Short: WB-Patch, faking Default-Icons for different Filetypes
Author: schulz@rhrk.uni-kl.de (Stefan Schulz)
Uploader: schulz@rhrk.uni-kl.de (Stefan Schulz)
Version: 1.10
Type: util/wb
Long:
IconChief is a Program which causes the Workbench to use more than just
the usual 6 Default-Icons for Files. If you take a look at a drawer via
Workbench using the Option "all Files" of the Menuitem "Show", all Files
which have no Icon will be displayed using one of three Default-Icons, as
there are Drawer, Program and Project. The other 3 Default-icons are
reserved for Disks, Kickstart-Disks and, of course, the Trashcan.
Especially for files of the kind Program and Project you can find out the
contents of this file by analysing or by extensions. For example if it is a
LHA-Archive or a Text can easily be detected. But even under OS 3.1 the
system doesn't pay attention to it and uses one Standard-Icon for all those
different kinds of files.
Now comes IconChief to do what you miss. When displaying the Files, each
of them will be analysed and a Default-Icon will be selected depending on
the detected kind of the file. The workbench will get this Default-Icon as
the "real" Icon owing to the File. The advantage you get is a better
optical representation of the kind of a File. Furthermore, you can set the
Tooltypes of the single Default-Icons depending on the kind. So you can
simply call a program for a file by double-clicking the Icon, e.g. a
Textviewer or a Pictureviewer, displaying Archives or playing Music.
The analysis of the files will be done using the WhatIs.library, written
by Sylvain Rougier and Pierre Carrette.
This is required for using IconChief:
o AmigaOS 2.0 (37) or higher
o WhatIs.library Version 3 or higher
NEW FEATURES SINCE 1.00:
o some enforcer hits removed
o selective deep scan
o disk.info replacement
============================= Archive contents =============================
Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
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920 476 48.2% 23-Oct-95 17:58:44 IconChief.info
938 481 48.7% 23-Oct-95 17:45:42 +Doc.info
16756 7267 56.6% 22-Sep-95 01:16:30 +IconChief_deutsch.guide
1461 599 59.0% 22-Nov-95 22:51:18 +IconChief_deutsch.guide.info
14419 6110 57.6% 22-Sep-95 01:41:22 +IconChief_english.guide
1461 604 58.6% 22-Nov-95 22:51:30 +IconChief_english.guide.info
13892 7757 44.1% 22-Sep-95 00:29:20 +IconChief
19 19 0.0% 11-Jun-95 14:49:54 +IconChief.CleanupList
2267 759 66.5% 23-Oct-95 17:44:48 +IconChief.info
24 24 0.0% 22-Sep-95 00:10:06 +IconChief.NoDeepScanList
1 1 0.0% 22-Sep-95 10:09:16 +eauPal4.Docs
933 474 49.1% 02-Oct-95 12:39:24 +eauPal4.Docs.info
1452 584 59.7% 22-Sep-95 10:12:14 +eauPal4.IconChief.guide.info
1447 525 63.7% 22-Sep-95 10:12:24 +eauPal4.IconChief.info
1 1 0.0% 22-Sep-95 10:09:16 +eauPal4.IconChief_drawer
933 485 48.0% 02-Oct-95 12:39:24 +eauPal4.IconChief_drawer.info
1 1 0.0% 22-Sep-95 10:09:16 +eauPal8.Docs
1285 541 57.8% 02-Oct-95 12:39:24 +eauPal8.Docs.info
2087 721 65.4% 22-Sep-95 10:12:18 +eauPal8.IconChief.guide.info
2087 614 70.5% 22-Sep-95 10:12:16 +eauPal8.IconChief.info
1 1 0.0% 22-Sep-95 10:09:16 +eauPal8.IconChief_drawer
1285 556 56.7% 02-Oct-95 12:39:26 +eauPal8.IconChief_drawer.info
1 1 0.0% 22-Sep-95 10:09:16 +mwbPal.Docs
1285 553 56.9% 02-Oct-95 12:39:26 +mwbPal.Docs.info
2087 709 66.0% 22-Sep-95 10:12:20 +mwbPal.IconChief.guide.info
2087 615 70.5% 22-Sep-95 10:12:20 +mwbPal.IconChief.info
1 1 0.0% 22-Sep-95 10:09:16 +mwbPal.IconChief_drawer
1285 561 56.3% 02-Oct-95 12:39:26 +mwbPal.IconChief_drawer.info
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70416 31040 55.9% 24-Nov-95 16:40:44 28 files