AREXX Application List - Updates and Changes
AMIGAphile Volume 1 Number 2 (AUGUST 1992)
This is only a small portion of The ARexx Application List, showing products that have been added recently. The entire list is posted monthly in the USENET newsgroup comp.sys.amiga.applications, on or around the first day of each month. If you have access to the Internet, you can obtain a copy of the entire list by sending mail to barrett@cs.umass.edu. Currently, the list contains 174 products.
This is a list of computer programs for the Commodore Amiga that support the ARexx interprocess communication language. Using ARexx, you can cause these programs to interact with each other, control each other, share data, and other useful things.
This list does not describe products in detail. It does not rate them or review them. It does not list the authors' addresses. However, it does provide the names and brief descriptions of many, many ARexx-compatible products. If you need more information on a product, consult Amiga magazines, USENET, or a product guide like AC's GUIDE TO THE COMMODORE AMIGA which is published quarterly in the USA by PiM Publications.
The ARexx Application List is Copyright 1992 by Daniel J. Barrett. All rights reserved.
HOW TO READ THE LIST
The information about each product includes:
- Product name: The name of the product.
- Product version: The version number of the program. Since version numbers are constantly changing, the only guarantee you have is that this version DOES support ARexx. It is also extremely likely that any version with a higher number also supports ARexx
- Product type: What kind of product is this? Results are in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS so you can search for topics more consistently.
- Author: The author's name.
- Status: Commercial? Freeware? Shareware? ...
- Port name: The name of the ARexx port.
- Number of commands: How many ARexx commands are supported.
- Executes scripts by: A description of how ARexx is used from INSIDE THE PROGRAM. (We assume that every ARexx application can be invoked from OUTSIDE the program.) Examples are: function keys, macro filename from a file requester, any key, mouse click, etc. If the program cannot invoke scripts, then the entry is "External control only."
- Notes: Brief but important information.
The products are listed alphabetically in three categories:
- Applications that support ARexx
- Collections of ARexx scripts
- Utilities for ARexx programmers (function libraries, etc.)
NEW ENTRIES ADDED THIS MONTH
ARexxBox, AsimTunes, 4D-BBS, HamLab Plus, Ldos, RexxView
UPDATED ENTRIES THIS MONTH
Ami-Back, DMD, KCommodity, SKsh
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PART 1: AREXX-COMPATIBLE APPLICATIONS
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Product name: Ami-Back
Product version: 2.0
Product type: HARD DISK BACKUP
Author: Moonlighter Software
Status: commercial
Port name: AmiBackRexx
Number of commands: 4
Executes scripts by: External control only
Product name: AsimTunes
Product type: COMPACT DISC (CD) PLAYER
Author: AsimWare Innovations
Status: commercial
Notes: Supplied with AsimCDFS CDROM filesystem.
Requires a supported CDROM drive.
Product name: 4D-BBS
Product version: V1.95 or Greater
Product type: BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEM (BBS)
Author: CornerStone Software (Dale Reed and Jeff Holden)
Status: shareware
Port name: 4D-BBS (may be set by user)
Number of commands: 50+
Executes scripts by: function keys, pulldown menus
Notes: V1.95 to be released in mid-July 1992.
Product name: HamLab Plus
Product version: 2.0
Product type: GRAPHICS CONVERSION, IMAGE PROCESSING
Author: Ed Hanway
Status: shareware (free demo version has size restrictions)
Port name: HAMLAB.1, HAMLAB.2, ...(base name may be set by user)
Number of commands: 55
Executes scripts by: function keys, console window
Notes: Available after July 4, 1992
Product name: KCommodity
Product version: 1.75 (Fish Disk 673)
Product type: INPUT HANDLER COMMODITY
Author: Kai Iske
Status: freeware
Notes: Mouse/window/keystroke/screen handler.
Requires Amiga OS 2.0 or higher.
Product name: Rexxview
Product type: AREXX MONITOR
Author: Martin Kees (BIX:mkees)
Status: freeware
Port name: (not applicable)
Number of commands: (not applicable)
Executes scripts by: (not applicable)
Notes: A program that monitors ARexx messages.
Product name: SKsh
Product version: 2.0
Product type: COMMAND LINE INTERFACE (SHELL)
Author: Steve Koren (Fish Disk ???)
Status: freeware
Port name: SKSH, or user definable
Number of commands: all shell commands available
Executes scripts by: External control only
Notes: Passes results of evaluation back to ARexx.
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PART 2: COLLECTIONS OF AREXX SCRIPTS
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Product name: DMD
Product version: 2.01
Product type: TEXT EDITOR MACROS
Author: Fergus Duniho
Status: tradeware
Port name: (not applicable)
Number of commands: (not applicable)
Executes scripts by: any event
Notes: Macros for DME text editor, making it more powerful
and user-friendly. See entry for DME.
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PART 3: UTILITIES FOR AREXX PROGRAMMERS
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Product name: ARexxBox
Product version: 1.00
Product type: AREXX INTERFACE GENERATOR
Author: Michael Balzer
(balzer@heike.informatik.uni-dortmund.de)
Status: freeware
Notes: Generate ARexx interfaces interactively.
Conforms to Commodore Style Guide.
Product name: Ldos
Product version: V1(3)
Product type: AMOS EXTENSION
Author: Niklas Sjvberg
Status: shareware
Port name: (not applicable)
Executes scripts by: (not applicable)
Notes: LRexx is an AMOS-interface to the library rexxhost.CONTRIBUTING TO THIS LIST
If you have any corrections or additions to this list, please send them by electronic mail to:
barrett@cs.umass.edu (INTERNET)
>internet:barrett@cs.umass.edu (COMPUSERVE)
If you do not have access to electronic mail, you may reach me at:
Daniel Barrett
Department of Computer Science
Lederle Graduate Research Center
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
USA
For additions, please use the same "standard" format of the other list entries. Here is a blank entry, and some guidelines:
- If you submit information electronically, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE do not change the indenting! If you do, I will have to edit your entry to fix it, and this is waste of time. Consistent indenting is very important for people who use programs to search through the database automatically.
Remember to read the guidelines at the top of this document, titled "HOW TO READ THE LIST", explaining what all the fields mean.
- Please keep your "Notes:" brief -- ideally, 1 or 2 lines.
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Product name: <Name of software product>
Product version: <the version number>
Product type: <PAINT, WORD PROCESSOR, ANIMATION, etc...>
Author: <Author or company's name>
Status: <commercial, shareware, freeware, public domain>
Port name: <ARexx port name. Be careful with upper/lower case!>
Number of commands: <number of ARexx commands provided>
Executes scripts by: <menu,gadgets,function keys,any key,mouse,any event>
or <External control only.>
Notes: <Any BRIEF but important notes>
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