Instllation of Boingiconsbar in MorphOS 3.0
  • Order of the Butterfly
    Order of the Butterfly
    WeiXing3D
    Posts: 327 from 2012/6/13
    From: Pacifica, CA
    I don't have clear the installation setps in the installation instructions included in the download of Boing Icons Bar. What are the files I need to copy to DEVARC and DEV respectively? Where do I pick the files which work for MorphOS 3.0? Thanks in advance for any help.
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  • Yokemate of Keyboards
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    Andreas_Wolf
    Posts: 12157 from 2003/5/22
    From: Germany
    > DEVARC and DEV

    That should be ENVARC and ENV, I guess.
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  • Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
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    boot_wb
    Posts: 874 from 2007/4/9
    From: Kingston upon ...
    The archive downloaded here 'works' on MorphOS, after some fiddling.

    After downloading, copy the contents of the archive to your sys:applications directory.
    Move (or copy) the prefs file 'BIBprefs.exe' to sys:prefs, and rename it to BIBprefs (without the .exe suffix).
    This is necessary because the prefs program will not work when called from within the boingicon program (via RMB-menu>settings) as it is named by default.

    Open 'sys:applications/boingiconbar/env/ikonbar.prefs' with a text editor (eg sys:utilities/editor) and delete all but the first line. Add one valid entry (eg sys:tools/format).
    Save and exit.
    This is necessary because it's default configuration is set up for OS4 (presumably), and the program doesn't seem to handle failed lookups well.
    EDIT: It will still run, but will spit some errors out via the console. Prefs program crashed on me several times when used with invalid entries though.

    Copy 'sys:applications/boingiconbar/env/ikonbar.prefs' to envarc: and to env: .

    To run boingiconbar, double-click on sys:applications/boingiconbar/BiB
    Nothing happened? Move your mouse to the bottom centre of the screen, and the boingiconbar should appear as if by some magic beyond the ken of mere mortals.

    PS - to run the prefs program from within the program you'll need to hold down the RMB and select 'Settings' from the menu. Tricky on a Powerbook trackpad, but not impossible. (Selection from the RMB menu seems to be driven by RMB-release too, also tricky on trackpad) :-)

    PPS - ENVARC: is an assign to a folder (sys:prefs/env-archive) which contains environment variables.
    At boot time, ENV: (and assign to folder RAM:ENV/ ) is created, and the contents of ENVARC: are copied into it.
    ENV: is the 'live' copy of your environment variables, is where the system reads environment variables from, and is lost upon rebooting.
    ENVARC: is the backed up copy - it's never used directly by the system, just copied to ENV at bootup (and updated when you save any environment variables), and it survives rebooting.

    PPPS - All in all, I'm back to using Ambient panels now after that brief flirtation with eye-candy. ;-)

    [ Edited by boot_wb 25.06.2012 - 19:02 ]
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  • Order of the Butterfly
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    WeiXing3D
    Posts: 327 from 2012/6/13
    From: Pacifica, CA
    Thank you boot_wb for the detailed explanation. Unfortunately that is way beyond my rookie level of expertise.

    I guess I will wait for the release of the new Ultimate pack, scehduled for July 14.
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  • »26.06.12 - 02:25
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