
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Introduction
============
Amigaguide has various preference options. However no preference editor
is supplied to alter them, now you can. This program requires OS36+ (WB2)
if you do not have this then lookup the AmigaGuide documentation to find
out how you can change these preferences. AmigaGuide prefs is identical
to the C= preference editors, it is therefore easy to use. For more
information on any of the preference options look at the AmigaGuide
documentation in the "Preference" section.
These preferences are not respected by Multiview in Release 3. I would
recomend that you use Amigaguide (copy V34 of Amigaguide to your LIBS: from
the Amigaguide distribution). In doing so online help will abide to your
preferences.
Installation
============
The included install script will copy the program to SYS:Prefs. The C=
installer is required in your path.
Usage
=====
Double click from workbench or "SYS:Prefs/Amigaguide" from the Shell.
A number of arguments are supported, from the Shell the template is
FROM,EDIT/S,USE/S,SAVE/S,PUBSCREEN/K:
FROM
name of a directory specifying where to load the preference files from,
defaults to "ENV:AmigaGuide/".
EDIT
No purpose.
USE
Don't open the window and save the preference files to
"ENV:AmigaGuide/". The settings from the specified file will be put
effect.
SAVE
Don't open the window and save the preference files to
"ENVARC:AmigaGuide/". Settings will be put into effect and will also
be in use after a reset.
PUBSCREEN
Name of the public screen to open the window on.
The following Workbench icon tooltypes are supported, their meaning is as
above :
FROM=<filename>
EDIT
USE
SAVE
ACTION=<EDIT|USE|SAVE>
PUBSCREEN=<screenname>
For more information on the above options see your workbench
documentation on preference editors.
THE WINDOW
----------
A window appears with three sets of gadgets. These gadgets are used to
change various preference settings of AmigaGuide. The gadgets:
"Path"
This listview shows the list of directories that AmigaGuide will search
through in attempts to find files. A new path may be added using the "New"
button. You can edit this path by either changing the text in the string
gadget below the list or selecting the "Directory" gadget, this will cause a
requester to appear so that you can pick a directory from it. A path can be
removed using the "Remove" button.
"Text"
This cycle gadget lets you pick what style the node points in an
Amigaguide document appear as. You can choose from "Button", "Highlight",
"Underline", "Bold" or "Italic".
"Sample"
How a guide file would look using the current settings.
"Pens"
This listview lets you select what colour certain features in an
AmigaGuide document appear in. Select an item in the list view and then
choose the colour you wish in the palette gadget below. The items in the
list are self documenting.
"Save"
This button saves the current preferences and exits.
"Use"
This button exits with the current preferences in effect.
"Cancel"
This button exits with no change to the preferences.
The menu items do the following:
"Open..."
Lets you pick a directory from which preferences will be loaded in from
"Save As..."
Lets you pick a file to which the preferences will be saved.
"Quit"
As "Cancel".
"Reset To Defaults"
Changes the preferences to their default values.
"Last Saved"
Restores the last saved preferences.
"Restore"
Restores the preferences in use before the program was launched.
"Presets"
A submenu of predefined pen and/or text settings. For want of better names,
these items have fairly wacky names. For example "Skerza" (old Norse for
scary), "Strappado" (a form of torture where a person is tied to a rope and
then let to fall half the length of the rope), "Baked Beans", "heterophyte"
(a parasite) and of course the reoccuring "Wangi".
"Create Icons?"
If checked then icons will be created via the "Save As..." menuitem.
When these icons are doubleclicked their contents will be used.
Contact
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History
=======
AmigaGuide prefs was written using HighSpeed Pascal on an A1200.
AGPrefs was tested on:
A1200, 120MB HD, 2+4 MB RAM, 68030 CPU running Enforcer
A600 FD
V36.23 : 12.08.94
+ Initial Version
V36.31 : 14.08.94
- did not have enough stack, therefore program was vegging in
some procedures (normally "Directory" function).
- Fixed install script still had references to "Bush" (just
changed a couple of bits from the bush script for AGP script)
V36.32 : 05.09.94
- Fixed Enforcer hits.
V36.36 : 19.09.94
- Palette gadget now bigger so that it is the same height as the
path gadgets.
V36.40 : 21.09.94
- Can now set "Pens" preferences to more than 8 colours.
- Palette gadget now shows 207 (256 pre V39) colours (Amigaguide
maximum) rather than 8
V26.44 : 22.09.94
- Palette gadget now shows the maximum number of colours
available on the current screen or 207 if 256 or more are
available.
V36.66 : 23.09.94
- "Open" and "Save As..." menu items added.
- Standard preference options added (tooltypes/arguments)
V36.69 : 02.10.94
- Palette gadget now only showns the amount of colours available
on the screen it is on, up to a max of 207.
V36.89 : 20.10.94
- Added "Preset" submenu.
V36.101 : 27.10.94
- Added "Highlight" option to the "Text" cycle gadget. This is a
valid Amigaguide option but when set Amigaguide text is
not "Highlighted" its just plain without a box round it?
V36.123 : 01.11.94
- Added the "Sample" display.
V36.132 : 06.11.94
- Presets handled better internally, reducion in code size as a
result, plus easier expansion capibilities... ooh!
V36.140 : 07.11.94
- More presets added.
- "Save As..." now saves in an internal format.
- Full WB preference editor compatibility, now saves presets which
can be double clicked on to use their values.
V36.144 : 03.12.94
- Added "MagicWB" preset.
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