I released a new version (1.1) of WB-Tools.

WB-Tools is a collection of arexx-scripts for adding additional functions to the workbench. These scripts are described in my workshop "Komfortabel: Workbench mit ARexx erweitern" published in issue no. 1/2002 of the Amiga-Magazin. WB-Tools is a invitation for programming your own addons. It is easy to install and to use it.

Features:

• Simple keyboardfunctions via WB-Keys: DEL delets the selected object, Enter opens the selected object, Backspace moves to the parent window, Escape closes the current window, furthermore there are the arrow-keys at the numberblock (with and without the shift-key). I do not reveal theire functions but these functions make the Workbench complete.
• Menu-functionen via WB-Menus: fix all open windows, Store and restore the psoitions of the open windows, close all windows.
• AmiDock-functionen via WB-Toolbar: compression of selected items (lha, lzx, zip), display the content of a lha-, lzx- or zip-archive, create a new drawer, rename.

We wish Petra and the whole amiga-news.de team a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, too.

Changes:

• ARexx: added lots of commands.
• Signatures can now be stripped when replying.
• Folder names are now rendered in bold when containing new mail.
• Improved the wordwrap while quoting.
• Option to not quote empty lines.
• Your address is filtered out when replying a multiple recipient email.
• Modified the STARTTLS code following the suggestions from Jörg Strohmayer.
• Every folder can now have a default recipient address.
• Can now import address books from YAM.
• Implemented CC support in the Compose Message window.

• New catalogs (Russian, Polski, Deutch,latvian, Norsk ...)
• New effects: Relief, Sharpen, Fiber, Stone, Glass.
• New text effect: Stamp, Stamp2 and FlatShade (from Markus Castro)
• New Arexx Box script: CreatePlanete.rx (from Markus Castro)
• New picture effect: Rotate any Angle
• New tools: Correct Picture Rotation
• New 'Movie factory' effect: Blur, Horizontal BLur, Vertical Blur
• Improve some effects: Much faster
• Improve antialiasing: Much faster and better aspect
• Improve Polar Coordinates
• Fix an EnforcetHit with the requester palette and PopupMenu
• Stone, Fiber and Liquid can use now Color Gradient with transparency.
• Fix some bug with animation.
• Improve Control requester: Much Faster, New mode: Maximum, Minimum, threshold, Multiply, Screen and Exclusion.
• Improve VisualPrefs compatibility (I think I fix the problem, on some configuration, about garbage in main window when you resize it from a reduced view to the original size)
• With the help of NewIcon.library, PfPaint can now load standard Icon; load and save NewIcon.
• You can change the amount of transparency of the popupmenu.
• Fix a bug with the TTF font (and the TTFlib).
• Fix a bug with the 'Page size' requester.
• All effects are now stored in an asynchron window, it's much easy to select an effect.
• Brush can be saved in PPM and sculpt format (separate raw alpha,red,green and blue file)
• In Zoom mode, picture is always centered.
• Saving with thumbnail newicon works well now.
• Arexx command to save Icon: pp_SaveIconFor file type.

• fixed deadlock problems with multiple PING responses
• improvements for dealing with the new V3 RIPE database
• improvements in WHOIS network prefix lookup tables

• netinfo_211.lzx (163K)
• netinfo_211.lha (198K)

• Fixed AGA display for YUV221111 based codecs.
• Fixed display scaling on CGFX for YUV221111 based codecs.
• Added support for MP3 hardware decoders, added MP3HW CLI/tooltype argument.
• Added PUBSCREEN CLI/tooltype argument.
• Fixed 8-bit window display for YUV221111 based codecs.
• DITHER is now default direct color emulation mode for 8-bit display.
• VIDEOCHANNEL and AUDIOCHANNEL CLI/tooltype arguments.
• Some speed improvements in DivX;-) codec.
• Added DEPTH24 CLI/tooltype argument for 24-bit output on fullscreen.
• Few bugfixes in QT parser.
• Fixed crash on last frame on animation.
• Fixed some problems in RainbowRunner codec.