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personal_icon_io.library by Bware
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·FEATURES·
This ICON I/O library allows you to load and save images created with
PPaint as Workbench icons. You can load or save the normal or selected
image of an icon and set the type of a new icon. Tooltypes are preserved.
This version comes with OS 3.5 and NewIcons support. No need for
"injectbrush" or other utilities -- you won't even need the NewIcons
patch, just newicon.library (to create NewIcons) somewhere in libs:.
·INSTALLATION·
Simply use the Installer script.
Alternatively, you may copy the personal_icon_io.library to PPaint:libs
and turn off PPaint's automatic icon generation by setting ICONS=0 in
PPAINT:PPaint_Prefs/Startup_1.set.
·USAGE·
Loading/Saving Options
-Tooltype
This icon saver supports TOOL, PROJECT, DRAWER, TRASH and DISK types. This
type is only set if the icon did not previously exist. Then the default
image is loaded for this type.
-Selected
Load or save the selected image of an icon. If saving there is no
consistency check between the size of the first and the selected image. If
this switch is not checked the normal image is loaded. The next option
provides a mode for loading both images at once.
-Both
The 'Both' switch in the loader/saver settings allows you load or save
both images at once. They are separated by a line in color 1. When saving,
the upper half of the brush is the normal and the lower the selected
image. A separating line (i.e. odd brush height) is discarded. This switch
is enabled by default.
-NewIcon
The image is loaded from the NewIcon tooltypes or saved via
newicon.library. Color 0 is marked as transparent color.
-ColorIcon
The image is loaded or saved by the icon V44 functions. The current
background color is marked as transparent. When saving ColorIcons the
NewIcon tooltypes are cleared.
-Frameless (only available if saving a ColorIcon)
The new icon.library V44 allows you to switch off the border around an
icon. This Flag is passed to the library.
·NOTES·
Colors are not set for Standard Icons - get WB screen palette first.
NewIcons and OS 3.5 Icons have a brush-palette that has to be activated
with alt-b. NewIcons support is turned on when the newicon.library is
successfully loaded. OS 3.5 support i enabled if icon.library V44 is
found.
To load Disk-icons enter ":Disk.info" in the filerequester. The use of the
.info suffix is optional, but sometimes required to get around limitations
in the PPaint filerequester (i.e. writing a directory icon). To avoid
problems with graphics files without filename extensions the auto loader
only recognises .info suffixes. PPaint clears the 'e'xecute file attribute
-- use .info extension for saving icons for existing programs.
NewIcons saver makes color 0 transparent, only used colors are saved. OS
3.5 icon saver marks the current background color as transparent.
In BOTH mode the palettes of the normal and selected image are merged.
Note that standard newicons share a common palette and have a fixed size
of 36 by 40 pixels. NewIcons have a maximum size of 93x93. OS 3.5 icons
have a limit of 256x256 pixels.
Saving normal and selected image separately may save you a few bytes. A
switch is provided to turn NewIcons loading off and use standard WB icons.
If OS 3.5 icon loading is selected the NewIcon switch is ignored. If you
save icons in the OS 3.5 format you may specify a `Frameless` Flag.
Tooltypes are not modified when overwriting existing icons. As a
consequence NewIcons images remain intact when overwriting the file with a
WB icon. The OS 3.5 icon saver DISCARDS newicon images. (Maybe another
switch ?)
Saving standard and NewIcon images deletes the ColorIcon information.
·BUGS·
Previous icon_io.library versions (<5.8) did not clear NextImage fields,
some programs (esp. Workbench Information) strongly dislike this :( Please
resave icons created with earlier versions.
There is no consistency check between the size of the first and the
selected image.
NewIcons and OS 3.5 icons can contain upto 256 colors per image. When
merging palettes for the normal and the selected icon images this may
exceed the max. allowed colors for PPaint (256).
The WB IconEdit has problems with icons which have transparent color
different than 1.
·COPYRIGHT·
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//__) \/\//¯¯\// \//___ PRODUCTION © 1999 <amiga@nikocity.de>
Elmar Plischke -- Schollstr. 68 -- 27755 Delmenhorst -- Germany
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The Personal_icon_io.library is freeware and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO
WARRANTY. Redistribution allowed if the package is left unchanged. The
author is not responsible for any damage caused by the use or misuse of
this documentation and/or the program it describes.
Program written by Elmar Plischke. Personal_icon_io.library was created
with gcc2.95.1.
Any feedback like postcards/PPC boards/mindblowing icon collections/...
welcome!
All icons are (C) by Matt Chaput and Amiga, Inc.
NewIcons is written by Eric Sauvageau and Phil Vedovatti.
Cloanto is a registered trademark, and Personal Paint and PPaint are
trademarks of Cloanto Italia srl. Some code copyright © Cloanto Italia srl
(Cloanto), used under permission. The program and its accompanying files
are for non-commercial use only.