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Author: s.e.m.lichtendahl at its.tudelft.nl (Stephan Lichtendahl)
Uploader:s e m lichtendahl its tudelft nl (Stephan Lichtendahl)
Type:util/wb
Version:2.7
Architecture:m68k-amigaos
Date:2000-11-19
Requires:AmigaOS 3.5, PopupMenu.library v9.3, Reqtools.library v38.1436, WBStart.library 2.2
Download:util/wb/Dynamite.lha - View contents
Readme:util/wb/Dynamite.readme
Downloads:827

Just one (big) change: the addition of an icon cache.

Introduction:
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OK, so it is another one of those Windoze Start button lookalikes. However,
with this one you can browse your directory tree without ever needing to wait
for icons to load, because they are loaded dynamically. In addition, icons are
shown for files that do not have icons (based on filetype) and thumbnails are
created on the fly for Jpeg pictures. Most importantly, Dynamite is a lot
faster in loading icons, especially default icons, than Workbench / DOpus.

Features
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 · Easy browsing to directories, starting files (with filetype recognition) and
   performing file management (internal functions for copy, move, delete, etc.).
 · From the start button you can browse your (virtual) directory tree; at the
   same time the dock icons next to the start button provide additonal browsers.

 · You can drop icons on files to change the icon image or on hotlists to add
   items to the hotlist (or even on the start button to change the image).

 · Supports old, NewIcons and OS3.5 icon formats (and conversion to OS3.5 format)
 · Shows default icons for files that do not have icons, based on filetype.
 · Can scale all icons to a specified size.

 · Shows thumbnails for all types of pictures, created on the fly.

 Dynamite is faster in displaying icons than Workbench / DOpus, because:
 · Only those icons are loaded that are on the current and next two "pages".
 · Only one default icon is loaded for each filetype and reused for every file
   of the same type.
 · You don't have to wait for the icons or thumbnails to finish loading.
 · All icons loaded are cached, so browser contents are reloaded very fast

 · Files and directories can be added to various hotlists or as dock icons.
 · Supports the creation of hierarchical hotlist structures, i.e. you can have
   one hotlist opening another and that one another, ...

 · Filetype recognition is based on file extensions. The "def_*.info" files in
   the "EnvArc:sys/" directory are used as default icons (e.g. "def_doc.info"
   for a "*.doc" file). The "Default Tool" entry is used to open a file and an
   "EDIT" tooltype can be specified as an alternative tool.

 · Memory pools are used to reduce memory fragmentation.

Version History
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Important: as usual, it is recommended to read the documentation!

Dynamite 2.7:
 · Added icon cache for speeding up icon loading in browsers !
 · The 'Flush icons' feature flushes the unused icons from the cache.
 · The 'Reload icon' option in the icon popup menu reloads an icon from disk.
 · BugFix: icons will start loading on opening a browser window

Dynamite 2.6:
 · Completely rewrote the copy, move and delete routines. They no longer use
   external commands (ie. copy and delete) and now work like you expect from
   Workbench and DOpus. Very fast with WinUAE. A progress window is shown and
   can be used to abort the operation (by clicking the close gadget).
 · Removed the limitation of 16 browser windows (including main window).
 · Added 'Reload drawer' to browser popup menu to reload the contents.
 · Resizing of browser windows is now smarter when items are added or removed;
   also, the windows are placed above (and thus never hide) the dock window.
 · Added tooltypes POPDOCK and NOPOPWIN to turn on and off the automatic pop to
   front feature for the dock window and browser windows, resp.
 · Items in hotlists are no longer sorted (just added in sequence).
 · Devices are permanently removed from the main hotlist if the hotlist is saved
   after removal. Edit the main hotlist file by hand to get them back.
 · The 'Open with' option is now a submenu again, which includes the old feature
   'select tool in browser to open items with'.
 · The last commands entered with the 'Open with -> other...' feature can be
   selected from the submenu. They are saved when the docks are saved.
 · The dock icons will popup their name if the mouse rests over them (tooltips).

Dynamite 2.5:
 · BugFix: For copy & paste icon images and dropping icons on windows the icon's
   transparency settings are now taken into account.
 · BugFix: Now launches Arexx scripts a bit differently to prevent problems.
 · BugFix: static strings that contained Arexx functions would accidentily get
   changed (such as for CLOSEVIEW) so they could only be executed properly once.
 · Added tooltype TOP to specify the top coordinate of the main button window
 · Added tooltype CLICKCLOSE to close a window (and its parents) when a program
   is started by clicking the file.
 · Pressing Escape closes a window (and its parents).


Contents of util/wb/Dynamite.lha
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[generic]                 1711    1906  89.8% -lh5- eec9 Nov 18  2000 Dynamite.info
[generic]                24821   46792  53.0% -lh5- 1055 Nov 18  2000 Dynamite/dynamite
[generic]                13850   38360  36.1% -lh5- 120e Nov 18  2000 Dynamite/DYNAMITE.guide
[generic]                 1810    2012  90.0% -lh5- 2681 Nov 18  2000 Dynamite/DYNAMITE.guide.info
[generic]                 1174    1408  83.4% -lh5- ad1a Nov 18  2000 Dynamite/dynamite.info
[generic]                 2224    4960  44.8% -lh5- f39d Nov 18  2000 Dynamite/Dynamite.readme
[generic]                 1058    1527  69.3% -lh5- 91dd Nov 18  2000 Dynamite/Dynamite.readme.info
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