
			DOpus Double Click V1.0
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			  1997 Robert Wilson




Disclaimer
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I  don't  claim to be a master AmigaDOS or ARexx programmer.  I originally
wrote  this  for  my  own use, but thought that others may find it useful.
Don't  blame  me  if  when  using this your hard drive gets zapped or your
monitor blows up.  I take no responsibility.



Introduction
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One  of  the  many wonderful things about Directory Opus is the ability to
Double  Click  on  any  file and it will be opened or viewed with the best
application for the job.

There  were many times when I wanted to do this from the shell, so maybe I
could use multiview...?  Okay if I just want to view a picture, read a bit
of text or play a sound, but beyond that it's pretty useless.

This is when Dopus Double Click was born allowing easy opening of any file
from the shell.



Requirements
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Amiga (of course...!) 
Directory Opus (tested with 5.5, but should work with 5.11)
rexxtricks.library by Jrgen Kohrmeyer (excellent... available from Aminet)



Installation
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1)  copy  'DDC'  to  your S:  assignment, ensuring that the 's' protection
flag is set.

2) copy 'DoubleClick.dopus' to DOpus5:ARexx/



Usage
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From the shell you can now type 'DDC <filename>' and DOpus will perform on
that file just as if you had double clicked on it in a lister.

Alternative  usage would be maybe from YAM.  In Configuration/Read set the
default  MIME  viewer  to  'S:DDC  %s'.   VERY IMPORTANT...  Your filetype
recognition  cannot  be  reliant  on name extensions (eg *.LZX), it should
configured to look at the file itself.  For example the first 3 bytes of a
LZX file is 'LZX', therefore 'Match LZX'.



Future
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I've  got  loads  of  other ARexx scripts for DOpus and Photogenics2 which
anybody  is  more  that  welcome  to  a  copy  of.   Examples  include the
following...


DOpus

Opening a new shell window at the current lister path
Copy the file name to the clipboard (idea borrowed from Win95 Power Toy)


Photogenics

Revert to last saved
Send to ADPro
Send to ImageFX
Load with ImageFX (useful for PICT)
Send to PaintShopPro (need Siamese System for this one)


This  is  just  the  tip  of the iceburg.  Some of them just need a little
tidying  up some docs written for them.  Maybe if I get some good response
then  I'll  sort  them  out  and  release a full package of scripts on the
Aminet.   The  future  is  in  your  hands,  in  the mean while if there's
anything  in particular you want then I'd be more than happy to send it to
you.

About  6  months  ago I did begin to write a package which would integrate
the power of DOpus into Photogenics, allowing better file type recognition
and  automatic  manipulation.   For  example  loading a 32Bit (24+8) Targa
image  the  paint  layer would automatically me moved to the alpha channel
and  on saving the alpha channel would automatically be moved to the piant
layer.  All of this (and much more) combined with automatic previews etc I
think  would make a wicked package.  75% of the work is done - I just need
a push from YOU.



Contacting the Author
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For more information, scripts, bug reports and anything Amiga...

		robert@genpart.demon.co.uk
