Introduction
************
Anyone using the Amiga probably runs into public screens sooner or
later. Perhaps you are reading this on a public screen right now?
Public screens are very handy. However, public screens are not as
configurable as the workbench screen. Most programs that are able to
run on a public screen have more or less options to configure the looks
of the screen they run on, but programs capable of adding nice patterns
or pictures to the screens' background are very rare. The programmers
are not to blame, since it would be a waste of HD space if every
program had all these options built-in. Wouldn't it be nice if there
was just one small commodity capable of opening configurable public
screens whenever an application needs one, and closing the screen
automatically after the application is done? This is where
`ScreenWizard' steps in.
Let's say you've defined a screen named 'FOOBAR' using the
preferences program. Now, whenever a program tries to display itself on
this screen, `ScreenWizardCX' (the commodity) will create this screen
for the program to run on, with all bells and whistles. So, the
following command makes multiview display it's picture on a screen you
defined, without you having to worry about opening and closing the
screen yourself.
7.Workbench:Utilities> multiview foobar.ilbm pubscreen=FOOBAR
As the program isn't very complicated, this is where the
documentation stops. Let's conclude with a small summary of features:
`ScreenWizard' consists of a stand-alone preferences program, and a
small commodity. Once the program is configured, only the
commodity needs to be resident, eating up very little memory.
Screens are opened and closed just as if the screens were opened by
the programs themselves. So now you can give your favourite editor
a nice background (instead of the standard boring grey look),
without the hassle of opening/closing screens yourself (which is
most common for other public screen managers).
Background pictures, as well as background patterns are supported.
Very configurable screens: palette, displaymode, drawing pens and
more, all these can be set after your personal taste.
|
aminet net>