C-Net Week #22 29 февраля 2000

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Soft - RUM / E-mage talks about his development of E-mage WorkStatiton 1.1

   E-mage WorkStatiton 1.1

RUM / E-mage
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    Hello dear
readers of the newspaper CWEEK you
have guessed it in
This article will deal with EWS.

 So begin:
them:

What is EWS?


    EWS (E-mage Work
Station) is a kind of
Commander-oriented
Users who likes
work with ease. First
only when creating EWS
emphasis was placed precisely
out to facilitate
system interaction with
user. Thanks
responsive control and Scratcher'a
KVA has been worked over the entire
interface and the Commander was
finished appearance.


What's so interesting

1. Graphical User Interface
user. This is the main
Unlike previous
Commander'ov. If you do not
like windows in rulites
their "cube" for those same
who wants a little comfort
and is intended EWS.
2. -Pane
(Almost all
Commander on ZX missing
The second panel, and this is how I
seems not very convenient
3. Frame-scroller and
opening windows without
"Upgrades" that posuti
is part of the interface:)
4. Support for additional
directory. Additional
catalog is a
CATALOGU.E file which should
be in the beginning of the disk.
After each operation with a
directory is stored in this
file, and because he
is the first in the directory
drives do not have anywhere
show position. With
this file more than once I stretch out
bungle directories. (Tnx 2 Tom
Hial fornice idea;)
5. Original function
pereimenovki file (s) on
mask. With this feature,
You can rename the file (s)
by mask. This is done
the following way:
mark the files
click Rename
Confirm Rename dialog box appears
specifies a new file name, and
in the file name "*" symbol
denotes the original letter

For example when you enter:
*. I, and you click yes to
all all tagged files
relieved
extension to I
A ****** A. * -> yes to all, all
files will be named starting
scheesya at A and ending
on A. The expansion will
unchanged.
6. Support for overlays.
Commander has a built-
support for overlays, thanks
which may be connected
various overeleev Number
overlays limited
amount of free memory.
7. The built-in setup'a
(Only in version 1.1)
where you can customize
system environment, starting with
colors for the buttons and panels, and
ending list of downloadable
overelev.
8. Full support for mouse
(Even too high) So
EWS use without a mouse is not
seem possible: (.
At first I did not even want to
do "qaop" but
urgent request
Scratcher'a still did.
9. Support for all types of memory
(Tnx 2 RealSoft)
10. Function Move (PC analog)
11. Installation of the cache

What's New in 1.1?

The first thing that catches the eye
it certainly is the same color. EWS'ka
Finally I began to color,
and color can be customized
at will in
embedded setup'e that the
He hit PUSH LMB or space
at the start of EWS.

    In setup'e can also be
adjust the system environment
to your liking.

So first things first:
1. Now, thanks to setup'u,
it became possible to establish
a list of overlays to be
loaded by default when
start of EWS. For this purpose,
setup'e (as is done
menu OVERLAYS) choose a name
overlay, and where we want it
load. Then press
click Save Config. To disk
written file Config .. and
Now when you run the EWS is
from it will be
choice of loaded overlays.

2. Setup.
Immediately he setup.
Here you can configure all
what you need, such as
disable disk scanning,
blinking cursor, etc.
Stored at all nastoroyki
by pressing the Save or Save
Config in the main menu.

3. Set Color
Allows you to customize the colors. For
This press the button and
establish appropriate
this option, a color pomoschyu
radio button.

    Settings are saved with
using the Save Config


    Also in the EWS has changed
communication with the overlays. Now
Overlays are not prescribed in the
Menu Overlays, and in some
alternative file menu
which is called by pressing
Right-click on the buttons
in the menu file. When
right button
should be replaced by
alternative and if you
were loaded overlays you have them
see (assuming they
can be configured to
button). Because of this fiche
was possible without problems
write overlays Communicators
files, ie You can
tag files click on
click the overlay and overlay will be
to see what files are labeled.
(Previously had to push
click "Overlays" and all
tag file is deleted).

What next?

After the release of EWS 1.1, possibly
still leaves a couple of versions with
minor modifications.
However, in the future, I plan
globally alter EWS,
Most likely it will be
internal changes, because on
Currently the code in the EWS
leaves much to be desired. In
consequence of that is difficult
write enough
bulky overlays and
disastrous shortage of
memory. Be normal
memory manager is not working
with banks, but with bytes. Hurry
only slightly change
appearance, added
something from Mac'a;)

    Towards further
development raises several
problems one of them is
disastrous shortage of
memory. Now EWS 1.1
left free to about 10
bytes. You can certainly take a
himself another bank, but it
directly restrict the
users. Tak as
128th car key
criterion to Commander
is the amount of memory
allocated for the copy.
Therefore, EWS 2.0 likely
will occupy the already 5.2 + esche
one bank and hence
clipboard for copying will be
64 sectors less than that
of 320 sectors, but
through another bank
opens several new
opportunities.

What overlays exist on
the moment?

At the moment there are 4
overlay:

    View text - allows
view texts in two
modes, standard and 256h192
Advanced 512h192.

    Pro Sort - manufactures
sort files by name,
extension or size.

    Miner - a standard miner
ala win'y.

    Player - player of music.
Also spelled disc doctor.


           The end.


    EWS is frivarnoy
program, any change
code is extremely undesirable.
(Better to contact me
tell me what you need) to
all kinds of wishes and
suggestions email me at
address:

e-mail: rum_emage@yahoo.com
fido:

    2:451 / 13.49 Nozhko Vitaliy

    2:451 / 19.1 Nozhko Vitaliy


    Thank you for what you
've read this text until
end.


    Thanks to all those who I
wrote all your wishes and
I have tried to offer
implement.


    Thanks to all those who do not
forget our beloved ZX.

p.s. In the next article, I
talk about how to most
create overelei as
use the
Commander, struktru
memory allocation in the EWS
(Which is where lies), etc.

MAN> After a long conversation with
RUM'om, I still managed to
to persuade him to collect in a single
Module EWS 1.1, and calling her
beta release in the append
application to a number ... Will
hope that's where you and her
find.