#DOpus 4.0
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Richard,
When I was using SID I had it set up as per the doc. It always left a
small window (aout 100 x 40) in the upper left of the workbenchscreen. It
could also not be attached to AMIDOCK.
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Wayne.
The initiating window used to hang around under the old SID but with
SID 2, It doesn't. I don't know about the AmiDock stuff since I don't use
it, but ToolManager has no problem with SID. I just dropped the icon into
ToolManager and saved the config. Works flawlessly.
I have C:IconX as the default tool and my script is:
"stack 10000
runback_WB2.x SID_2.01
wait 4"
The SID icon and all related files are in the same directory.
-Richard
Richard,
Hmm… my window never went away as long as SID was running — and that
was the 2.0 version Timm sent out after his long illness. Was ther and
upgrade ubsequent to that?
Right now I am using DOPUS since it is "dockable". I'm holding off on the
update until the dust settles and a clear consensus comes out as to
wheather it is worth $40 or not.
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Wayne,
Just wanted to jump in here. I am using SID 2.0 and do not have the
persistant window problem you speak of. I know that the icons that he
ships with the product are set to use IconX as the tool running a script
so it could be that the problem you were having was with IconX leaving the
window. As far as docking is concerned, I am using ToolManager Ver2.0 and
the dock facility that is built into it, SID docks just fine. If you
haven't tried ToolManager 2.0 (WB2.x only) you really should. It is a
little more trouble to configure at first, but it is a very good program.
Bill
Bill,
Your IconX explanation of the window sounds right to me.
I am not familiar with ToolManager. Is it PD?
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Wayne,
ToolManager is ShareWare from the author, Stefan Becker. Priced at a
ridiculous DM20 (about $13), ToolManager is in my eyes the best and most
useful piece of utility software I ever installed on my system. It is
about as necessary to the AmigaOS2.0 as is AutoPilot to CIS.
Tom
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Yeah, ToolManager is PD (or more accurately FD). It should be here on
CIS. It is really more like a desktop manager. What it will do is allow
you to add items to the Tools menu on the WorkBench, assign hot-keys for
programs and put programs into a "dock." You can use any combination of
these three. I have a couple of things hot-keyed (new shell, etc), the
things that I use occasionally stuck into the WB Tools menu, and the
programs that I use every day in the dock. It is really nice. It has
other features like adding sound samples to each selection that I don't
use, but they are there if you want them. The version 2.0 is the best,
but it is a little more difficult to set up. It is very configurable,
supports icon dropping on the dock and extended selection, etc.. Well
worth the effort.
Bill
Thanks, Bill (et. al.) for ath ToolManager recommendation. Guess I'd
better look for it.
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wayne,
Strange, that's the same SID 2.0 version I got. The absence of the window
was one thing I really appreciated.
-Richard
Richard,
As Bill pointed out to me it could be the IconX script window I was
seeing.
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Wayne,
Yea… I assumed that's what it was. But it goes away. Maybe has
something to do with the version of IconX you're using. Do check out
ToolManager. I've been using it for a long time.
-Richard
Richard,
I haven't run SID since last July, and I think it was just after I go the
2.04 ADos that I quit using it and moved to DOpus. I could be confused
with the way it worked on 1.3 and 2.0 as I had bootable partitions for
both at that time and used both setups for SID.
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Wayne,
That could explain it. I was always iritated with that window. Sid 2 is
nice. I particularly like the configurability and the help. I hope that
the future release of a well known Amiga image processing package that
claims user configurability is so easy and well put together.
-Richard