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- NAME
- sysihack - sysiclass hack 0.6 (14.7.94)
-
- sysiclass is the BOOPSI class for system images, such as window
- gadgets and menu symbols.
-
- WARNING
- This is an ALPHA version. Do not use it, unless you really know
- what you do!
-
- FUNCTION
- Hacks sizing gadget and scroll arrows to look nice in 1:1 screens.
- Requires a font >= 11 pt, and a highres 1:1 aspect screen.
-
- REQUIRES
- WB 3.0. (Even works with 2.x, but only 3.0 is resolution adaptive).
- Check aminet:dev/src/ScrollerWindow.lha to learn how to create
- a resolution adaptive window.
-
- AUTHOR
- Mr. BOOPSI
-
- STATUS
- This is Public Domain.
-
- OPTIONS
- SWIDTH/N,SHEIGHT/N,AWIDTH/N,AHEIGHT/N,
- CWIDTH/N,HBORDER/N,VBORDER/N,3DLOOK/S
-
- SWIDTH: width of the sizing gadget (min: 18, default: 18, max: 32).
- SHEIGHT: height of sizing gadget (min: 10, default: 16, max: 32).
- AWIDTH: width of left/right arrows (min: 14, default: 18, max: 32).
- AHEIGHT: height of up/down arrows (min: 11, default: 15, max: 32).
- CWIDTH: width of 3D close gadget (min: 14, default: 20, max: 28).
- HBORDER: height of bottom border (min: 2, default: 4, max: 10).
- VBORDER: width of vertical borders (min: 2, default: 4, max: 18).
- 3DLOOK: 3D look (XEN style) gadgets.
-
- INSTALLATION
- ****************************************************
- Put it ***** BEFORE IPrefs in your S:Startup-sequence *****, e.g:
- ****************************************************
- (Arrgh, why do people NEVER read the docs??? Is it clear now? ;)
-
- C:sysihack 18 10 18 11 ; original sizes (but may use 3DLOOK)
- C:sysihack 18 14 16 13 ; best look with 11 pt font or NTSC
- C:sysihack 18 16 18 15 ; 13 pt font
- C:sysihack 20 18 20 17 ; 15 pt font
-
- You got the picture, right? A future version will perhaps do size
- selections automatically, but I need the options for quick testing.
-
- If it complains that it hasn't been started before IPrefs, move it
- up. Probably best thing to do is to start it right after SetPatch.
- No screen may be open if sysihacks starts.
-
- NOTES
- If you set the 3DLOOK option, the look of the windows will NOT conform
- to the standards described in the Amiga User Interface Style Guide.
- If you don't like this, don't use it.
-
- The little 'hole' in the prop gadgets will only appear with BOOPSI
- propgclass objects. For compatibility, no subclasses of propgclass
- are supported here.
-
- Default sizes do only look good with a 13 pt font, so you WILL need
- to adjust sizes to make it look better with e.g. an 11 pt font.
-
- NTSC users will probably be happier with `18 14 18 13', and HBORDER
- set to 3. Play with the values to see which you find satisfying.
-
- If you have a very big font (e.g. 18 pt), you can make the close
- gadget bigger with CWIDTH. 24 pixels match the size of the depth
- gadget. This only works when used with the 3DLOOK option.
-
- HBORDER/VBORDER do not work on the Workbench screen with OS 2.0.
-
- CHANGES
- 0.6 (14.7.94):
- - OOPS! Fixed a very stupid bug in the CloseScreen() patch. It
- caused the machine to lock up if screens were closed not in the
- reverse order as they were openend. Sorry for any inconvience.
- - Added additional message protection in the startup.
-
- 0.5 (13.7.94):
- - 3DLOOK now works with more programs (I patch NewModifyProp), and
- also gives the XEN style 3D looking window and screen gadgets.
- - Major! No longer replaces the sizing gadget! After I found out
- that Intuition uses buttongclass to create the sizing gadget, I
- thought it might be better to patch this class, instead of faking
- a sizing gadget. I was going to patch buttongclass anyway.
- This has a few downsizes:
- - you can no longer make the sizing gadget smaller than originally
- - windows opened with OpenWindow() will look strange, because the
- sizing gadget doesn't make more room in the borders
- The advantages, however, by far outweight the disadvantages:
- - no longer fiddles around with zoom gadgets, like it did before
- - the sizing gadget is now the real one, so any and all problems
- should be gone!
- - No longer needs to be RUN, auto-detaches instead. It also checks
- if it was started early enough.
- - Now works with all fonts >=7pt, as well as Hires-nonlaced screens.
- The options are only used for fonts >= 11pt. When the font is
- smaller, default values are used. For 8pt fonts, the values match
- the original sizes.
- - Horizontal scrollbars now get the required height automatically.
- This is to support people who already did adaptive layout.
- - New option for width of close gadget. Only works with 3D look.
- - 3D look scrollbars now get the XEN style recessed frame, when the
- 3DLOOK option is specified.
- - HBORDER/VBORDER option added. Specify large values, to see which
- programs use hardcoded values, or use screen->WBorXXX.
- - Cute looking XEN style 'hole' in propgclass scrollbars. Thanks
- to all who mailed me pictures with their suggestions! I hope you
- like it!
-
- 0.4 (8.7.94):
- - The sizing gadget is now marked as being allocated by Intuition
- (even it isn't), so that programs don't try to free it. Isn't
- really critical, because I unlink the gadget before CloseWindow()
- gets to see the gadget list.
- - All images are now rendered into a bitmap cache for fast redraw.
- - Fixed some rendering bugs, that didn't show up when the images are
- used in window borders.
- - 3DLOOK option temporarily removed, it hasn't worked anyway.
- - Sizing gadget is now a BOOPSI buttongclass object, in case someone
- relies on this. ROM code also uses BOOPSI.
- - Many internal changes for future versions ;)
-
- 0.3 (5.7.94):
- - Changed the switch() in the taglist parser to a chain of if() to
- work around a compiler bug.
- - Fixed GZZ windows (SuperBitmap etc.).
- - Added a WaitBlit() before FreeMem()...
- - Fixed Enforcerhit, if window failed to open.
-
- 0.2 (5.6.94):
- - Now also detects (direct) subclasses of propgclass for patching.
- - Improved the check wether a propgadget is a border scroller
- (I now just rely on the GACT_BORDER flags, only lame coders forget
- to set these).
- - Does no longer shrink non-AUTOKNOB hscrollers.
- - Didn't verify shell args correctly.
- - Fixed oldlook/monochrome left/right arrow images.
- - Didn't set WFLG_SIZEGADGET flag.
- - New option to force 3D-look scrollers.
-
- 0.1 (3.6.94):
- - Fixed height of hscroller on window closing (ADPro).
- - Now also looks at nw->Screen and nw->Type to find screen.
- - Changes up/down arrow images.
- - Sizegadget now gets the SHINEPEN fill (my first AreaDraw code :)
- - Changes scrollbar gaps.
- - Fixed 0/0 MinWidth/MinHeight bug.
- - Now longer adjusts WA_Height. They should do that themself!
- - Allows me to patch non-AutoAdjust windows (ReqTools).
- - Removed startup code.
- - Added a bit config ;)
-
- 0.0 (25.5.94):
- - Created and released.
-
-