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- Directory Opus 5 release 5.5 - Notes 20th August 1996
-
- Thank you for purchasing Directory Opus. We hope you enjoy using the
- program as much as we do!
-
- Registration Procedure
-
- The registration process used in Directory Opus 5 has been
- designed to be of minimal inconvenience to the legitimate
- purchaser but at the same time protect our rights and investment
- in the development of the product. We have experimented with a
- number of procedures, many of which were much harsher in
- operation to the one now used. We believe that with your help,
- the current serialisation system and registration can work well
- for both you and us.
-
- In the current Amiga market, software piracy means that we and
- other developers will not be able to continue to develop software
- for the Amiga. This would be a loss to all of us! We encourage
- you to show Directory Opus to friends but not to give them copies
- of the disk.
-
- Remember the old saying, Pass the word not this disk.
-
- Each registration number is unique and ensures your personal
- registration. You will need to quote this for technical support
- and to be eligible for any updates and for future upgrades.
-
- The registration procedure used in Directory Opus locks the
- program into the hard disk onto which it is installed. If you
- copy Opus to another drive or use one of the disk re-organisers
- you will have to re-register your copy of Opus with the serial
- number supplied in your package.
-
- If you obtain a Directory Opus 5 package that does not contain a
- serial registration number, please contact us immediately.
-
-
- Languages
-
- Directory Opus 5 has been written in full compliance with the
- Amiga Locale system and can therefore be made available in any
- language supported by Locale. As time goes by we will endeavour
- to make non-English language catalogs available (generally
- through AmiNet). If you wish to volunteer to create a catalog
- for your local language which is not currently supported by Opus
- 5, please contact us or your local distributor for details of
- localised versions.
-
-
- ARexx Scripts
-
- We have provided a set of ARexx scripts which have been supplied
- by enthusiastic Opus 5 users. These are contained in the
- Dopus5:Arexx directory. GPSoftware provides these scripts AS IS
- with no explicit or implied warranty or support. Please contact
- the original authors for any information. There are several
- other ARexx scripts under development and we plan to make these
- available via public sources such as the Internet and Aminet. We
- are in the process of setting up an internet site to provide such
- support, help and assistance for Directory Opus 5. Stay tuned...
-
-
- Displaying a picture on Opus startup
-
- Opus has a hidden feature which allows you to display a picture
- while the program is loading. For the startup picture to be
- displayed, you need to use the STARTUPPIC keyword on the command
- line when invoking the program or running via loaddb. For
- example, when running Opus as workbench startup, you could change
- your S:startup-sequence and change the c:LoadWB command to
-
- c:LoadWB STARTUPPIC=dopus5:StartupPic
-
- Or, you could set it to:
-
- c:LoadWB STARTUPPIC=dopus5:StartupPic|3
-
- The "|3" makes DOpus wait at least 3 seconds before removing the
- picture.
-
- It wouldn't really hurt to change your startup-sequence to do
- this as those keywords don't mean anything to the old loadwb
- command.
-
- We have provided a couple of sample pictures on the Opus55_Extras
- disk (StartupPicA and StartupPicB) in this installation. These
- are NOT installed by the installer script but you can simply
- drag them across to your Dopus5: drawer at a later date if you
- wish to use them.
-
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-
- Directory Opus 5.5 Update Release Notes
-
- The following changes were made since the manual went to press.
-
- General changes:
-
- - FindFile now has a "New Lister" button in the requester. If you
- click this, a new lister will be opened showing the directory of
- the found file, and the search will continue in the original
- lister.
-
- - A trial lister editing system was added at a late stage. This is
- still under development, so there is no configuration option for
- it. Instead, set the environment variable dopus/ListerEditing
- (eg setenv dopus/ListerEditing 1). You can copy this variable to
- envarc:dopus if you wish to make the change permanent.
-
- This system allows you to perform Rename, Datestamp, Protect and
- Comment functions directly in the lister (in name mode only). To
- edit something, click and hold the left button over the item
- without moving the mouse for about half a second. If you have a
- three-button mouse, just click the middle mouse button over it.
-
- For example, to change a filename, click and hold over the name.
- A cursor will then appear which allows you to edit the item.
- Press return to keep changes or escape to abort. You can also
- use the cursor keys to move up and down lines, and tab/shift-tab
- to move between fields. Cut, paste, copy and undo are also
- supported via the normal keys.
-
- - Opus no longer looks for SoundTracker modules itself. The
- recognition method used by the inovamusic.library was causing
- problems with files being erroneously recognised, and it was also
- slowing down the recognition of other filetypes.
-
- If you want Opus to recognise mods now, you need to create a
- specific filetype for it. A sample one is included in this
- archive. The new filetype command "Sound Module" will match if
- the inovamusic.library recognises the file as a mod.
-
-
- Changes to ARexx commands:
-
- - Custom handlers now get 'snapshot' and 'unsnapshot' messages for
- their listers. Arg0 contains the message type, and Arg1 contains
- the lister handle.
-
- - The 'dopus read' rexx command can now take a 'delete' parameter,
- specifying that the file is to be deleted once the user has
- finished reading it (this is good for temporary files).
-
- For example,
-
- dopus read delete t:temp-file
-
- - The 'dopus command' function now has a couple of additional
- parameters.
-
- The 'ext' keyword in conjunction with the 'type' parameter allows
- you to add filetype-specific items to the object popup menus
- (these are now known as PopUpExtensions). The 'ext' parameter
- specifies the text to be displayed in the menu, and the 'type'
- parameter specifies the type of object this menu is displayed
- for. You may have multiple occurrences of the 'type' parameter
- (but only one 'ext').
-
- You can specify either the filetype description or its ID for the
- 'type' (the ID is checked first). You can also specify one of
- the following keywords :
-
- all, disk, drawer, tool, project, trash, baddisk, leftout
-
- There is also a new 'private' keyword for the 'dopus command'
- function. If this is specified, the command is added as private,
- meaning it will not show up in the command list.
-
- Check out the 'arcbrowse.dopus5' and 'check.dopus5' modules for
- example usage.
-
- - There is a new 'editing' option for the 'lister set <h> handler'
- If you specify 'editing', lister editing will be enabled for this
- lister. The message your handler will receive on completion of
- an edit is :
-
- Arg0 - "edit"
- Arg1 - lister handle
- Arg2 - entry name
- Arg3 - "name", "protect", "date", "comment"
- Arg4 - new string
- Arg5 - entry userdata
-
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- Dr Greg Perry, August 20th 1996
- GPSoftware, PO Box 570 , ASHGROVE AUSTRALIA 4060
- Phone/Fax +61 7 33661402
- MailTo: zzgperry@mailbox.uq.oz.au
- URL: http://www.livewire.com.au/gpsoft
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