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Re: Dynamic gadget CheckBox

Posted on: 2010/2/27 15:23 #1341

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@madmonkey

The reason might be a design flaw, don't know. But the introduction of a method is logical because in OOP, actions upon objects should be done through methods, not through attributes.

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trixie

Re: Dynamic gadget CheckBox

Posted on: 2010/2/27 14:39 #1342

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@Antique

If you need a changing number of checkboxes in your layout, you'd be better off using a listbrowser with checkable nodes. Adding and removing listbrowser nodes is much easier, faster and safer than performing in-place changes to a layout.

Another advantage is that your layout will keep a certain size and shape, regardless of whether you have three or 100 checkboxes.

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trixie

Re: USB Printers & OS4.1 on Samflex

Posted on: 2010/2/17 19:40 #1343

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@cha05e90

Quote:

the USB stack reports plugged USB sticks with it's own requester window - it could/should use Rhingio as well...

USB insertion messages are a good example of a situation where Ringhio should be used. Currently, the USB stack displays messages that somewhat look like standard Amiga requesters but do not behave like them - they do not require user interaction.

For the sake of consistency, all messages of type "show and disappear" should use Ringhio. Messages that require the user to select a choice or confirm reading should use standard Amiga requesters.

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trixie

Re: USB Printers & OS4.1 on Samflex

Posted on: 2010/2/17 7:25 #1344

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@xenic

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The little white message boxes with warning messages, which I think are produced by Ringhio are visually out of place and violate the Amiga StyleGuide for user interaction. Requesters are supposed to be standardized system wide so as not to confuse the user and maintain some consistancy in the way the system works.

Please note that the Amiga Style Guide is an old document that badly needs updating. It does not cover certain GUI elements, concepts and metaphors that were introduced with ReAction and, later, OS4.x.

As far as I understand it, Ringhio notification messages are NOT requesters (although they serve a similar purpose to the requester REQ_INFO type). Standard Amiga requesters are meant to be closed by pressing a button or a key combination, while Ringhio messages display a text on the screen, wait a little while, and disappear. This is a new concept different from requesters and not covered by the Style Guide so you cannot apply requester rules here.

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trixie

Re: Progress of Cinnamon Writer

Posted on: 2010/2/15 20:46 #1345

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@ChrisH

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IMHO I don't think DocX makes so much sense, since it is limited to latest expensive versions of Word only

This is quite incorrect. Actually, Microsoft Word is now much more affordable thanks to the Home and Student licensing scheme. You can get MS Office for peanuts if you stick to non-commercial home use.

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trixie

Re: dosbox 0.73b alpha to test

Posted on: 2010/2/14 9:57 #1346

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@corto

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With 100% CPU, we know that there is not enough CPU power

(Off-topic) It comes as a sort of surprise how easily you can reach 100% CPU usage on the SAM (667MHz at least). Try loading a long ASCII text file into MultiView and then use the scroller to move there and back.

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trixie

Re: Paying an Amiga developer

Posted on: 2010/2/12 7:53 #1347

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@Elwood

Bounties have a motivating factor in them: you have the lump sum right before your eyes, and can only get it by finishing the project. While regular pay that covers all your needs is a motivation killer, I can tell you.

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trixie

Re: USB and CAMD (Audio) boot problem

Posted on: 2010/2/11 15:17 #1348

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@Raziel

Lylehaze would probably be the best person to ask, at amigaworld.net.

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trixie

Re: Digita softwares

Posted on: 2010/2/11 15:14 #1349

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@unimon

I moved house in December and threw away a couple of original diskettes with Amiga software, including a version of Digita Datastore. Pity, I would have given it away to you for free.

No use crying, Datastore wasn't a good database anyway

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trixie

Re: Filer 53.30 uploaded

Posted on: 2010/2/10 9:47 #1350

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@Vulture

Quote:

Again thanks for your great work, I rarely fire up dopus4 anymore :)

Yeah, I've switched from DOpus also. Using Filer can be very addictive, especially if you run the commodity that brings up a lister on a double-click.

Thanks, Orgin!

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trixie

Re: Progress of Cinnamon Writer

Posted on: 2010/2/5 7:42 #1351

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@ChrisH

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Basically you would be insane to implement DocX instead ODF.

Technically speaking, yes. But considering that DocX is associated with the most widely used word processor in the world, one would be insane NOT to implement DocX

Of course I'm not saying that the implementation would be easy or that Desler has enough time/resources/motivation to do it. But it would be a much more logical thing to do than, for example, supporting the old binary .doc Word format.

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trixie

Re: sound cuts off when screen saver turns on?

Posted on: 2010/1/26 17:38 #1352

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@328gts

Strange. On my system music never turns off (TuneNet, AmigaAMP) when the screenblanker kicks in. I haven't tested all blankers, I only use the Trees one.

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trixie

Re: Progress of Cinnamon Writer

Posted on: 2010/1/26 8:49 #1353

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@desler

Quote:

I expect to release version 0.69 of Cinnamon Writer within the week.

Great! I'll make another donation as soon as the new version is out.

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trixie

Re: Filer 53.29 uploaded

Posted on: 2010/1/25 18:51 #1354

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@orgin

Quote:

orgin wrote:
@trixie

I will narrow it down a bit so it'll not just end up a complete mess for the end user.

At any rate, with the number of options (and checkbox gadgets) increasing in the settings, you should consider using a single listbrowser gadget with check-able nodes. This will save space, memory, and will be faster to display on low-end systems.

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trixie

Re: Filer 53.29 uploaded

Posted on: 2010/1/25 17:38 #1355

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@orgin

Quote:

orgin wrote:

Could someone draw up a prefs gui for me that does all that please

Feel free to drop me an e-mail at dan dot jedlicka at seznam dot cz.

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trixie

Re: Filer 53.29 uploaded

Posted on: 2010/1/25 17:35 #1356

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@kas1e

It's a logical solution. Removable devices are "temporary", and so is their thumbnail storage. When the device is removed, there will be no orphaned junk files stored anywhere because T: gets erased with every reboot.

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trixie

Re: Filer 53.29 uploaded

Posted on: 2010/1/25 16:13 #1357

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@Swoop

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On cameras, or phones, the storage is removable, and limited, as such it is probably not a good idea to automatically store thumbnails. On write protected media it is not possible to store thumbnails. I don't think archiving thumbnails elsewhere on a hard drive is sensible, because they could too easily become orphaned.

This is why I'm suggesting T:, AmigaOS's place for temporary storage.

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trixie

Re: Filer 53.29 uploaded

Posted on: 2010/1/25 15:39 #1358

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@orgin

Quote:

orgin wrote:

What if it's a USB device (like a camera or phone) or a write protected media? How would you like that to be handled?

Temporary thumbnail storage in T: ?

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trixie

Re: Menu problem under 4.1 update 1

Posted on: 2010/1/25 15:28 #1359

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@Rigo

Thanks. The tip about SetAttrs() instead of SetWindowAttrs() was very helpful. (One never stops learning I guess.)

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trixie

Re: Writing Amiga <-> PDA software

Posted on: 2010/1/25 7:36 #1360

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@kvasir

I used to have a Palm some five years ago but the thing is gone now. Smartphones have taken over

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