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Software News : SketchBlock 1.7 Out Now!
Posted by broadblues on 2012/10/25 20:56:23 (1806 reads) News by the same author
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SketchBlock 1.7 is now available on os4depot


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Many new features, so little time to describe then, animbrushes, experimental font support, experimental path support, extended GUIs using ProAction, and more beside.

Requires ProAction 1.4 for support script GUIs and PIL1.7

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Templario
Published: 2012/10/25 22:09  Updated: 2012/10/25 22:10
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 Re: SketchBlock 1.7 Out Now!
Thank you, Andy! Donwloaded and soon I'll test it.
samo79
Published: 2012/10/26 11:01  Updated: 2012/10/26 11:01
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 Re: SketchBlock 1.7 Out Now!
Thanks for the new release

Just a though, at every startup i got an AmigaDOS requester:

Quote:
Insert a disk
SketchBlock:

Process: 271 "ARexx"


Is it possible to avoid that automatically ?
broadblues
Published: 2012/10/26 12:22  Updated: 2012/10/26 12:24
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 Re: SketchBlock 1.7 Out Now!
Quote:

Just a though, at every startup i got an AmigaDOS requester:

Quote:
Insert a disk
SketchBlock:

Process: 271 "ARexx"

Is it possible to avoid that automatically ?


Yes add the assign to your user startup.

;BEGIN SketchBlock
Assign SketchBlock: <pathtosketchblock>
;END SketchBlock

add the DEFER option if you don't want the assign to appear in requesters until needed.
samo79
Published: 2012/10/26 15:08  Updated: 2012/10/26 15:08
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 Re: SketchBlock 1.7 Out Now!
Solved, thanks Andy

About that in the future releases you may add a few line in readme
broadblues
Published: 2012/10/26 17:20  Updated: 2012/10/26 17:20
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 Re: SketchBlock 1.7 Out Now!
@Samo
Really? I need to explain how to add assign to user startup?

:shrug:
ChrisH
Published: 2012/10/26 17:21  Updated: 2012/10/26 17:21
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 Re: SketchBlock 1.7 Out Now!
@broadblues
Why does it need a "Sketchblock:" assignment? Can't it just use "PROGDIR:"? If there are external "plugins" or scripts which need the assignment, then couldn't Sketchblock just issue something like:

AssignLock("Sketchblock", Lock("PROGDIR:", ACCESS_READ))
samo79
Published: 2012/10/26 17:46  Updated: 2012/10/26 17:46
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 Re: SketchBlock 1.7 Out Now!
@Andy

Of course no, but you may advice the users that an assign is mandatory, altrough isn't better to get rid this assign at all ?
broadblues
Published: 2012/10/26 19:45  Updated: 2012/10/26 19:49
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@ChrisH
As I explained at the end of this thread

http://www.amigans.net/modules/xforum ... t_id=72757#forumpost72757

the assign is used for ARexx to find the scripts referenced in the menus and now the keyboard shortcuts. Non of the alternate methods dealt with the situation that the 'commands' in the xml file could be either 'scripts' or internal ARexx commands, and that to add any extra parsing would be dupliacting the work that arexx.class is allready doing.
broadblues
Published: 2012/10/26 19:48  Updated: 2012/10/26 19:48
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@Samo

It's not strictly mandatory as the user is encouraged to edit the xml prefs and create their own menu setups. (there will be a GUI for this later).

But, and I quote:

Quote:


INSTALLATION

Unpack archive to your prefered destination and add the assign SketchBlock:
to that location.
samo79
Published: 2012/10/26 20:10  Updated: 2012/10/26 20:10
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 Re: SketchBlock 1.7 Out Now!
Ok understand
broadblues
Published: 2012/10/26 20:25  Updated: 2012/10/26 20:25
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@ChrisH

Quote:

AssignLock("Sketchblock", Lock("PROGDIR:", ACCESS_READ))


That is another option, similar the way AWeb created "AWebPATath:" when it was active. I have thought about that, but I was never sure how friendly a thing that was to do...
gregthecanuck
Published: 2012/10/26 21:22  Updated: 2012/10/26 21:22
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From: Vancouver, Canada
Comments: 192
 Re: SketchBlock 1.7 Out Now!
Would using APPDIR:Sketchblock be a better solution? No need for Sketchblock: assign in startup scripts.
JTKirk
Published: 2012/10/29 12:07  Updated: 2012/10/29 12:07
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From: Tarsus IV
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 Re: SketchBlock 1.7 Out Now!
Thanks for the update Andy.
328gts
Published: 2012/10/31 20:31  Updated: 2012/10/31 20:47
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From: Man Cave, Canada
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 Re: SketchBlock 1.7 Out Now!
thanks Andy! loving SketchBlock but where can I find PIL1.7?

edit: never mind saw type o from aw.net so it's PIL 1.17 not 1.7
broadblues
Published: 2012/11/1 17:03  Updated: 2012/11/1 17:03
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 Re: SketchBlock 1.7 Out Now!
Actualy it's PIL 1.1.7
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