MultiView

Introduction

Multiview can read any file for which there is a descriptor file in Devs:Datatypes. These tell Multiview (and any other programs written to take advantage of datatypes) how to load the various types of files.

ARexx Commands

OPEN

 NAME/K,CLIPBOARD/S,CLIPUNIT/K/N
 Open a file, or the contents of the specified clipboard unit.

RELOAD

 ,
 Reload the current object.

SAVEAS

 NAME/K,IFF/S
 Save the current object to disk. The IFF switch is used to force the
 save to be IFF instead of RAW (local format).

PRINT

 ,
 Print the current object.

ABOUT

 ,
 Display a requester with information about the current object.

QUIT

 ,
 Quit MultiView.

MARK

 ,
 Start Mark mode.

COPY

 ,
 Copy the currently selected block (or the whole object if no
 selected block exists) to the clipboard.

PASTE

 UNIT/N
 Open the contents of the specified clipboard unit. PASTE <n> is a
 shortcut for OPEN CLIPBOARD CLIPUNIT <n>.

CLEARSELECTED

 ,
 Deselect the currently selected block, if one exists.

GETTRIGGERINFO

 VAR/S,STEM/K
 Provide a list of trigger methods that the current object supports.

 VAR causes the information to be returned in RESULT.

 STEM causes the information to be returned in the named stem variable.
 The following values are supported:

   stem.count        number of elements in the array.
   stem.n.label      label
   stem.n.command    command
   stem.n.method     method

DOTRIGGERMETHOD

 METHOD/A
 Perform a trigger method on the current object.

SCREEN

 TRUE/S,FALSE/S
 Cause the object to be displayed on an own screen or not.

PUBSCREEN

 NAME/A
 Cause the object to be displayed on the specified public screen.

SNAPSHOT

 ,
 Save the current window position to ENVARC:MultiView/<screen name>.

GETCURRENTDIR

 ,
 Return the current directory for the current object.

GETFILEINFO

 ,
 Get the file information for the current object.

GETOBJECTINFO

 VAR/S,STEM/K
 Return information about the current object.

 VAR causes the information to be returned in RESULT.

   "name","basename","group","id"

 STEM causes the information to be returned in the named stem variable.

   stem.filename    file name of the current object.
   stem.name        object type name.
   stem.basename    object type basename.
   stem.group       object type group.
   stem.id          object type id.

MINIMUMSIZE

 ,
 Resize the object's window to its minimum size.

NORMALSIZE

 ,
 Resize the object's window to its nominal size.

MAXIMUMSIZE

 ,
 Resize the object's window to its maximum size.

WINDOWTOFRONT

 ,
 Bring the object's window to front.

WINDOWTOBACK

 ,
 Send the object's window to back.

ACTIVATEWINDOW

 ,
 Activate the object's window.

SCREENTOFRONT

 ,
 Bring the object's screen to front.

SCREENTOBACK

 ,
 Send the object's screen to back.

BEEPSCREEN

 ,
 Cause a display beep on the object's screen.

NEXT

 Note: only when viewing an Amigaguide file.

 Jumps to the next node in the guide.

PREVIOUS

 Note: only when viewing an Amigaguide file.

 Jumps to the previous node in the guide.