Wibby is (c) 2000-2001 John Mason
Please read the Changes file for info on new features and bugfixes.
Wibby is another taskbar type program, but my main goal in writing it was to make
something that was small, fast, and useful. Please, let me know if you like Wibby!
== DISCLAIMER ==================================================================
As usual, no one, including myself, will be held responsible for any direct or
indirect damages of any kind resulting from the use of Wibby (or the reading
of this text file for that matter!).
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Requirements:
Any Amiga with Kickstart 3.0 or greater (not tested on 2.x, might work)
Some RAM
WBStart.library (by Stefan Becker) for more intelligent "Left out icons" mode
Installation:
Put Wibby in your WBStartup drawer. :)
Setup:
Wibby can be configured using Tooltypes. Currently they are:
OPENON - The screen(s) to open on. The values for this tooltype are:
ALL - Wibby will open on any and all screens.
WORKBENCH - Wibby will only open on the Workbench Screen.
THESE - Wibby will only open on screens you specify (see below)
NOTTHESE - Wibby will open on all screens except those you specify (see
below)
For the THESE and NOTTHESE settings, you must also specify a list of
screennames. To do this, add some tooltypes like these:
SCREEN1=Workbench Screen
SCREEN2=Someother Screen
etc.
Note that the screen name used here should match the screen's default title,
which is shown in brackets following the screen name in screens mode unless
the default title is the same as the screen's current title. Since the screen
associated with a given program can change, future versions may check screens
by taskname instead...
LEFTOUTVOLNAME - The volume to use for the left out icon mode (see below).
Note the volume name should NOT include a colon.
HELPSTAYS - If this is set to YES, then one the help box has opened, it will
stay open, even if you switch modes.
HELPTIME - Use this to specify in tenths of a second how long Wibby should
wait before opening its help box. If this is not specified, Wibby
will default to a one second delay.
MODERESET - This tooltype causes Wibby to return to a default mode each
time you use it. If this tooltype is present, you can also
add the DEFAULTMODE tooltype, and give it one of these values:
WINDOWS - Default to windows mode
SCREENS - Default to screens mode
COMMODITIES - Default to commodities mode
GUI Pen Tooltypes:
Wibby allows you to set the colours used for its interface. There are
seven tooltypes for doing this:
TEXTFG - The colour for each button's title
TEXTBG - The background for each button
SHINE - The colour for the shine of each button (top and left sides)
SHADOW - The colour for the shadow of each button (bottom and right sides)
HELPFG - The colour for the help box's text
HELPBG - The colour for the help box's background
HELPBORDER - The colour for the help box's border
To set the colour to use for each of these items, set the tooltype value
to the RGB value you want, ie:
"TEXTFG=255,255,255" for full white
"TEXTFG=0,0,0" for full black
"TEXTFG=255,0,0" for full red
Wibby will try to find the best pen in the screen's palette to represent
your chosen colour, so the colours may not be exactly the same on each
screen.
Usage:
Once installed, Wibby will appear when you move the mouse to the bottom of the
Workbench screen. If you need to point at the bottom of the screen without
activating Wibby, hold down the left shift key. When Wibby opens, there should
be several buttons along the bottom of the screen, one for each of the currently
available objects, depending on the current mode.
There are four modes -- Windows, Screens, Commodities, and Left out icons, so
if you are in windows mode (the default) then you'll see a button for each
window open on the Workbench screen. As you point at one of the buttons, the
Workbench screen's title bar will show you the full title of the object you're
pointing at, as well as the mode that you are currently using.
Clicking on any button should bring that window to the front, and holding shift
while clicking a button should send that window to the back. Also, holding alt
while clicking a button should zip the window, as if you had clicked the zoom
gadget. In other modes, things work slightly differently:
Mode Click Shift Click Alt Click
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Screens Bring screen N/A N/A
to front
Commodities Show commodity's Hide commodity's N/A (kill commodity?)
interface interface
Left out icons Run program N/A N/A
To switch modes, simply click the right mouse button once.
Wibby has a help feature for buttons that are too small to read easily --
if you keep the mouse pointer on Wibby for a certain period of time,
a help box will appear next to the mouse pointer that gives you the full
name of the object you're pointing at. It will float left and right as
you move to mouse so you can see the full names of every item.
Contact:
If you use Wibby regularly, please send me an email. My address is
ah210@chebucto.ns.ca. The more feedback I get, the better motivated I'll
be to keep working on the program.
Also, take a look at my website at http://chebucto.ns.ca/~ah210 for some
of my other programs.
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