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- Scalos --- Workbench-replacement
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- Version 1.0 PreRelease
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-
- SOME FEATURES
-
- - 100% Workbench replacement, all functions should work like the WB ones
- - 64bit arithmetics for Harddisksizes
- - all Icon-imagetypes are supported such as Backfill or Complement
- - full multitasking, every window has it's own task, while loading icons
- any windowfunction (e.g. Drag&Drop) is available
- - icon datatype system, newicon datatype included
- - cybergraphics and 24bit datatypes support
- - unlimited windowpatterns, configurable via tooltypes
- - optimized backgroundpatterns routine
- - driectory-notification
- - Menu-Preferences to have full configurable menus (includes ToolsDaemon and
- Parm import)
- - big Application interface, anything is possible from outside
- - custom Palette and Pattern preferences program
- - nearly all WB-preferences will be used, install and uninstall is very easy
- - plugin system to exchange or add features
- - it enhances the workbench and make it more configurable
- - and much much more ...
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- REQUIRMENTS
- Kickstart 3.0 or higher and
- MC68020 or higher
-
- LIABILITY
-
- THERE IS NO LIABILITY TO THIS PROGRAM-PACKAGE,IN REFERENCE TO THE
- ASSERTED LAWS. THE COPYRIGHT OWNERS, AND/OR A THIRD PARTY, PLACE
- THIS PROGRAM PACKAGE AT YOUR DISPOSAL "AS IS" (EXCEPT WHERE THIS
- IS FIXED ANYWHERE ELSE IN A WRITTEN WAY) WITHOUT ANY GUARANTEE IN
- ANY FORM (INDIRECT OR DIRECT FORM). THE FULL RISK OF QUALITY AND
- FUNCTIONALITY OF THIS PROGRAM IS AT YOUR OWN. IF THE PROGRAM HAS
- A BUG, YOU HAVE TO PAY ALL COSTS OF THE NECESSARY SERVICE-WORKS
- AND REPAIRS FOR YOURSELF.
-
- UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, THE COPYRIGHT OWNERS OR A THIRD PARTY
- DISTRIBUTING THIS PROGRAM PACKAGE, AS ALLOWED, JUST BEFORE, CAN
- NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE CAUSED IN ANY USUAL,
- SPECIAL, OR ACCIDENTAL WAY OR BY THE PROGRAM PACKAGE (SURROUNDING
- BUT NOT RESTRICTED ARE THE LOSS OF DATA OR NOTCORRECTLY DISPLAYED
- DATA OR LOSSES CAUSED BY YOU OR A THIRD PARTY OR BY A FAULTY WORK
- OF THIS PROGRAM PACKAGE WITH OTHER PROGRAMS), ALSO IF THE OWNER
- OR A THIRD PARTY HAS BEEN POINTED AT SUCH POSSIBILITIES OF DAMAGE.
-
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- INSTALLATION
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- Please use the Installscript.
- !!! Don't try to use Emulation mode if you are not registered. !!!
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- REGISTRATION
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- With the unregistered version you cannot use the emulation mode of Scalos.
- This means Scalos will open a screen and appicon/appwindows and appmenus will
- not be supported. You can see how Scalos works, but you can't use it as a real
- replacement. Minor updates are free and major updates will cost an update fee.
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- How to order:
- Send the registerform by email or snailmail.
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- Scalos Version 1.0 Pre
- Name: ____________________________
- Address: _________________________
- _________________________
- _________________________
- Country: _________________________
- E-Mail: __________________________
- Phone: ___________________________
- Kickstart: _______________________
- Processor: _______________________
- Memory: __________________________
- GraphicsCard: ____________________
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- How to receive the keyfile:
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- ( ) by EMail [ 30DM / 20$ ]
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- ( ) by SnailMail [ 35DM / 22$ ]
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- ( ) by SnailMail, I've included a prepayed backletter and a disk. [ 30DM / 20$ ]
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- You may send the money by snailmail or eurocheque. Germany only: Banküberweisung
- but don't forget your email or real name.
-
- Kontonr: 5412749
- Bankleitzahl: 16020086
- "Bayerische Vereinsbank"
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- KNOWN BUGS
-
- - backfill-icons will crash on a picasso, because of a bug in the emulation
- I'll not add a workaround.
-
- - little problems with Leftout/PutAway
-
- - if you have the same file in your .backdrop files multiple times, Scalos will
- display them all
-
- - the transparency effects will not work with CGFX 3 - SuperGels
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- TODO
-
- - minor features and fixes
- - beginning to rewrite Scalos in C
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- MANUAL
-
- Scalos works 99% like the original Workbench. You should look at the Workbench-Book
- for information.
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- Scalos will use most of the known Workbench preferences, except Palette and WBPattern.
- For these two exist replacements in the Scalos archive.
-
- All Scalos Preferences are mainly based on the MUI 3 Drag&Drop system.
-
- - Palette:
- Here you can select pens which will be locked on the Scalos screen. It will replace
- the good old MagicWB-Daemon. Don't forget to adjust the Scalos internal pens, just
- click on PenAdjust and drag the colors you like to the defaultpens.
-
- - Pattern:
- Here you can select a list of patterns. Scalos will recognize them by the number
- you give them. If you use the same number for multiple patterns Scalos will use
- a randomroutine to select one of them.
-
- "Tiled/Fit Size" - how should the pattern be displayed? If you like to use
- "Fit Size" you have to enable "use GUIGFX"
- "No remap" - don't remap the picture
-
- "use GUIGFX" - the GUIGFX library gives you a very fast and high quality rendering
- routines (e.g. the colorreduction and ditherring)
- "Pen Precision" - select the precision how the pens should be allocated
-
- GUIGFX Options:
- "AutoDither" - will enable dithering automatically if the picture may lose to many
- pens
- "Colorweight" - how many free pens should be used for your picture
-
- DefaultsPage:
- "asyncron Layout" - render the picture while reading the icons instead of waiting
- for the layout to finish before opening the window
- "use friendbitmap" - speed up the patternrefresh by using a second bitmap. Is
- ignored if you use a V43 picture.datatype and/or GUIGFX
- "always relayout" - scale the picture again if you change the window size
- "randomize everytime" - select one of the random patterns every time you open a
- window with the selected pattern instead of randomize the
- patterns only on bootup.
- "asyncron-Task priority" - TaskPri of the asynclayout task
- ... default patterns: Select where you whish to use which pattern.
-
- Additionals: With the tooltype "SCALOS_PATTERNNO" you can select a different patterns
- for the windows.
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-
- - Menu:
- That's the menu Scalos will use. Try out the menu-presets.
-
- - Scalos Mainprefs:
- Check it out. I don't have to write much about it. Don't forget to use Drag&Drop.
-
- Miscellaneous:
- "Auto Remove Icon" - remove the icon from display if you start dragging
- "Hardemulation" - Scalos will patch some private functions to make the standard
- Iconinfo available. Swazinfo work without HardEmu.
- "Non-masked clickarea" - if you enabled this you can only select transparent icons
- (e.g. newicons) by clicking directly on the image. Clicking
- in a transparent area of the icon will do nothing.
- "Menu Currentdir" - Set the currentdir to the window's dir if you start a AmigaDOS
- program via menu.
- "MMB Move" - Enable the scrolling of the innerwindow part using the middle mouse-
- button.
-
- PlugIn's:
- You can only add OOP Plugins here. Menu-Plugins are for use with the MenuPrefs only.
-
- PlugIns:
- OOP:
- These plugin's have to be added in the ScalosPrefs PlugIn list.
- "title_freepens.plugin" - addes "%wp" command to the title commands which shows the
- current free pens.
-
- Menu:
- These plugin's can be added in the MenuPrefs.
- "sorted_cleanup" - will sort the icons by name before it cleanups. Dir's will be sorted
- first.
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- SUPPORTED LIBRARIES
-
- guigfx.library (available at http://tek.flynet.de or the Aminet)
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- popupmenu.library - which is needed to use the popup menus (available: Aminet
- util/libs/pmuser.lha or http://www.algonet.se/~henisak/pm/pm.html)
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- newicon.library (available: Aminet)
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- DEVELOPER
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- If you are interessted in supporting Scalos, feel free to leave me a message. Developer
- files are available.
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- AUTHOR
-
- Stefan Sommerfeld
- Kaulbachstr. 3
- 14612 Falkensee
- Germany
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- Phone: ++49-[0]3322-202452
- EMail: zerocom@cs.tu-berlin.de
- WWW: www.cs.tu-berlin.de/~zerocom/aliendesign.html
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