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- Short: Screenmode preferences V1.25 (CardWare)
- The program is controlable via keys and is font sensitiv.
- (Version date: 23.01.95)
-
- Type: os20/wb
-
- Author: stengle@pico.phys.chemie.tu-muenchen.de or
-
- USAGE:
- - Cursor to go up and down in the listview-gadget
- - f and shift-f to control the screendepth
- - enter to use selection
- - the rest of the keystrokes is visible in the
- program.
-
- Try it and you will like it.
-
- HISTORY:
- V1.6: - now works correctly with NewLookMenus (V39)
- (bug reported by )
- V1.7: - you can select a screenmode by double-clicking
- the resolution with mouse or by hitting return
- (proposed by Oliver Bausch )
- - included catalog source file for use with Catcomp
- V1.8: - recognizes the right values for width and height
- gadgets at startup
- (bug reported by )
- V1.9: - use overscan-values as defaults for width and
- height gadgets. (bug reported by )
- - centered the info text on the right side
- V1.10:- now supports cli- and tooltypes-argument FROM
- example:
- 'screenmode from=sys:prefs/presets/xxx.pref'
- or fill in the tooltypes of your icon:
- FROM=sys:prefs/presets/xxx.pref
- V1.11:- no more support of tooltypes-argument FROM
- now supports cli-argument FROM and USE
- example:
- 'screenmode FROM sys:prefs/presets/xxx.pref'
- selects the once saved screenmode in the
- requester
- or
- 'screenmode FROM sys:prefs/presets/xxx.pref USE'
- changes workbench immediately to the saved
- mode
- V1.12:- bug fix: there was no error message when a file
- was selected as prefs (with FROM) and the file
- didn't exist.
- V1.13:- improved output in window
- now supports cli-argument FROM, USE and SAVE
- o USE: temporarily use the selected screenmode
- o SAVE: use now and next on reboot
- V1.13:- improved output in window
- now supports cli-argument FROM, USE and SAVE
- o USE: temporarily use the selected screenmode
- o SAVE: use now and next on reboot
- V1.14:- added cursor left and right for changing colors
- V1.15:- text output now with TEXTPEN and BACKGROUNDPEN
- of screens DrawInfo-structure
- V1.16:- added shift-cursor-up and shift-cursor-down to
- scroll faster trough list of displaymodes
- - textoutput works with all KS Versions up from 2.04
- V1.17:- fixed enforcer-hit
- V1.18:- bug fix when loading old prefs
- V1.19:- border around button shows selection when hitting return
- V1.20:- bug fixed: now standard-mode is used when no environment-file
- for screenmode was found
- V1.21:- included danish catalogfile (thanks to Klaus Alexander Seistrup)
- V1.22:- bugfix ???
- V1.23:- bugfix of listview, that appeared under KS2.x (I hope it works now)
- V1.24:- correct versionstring
- V1.25:- added escape to quit displaymode
-
- COPYRIGHT
- DisplayMode is freely distributable. It is "CardWare" (look under AUTHOR).
- DisplayMode is free to be spread on public-domain and shareware disks
- especially on Fred Fish's AmigaLibDisks, as long as they are sold for
- a reasonable charge that is less than US $6 or DM 8.- .
- For use in commercial products the permission of the authors is required.
- DisplayMode may be copied and distributed via electronic networks such
- as the Internet, also it may be held available on anonymous ftp-servers,
- mail-boxes or BBS's.
- The Copyright is still by the Author.
-
- AUTHOR
- Martin Stengle
- Kaspar-Kerll-Str. 37
- 81245 München
- Germany
-
- Internet: stengle@pico.phys.chemie.tu-muenchen.de
-
- PS.: IF YOU USE THIS PROGRAM, YOU MUST SEND ME A POSTCARD !!
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-
-
- REQUIREMENTS
- o Any Amiga with Kickstart 2.04 (V37) or higher
-
- OPTIONS - CLI ARGUMENTS
- DisplayMode now knows some Cli-Args which may be issued on the
- command line. (FROM/K,USE/S,SAVE/S)
-
- Here are the Cli-Args the program recognizes.
-
- FROM <filename>
- the file filename will be loaded as preferences
- USE
- the loaded file will be used as new prefs until
- next reboot
- SAVE
- the loaded file will be used as new prefs and are
- also active on next reboot
-
- TESTING
- This program was developed on an A4000/040 and was tested on the
- following configurations:
- o A4000/040, 241 MB & 120 MB IDE HDs, 1GB SCSI HD, oMniBus-Gfx-System,
- 2 MB Chip-RAM and 8 MB Fast-RAM. (OS3.0)
-
- E-Mail to:
- stengle@pico.phys.chemie.tu-muenchen.de
-