Short:    Powerful script based launching tool.
Author:   di3andpe@ida.his.se (Anders Persson)
Uploader: di3andpe@ida.his.se (Anders Persson)
Version:  7.1
Type:     util/boot
Replaces: util/boot/selector70.lha

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  * Description *

  Highly configurable launching tool for almost ANY purpose. But
  it is not yet another program like toolsdeamon or toolmanager.
  Selector serves as a complement to these types of programs. It's
  more like a script language.

  You can for example make a button panel that follows you from
  screen to screen when changing screens. Or a button panel (or menu)
  that pops up ANYWHERE when pressing your middle mouse button.
  (Or when pressing both mouse buttons together.)

  You can make a button for starting a program if it's not allready
  open, else just jump to that programs screen. This is very comfortable,
  as you allways press the same button to get to the programs screen,
  regardless if it's open or not.
  
  You can make a special window only available on (for example) your
  word processors screen, with buttons for starting different arexx
  scripts for that program.
  
  Selector is a powerful tool to use within shell scripts or to
  make a little GUI for your CLI type program. I have for example
  made a GUI for GMPlay (mus/midi/GMPlayGUI15.lha on Aminet) using
  selector.
  
  The possible use of selector is almost unlimited, yet the syntax
  is very simple.
    
  It is really easy to produce a button panel, info window  or a little
  requester with selector.


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 * Requirements *
 
 Selector needs AmigaDos 2.0 or better.
 Some of the included examples need AmigaOS 3.0+

 
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 * What's new in Selector 7.1 (980313) **

  -Now possible to unload patterns that was loaded in the settings file, by
   setting a pattern to "*none*". Example: pattern 3 *none*
  
  -Patterns that have more bitplanes than the screen that the window is
   opened on, is no longer shown at all. This because magicWB-patterns
   often look dreadful on a 4-color screen.
  
  -The error message window has now two buttons: "Edit" and "Cancel". If
   you press "Edit", the script file causing the error will be loaded
   into your favourite text editor. The env variable "SelectorEditor"
   specifies this editor.
  
  -You can now press "Ctrl-E" to edit the script for the active window.
  
  -You can press "Ctrl-L" to reload the script and update the window.
  
  -Selector is a bit faster, specially if it's a large script that
   don't have to be updated.

  -Scripts can now be 365 lines long (260 before). Selector needs 30K
   more memory for this. If you have a problem with this, please let
   me know.
  
  -New bonus tool: SelectorScreens, that simply makes
   a selector script for choosing the different pubscreens.

  -Bugfix: Selector didn't work with executehack.

  -Bugfix: The opening of files or env variables sometimes made selector to
   error. This if another program was writing to the file in question at the
   same time. Now, selector waits and tries again.
  
  -Bugfix: The Popup command with the "First" option, opened the window
   even if the current screen wasn't the specified one.
  
  -Bugfix: Most of the 4-color patterns in the patterns drawer was in
   fact 8-colors patterns with one bitplane unused.
  
  -New popup script that awaits a screen.
  
   
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 * Copyrights *

 Selector is Copyrighted (C) 1998 by Anders Persson.

 Selector is SHAREWARE!!!
 Please read the guide documentation for information about payment and
 specific copy- and distribution rights.


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 * Also Try *
 
 My homepage: www.ida.his.se/ida/~di3andpe/
 
 Lots of free software, latest versions of my programs and support.
 

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 * Also Try *
 
 Aminet: comm/misc/BorayLetter53.lha	(english version)
         comm/misc/BorayLetter53S.lha	(svensk version)
 
	Boray Letter, "The king of letter programs". Maybe you 
	don't know what a letter program is. Well, it was something that 
	started on the C64. You could use the keyboard to write a message 
	to your friend, and when he looked at it, it was played in the same 
	way it was written.... BorayLetter is that, and much more. You can 
	for example draw lines, wait for a key to be pressed or even 
	animate and make your own little cartoons!!!

	When you for example draw a line in your letter, only the
	coordinates for the line are saved to the file. All graphics works
	in this way. This leads to an extremely spacesaving fileformat.
	For example, the demo letter "Cecdic" contains 4:30 minutes of
	cartoons. And it's only 32K big (uncompressed). Yes, it's not even
	compressed. If you pack it with SHRINK, it will be 21K, or 24K
	with lha.

	  "BorayLetter är ett roligt och lättanvänt program"
	     -InternetGuiden nr 2, 1998

	  "BorayLetter is a funny and easy-to-use program"
	     -InternetGuiden nr 2, 1998


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 * Also Try *

 Aminet: mods/boray
 
 	My DigiBooster and Protracker music modules.
 	
 	Why not try the 4 latest:
 	
	mods/boray/DayUnknown.lha	(DIGI Booster module by Boray 97/12/01)
	mods/boray/HELGON.lha		(DIGI Booster module by Boray 97/11/02)
 	mods/boray/PsalmAP2Alt.lha	(DIGI Booster module by Boray 97/09/23)
 	mods/boray/IAmGenerated.lha	(DIGI Booster module by Boray 97/09/15)


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