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Short: Start button and explorer in one. Fast.
Author: s.e.m.lichtendahl@its.tudelft.nl (Stephan Lichtendahl)
Uploader: s.e.m.lichtendahl@its.tudelft.nl (Stephan Lichtendahl)
Version: 2.5
Type: util/wb
Status: GiftWare
Requires: AmigaOS 3.5, PopupMenu.library v8.0, Reqtools.library v38.1436, WBStart.library 2.2
Only small changes and bugfixes this time; because this release is long overdue!
Introduction:
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OK, so it is another one of those Windoze Start button lookalikes. However,
with this one you can browse your directory tree without ever needing to wait
for icons to load, because they are loaded dynamically. In addition, icons are
shown for files that do not have icons (based on filetype) and thumbnails are
created on the fly for Jpeg pictures. Most importantly, Dynamite is a lot
faster in loading icons, especially default icons, than Workbench / DOpus.
Features
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· Easy browsing to directories, starting files (with filetype recognition) and
performing file management (copy, rename, delete, etc.).
· From the start button you can browse your (virtual) directory tree; at the
same time the dock icons next to the start button provide additonal browsers.
· You can drop icons on files to change the icon image or on hotlists to add
items to the hotlist (or even on the start button to change the image).
· Supports old, NewIcons and OS3.5 icon formats (and conversion to OS3.5 format)
· Shows default icons for files that do not have icons, based on filetype.
· Can scale all icons to a specified size.
· Shows thumbnails for all types of pictures, created on the fly.
Dynamite is faster in displaying icons than Workbench / DOpus, because:
· Only those icons are loaded that are on the current and next two "pages".
· Only one default icon is loaded for each filetype and reused for every file
of the same type.
· You don't have to wait for the icons or thumbnails to finish loading.
· Files and directories can be added to various hotlists or as dock icons.
· Supports the creation of hierarchical hotlist structures, i.e. you can have
one hotlist opening another and that one another, ...
· Filetype recognition is based on file extensions. The "def_*.info" files in
the "EnvArc:sys/" directory are used as default icons (e.g. "def_doc.info"
for a "*.doc" file). The "Default Tool" entry is used to open a file and an
"EDIT" tooltype can be specified as an alternative tool.
· Memory pools are used to reduce memory fragmentation.
Version History
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Important: as usual, it is recommended to read the documentation!
Dynamite 2.5:
· BugFix: For copy & paste icon images and dropping icons on windows the icon's
transparency settings are now taken into account.
· BugFix: Now launches Arexx scripts a bit differently to prevent problems.
· BugFix: static strings that contained Arexx functions would accidentily get
changed (such as for CLOSEVIEW) so they could only be executed properly once.
· Added tooltype TOP to specify the top coordinate of the main button window
· Added tooltype CLICKCLOSE to close a window (and its parents) when a program
is started by clicking the file.
· Pressing Escape closes a window (and its parents).
Dynamite 2.4:
· Changed stack size to 8192 bytes, to be on the safe side with file-requesters.
· All selected items will be given as arguments to tools started with the "Open
with" or EDIT tooltype features. This opposed to launching the tool for every
argument, as with the "Open" (VIEWTOOL/DEFTOOL/DIRTOOL) and "Info" (INFOREQ)
features.
· The "Open with.." and "Select pattern.." strings are remembered.
· Copying/moving within the same browser window is now also supported.
· Flattened down the popup menus, now also separate popup menu for icons.
· Added copy and paste to icon popup menu for exchanging icon images.
· When clicking on a directory whose window is open, the window will be closed.
· When deleting a directory whose window is open, the window will first be closed.
· BugFix: when deleting pictures, a non-existent datatype object was freed (code
I forgot to remove when switching to GuiGfx).
· BugFix: when copying/moving files to hotlists, items are now always added as
sorted by name (to avoid duplicates).
Dynamite 2.3:
· As the GuiGfx.library is now used for the creation of thumbnails, more image
formats are now supported (see `Thumbnails'). Use the PICPAT tooltype to
specify for what type of images thumnails should be shown (see `Tooltypes').
· You can specify the font to use instead of the System Default Font with the
FONT and FONTSIZE tooltypes. Proportional fonts are supported.
· The "Select Pattern" option will now use case-insensitive matching.
· The sorting mode of a hotlist (applying to the browser windows opened from
it) is now saved with the hotlist.
· Added "Icon->Create" option to popup menu for creating icons from def. icons.
· Added "Pic->Close Views" option to ask a picture viewer to close its windows.
· Workaround: added SAVEBLIT tooltype for not blitting directly into the
screen's bitmap, but using a temporary bitmap instead (which is normally only
used when the browser window isn't frontmost). This because Picasso leaves
small vertical lines next to the icons, whereas Cybergraphics does not.
· BugFix: files could be visibly selected when scrolling up and down.
============================= Archive contents =============================
Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
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39232 20561 47.5% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 dynamite
35599 12774 64.1% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 DYNAMITE.guide
2010 1805 10.1% 16-Sep-00 02:27:56 DYNAMITE.guide.info
1363 1142 16.2% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 dynamite.info
5441 2443 55.1% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 Dynamite.readme
1526 1051 31.1% 16-Sep-00 02:27:58 Dynamite.readme.info
1906 1707 10.4% 16-Sep-00 02:30:08 Env.info
265 168 36.6% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 +akJFIF.prefs
265 169 36.2% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 +dynamite
2846 1720 39.5% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 +def_disk.info
1891 1675 11.4% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 +def_doc.info
2366 1889 20.1% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 +def_drawer.info
2002 1799 10.1% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 +def_guide.info
2198 1705 22.4% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 +def_hl.info
2350 2097 10.7% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 +def_lha.info
2515 1899 24.4% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 +def_library.info
1618 1407 13.0% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 +def_tool.info
2307 2040 11.5% 16-Sep-00 02:27:14 +def_zip.info
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