RAWBInfo


REQUIREMENTS
 Any Amiga(r) (compatible) computer with at least OS3.5 and
 68020+ cpu.
 gtdrag.library v3+ for drag'n'drop support from one RAWBInfo
 window to another one (dev/gui/gtdrag#?.lha).


DESCRIPTION
 RAWBInfo is a replacement for the AmigaOS3.5 icon information.
 Unlike the original one, this one uses ReAction for the user
 interface.

 
STARTING THE PROGRAM
 The program can be started from shell as well as workbench. It
 currently takes the following arguments:
 
 SDT=SHORTDATETIME/S,AC=ALLCONTROLS/S,WP=WINPOS/K,SBB=SIZEBBOTTOM/S,
 DNI=DROPNEWICONSDATA/S,DP=DROPPLANARDATA/S,MV=MULTIVIEW/K,LOADPATH/K,
 SAVEPATH/K,TOOLS/M,AGS=AUTOGETSIZE/S,DW=DESTWIDTH/N/K,DH=DESTHEIGHT/N/K,
 CREATEICON/K,AGV=AUTOGETVERSION/S,AC=AUTOCLOSE/S,SLX=SCALELAYOUTX/N/K,
 SLY=SCALELAYOUTY/N/K
 
 SDT=SHORTDATETIME/S: this option tells RAWBInfo to use the
  short date and time format of the current locale. Enabling it
  makes the icon information windows a bit smaller.
 
 AC=ALLCONTROLS/S: no function as of 1.8.

 WP=WINPOS/K: place where the window should be opened. Possible keywords
  are (default is TOPLEFT):
  TOPLEFT: open the window in the left corner right under the titlebar.
  CENTER: center the window on the screen.
  MOUSE: open it relative to the mouse pointer.
 
 SIZEBBOTTOM/S: makes the bottom border of information windows as high
  as the sizing gadget.
  
 DNI=DROPNEWICONSDATA/S: when an icon was originally saved in NewIcons
  format, setting this option keeps icon.library from saving the
  information back to the .info file.
 
 DP=DROPPLANARDATA/S: setting this option will keep icon.library from
  storing any pre OS3.5 image data.
 
 MV=MULTIVIEW/K: the path were multiview can be found. Default: Sys/
  Utilities/Multiview.
  
 IE=ICONEDIT/K: the path of IconEdit, defaults to Sys:Tools/IconEdit.
 
 LOADPATH/K: initial path of the "Icon Image/Load ..." filerequester
  (see later).
 
 SAVEPATH/K: initial path of the "Icon Image/Save ..." filerequester
  (see later).
  
 TOOLS/M: a list of default tools that are available when you click
  on the dropdown chooser (that's the button on the _right_ side of
  the default tool string gadget).
  Example: TOOLS="MultiView" "Installer"
  
 CREATEICON/K: For objects that don't have an icon, rawbinfo automatically
  saves one to disk. If you don't want this to happen or only optionally,
  you can set this option to either NEVER or ASK.
  
 AGS=AUTOGETSIZE/S: setting this option causes RAWBInfo to automatically
  start calculating the drawer size.
  
 AGV=AUTOGETVERSION/S: setting this option causes RAWBInfo to automatically
  get the version number of a file/program.
  
 DW=DESTWIDTH/N/K,DH=DESTHEIGHT/N/K: the maximum size of the icon to create
  when creating a new icon image from a picture object (eg. via IconImages/
  Extras/Pic2Icon).
  
 AC=AUTOCLOSE/S: setting this option causes the program to automatically
  close a "disk" window when removing the disk from the drive.
  
 SLX=SCALELAYOUTX/N/K,SLY=SCALELAYOUTY/N/K: these two allow you to increase
  the initial size of any "non-disk" window. Defaults to 0 percent (= no
  change).
  
 Once the program has been started it can be removed by either 
 sending CTRL-C to it, by the system tool Exchange or by starting
 it a second time.
 

USAGE
 Well, if you know how to use the original icon information, you'll
 know how to use this replacement ;) So, I will just mention the
 extras here:

  dropping an icon on the window will open another icon information
   window with information on the dropped icon.
   
  if you drop an icon on the tooltypes gadget, the program will replace
   the current tooltypes with the one the dropped icon has.
 
  the default tool of a project can also be changed by drag&drop.
 
  double-clicking the icon will open the workbench object.
 
  you can dragNdrop icons from one rawbinfo window to another one
   (requires gtdrag.library by Axel Drfler, dev/gui/gtdrag#?.lha).
   
  starting 1.7 the following menu functions are available:
   
   Project
   ============
   Next		activate and bring to front the next rawbinfo window.
   Previous	same as above but the previous one.
   ------------
   Version...	get the version of the file (requires c:version!).
   ------------
   Save		save the icon to disk.
   Load default Replaces the current icon with the default one.
   icon   
   Save as 	allows you to save the icon as default one to disk.
   default icon 
   ...
   ------------
   Delete icon	delete icon.
   ------------
   About	program copyright and version.
   ------------	
   Quit		guess what it does ;)
   
   Type		the Type menu allows you to change the icon type.
   ============
   Disk
   Drawer
   Project
   Tool
   Garbage
   
   Icon Image
   ============
   Default	get default image (supports DefIcons).
   Copy		copies current icon image to the clipboard.
   Paste	replaces current icon image with the one
   		stored in the clipboard.
   Restore	restore original icon image.
   ------------
   Convert to	allows you to convert any old style icon
   palette 	to an os3.5 color icon.
   mapped
   Extras     -> Remap 1.3/2.0   
   		 swaps the colors of any *4 color* old style icon.
   	 	 this is useful for converting os1.3 icon colors to
   		 os2.0 colors.
   	      -> Pic2Icon
   	         when the file that belongs to the .info file is a
   	         picture, the icon images will be replaced by this
   	         picture.
   	      -> Delete alternate image
   	      	 this one will delete the 2nd image from any color
   	      	 mapped icon (NewIcons, os3.5), icon.library creates
   	      	 a shadowed version of the normal image as a replace-
   	      	 ment. NOTE: there's a bug in icon.library that will
   	      	 produce garbage instead of a shadowed image. The
   	      	 icon will be correctly saved to disk (be aware of
   	      	 some enforcer hits! BB#2 will fix this problem).
   ------------
   Show clip ..	shows contents of the clipboad (see also
   		MULTIVIEW/K option).
   IconEdit ... starts IconEdit.
   ------------
   Load ...	replace the current icon image with another one.
   Save ...	allows you to save the current image to disk.
   ------------
   Frameless	make the icon frameless (works only for os3.5
     		coloricons, not for NewIcons!).
   Drop 	don't save NewIcons back in the NewIcons format.
   NewIcons	
   data
   Drop planar	remove any old style image data from the icon.
   data
  
   Tooltypes
   ============
   Clear	clear all tooltypes.
   Sort		sort,
   ------------
   Disable all	disable,
   Enable all	enable,
   Toggle	toggle them ;)
   ------------
   Restore	restore original tooltypes.
   

EXTRAS
 The Installer script automatically installs an command called
 WBInfo to your C: drawer. This command allows you to open an
 icon information window from a shell. WBInfo takes the following
 arguments: FILE=DRAWER=OBJECT/M/A,PUBSCREEN/K.
 Where FILE,DRAWER or OBJECT is/are the object(s) to get information
 on and PUBSCREEN the screen where the window should be opened
 (defaults to Workbench).


INSTALLATION
 Simply use the supplied Installer script.


SPECIAL THANKS GO TO
 Thomas Richter for his help.
 Nils Grs for the bug reports.
 Roland Florac, Francis Labrie, Aleksandr, Alfredo Soro,
 Adam Chodorowski, Dmaso D. Estvez, Javier de las Rivas,
 Lloren Grau, Raul Silva, Joni Halme, Sinan Grkan, Roger Sivertsen,
 Phillipe Bovier, Laurent Klencklen for the catalogs. 
 Also thanks to Raul for the icons.

AUTHOR
	Stephan Rupprecht

