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- Short: Unique launching tool / script language
- Author: boray@alfa.telenordia.se (Anders Persson)
- Uploader: boray@alfa.telenordia.se (Anders Persson)
- Version: 9.0
- Type: util/boot
- Replaces: util/boot/selector80.lha
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- * Description *
-
- Highly configurable launching tool for almost ANY purpose. But
- it is not yet another program like toolsdeamon or toolmanager.
- Selector serves as a complement to these types of programs. It's
- more like a script language.
-
- You can for example make a button panel that follows you from
- screen to screen when changing screens. Or a button panel (or menu)
- that pops up ANYWHERE when pressing your middle mouse button.
- (Or when pressing both mouse buttons together.)
-
- You can make a button for starting a program if it's not allready
- open, else just jump to that programs screen. This is very comfortable,
- as you allways press the same button to get to the programs screen,
- regardless if it's open or not.
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- You can make a special window only available on (for example) your
- word processors screen, with buttons for starting different arexx
- scripts for that program.
-
- Selector is a powerful tool to use within shell scripts or to
- make a little GUI for your CLI type program.
-
- The possible use of selector is almost unlimited, yet the syntax
- is very simple.
-
- It is really easy to produce a button panel, info window or a little
- requester with selector.
-
- Or, why not quote the world's biggest amiga magazine:
- "The program is so easy to use that you can have your first project
- up and running in under a minute." - AMIGA FORMAT march 1998
-
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- * Requirements *
-
- Selector needs AmigaDos 2.0 or better.
- The Prefs script and many of the included examples need AmigaOS 3.0+
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- * What's new in Selector 9.0 (990218) **
-
- This version of selector has in principle been ready since October 1998.
- The only thing that not was ready was this version history and some
- new icons. I have been occupied with other projects. For example
- my music CD:
-
- "Boray plays some tuba" - http://www.ida.his.se/ida/~di3andpe/tuba.html
-
- Be sure to get a copy! A friend of mine has listened to it every
- day in three month without getting tired of it! So it's well
- worth the money.
-
- BorayLetter 6.0 (Multimedia emails - yet tiny files):
- http://www.odyssey.on.ca/~dhamilton/borayletter.html
-
- A funny - easy to use program to make illustrative letters with
- graphics, music, sound effects, speech. Nice YAM integration!
- Other mailers can also be used (after some scriptwriting :-)
-
- I have also attended an university course. Enough with
- explaining of the late release! Now on to the selecor news:
-
- -New command "draw". Let's you draw lines, boxes and other figures
- in a selector window. The idea and the way it works comes
- directly from BorayLetter! But the coordinates are better that
- BorayLetter's as selector's "coordinates" are button/window
- relative and scalable. You can also press "d" to get to a drawing tool!
- No need for commands. You probably like command (as you are
- using selector) but it's much easier with the drawing tool.
- The drawing tool is adding draw commands to the script for you.
-
- -New command "drawcol". Sets the color for the draw command.
-
- -New commands "sortbuttons" and "sorttext" to sort the contents of a window.
-
- -New command "main" to decide what file to load when pressing "e".
-
- -New command "windowsize" to override the window size automation.
-
- -New command "changesize" to be able to use different sized buttons
- in the same window.
-
- -New command "setpen" to be able to freely position the buttons and text.
-
- -New command "area" to be able to execute command depending on where you
- click in the window (withot buttons).
-
- -New options LastX, LastY, LastXPos and LastYPos.
-
- -The "flow" command can now be used more than once in the same script.
-
- -You can press "x" to launch a user defined command.
-
- -New install tool and some new bonus tools.
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- * Also Try *
-
- ALM 3.2b
-
- Aminet: util/boot/alm32b.lha
-
- Do you have a problem remembering peoples birthdays?
- And how many years they celebrate? I had, and that's
- why I made these two programs. Now, I have used ALM
- in over 6 years, and I never miss a birthday or
- anything else imortant any longer!!! You only have to
- type in the birthdays ONCE with the "ALM.Editor" as
- there is only ONE year to edit. Then put and configure
- "ShowALM" in your startup, and that's it!!!
-
- But you can also write in temporary notes in the
- calendar, and then easily delete them again, without
- deleting the resident notes. You can even let ShowALM
- to delete them automatically when not needed any
- longer.
-
- ALM needs an Amiga Classic with AmigaDos 2.0 or better.
-
- ALM is FREEWARE!
-
- Both english and swedish instructions are included.
-
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- * Also Try *
-
- My homepage: www.ida.his.se/ida/~di3andpe/
-
- Lots of free software, latest versions of my programs and support.
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