Heres one which someone else might find useful. I want to have device/assignwindow at hand, but I am not a big fan of toolbar. Put this script to tools and create a shortcut for it on Ambient desktop.

Edit the script to suit your needs

Big thanks to Fab for the hint

 Attached file(s) 

another one for pictures

add to JPEG_picture:

Action
Name Set as Background
Event Menu
Command AMIGADOS rx MorphOS:MorphOS/Ambient/filetypes/background.rexx file %sp
End


and background.rexx looks like this :

/* load ambient background*/

options results
parse arg mode' 'file

address 'AMBIENT'
'loadbackground 'file' MODE=CENTERED'

You don't really need an external script for this one :

Command INTERNAL LoadBackground %sp MODE=CENTERED TYPE=desktop

should be enough

Fab, Catohagen:

Funny, because I was allready about to prepare my all-in-one filetype definition for pictures, Especially for those who want to load pics into their favourite Manipulating Tool ;)
Will post it later on anyway (until I found out how to load pics in TV Paint and why FXPaint wont work while others do ;) )

Hi,

I'm having a little trouble:
When I doubleclick on a picture file, there's Multiview showing me the picture. Unfortunatly, I can choose another picture until I close the first.

Is it possible to show 2 files or more from the same dir at the same time?

thanks.

Serge:
Yep, either add "run >nil:" (without the quotes) before the multiview command, or use this deffinition: (It is not complete for now, If someone like to help me with the Arexx Script for TV Paint... has "" Problems )

AMTD
1
Name JPG Picture File
Type picture/jpg
Match
Match 6,sJFIF
OR
Match 6,sExif
OR
Name #?.jpg
OR
Name #?.jpeg
End
Action
Name Show with ShowGirls
Event Menu
Command WORKBENCH Sys:Tools/ShowGirls/ShowGirls %sp
End
Action
Name Show with Multiview
Event DoubleClick
Command AMIGADOS run >nil: Sys:Utilities/Multiview %sp
End
Action
Name Set as Background
Event Menu
Command INTERNAL LoadBackground %sp MODE=CENTERED TYPE=desktop
End
Action
Name Edit with Art Effect
Event Menu
Command AMIGADOS rx Sys:S/AELS.rexx picture %sp
End
Action
Name Edit with Image FX
Event Menu
Command AMIGADOS rx Sys:S/IFX.rexx picture %sp
End
Action
Name Edit with FX Paint
Event Menu
Command WORKBENCH Work:Grafik/fxPAINT/fxPAINT %sp
End
Action
Name Edit with TV Paint
Event Menu
Command AMIGADOS rx Sys:S/TVP.rexx picture %sp
End
End


Art Effect script

/*
** $VER: Art Effect Loader Script 1.0 (16.01.2006)
*/

AEPATH = 'Work:Grafik/ArtEffect4/ArtEffect'
parse arg mode' 'picture
options results

IF ~show('P','ArtEffect') then address command 'WBRun 'AEPATH
do
IF ~show('P','ArtEffect') then address command 'waitforport ArtEffect'
end


 
address 'ArtEffect' 'loadpic' picture
 
Image FX Script:


/*
** $VER: Art ImageFX Loader Script 1.0 (16.01.2006)
*/

IFXPATH = 'Work:Grafik/ImageFX4/ImageFX'
parse arg mode' 'picture
options results

IF ~show('P','IMAGEFX.1') then address command 'WBRun 'IFXPATH
do
IF ~show('P','IMAGEFX.1') then address command 'waitforport IMAGEFX.1'
end


 
address 'IMAGEFX.1' 'LoadBuffer' picture 'Best'

TV Paint Script

/*
** $VER: TV Paint Loader Script 1.0 (16.01.2006)
*/

TVPATH = 'Work:Grafik/TVPaint3.6/TVPaint'
parse arg mode picture
options results

IF ~show('P','rexx_TVPaint') then address command 'WBRun 'TVPATH
do
IF ~show('P','rexx_TVPaint') then address command 'waitforport rexx_TVPaint'
end


 
address 'rexx_TVPaint' 'tv_LoadPic' picture

Yet Another mp3 definition, based on gunnes previous definition but with the ability to edit TagID`s
(needs AmiTagID3 from Aminet)

AMTD
1
Name MP3 Audio Stream
Type sound/mp3
Match
Match $494433
OR
Match $FFFA92
OR
Match $FFFB50
OR
Match $FFFB90
OR
Name #?.mp3
End
Action
Name Play with AmiNetRadio
Event DoubleClick
Command AMIGADOS rx Sys:S/ANR.rexx url %sp
End
Action
Name Edit TagID3
Event Menu
Command Amigados run >nil: AmTagID3 %sp
End
End

gunnes rexx script


/*
** $VER: ANR-Script 1.0 (16.1.2006)
*/


ANRPATH = 'Work:Sound/AmiNetRadio/AminetRadio'

parse arg mode' 'url
options results

IF ~show('P','AMINETRADIO.1') then address command 'WBRun 'ANRPATH
do
IF ~show('P','AMINETRADIO.1') then address command 'waitforport AMINETRADIO.1'
end

address 'AMINETRADIO.1' 'PLAY NAME='url

Quote:
No, as you might have imagined, I never did the ARexx script for Ambient. I just wrote the one I cut'n'pasted here before, and Hooligan was referring to that.
My script just extracts LHAs with drag'n'drop, lets you select the destination with double click, and the context menu with the right mouse button lets you extract the archive contents to ram: and list the contents. Much simpler and less powerful than the ARexx script (I had a similar one on DOpus 4, so I'd love to be able to do the same thing in Ambient, BTW).

Kind regards,
Andrea

Guruman:
Ah, so this was just a little confusion ;) I refered to another filetype definiton he posted on another thread, where an archive was supposed to be opend as a virtual drawer, doubleklick on a lha archive and simply get it opened :) However, according to Fab it currently isn`t possible.

BTW, does anyone know whether it is possible to add "spacer" types into the menus?

Quote:

Both crashes went away when I installed MUI4.

Two questions, though --

Is there a way to "move" files from one folder to another? (files here are "copied" rather than "moved", unlike the previous version of Ambient). Is there a key I need to hold down or something?

Is there are way to turn off the MUI "Alpha" notification at boot time?

Thanks!

klesterjr:
with latest build, you can move instead of copying if you press alt while dragging a file. You can also use clipboard cut function available in context menu.

About the requester : setenv save I_KNOW_MUI_IS_BETA 1

Bladerunner :
No, there is no space object configurable in menu. Will be considered.

klesterjr,

# MUI

setenv save i_know_mui_is_beta 1

removes the notification on startup

#Move files

Choose Cut (and then paste/paste into) instead of copy for moving files. Multiselect is also ok.

Edit,

Heh, Fab was faster

Gunne

[ Edited by gunne on 2006/1/17 13:54 ]

Quote: Would be cool if this where added ;) Currently I have, depending on the image type, up to 7 definitions in the menu, but it would look somewhat better if the can be seperated by a spacer element.

BTW regarding the menus, Currently it is only possible to have selfdefined menus if just one file is selected. Would it also be possible to add something to Ambient that recognizes whether a group of selected files is of the same type and then allow to use the defined fileactions? for example select 3 jpgs and led them be opend with a gfx app. Or select some mp3s and led them be played with anr? Same would be true for a rename action btw.
Another thing is, I would like to see a "copy to" "move to" feature within the context menus. I know, they are allready available with the tools menu, however have that accesable with the contextmenu would be nice :)

@Catohagen

Very good idea and a useful too.. too damn shame it's apparently impossible to save Ambient settings from scripts at the moment.. so the background wil be the same old after a reboot :/

yeah, its a bless shame

we might be lucky that some developers read this
and put it on teh todo list.

also arexx controlled panels would be nice, meaning
you build them up with arexx for some temporary
stuff or similar and when script quits, they are
removed.....or maybe there are stuff thar does this already

Quote:

Indeed, I am hoping since a while, that there will be one day an Arexx Panel Element, which led you controll the behaviour as well as the current action via arexx.
On my old Amiga, I did exactly that with amistart. For example, when Miami went online, it sent some arexx magic to amistart, which changed the Icon then ;) (IIRC it also changed the action, if it was in offline state it went online when pressed and vice versa.)

Maybe this will happen one day ;) But let them finish now first the Mimetype thing ;) I guess there is still enough work to do ;) Oh and of course it would be more than cool, if one day the automatic Icon Sort mechanism could be turned off... :D

Why use arexx script for AminetRadio, just use this,

Command AMIGADOS RUN >NIL: SYS:Audio/AmiNetRadio/AmiNetRadio NOSTARTWINDOW URL %sp

Works fine for me

Is some guide to the scripting language available?
and... the mimetype editor still doesn't work, uh?

Not the best place to put this, but as close as I could find . . .

I painted a new set of menu images for the current Ambient beta. They look the same as everything I paint, so if you don't like my other stuff, you won't like these either.

I'll leave them up for a couple of days for anyone interested.

Screenshot

Download

Edited: Changed the links to point to the Ambient page.

[ Edited by klesterjr on 2006/2/27 7:20 ]

klesterjr,

I ask You the same question I always ask. If I can add this as contribution at www.ambient-desktop.com

Would be nice to have contributions like this present there.

Gunne

@Gunne

Definitely!

:-)

Great, they are looking more Amiga like, than the Linux things.
Thank you for your work.

Gunne,

you can find here a 120 Filetypes collection:

http://www.pegasosforum.de/viewtopic.php?t=2120



[ Edited by mk on 2006/2/26 16:12 ]

@klesterjr

Very nice work! I like them. Where are your other works? Maybe some icons?

@GK_LKA

'Ken's Icons' -- 256 color glow icons.

Screenshot

[ Edited by klesterjr on 2006/2/27 7:26 ]