Action is a program which performs certain action on file, depending on it's
filetype. Similar programs already exist, but none has all advantages of
Action:

-> Supports FileID.library, recognising 645 filetypes, and even more
additional filetypes could be added.
-> However, such large number of filetypes is no headache for configuring,
because they are aliased into several groups...
-> Unlimited number of actions could be defined. View, Edit and Identify are
included in distribution.
-> Easy to configure with font-sensitive prefs GUI.
-> Filetypes could be forced (f.e. if you want to view html file as text or
picture as hex data).

Benefits of using Action:

-> You can configure every program which requires external viewer only once,
and forget about it. Guide on how to configure ToolManager, DOpus4 and MIME -
compliant programs to use Action is included in Action.guide.
-> If you change program you are using for viewing/editing some filetype, now
you should apply that change in ActionPrefs only, not in every program which
had used it!
-> You don't need to think about viewer/editor names, paths and arguments
when working in Shell.

If you are not sure could Action be useful to you, there is Test Action
script in Action archive, which can make neccesary arrangements for you to
test Action, without any permanent changes to your system.

 PERMSSN    UID  GID    PACKED    SIZE  RATIO     CRC       STAMP          NAME
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[generic]                  803    1233  65.1% -lh5- 1db1 Dec  8  1998 Action.info
[generic]                  824    1581  52.1% -lh5- 8903 Dec  7  1998 Action.readme
[generic]                 1163    2744  42.4% -lh5- 418d Nov 29  1998 Action/Action
[generic]                 6619   17614  37.6% -lh5- 1a02 Dec  3  1998 Action/Action.guide
[generic]                 1361    1919  70.9% -lh5- 4f38 Dec  4  1998 Action/Action.guide.info
[generic]                18805   34452  54.6% -lh5- f7ea Dec  4  1998 Action/ActionPrefs
[generic]                 1309    1677  78.1% -lh5- bb96 Dec  4  1998 Action/ActionPrefs.info
[generic]                 7930   24496  32.4% -lh5- 3ddc Dec  7  1998 Action/Edit
[generic]                13876   25392  54.6% -lh5- c5ac Jul  8  1998 Action/FileID.library
[generic]                28916   46948  61.6% -lh5- 06d7 Nov 22  1998 Action/Gui.Library
[generic]                 9829   54262  18.1% -lh5- d24e Dec  7  1998 Action/Identify
[generic]                 1089    3097  35.2% -lh5- 12a8 Dec  7  1998 Action/Install Action
[generic]                  985    4660  21.1% -lh5- 9f99 Dec  4  1998 Action/Install Action.info
[generic]                 1271    1808  70.3% -lh5- f8f1 Dec  7  1998 Action/Invoker
[generic]                  395     792  49.9% -lh5- eb50 Dec  8  1998 Action/Test Action
[generic]                 1005    4677  21.5% -lh5- 7e5d Dec  4  1998 Action/Test Action.info
[generic]                 7911   24393  32.4% -lh5- 6644 Dec  7  1998 Action/View
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
 Total        17 files  104091  251745  41.3%            Dec  8  1998