Short:    Use 3 bitplane icons on >8 color WB (OS3.x, patch.library)
Author:   drizzt@trashcan.mcnet.de (Martin Hauner)
Uploader: m.hauner@tu-bs.de (Martin Hauner)
Type:     util/wb
Replaces: util/wb/SetPens1.0.lha



PatchWBPens  is  a  patch  like  MagicColors  for displaying icons stripped to 3
bitplanes in the correct colors on a Workbench screen with more than 8 colors.

I  wrote  it because I didn't get MagicColors so far that icons are displayed in
the  correct  colors  when the Workbench opens for the first time.
It  looks  not  very  perfect  when they have at first the wrong colors and then
after a few seconds change to the correct ones.

PatchWBPens is nearly a complete rewrite of SetPens1.0.


Features

PatchWBPens will set the correct color pens when:

    - the Workbench opens for the first time,

    - the Workbench was temporarily closed, (normally done by graphics programs to
      get more memory) 

    - the palette prefs has changed.


Requirements

    - It needs the patch.library V3 from Stefan Fuchs (util/libs/PatchLibV3.lha) 
      (included)

    - AmigaOS 3.x.
      (not included ;)


Installation

Just insert the following line anywhere before LoadWB. User-Startup will be fine.

run <>NIL: PatchWBPens



Misc

    -  You may remove PatchWBPens anytime by sending a break signal (CTRL-C).
       Though there is no reason to do that.

    -  Is  it  possible that setting new pen colors will not work correctly when
       the  palette  has  changed,  i.e.   not  all  pens are changed to the new
       colors.
       If  that  is  really the case, PatchWBPens sets the new colors before the
       Workbench (IPrefs) has changed the colors itself. 
       You  can  correct  this  by telling PatchWBPens to delay its work by n/50
       seconds. ( run <>NIL:  PatchWBPens n ) The default value for n is 1.

    -  PatchWBPens OpenWorkBench patch will not be called, if you have installed
       PatchControl, which is a replacment for SetMan. With SetMan it will work
       WITHOUT any problem. I have no idea what is wrong here.


Problems, Questions?

   write to: drizzt@trashcan.mcnet.de

   By  the  way,  would  be  nice  to get any response if anyone else than me is
   really using it... ;-)


============================= Archive contents =============================

Original  Packed Ratio    Date     Time    Name
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    6788    3776 44.3% 11-Aug-94 19:08:02  patch.library
    7621    3344 56.1% 13-Aug-94 18:35:16  Patch.man
    1352     840 37.8% 24-Nov-95 11:54:24  PatchWBPens
    2234    1109 50.3% 07-Dec-95 14:36:20  PatchWBPens.readme
-------- ------- ----- --------- --------
   17995    9069 49.6% 14-Dec-95 01:51:44   4 files