ScreenMaster 1.0

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)
Type:         util/wb
Version:      1.0
Requires:     AmigaOS V2.04+, MUI V2.3+ or BGUI V38+.
Architecture: m68k-amigaos
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.


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