Short: Comprehensive Public Screen Manager V1.0 Author: nick.christie@oucs.ox.ac.uk (Nick Christie) Uploader: nick.christie@oucs.ox.ac.uk (Nick Christie) Version: 1.0 Type: util/wb Requires: AmigaOS V2.04+, MUI V2.3+ or BGUI V38+. Distribution: Freeware ScreenMaster is a fully-featured public screen manager of modular construction with both ARexx and GUI interfaces. The GUI module is available in both BGUI and MUI versions. Both provide font-sensitive, keyboard-controllable gadgets in a resizeable window. Neither BGUI nor MUI are included: get them from AmiNet in directories dev/gui and util/libs. Features: o Works with AmigaOS 2.04 and above, takes advantage of OS3 if present. o Complete control over the specification of new public screens. o Can add backdrop patterns/pictures to public screens. o Can add menus to public screens, with screen management functions, plus user-defined Tools menu for launching applications. o Option to AutoClose screen when all visitor windows have left. o Control over open public screens: close screen, make default, move to front/back, display screen attributes. o Control over system public screen flags: PopPubScreen and Shanghai. o ARexx host provides comprehensive public screen management facilities for your ARexx scripts. o Save screen specification from the GUI to an automatically generated ARexx script, just double click to open the screen again. o Can be started from Workbench or Shell. o Commodity option, with user-definable popup hotkey. o Font-sensitive gadget layout in resizeable windows using either BGUI or MUI systems. o Opens on the default public screen, optionally on a named one. o All gadgets have keyboard shortcuts. o AmigaGuide documentation, available on-line. o Installer script included. o Locale support for presenting all text and messages in the user's preferred language, plus the option to override and specify the language. Limitations: o No catalog translations available at the present time. o Some OS3-specific features not yet implemented. $VER: ScreenMaster.readme 1.0 (10.12.95) ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 1144 577 49.5% 10-Dec-95 05:36:42 ScreenMaster.info 1144 568 50.3% 10-Dec-95 05:25:36 +Catalogs.info 6067 1813 70.1% 09-Jul-95 19:44:22 +ScreenBacker.cd 5878 1795 69.4% 10-Jul-95 00:47:36 +ScreenBacker.ct 4179 1417 66.0% 09-Jul-95 19:44:16 +ScreenDaemon.cd 4071 1406 65.4% 10-Jul-95 00:49:18 +ScreenDaemon.ct 10037 2958 70.5% 10-Dec-95 04:40:06 +ScreenMaster.cd 9257 2877 68.9% 15-Jul-95 19:35:20 +ScreenMaster.ct 8033 2350 70.7% 11-Sep-95 01:25:34 +ScreenMenuEd.cd 7628 2320 69.5% 10-Dec-95 05:20:16 +ScreenMenuEd.ct 3855 1792 53.5% 10-Dec-95 04:23:06 +Translators.readme 1144 570 50.1% 10-Dec-95 05:25:36 +Docs.info 22526 6784 69.8% 10-Dec-95 04:24:36 +ScreenBacker.guide 1433 936 34.6% 10-Dec-95 03:55:06 +ScreenBacker.guide.info 21233 6173 70.9% 10-Dec-95 04:24:06 +ScreenDaemon.guide 1433 936 34.6% 10-Dec-95 03:55:06 +ScreenDaemon.guide.info 63195 17753 71.9% 10-Dec-95 04:26:42 +ScreenMaster.guide 1433 933 34.8% 10-Dec-95 03:55:06 +ScreenMaster.guide.info 25650 6831 73.3% 10-Dec-95 04:25:08 +ScreenMenuEd.guide 1433 938 34.5% 10-Dec-95 03:55:06 +ScreenMenuEd.guide.info 1144 568 50.3% 10-Dec-95 05:25:36 +Icons.info 1496 693 53.6% 10-Dec-95 03:57:10 +def_ScreenMaster.info 1692 1002 40.7% 10-Dec-95 03:57:10 +def_ScreenMenuEd.info 1144 573 49.9% 10-Dec-95 05:25:36 +Programs.info 1144 569 50.2% 10-Dec-95 03:59:04 +BGUI.info 34436 17399 49.4% 10-Dec-95 04:49:26 +ScreenMaster 2408 1443 40.0% 10-Dec-95 04:00:16 +ScreenMaster.info 23476 11992 48.9% 10-Dec-95 05:12:38 +ScreenMenuEd 2106 1282 39.1% 10-Dec-95 04:00:46 +ScreenMenuEd.info 1144 571 50.0% 10-Dec-95 04:01:06 +MUI.info 30836 15182 50.7% 10-Dec-95 05:02:36 +ScreenMaster 2083 1237 40.6% 10-Dec-95 04:01:44 +ScreenMaster.info 20216 10446 48.3% 10-Dec-95 05:19:16 +ScreenMenuEd 1965 1190 39.4% 10-Dec-95 04:01:54 +ScreenMenuEd.info 20112 11513 42.7% 10-Dec-95 04:30:16 +ScreenBacker 1947 1186 39.0% 10-Dec-95 03:58:12 +ScreenBacker.info 14640 8418 42.5% 10-Dec-95 04:35:10 +ScreenDaemon 1979 1201 39.3% 10-Dec-95 03:58:42 +ScreenDaemon.info 11061 2548 76.9% 10-Dec-95 05:35:34 +ScreenMaster.install 1954 1071 45.1% 10-Dec-95 05:25:36 +ScreenMaster.install.info 2327 1168 49.8% 10-Dec-95 04:22:16 +ScreenMaster.pi 2174 1059 51.2% 10-Dec-95 04:22:48 +ScreenMaster.readme 1448 700 51.6% 10-Dec-95 05:25:36 +ScreenMaster.readme.info -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 383705 154738 59.6% 13-Dec-95 00:57:52 43 files