New v3.3b.3 EasyGUI package
===========================

(v3.3b.3 is a minor update that fixes a bug with AppWindow messages
that crept in under the guise of a safety feature in v3.3b...)

Re-read Docs/EasyGUI.doc!

For the impatient, here is the big news:

- MAJOR CHANGE: made the main functions use a taglist for their optional
  arguments (it was getting a bit ridiculous...).  This gives a bit more
  flexibility for the programmer and makes for much more readable code, so
  I'm afraid it was inevitable.  To ease the change-over a bit there is an
  example module which gives the old style versions of the functions (just
  for EasyGUI.m; you can do your own for EasyGUI_lite.m).
- MAJOR ADDITION: support for multi-window GUIs.  This is via the
  multiinit(), addmultiA(), multimessage(), cleanmulti() and checkmulti()
  functions.  The new scheme shares message ports, and efficiently
  dispatches on the message data.  This is *massively* more efficient than
  using the old scheme (OR-ing the signal masks of each window), and
  effectively removes the limit of windows that a GUI can use.


Installing the modules
----------------------
Copy the files from the sub-directories of the Modules directory to the
same place in your emodules: directory.  Note: there are some updates to
the typed modules of the v3.2a distribution included.

Installing the .gadget and .image files
---------------------------------------
Copy the .gadget and .image files from the sub-directories of the Classes
directory to the same place in your sys:classes directory (or at least,
somewhere so that libs:gadgets/x.gadget and libs:images/x.image find the
appropriate files).

PLUGINS
-------
There are now lots of examples of PLUGINs with full source code and some
documentation.  Hopefully this will provoke some more interest in this
area...  Also, there is a simplified way of using GadTools gadgets as
PLUGINs, via gtrender().

Test files
----------
There are several test files showing how to use the new features and new
PLUGINs (in Src/EasyGUI/).

Feedback
--------
Please let me have some...

Copyright
---------

The .gadget and .image files are:

    Copyright (c) 1994 Commodore-Amiga, Inc.

and discussed further in Classes/GI1.Readme and Classes/GI1.License.

EasyGUI.m, EasyGUI_lite.m and alldist.e are:

   Copyright (c) 1994-6, Wouter van Oortmerssen and Jason R. Hulance.

All other files in this archive are:

   Copyright (c) 1996, Jason R. Hulance.

You are free to use these files in your own programs, and you may modify
the souces supplied for your own purposes.  But it would be nice if you
mention the wonderful Wouter and his amazing Amiga E every now and then...


Well, have fun!


Jason (jason@fsel.com)

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[generic]                23100   62268  37.1% -lh5- 8851 Jun  9  1997 Docs/EasyGUI.doc
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[generic]                  160     288  55.6% -lh5- eb2c Dec  4  1996 Modules/Gadgets/tapedeck.m
[generic]                   65     114  57.0% -lh5- f5e0 Dec  4  1996 Modules/Graphics/collide.m
[generic]                  893    1898  47.0% -lh5- d78b Dec  4  1996 Modules/Graphics/gels.m
[generic]                  571    1458  39.2% -lh5- 816b Dec  4  1996 Modules/Graphics/gfxmacros.m
[generic]                   91     142  64.1% -lh5- 3411 Dec  4  1996 Modules/Images/led.m
[generic]                  384     770  49.9% -lh5- e951 Dec  4  1996 Modules/Intuition/classes.m
[generic]                 1346    3454  39.0% -lh5- d459 Dec  4  1996 Modules/Intuition/gadgetclass.m
[generic]                 1687    3690  45.7% -lh5- dc11 Dec  4  1996 Modules/Libraries/gadtools.m
[generic]                 1067    2536  42.1% -lh5- 371e Feb 13  1997 Modules/Plugins/animcontrol.m
[generic]                  962    2214  43.5% -lh5- 9e7a Feb 13  1997 Modules/Plugins/button.m
[generic]                  863    1778  48.5% -lh5- 3652 Feb 13  1997 Modules/Plugins/calendar.m
[generic]                 1099    2744  40.1% -lh5- 8b52 Feb 13  1997 Modules/Plugins/colorwheel.m
[generic]                 1015    2242  45.3% -lh5- bce7 Feb 13  1997 Modules/Plugins/gradient.m
[generic]                 1019    2346  43.4% -lh5- ce83 Feb 13  1997 Modules/Plugins/imagebutton.m
[generic]                  749    1358  55.2% -lh5- 7138 Feb 13  1997 Modules/Plugins/led.m
[generic]                 1263    2542  49.7% -lh5- 985b Feb 13  1997 Modules/Plugins/password.m
[generic]                  976    2006  48.7% -lh5- f8fb Feb 13  1997 Modules/Plugins/tabs.m
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[generic]                  329     558  59.0% -lh5- fc7f Feb 13  1997 Modules/Plugins/ticker.m
[generic]                  149     172  86.6% -lh5- 40c7 Dec  3  1996 Modules/Tools/copylist.m
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[generic]                  236     342  69.0% -lh5- 7de9 Dec  2  1996 Modules/Tools/textlen.m
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[generic]                 1228    6107  20.1% -lh5- 22ee Feb 10  1997 Src/EasyGUI/imagebutton_test.e
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[generic]                  217     330  65.8% -lh5- 6ee7 Feb 13  1997 Src/EasyGUI/ticker_test.e
[generic]                  986    3106  31.7% -lh5- 89c7 Feb  2  1997 Src/Plugins/animcontrol.e
[generic]                  872    2647  32.9% -lh5- be13 Feb  2  1997 Src/Plugins/button.e
[generic]                  791    2058  38.4% -lh5- 839a Feb  2  1997 Src/Plugins/calendar.e
[generic]                  983    3315  29.7% -lh5- d0b0 Feb  2  1997 Src/Plugins/colorwheel.e
[generic]                  906    2441  37.1% -lh5- 7dff Feb  2  1997 Src/Plugins/gradient.e
[generic]                  988    3115  31.7% -lh5- 0ea6 Feb  2  1997 Src/Plugins/imagebutton.e
[generic]                  636    1350  47.1% -lh5- efc9 Feb 13  1997 Src/Plugins/led.e
[generic]                 1417    3518  40.3% -lh5- d90c Feb  2  1997 Src/Plugins/password.e
[generic]                  883    2233  39.5% -lh5- e2ae Feb  2  1997 Src/Plugins/tabs.e
[generic]                  854    2593  32.9% -lh5- e57a Feb  2  1997 Src/Plugins/tapedeck.e
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[generic]                  150     194  77.3% -lh5- 49f2 Dec  4  1996 Src/Tools/copylist.e
[generic]                  256     861  29.7% -lh5- 75c1 Feb 12  1997 Src/Tools/EasyGUI_notag.e
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[generic]                  208     335  62.1% -lh5- c647 Dec  4  1996 Src/TypedModules/Gadgets/tabs.e
[generic]                  151     354  42.7% -lh5- 0dbd Dec  4  1996 Src/TypedModules/Gadgets/tapedeck.e
[generic]                   75     111  67.6% -lh5- 1076 Dec  4  1996 Src/TypedModules/Graphics/collide.e
[generic]                  842    2140  39.3% -lh5- f9f2 Dec  4  1996 Src/TypedModules/Graphics/gels.e
[generic]                  742    2020  36.7% -lh5- 1116 Dec  4  1996 Src/TypedModules/Graphics/gfxmacros.e
[generic]                  132     234  56.4% -lh5- a47e Dec  4  1996 Src/TypedModules/Images/led.e
[generic]                  464     994  46.7% -lh5- a6f8 Dec  4  1996 Src/TypedModules/Intuition/classes.e
[generic]                 1291    4627  27.9% -lh5- cdbc Dec  4  1996 Src/TypedModules/Intuition/gadgetclass.e
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