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DOpus (Magellan) support Posted on 23-Apr-2004 15:50:32
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| I'm a big fan of DOpus Magellan (v.5.5). I proberly won't buy AOS4.0 if it don't support it.
Have any of your tester tried to use it and if so what where the result of that?
I know that DOpus 4 is available but those 2 can't be compared except for the first 5 letters in the name.
Maybe they should add the most importen features into the OS: 1. Filetype creator (Create a filetype similar to how you can do it in DOpus Magellan) 2. Advanced lister, that can communicate with each other (unpacking, copy, moving....) 3. Popup menues when right cliking on a file, based on filetype 4. Commands (Arexx, shell, WB, and various internal commands) 5. Useing the commands above in menues, buttons, popupmenues.... 6. Left clicking on desktop to open lister (or something else)
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Re: DOpus (Magellan) support Posted on 23-Apr-2004 16:26:33
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| @tylon
Didn't somebody say, at some distant time in the past, that DOpus Mag2 would be compiled for, bundled with, or integrated into OS4? (not sure which)
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Re: DOpus (Magellan) support Posted on 23-Apr-2004 16:32:48
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| @Laser
I have heard a rumor about DOpus whould be added to AOS4.0, but the rumor I heard where not specific on what version of DOpus they would add, so I am guessing that it is v4.12 since the sourcecode is available. |
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Re: DOpus (Magellan) support Posted on 23-Apr-2004 18:44:43
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| @tylon
surely it would run under emulation?
i also heard that some version of DOpus would be included with the OS eveuntially, but i think it was version 4 rather than version 5.5
lets face it though - that version of DOpus is still better than explorer.exe on windowsXP (eventhough it was a vast improvement)
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Re: DOpus (Magellan) support Posted on 23-Apr-2004 19:18:44
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| @Laser
There was talk of Dopus being bundled with OS4 But apparantely Hyperion have not signed some sort of licence agreement , And the agreement has now Been cancled according to a recent thread on the DOpus5 mailing list
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Re: DOpus (Magellan) support Posted on 23-Apr-2004 20:20:21
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| @frosty
oh, thats a shame. but the version we have from 'classic' amiga will still work wont they?
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Re: DOpus (Magellan) support Posted on 23-Apr-2004 20:34:25
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| @niceguy1979
Yes it is a shame, I was hopeing to use DOPus 5 native on ppc A1 As for Classic versions working on OS4 ...... i Dont know for sure
All i can say is that in the OS4 Screenshots in the features section else where on this Website, you can clearely see a DOpus icon in the Dockies .
Hopeing that someone can confirm that DOpus works under OS4 on the A1
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Re: DOpus (Magellan) support Posted on 23-Apr-2004 21:14:07
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| @frosty
The same thread on the Dopus ML that you referred to also highlighted that most of Dopus mag works under the AOS4 68k emulation, but that there were some problems. I forget off the top of my head what the problem areas were.
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Re: DOpus (Magellan) support Posted on 23-Apr-2004 21:46:46
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| @tylon
I'm sure I remember reading that someone contracted to port DOpus to AOS4. I've looked but can't find the news release. I thought it was at the AI site, but couldn't find it there. |
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Re: DOpus (Magellan) support Posted on 24-Apr-2004 0:20:02
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| I've heard mixed reports about DOpus 5 on the A1. I can't get it to run on my A1, but I have seen someone else on the ML have success.
The problem is that like many other such hacks, it burrows deep into non-documented areas of the 68k OS structures, then when they aren't there anymore, it falls over.
I agree, it's a real pain not having it on the A1.
tony
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Re: DOpus (Magellan) support Posted on 26-Apr-2004 6:19:25
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| @tylon
WHY!!!! Have you tried workbench in 3.5 or 3.9!!!!
Gee I want to use a program that takes more memory than workbench, does less and adds extra bugs and imcompatibilities. Sounds really smart to me!
There is nothing you can't do in workbench that you can do in dopus. but the are a few things that can be very arkward in dopus and easy in Workbench.
The thing that blows my mind is people spend day's trying to make dopus work and do something. When if the bothered to read the manual the would find workbench or shell could do that very thing quite easily.
The only thing dopus could be useful for and was never done right was to compare version numbers of libraries and stuff.
I find the fact that you make a file utility prog that does not have the ability to list the version string in the directory window as down right retarded. I played with Dopus in the past and found out the bugs and the work setting up to do something actually resembling useful as not worth the effort.
Can you tell yet that I hate Dopus.
Most of the things you list are in 3.5 and 3.9 already and quite easily could be set up in less time than you spent configuring Dopus.
I have found massive incompatibilities with dopus running. Strange bugs and wierd happenings all disapear when Dopus is removed from the system. I would rather install XP on my Amiga than Dopus! less bugs and more usefull features.
Dopus had it's use in times past but with 3.5 and above it quickly became not needed. It's drawbacks quickly erase any slight or marginal gains you get from using it.
I had a guy that when he sent certain attachments with YAM it sent his entire YAM directory including his preferences and emails. The problem went away with the purging of Dopus. I can name plenty of programs that acted strange with other progs but the incompatibilites go away with the purging of dopus.
Kgrach
Mind you these are just my opinions.
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Re: DOpus (Magellan) support Posted on 26-Apr-2004 7:33:13
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| @kgrach
I disagree. Some of what you say makes sense - it is true that there's nothing that can be done in dopus which cannot be done from the Workbench. The problem is though, if you want to do it from the Workbench then you need to use the CLI. Fine if you're confident in a CLI Window, not so fine if you're not.
What Dopus does, is give you a GUI for most of the useful things you'd normally go about doing from a CLI. So instead of using a complex LFormat type command to create me a script which does what I want, I just click a button in Dopus, and it's all done for me! Granted, if you want to personalise Dopus to do specific things that you want it to do then yes, you've got to setup a button and write the initial script to solve the problem. But the idea is you write it once and then assign a button to it if you think you'll use it again - job done. And besides, Dopus comes with a whole host of useful buttons pre-programmed in.
There's also the listers function. Once you've got your head around the idea of listers then you'll instantly find them far more useful than the normal way of doing things from the Workbench. The other neat thing is the menu system which is far better than the standard menu system you get in the Workbench. For example, I was able to quite easily set mine up so that I could browse an MP3 directory, right click a song I wanted to hear and select "enqueue in AmigaAMP" (like you do on the PC for WinAMP) and using Arexx it would then do just that. If you've got some imagination the possibilities are endless and it's easy to make Workbench a joy to use with Dopus.
All that said, I don't use Dopus anymore because of problems with the modern look of my workbench. I use VisualPrefs and Birdie and PowerIcons etc etc, and it just doesn't seem to work properly from a Directory Opus screen. That's an unfortunate consequence of AmigaOS developing and Dopus standing still.
If Dopus5.x, or a new version of Dopus could be written to be compatable with AmigaOS4 then I think that would be good news.
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Re: DOpus (Magellan) support Posted on 26-Apr-2004 8:02:37
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What seems to crash are Magellan's listers. Anyway, you can't run it. Tony explained the reason well: it deeply pokes into undocumented OS structures. The 68K emulator is able to run really most of old apps, so it must be Magellan's fault. Since Hyperion have the sources, a fix could be done, but it's gonna take a LOT of time to dig out that much code. So I guess it's ... |
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Re: DOpus (Magellan) support Posted on 26-Apr-2004 8:02:39
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Can you tell yet that I hate Dopus. |
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Re: DOpus (Magellan) support Posted on 26-Apr-2004 9:04:37
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The most useful part of DOpus 5, for me, is the ability to select a range of files in a lister to be acted upon by a tool (often customised) in a toolbar. Everything from viewing, editing in a chosen editor, unarchiving, adding .info icons etc.
If listers are frelled, then DOpus is of no use as far as I am concerned. I see this as a major loss. Working with 3.9 and in text mode is no alternative to listers.
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Re: DOpus (Magellan) support Posted on 26-Apr-2004 9:44:29
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If listers are frelled, then DOpus is of no use as far as I am concerned. I see this as a major loss. Working with 3.9 and in text mode is no alternative to listers.
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It's a major loss allright, but it's not OS4 fault.
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Re: DOpus (Magellan) support Posted on 26-Apr-2004 11:11:56
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I totally disagree, too.DOpus Mag is perhaps the best program for the Amiga.
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Re: DOpus (Magellan) support Posted on 26-Apr-2004 11:34:22
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Hm, what you have described should be possible by drag and drop of the selected icons on an AmiDock?!
I'm not such a big fan of DOpus Magellan, too, WB has everything that I need from a desktop, for file operations i've used DOpus 4 until I found ClassAction which is in most parts much nicer
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Re: DOpus (Magellan) support Posted on 26-Apr-2004 11:42:21
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Oh no! I really can not live without DopusMag! I feel really handicapped in Workbench, as I have configured Magellan to do a LOT of stuff that cant be fone from WB. I really love the way you browse around in Dopus. And the weird thing, It is infact very stable for me. I never had any problems. Those who had, maybe didnt use the latest patch?
I was planning to use Magellan under OS4, be it emulated if I had to.. but I was so happy when Hyperion announced that they would port it yo OS4, but this isnt the case anymore? ... or is it?
Please, someone from Hyperion enlighten us!
I would be happy to pay for OpusMagellan6 as a separate package for OS4 even! I would not expect it to be a freebie.
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Re: DOpus (Magellan) support Posted on 26-Apr-2004 11:50:28
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A pity you've had such bad experience with DOpus.
I find Mag II to be one of the best bits of software I've ever bought. Its clear, concise and fast. I've never had it crash or cause compatibility problems. The multi-threading, double-clicking on the backdrop to open a lister, context menus, built-in ftp, advanced filetypes, archive explorer, and many others, make it so much nicer than WB3.5.
The one real downside is the default config. It sucks. When I first bought it I actually uninstalled it I found it so unusable. Some weeks later I sat down and set it up to my liking, and have never looked back. I expect that maybe your experiences may have been because of a similar situation.
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