Needed: A simple commodity that deletes files on workbench when you press the DEL key

gulliver · 18 February 2015, 20:52

Hi, I am looking for a simple commodity that deletes/or prompts for deletion the current workbench selected files when pressing the DELETE key.

This is for an unexpanded A500 with AmigaOS 3.1.

There are various solutions that I know of, but they require AmigaOS 3.9 or MCP, which are out of the question on this configuration.

I would apreciate any help on this.

zipper · 18 February 2015, 21:42

http://aminet.net/package/util/cdity/ClipAid for instance.

gulliver · 19 February 2015, 01:23

Thanks for the reply but it does not work as intended:

1.It requires you to press the ctrl & alt key + the key you select. So I cannot simply use just the DELETE key

2.Anyway, when set to work, I get a "stack overflow" error on a clean 3.1 install.

Any other solutions are welcomed

daxb · 19 February 2015, 12:09

I don`t know but maybe FKey is able doing this?

Michael · 19 February 2015, 13:30

I use Dopus5 with the DEL key configured for delete. Very handy.
Amiga was always a mouse driven OS, but recently I am getting used to keyboard short cuts

gulliver · 19 February 2015, 20:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Michael

I use Dopus5 with the DEL key configured for delete. Very handy.
Amiga was always a mouse driven OS, but recently I am getting used to keyboard short cuts

Yes, I also use its counterpart ScalOS to do that.

The thing is that a standard A500 cant stand those.

vulture · 25 February 2015, 14:33

powerwb has that function too , but I suppose that's out of question for a plain A500 as well....

zipper · 25 February 2015, 16:18

It needs MUI. I do use it on my A500 with steroids; on 3.9 it's partly broken (window gadgets at least).

Minuous · 25 February 2015, 20:07

Maybe http://aminet.net/package/util/wb/ReKeyIt2_4a?

BigFan · 25 February 2015, 20:44

ReKeyIt needs MUI for Preferences and can only assign alphanumeric keys. No function keys like Del , Help, Fn

gulliver · 25 February 2015, 21:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Minuous

Maybe http://aminet.net/package/util/wb/ReKeyIt2_4a?

Thank you for the suggestion.
It doesnt require MUI (but it can use it if present).

The thing is that it still doesnt work as intended:
You can only configure the delete function with the AMIGA key + a single alphanumeric character, but you just cannot simply use the DELETE key

Minuous · 26 February 2015, 04:57

I'd never recommend anything that required the abomination known as MUI :-O , it can use BGUI or gtlayout instead.

You could perhaps set up a keymap to translate DEL key to eg. Amiga-D, but that would interfere with normal use of the DEL key for other purposes.

gulliver · 26 February 2015, 06:25

Yep, it seems this simple delete commodity has been harder to find than anticipated

Hewitson · 26 February 2015, 08:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Minuous

I'd never recommend anything that required the abomination known as MUI

Me either. That company never made a good product, MagicWB sucked as well.

daxb · 26 February 2015, 13:03

You "just" need to find/ask a nice programmer who write such a tool.

I guess an average skilled or beginner would be able doing it.

thomas · 26 February 2015, 14:55

Here you are. It is not a commodity. Run it once to enable, run it again to disable.

daxb · 26 February 2015, 16:39

Great support Thomas!

gulliver · 26 February 2015, 17:10

@thomas

Thank you very much.

The program works but has a bug.

UPDATE: I run it and tried to delete a folder, but when the requester popped up, I cancelled the requester (so far so good). Afterwards, the mouse worked but the mouse events were somehow not properly acknowledged by workbench (it is a clean 3.1 system on WinUAE that I am using for testing). I mean that windows can be moved, gadgets can be pressed, but gadgets & icons do not activate.

BigFan · 26 February 2015, 20:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Minuous

I'd never recommend anything that required the abomination known as MUI :-O , it can use BGUI or gtlayout instead.

Ooops, i must have been sleeping, 2 prominent icons and i missed them.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hewitson

Me either. That company never made a good product, MagicWB sucked as well.

I didn't dare to say so, but yes.
It is quite relaxing to know i'm not alone when getting lynched by the mwb fan mob

thomas · 27 February 2015, 15:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by gulliver

The program works but has a bug.

UPDATE: I run it and tried to delete a folder, but when the requester popped up, I cancelled the requester (so far so good). Afterwards, the mouse worked but the mouse events were somehow not properly acknowledged by workbench (it is a clean 3.1 system on WinUAE that I am using for testing). I mean that windows can be moved, gadgets can be pressed, but gadgets & icons do not activate.

This rather seems to be a bug in Workbench. All I can say is that if you select delete from the menu once, after that the del key always works.

18 February 2015, 20:52	#1
gulliver BoingBagged Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: The South of nowhere Age: 46 Posts: 2,358	Needed: A simple commodity that deletes files on workbench when you press the DEL key Hi, I am looking for a simple commodity that deletes/or prompts for deletion the current workbench selected files when pressing the DELETE key. This is for an unexpanded A500 with AmigaOS 3.1. There are various solutions that I know of, but they require AmigaOS 3.9 or MCP, which are out of the question on this configuration. I would apreciate any help on this.

26 February 2015, 17:10	#18
gulliver BoingBagged Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: The South of nowhere Age: 46 Posts: 2,358	@thomas Thank you very much. The program works but has a bug. UPDATE: I run it and tried to delete a folder, but when the requester popped up, I cancelled the requester (so far so good). Afterwards, the mouse worked but the mouse events were somehow not properly acknowledged by workbench (it is a clean 3.1 system on WinUAE that I am using for testing). I mean that windows can be moved, gadgets can be pressed, but gadgets & icons do not activate. Last edited by gulliver; 26 February 2015 at 17:38.

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18 February 2015, 21:42	#2
zipper Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: finland Posts: 1,838	http://aminet.net/package/util/cdity/ClipAid for instance.

19 February 2015, 01:23	#3
gulliver BoingBagged Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: The South of nowhere Age: 46 Posts: 2,358	Thanks for the reply but it does not work as intended: 1.It requires you to press the ctrl & alt key + the key you select. So I cannot simply use just the DELETE key 2.Anyway, when set to work, I get a "stack overflow" error on a clean 3.1 install. Any other solutions are welcomed

19 February 2015, 12:09	#4
daxb Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 3,303	I don`t know but maybe FKey is able doing this?

19 February 2015, 13:30	#5
Michael A1260T/PPC/BV/SCSI/NET Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Moscow / Russia Posts: 839	I use Dopus5 with the DEL key configured for delete. Very handy. Amiga was always a mouse driven OS, but recently I am getting used to keyboard short cuts

25 February 2015, 14:33	#7
vulture Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Athens , Greece Posts: 1,840	powerwb has that function too , but I suppose that's out of question for a plain A500 as well....

25 February 2015, 16:18	#8
zipper Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: finland Posts: 1,838	It needs MUI. I do use it on my A500 with steroids; on 3.9 it's partly broken (window gadgets at least).

25 February 2015, 20:07	#9
Minuous Coder/webmaster/gamer Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Canberra/Australia Posts: 2,631	Maybe http://aminet.net/package/util/wb/ReKeyIt2_4a?

25 February 2015, 20:44	#10
BigFan Registered User Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Germany Posts: 261	ReKeyIt needs MUI for Preferences and can only assign alphanumeric keys. No function keys like Del , Help, Fn

26 February 2015, 04:57	#12
Minuous Coder/webmaster/gamer Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Canberra/Australia Posts: 2,631	I'd never recommend anything that required the abomination known as MUI :-O , it can use BGUI or gtlayout instead. You could perhaps set up a keymap to translate DEL key to eg. Amiga-D, but that would interfere with normal use of the DEL key for other purposes.

26 February 2015, 06:25	#13
gulliver BoingBagged Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: The South of nowhere Age: 46 Posts: 2,358	Yep, it seems this simple delete commodity has been harder to find than anticipated

26 February 2015, 13:03	#15
daxb Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 3,303	You "just" need to find/ask a nice programmer who write such a tool. I guess an average skilled or beginner would be able doing it.

26 February 2015, 16:39	#17
daxb Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 3,303	Great support Thomas!

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