New in version 1.10.2:
- Now ignores case when sorting menu items.
New in version 1.10.1:
- Now ignores case when parsing YES/NO values in tool types
and command line arguments.
New in version 1.10:
- When started from the Startup-Sequence (or any other CLI),
ToolsMenu will now delay before installing its menu items,
since Workbench may need time to initialize. If the de-
fault delay of three seconds proves to be too short (or
too long), a different one can be specified as a command
line argument. One advantage of this delay is that you no
longer need to place the Run command after LoadWB, and can
therefore put it in User-Startup.
- Will now show a helpful error message if menu items cannot
be saved.
- Fixed a bug when parsing the CX_PRIORITY command line ar-
gument.
ToolsMenu requires Kickstart 2 or newer. Full source code is
included.
ToolsMenu is a commodity that will let you add tools and
projects to the Tools menu on your Workbench screen. Once an
item has been added, you can launch it by selecting it from
the menu. Any icons selected on the Workbench at that moment
become arguments for the launched tool.
For example, if you add MultiView, you can select the icon
of an image on the Workbench, then select MultiView from the
menu to view that image.
Tools will be run as if started by the Workbench. You will
not be able to open tools or projects that do not have prop-
er icons.
If the menu item is a project, the project icon's Default
Tool will be launched, and the project itself will become
the first argument.
ToolsMenu can look for tools in the command search path un-
der certain conditions; see the note for advanced users be-
low.
Adding items should be pretty self explanatory. Drag icons
into the window to add them, after which you can edit their
names if you like. You can also click the "New" button to
manually enter an item. You then write the name of the item
(as you would like it to appear in the menu) under the list,
and type in the full path of the tool or project over on the
right where it says "Tool". The path must include the name
of the tool or project.
You can move the currently selected item up and down using
the Edit menu. You can also sort the items alphabetically.
Note that the order of items will not be reflected in the
Workbench menu until you close the Commodity window.
The commodity can be iconified from the Project menu. In
this state, items can be added by dragging their icons onto
the commodity's icon.
When you are happy with your selection of items, you must
remember to save them from the pull down menu. The defini-
tions will be saved as tool types in the commodity's icon.
For advanced users: ToolsMenu can look through the command
search path for tools, but ONLY if it has been started from
the Startup-Sequence or User-Startup (or some other CLI).
Make sure to add CX_POPUP=NO as an argument to prevent its
window from opening. Something like this:
Run >NIL: <path>/ToolsMenu CX_POPUP=NO
Workbench needs a little time to initialize, and for this
reason, when started from a CLI, ToolsMenu will wait for
three seconds before installing its menu items. If this
proves to be too short of a delay (you don't see your menu
items after booting), you can specify a delay as a number
seconds. For example, to specify a delay of five seconds, do
this:
Run >NIL: <path>/ToolsMenu CX_POPUP=NO DELAY=5
You can use DELAY=0 if you don't want any delay.
Thanks go to Samir Hawamdeh for providing an Italian trans-
lation, and to everyone who provided me with feedback and
helpful suggestions!
History:
1.10.2 (Sep 20, 2019)
- Now ignores case when sorting menu items.
1.10.1 (Sep 6, 2019)
- Now ignores case when parsing YES/NO values in tool types
and command line arguments.
1.10 (Aug 30, 2019)
- When started from the Startup-Sequence (or any other CLI),
ToolsMenu will now delay before installing its menu items,
since Workbench may need time to initialize. If the de-
fault delay of three seconds proves to be too short (or
too long), a different one can be specified as a command
line argument. One advantage of this delay is that you no
longer need to place the Run command after LoadWB, and can
therefore put it in User-Startup.
- Will now show a helpful error message if menu items cannot
be saved.
- Fixed a bug when parsing the CX_PRIORITY command line ar-
gument.
1.9.1 (Jun 11, 2019)
- Fixed an issue introduced in 1.8 where changes made to the
Tool Types of ToolsMenu's icon would be undone if you were
to save your menu definitions in the same session.
1.9 (Jun 2, 2019)
- It is now possible to add projects as well as tools. When
selecting a project, the project icon's Default Tool will
be launched with the project itself as the first argument.
- If ToolsMenu has been started from a CLI, it can now look
through the command search path for tools.
- Will now look for the TOOLPRI tool type to set the execu-
tion priority in the same way that Workbench does.
- Fixed potential null pointer dereferences in case
ToolsMenu's icon has been replaced by a freshly created
icon with no tool types.
1.8.1 (Feb 13, 2019)
- Fixed button shortcuts not working
1.8 (Feb 10, 2019)
- Menu items can now be moved up and down using commands in
the Edit menu; in order to make this run at a reasonable
speed on all Amigas, the order of items will not be re-
flected in the Workbench menu until you close the Commodi-
ty window
- The commodity can now be iconified from the Project menu;
in this state, tools can be added by dragging their icons
onto the commodity's icon
- New and Delete buttons can now have keyboard shortcuts
- About-requester can now be closed by pressing the left
Amiga key with V or B, like system requesters
- Includes Italian catalog by Samir Hawamdeh
1.7 (Feb 5, 2019)
- Added a function to sort items alphabetically
- The commodity's menu shortcut keys can now be localized
1.6 (Nov 26, 2018)
- Minor UI adjustments
- New, "proper" requester for About
- Modularized the source code
1.5 (Jul 28, 2015)
- Busy pointer for Kickstart 2
- Optimized and cleaned up a few things, made code more
portable
1.4 (Apr 22, 2015)
- Improved layout for big fonts.
- Added "About..."
1.3 (Feb 12, 2015)
- Fixed an issue that caused some commodities (and possibly
other tools) to crash.
1.2 (Feb 3, 2015)
- Use the user's preferred screen font.
1.1 (Jan 19, 2015)
- Fixed an issue where trying to run a tool with an empty
path would cause a Guru Meditation.
1.0 (Jan 12, 2015)
- Initial release
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