Short: A multi-purpose blanker module Author: Alex Carmona Uploader: Alex Carmona Type: util/blank Version: 2.3 Replaces: util/blank/commander.lha; util/blank/Commander.lha Architecture: ppc-amigaos >= 4.0.5 Commander is a multi-purpose ScreenBlanker module. It features... - Clock with standard and internet time - ScreenMode selection - Display update delay setting - Clock/Variable text with color cycling - User-defined font (2.0) - User-defined variable display - User-defined command to launch when blanking - User-defined command to launch on DPMS Stand-by (2.0) - User-defined command to launch on DPMS Suspend (2.0) - User-defined command to launch on DPMS Power off (2.0) - User-defined command to launch when unblanking What all this means is that whatever you want your screenblanker to do, like displaying a picture, slideshow, cartoon, crunching number or anything, you can make it happen with Commander, "the mother of all blankers" :-) =============================================================================== HISTORY: v1.0 (16.09.2006) - First public release v1.1 .. 1.5 - Fixed DPMS bug - Various changes, not good enough for release v2.0 (30.09.2007) - Added a command for each DPMS timer event - Added possibility to define custom font and size - Added yellow alerts for failures with fallback fonts - Made preview font proportional whenever possible - Changed conflicting shortcuts in settings window - Time format now follows Locale/Country prefs setting v2.1 (04.03.2008) - Added Clock setting to disable opening the clock screen so that Paul E. Bloedel's BubbleBlanker can appear on the Workbench - Skips clock-related code when Clock is off keeping overhead to a minimum - ScreenMode, Delay, Variable and Font gadgets in the preferences window are disabled when Clock is set to None v2.2 (07.22.2010) - This release only fixes cosmetic issues which annoyed me, no new features - The custom screen is now opened/closed behind the Workbench to prevent flashing the screen with the color defined for from pen 0 in the palette - Wrote a new color table generation routine. Now the color cycle loops around smoothly, it was jumping straight from blue to red - Randomized start color so that the text color won't always start from red - Removed extraneous redrawing of the clock v2.3 (11.02.2013) - Added missing Alpha channel value in color table - Minor code optimizations =============================================================================== THANKS: Thanks to all the people on the AmigaWorld and Beta IRC channels who helped me with my programming questions or tested the blanker, causing me to improve it more than I had originally planned. =============================================================================== Enjoy! -- Amiga... Duh!