Short: AmigaOS multipurpose filemanager Author: email@martin-elsner.de (Martin R. Elsner) Uploader: email@martin-elsner.de (Martin R. Elsner) Version: 4.31 Type: util/wb Requires: AmigaOS 3.5 or 3.9 Kurz: vielseitiger AmigaOS Dateimanager ClassAction is more than a file manager for AmigaOS; you are able to define classes of files, and actions for each class. It is - a file manager for copying, moving, deleting, renaming, adding icons, showing information, viewing and extracting archives - a class manager that allows to view, edit, (un)pack, compile, start ... the files - with FTPMount an easy way to use FTP! It is the perfect add-on to OS 3.5 and 3.9. Get the recent news at http://www.martin-elsner.de/ Changes since the last main release: 04/11/01 (V4.31): - Bugs removed: Icon commands use correct filename, GETSIZE shows correct size, SNAPSHOT works. - Zoom gadget enlarges ClassAction to screen size. - Added Czech catalog (thanks to Roman Brychta!) 28/10/01 : V4.3 - POPPPING UPPP !!! - optionally 2 or more Path buttons above each lister, working like tabs. - Left and right lister are equivalent !! The active list is identified by the green light above it and is mentioned in the hint at the bottom. All commands and actions are working with the active lister if no other option is specified (e.g. PARENT, MAKEDIR, ...). - The REFRESH command is now available next to the parent button for each lister. - Path menu and lister history have been replaced by popup menus. Press the right mouse button over the parent button for the history and over the path gadget for the path menu. - In conjunction, a configurable number of paths are now buffered (at least 10 directories). They will be refreshed by the internal command REFRESH, after internal commands that request refreshing and after defined commands with the option "Rescan Dir". ClassAction remembers the position in the browser as soon as you return to a buffered path. - ClassAction now reacts on a diskchange and updates the volume list (can be switched off in the menu and in CAPrefs). - The list of actions is not visible; instead: - different double click meanings: on the image or on the name : call the standard action on the size : count the bytes (for directories) on the bits : open WBInfo requester to change attributes - The actions are now available through a popup menu, shown by the right mouse button. That requires popupmenu.library which can be downloaded at http://www.boing.nu/pm/index.html It has a special prefs program to adjust its look. - Cut'n paste allows copying filenames to clipboard and copying the files from clipboard into the source directory. - Extended menu with edit possibilities, especially cut'n paste and searching via the Workbench Find. - Improved key handling with more built in commands: tab switches between listers, cursor keys with shift and ctrl for faster moving, alt + right to move left dir to right lister evv., F4,F5,F6,F7 as shortcuts for volumes,copy,move,makedir. The CAP commands, classes and actions can be browsed with the cursor keys. - Fonts and background can now be configured. - Softlinks are now shown by a drawer or file icon with arrow. - New internal commands : ABOUT shows the info requester. CLIPCOPY first part of cut'n paste. DUPLICATE duplicates the selected files. HELP shows ClassAction.guide. ICONIFY iconifies ClassAction. CLIPPASTE second part of cut'n paste. POPUP opens the popup window with all defined actions for the selected file(s). PREFS opens ClassActionPrefs. QUIT should never be used ;) RENAME renames the selected files, dirs and volumes. SEARCH opens the well known workbench 'Find' in the source path. You can now write the commands like you want, they don't have to be any more in upper case. - New options : 'Delete icons' lets you decide if icons shall be deleted with the file. 'Update on changes' tells ClassAction to reload the volume list if it has changed. 'Cached Paths' sets the number of buffered paths. 'Path buttons' sets the number of path buttons above each lister. 'Menu font' sets the font for the popup menus, 'Lister font' the font for the listers. 'Background' takes a pattern file to fill the window. - Time is now shown with a comma before to improve the overview. - Hints: o If you don't install the new prefs, replace the command for the action 'Directory->Rename' by the internal 'RENAME'; this works also for volumes! o You don't need two icons for devices, makedir and refresh: just remove the lister number from the internal command, and your click will always affect the current (source) lister! 02/07/01 : V4.2 - THE NEXT GENERATION ! - Added configurable icon bars and key commands. - New optional parent button. - Changed path buttons to popup menus for both listers. You can define 20 paths. - Added option to show a popup menu with recent listed paths (lister history). - ClassActionPrefs can now configure all options, the path menu and the new commands; the most changes are immediately shown if you choose use or save; the menu has been adapted to standard prefs programs. - Added Abort Button to stop copying, moving, ... - Added AppIcon functionality to ClassActionPrefs. - Added internal commands REFRESH and GETSIZE to refresh a lister and to get the size of the selected files in the source lister. - Files in archives can now be double-clicked which opens the known popup menu with specific actions (for this purpose the file will be temporary stored in t: ). - Also in the destination dir you can double-click and perform class actions! - The size of volumes is shown. - Added variables [SRC],[SRCS] for source dir with or without trailing '/' and [DST], [DSTS] for the destination dir. Variables [f],[s],[b],[x] are still recognized but should be replaced by "[F]","[S]","[B]","[X]". - Added option to show devices. - Added option to show also time in listers. - Added option to check before copying if there is enough place on the destination drive. - Move the mouse over the string gadget for source or destination to see the complete path, or over the listers to see how many files there are, and how many are selected. - Replaced Intuition requesters by Reaction requesters that open under the mouse and allow keyboard control. - Added images for volumes, assigns, drawers and files in listers, two sizes available, new program icons (thanks to Martin Eriksson!). - Added key control for source lister (use cursor keys to scroll the view). - Updated options menu similar to the ClassActionPrefs option list. - Drop icons also on destination lister. - Updated manual including an index. - Combined all config files and tooltypes to one big expandable file for optimization and greater clarity. - Bugs removed: SURE requester works correct, Copy does no more skip files, action list is always shown correct, and more ... 22/04/01 : V4.1 - Both listers now show name, size, date and protection bits, and can be sorted by name, size or date (click on column title). Adjust the columns by clicking on the "invisible" separators. - Lha and zip archives can be browsed like real directories! You can copy (=add) files to an archive or copy (=extract) files from archives (with path). All other methods are impossible inside archives. (For viewing and extraction you only need xadmaster.library, adding is done via the commands "lha" and "zip" which have to be somewhere in the systems path. It is only possible to add files to the root dir of the archive.) - The PopUpWindow now contains buttons, POPUPWIDTH and POPUPHEIGHT are obsolete, window will always open. - Added tooltype DATESTRING to specify if you want "today" etc. instead of the dd-mmm-yy date. - Added tooltype MUIQUIT to iconify the window with the close gadget. - Added keys KEY_DEL (standard: ) and KEY_RENAME () as shortcut for deleting and renaming. - "Swap" rewritten and much faster. - "Copy" now uses option CLONE to keep date and protection bits. - Replace requester shows size and date of the two files. - Text requester opens always under the mouse. - After actions the old position in the list is shown, not the top. - Busy pointer and filename display while copying,... - Path buttons have always the same size and are really removed if you specify less than 13 paths. - Bugs removed: copy .info works correct, "move as" also, WBInfo now displays devices correct (thanks to Stephan Rupprecht!) 31/03/01 : V4.0 - "Rewritten" the program to use Reaction and new OS3.5+ features. - Now only 13 path buttons can be configured (should be enough!). - Manager actions are now images! - Devices are now shown in the normal file list. - New buttons: MakeDir also for right file list, WbInfo, AddIcon, MoveAs, all the selecting methods. - Added a menu(!) with help, preferences, settings, ... - Added asynchronous help! - Added a progress bar for copying/moving/... - Now the class of a file is the one with the MOST fitting offsets, not the first one that matches. - Comment optimization and Tooltype NOCOMMENT removed. - New tooltypes: COPYICONS,CREATEICONS,DRAWERSFIRST,HELPFILE,SHOWHELP X,Y,WIDTH,HEIGHT,POPUPWIDTH,POPUPHEIGHT,more keys - ARexx port is now CLASSACTION.1 to make handling easier