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Desktop widgets application

   Author:       jPV^RNO
   Uploader:     jpv morphos-user com (jPV^RNO)
   Type:         util/wb
   Version:      1.5
   Architecture: ppc-morphos
   Date:         2023-06-10
   Readme:       http://aminet.net/util/wb/RNOWidgets.readme
   Downloads:    1608

http://aminet.net/util/wb/RNOWidgets.lha

ABOUT

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Desktop widgets are small individual utilities placed on your desktop

and RNOWidgets is a single application incorporating several of them.

RNOWidgets contains widgets for calendar (ISO), analog clock, digital clock,

notes, pictures (local and net), RSS feeds, sticker, and weather.

Please consider the time and effort I put in to create this utility for your

use and enjoyment. So, if you feel it is useful to you, please send a donation

that represents the benefit you gain from using it to me at the address found

in this ReadMe.txt file (Uploader) or click the Donate button at

https://jpv.amigaaa.com/

FEATURES

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- Stylish user configurable widgets (graphics, fonts, colors, etc., can be

freely swapped)

- Pre-defined themes

- All widgets are freely re-sizeable and moveable

- Supports alpha channel transparency and has an option to create window drop

shadows automatically (with or without compositing/accelerated layers)

- Versatile alarm system

- ARexx support

INSTALLATION

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- Copy the whole directory anywhere you want and just launch the program

- To start the program at boot time, add the following line to the

SYS:S/user-network-startup file (and change the path to your location):

Run >NIL: SYS:Applications/RNOWidgets/RNOWidgets -delay 2

USAGE

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General:

- Use the pull-down menu or keyboard shortcuts to select which widgets are

visible

- The "Snapshot windows" (command-.) menu item saves widget sizes, positions,

and its state if a widget is shown or hidden

- All widgets are freely re-sizeable from the bottom right corner

- All widgets are freely moveable from top of the widget

- The "Edit alarms" (command-e) menu item opens the alarm editor window

- Alarms work globally, so they aren't tied to a specific widget

Calendar widget:

- Months can be browsed using the mouse wheel, page up/down & left/right keys

- The middle mouse button or the Enter key switches back to the current month

- "Event strings" can be added by clicking dates or weekdays

- Clicking the month name, pressing the space bar, or using the up/down keys

shows a list of forthcoming events for the current month

Notes widget:

- Marking text with the left button pressed and then releasing it, will copy

the marked text to the clipboard

- Underlined URLs can be double-clicked so they open in your browser

- Notes can be added by clicking the "+" sign with the mouse or by pressing

the "insert" key

- Notes can be deleted by clicking the "x" sign or by pressing the Ctrl+Del

combination

- Notes can be browsed with the mouse wheel or with the page up/down keys

- The "pause" key will pause automatic cycling if it's enabled

Pictures widget:

- Pictures can be browsed using the mouse wheel, page up/down keys, and

left/right keys

- Double-clicking or pressing the "f" key opens pictures on a fullscreen

- The spacebar or the "pause" key pauses automatic cycling

- HTTP(S) and FTP(S) protocols are supported for images from the Internet

- "r" and "enter" keys do a forced refresh of the current picture

RSS feeds widget:

- Clicking a feed item will open the full story on a browser

- Different feeds can be browsed with the mouse-wheel, or by the page up/down

or left/right keys

- Up/down keys show previous or next pages of the current feed

- The spacebar or the "pause" key pauses automatic cycling

- "r" and "enter" keys do a forced refresh for the feed

Weather widget:

- Widget's layout is dynamic so any resizing it wider alters its arrangement

- Locations can be browsed with the mouse wheel, page up/down keys, and

left/right keys

- The spacebar or the "pause" key pauses automatic cycling

SETTINGS

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The settings application can be opened from the pull-down menu. See the MUI

quick help pop-ups for information about the various settings.

Settings are saved to ENV:RNOWidgets/ and they can also be altered without

the settings GUI. For example, to disable the RSS widget type in the Shell:

SetEnv SAVE RNOWidgets/rss 0

The separate "Compositing" setting in the pull-down menu is used to define if

windows are drawn with hardware accelerated layers. Window shadows and alpha

transparent graphics are then updated in real-time by the hardware. This only

works if the program is running on a 32bit "enhanced mode" screen on MorphOS

(System settings -> Screens -> Enhanced Display).

Compositing mode can also be forced on or off by typing the following line

into a Shell window before launching the program (0=off, 1=on, 2=default):

SetEnv SAVE RNOWidgets/compositing 0

If you have difficulties moving or re-sizing windows with irregular shaped

transparent backgrounds, enable this setting from the Shell:

SetEnv SAVE RNOWidgets/safecompositing 1

COMMAND LINE OPTIONS AND ICON TOOLTYPES

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RNOWidgets uses non-standard command line arguments. Arguments must be given

in the form of (note the "-" prefix): -argument parameter

Allowed arguments:

-delay <n> . - Delays the startup for <n> seconds

-iconify . . - Iconifies the program after launching it

-cxkey <k> . - Sets a system wide hotkey to iconify/un-iconify the program

-args . . . - Shows the allowed arguments

Example:

RNOWidgets -delay 5 -cxkey "ctrl alt r"

The same arguments can be used as icon tooltypes, by omitting the "-" prefix.

Examples:

DELAY=5

CXKEY=rcommand shift r

AREXX

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Program's ARexx port is RNOWIDGETS and its supported commands are:

HELP . . . . . . . . . . - Returns a summary of the available commands

SHOW <name> . . . . . . . - Opens a widget

HIDE <name> . . . . . . . - Closes a widget

TOGGLE <name> . . . . . . - Toggles a widget on / off

ICONIFY . . . . . . . . . - Iconifies the program

UNICONIFY . . . . . . . . - Un-iconifies the program

TOGGLEICONIFY . . . . . . - Toggles the iconify state

ALARMS LIST . . . . . . . - Returns a list of alarms

QUIT . . . . . . . . . . - Quits the program

NOTES NEXT . . . . . . . - Loads the next note

NOTES PREV . . . . . . . - Loads the previous note

NOTES PAUSE . . . . . . . - Pauses the automatic cycling of the notes

NOTES GETTEXT . . . . . . - Returns the contents of the shown note

CALENDAR NEXT . . . . . . - Shows the next month

CALENDAR PREV . . . . . . - Shows the previous month

CALENDAR CURRENT . . . . - Shows the current month

CALENDAR EVENTS . . . . . - Toggles between the calendar and event list views

CALENDAR SETEVENT <n> <s> - Sets a new event, <n> is a date in YYYYMMDD

format and <s> is an event string

CALENDAR GETEVENT <n> . . - Gets an event string

CALENDAR REMEVENT <n> . . - Removes an event

PICTURES NEXT . . . . . . - Loads the next picture

PICTURES PREV . . . - Loads the previous picture

PICTURES FULLSCREEN . . . - Toggles the fullscreen mode

PICTURES PAUSE . . . . . - Pauses the automatic cycling of the pictures

PICTURES REFRESH . . . . - Forces a picture to be re-loaded

PICTURES GETPATH . . . . - Returns the path/URL of the shown picture

RSS NEXT . . . . . . . . - Shows the next feed

RSS PREV . . . . . . . . - Shows the previous feed

RSS NEXTPAGE . . . . . . - Shows the next page of a feed

RSS PREVPAGE . . . . . . - Shows the previous page of a feed

RSS PAUSE . . . . . . . . - Pauses the automatic cycling of the feeds

RSS REFRESH . . . . . . . - Forces a feed to be re-loaded

RSS GETURL . . . . . . . - Returns the URL of the shown feed

STICKER ANGLE <n> . . . . - Rotates the sticker by the specified angle

WEATHER NEXT . . . . . . - Shows the next location

WEATHER PREV . . . . . . - Shows the previous location

WEATHER PAUSE . . . . . . - Pauses the automatic cycling of the locations

WEATHER GETTEMP . . . . . - Returns the temperature of the shown location

WEATHER GETWIND . . . . . - Returns the wind speed of the shown location

WEATHER GETLOCATION . . . - Returns the shown location

Where <name> can be CALENDAR, CLOCKANALOG, CLOCKDIGITAL, NOTES, PICTURES,

RSS, STICKER, or WEATHER.

Example:

RXCmd RNOWIDGETS "TOGGLE NOTES"

HISTORY

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Version 1.5:

- Fixed compositing support detection (for hardware accelerated transparency)

- Uses openssl3.library instead of AmiSSL for HTTPS URLs

- Linked required plugins in the executable (works better in WBStartup, etc..)

- Updated RSS presets

- Other small changes

Version 1.4:

- Added SSL support for network enabled widgets (requires AmiSSL v4)

- Added CXKEY (global hotkey) option to iconify/un-iconify widgets

- Changed the console output method

- RSS: Updated presets

- RSS: Added RDF compatibility

Version 1.3:

- Changed the audio output method in the alarm system, because version 1.2

kept the AHI device open all the time and that blocked audio from other

programs in certain situations

- Added a volume control option for alarm sounds

Version 1.2:

- New weather widget

- New sticker widget

- New alarm system

- Widgets can be set to stay on top of other windows

- Iconify options (menu item, ARexx, and startup)

- Calendar: Switch back to the current month with MMB or Enter

- Calendar: Scripts can be launched when clicking on dates

- Calendar: ARexx commands for calendar event handling

- RSS: Support for RSS enclosure element

- RSS: Stripping of extra spaces in RSS texts

- RSS: Added WArMUp and BoingsWorld Podcast RSS feeds

- New example scripts for alarm and calendar

- Incorrect compositing setting no longer leads to a crash

- Other small changes

Version 1.1:

- Added safety checks for the compositing setting, because forcing the

compositing mode on can cause crashes

WEB

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- Video presentation of RNOWidgets: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=09pzl2mNeYg

- Please visit https://jpv.amigaaa.com/ for screenshots, support, donations,

and to check out more of my other software

- This program is made with Hollywood: http://www.hollywood-mal.com/

THANKS TO

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- Konrad 'recedent' Czuba for graphics (the Miglanc theme)

- Densho/RNO for the logo

- Neil Pearson for testing and proof-reading

- Papiosaur for butterfly stickers (buy real ones from www.warmup-asso.org)

DISCLAIMER

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This program is made available to you as DONATIONWARE, so if you use it then

please make a PayPal donation to support its author, and future development.

The author accepts no liability for any damage caused to your system, other

connected peripherals, or your time management by using this software.

Contents of util/wb/RNOWidgets.lha

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