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Using the Amiga desktop (Workbench), filemanagers, and Workbench replacements

The Amiga “desktop” is called Workbench. Some basics:

  • First of all, you get menus by holding down the right mouse button. On the Amiga, like in OS/X, the application wide menus appear at the top of the screen. Some applications also have contextual menus that appear by the mouse pointer.
  • The windows representing folders can be made to always re-open in the same location and with the same size. You do this by clicking on the window, holding down the right mouse button and selecting “Snapshot” from the menus.
  • Apart from AmigaOS4, unless you have installed any extensions, the folders may need to be manually refreshed. This is a legacy from the days when Amiga was geared towards working with floppies, and you wanted to minimize drive access, especially since it was not guaranteed the wanted disk was still in the drive.
  • You can choose to “leave out” an icon for a folder. This is similar to placing a shortcut on the desktop.
  • Many applications can iconify to the desktop - you might have seen this on some Linux windows managers or on Next.

Preferences

TODO: Description, examples (how to setup screens, themes, etc)

Commodities

TODO: Description of default commodities, list of 3 party useful ones

Icons and Tooltypes

TODO: Amiga Icons and other icon types. Tooltypes.

Filetypes and Deficons

TODO: Description and examples of filetypes configurations.

AmiDock

TODO: Description and how to work/edit AmiDock.

RAM & RAD disks

TODO: Description, differences and usage (utility).

File managers

TODO: Diskmaster. Directory Opus. Filer. AmiDisk. Others?

Workbench Replacements

  • Directory Opus Magellan

TODO: Descriptions. Others?

Workbench replacements on Amiga-like OS's

TODO: Wanderer on AROS. Others?

workbench.1297008998.txt.gz · Last modified: 2011/02/06 16:16 by vidarh