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.
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