[19 May 2008] Changing the Screen Name

[PEB]

Note: This is an archived post that was originally sent to the Hollywood mailing list on Mon, 19 May 2008 22:17:43 -0000

I know that using @DISPLAY {Title = "Custom Screen Name", Mode="OwnScreen"} will cause the custom screen name to be displayed in the title bar of the screen; but the system still sees the screen name as "HOLLYWOOD.1". Is there a way to change this currently? If not, could this be added to a future version?

Thanks,

[airsoftsoftwair]

Note: This is an archived post that was originally sent to the Hollywood mailing list on Thu, 22 May 2008 10:58:56 +0200

I know that using @DISPLAY {Title = "Custom Screen Name", Mode="OwnScreen"} will cause the custom screen name to be displayed in the title bar of the screen; but the system still sees the screen name as "HOLLYWOOD.1". Is there a way to change this currently? If not, could this be added to a future version?

Well, probably not. This is an Amiga specific feature and I do not want to add too many Amiga specific features because it gets too confusing on other platforms. I always try to avoid implementing platform specific features; for easiness' sake.

[PEB]

Note: This is an archived post that was originally sent to the Hollywood mailing list on Thu, 22 May 2008 08:39:06 -0700 (PDT)

Would it be possible, then, just to have whatever is set in @DISPLAY{Title} automatically be used as the screen name (instead of "HOLLYWOOD.1")---only using "HOLLYWOOD.1" if no other title is set?

[airsoftsoftwair]

Note: This is an archived post that was originally sent to the Hollywood mailing list on Mon, 26 May 2008 23:18:03 +0200

Would it be possible, then, just to have whatever is set in @DISPLAY{Title} automatically be used as the screen name (instead of "HOLLYWOOD.1")---only using "HOLLYWOOD.1" if no other title is set?

I'm not sure. There are some restrictions concerning public screen names by the OS. Also, pub screen names must be unique. Is there any particular reason why you have to use your own name?

[PEB]

Note: This is an archived post that was originally sent to the Hollywood mailing list on Mon, 26 May 2008 16:09:45 -0700 (PDT)

If I have multiple screens open, I use the DepthToFront utility to jump quickly to the desired screen by name. If I am running a few of my Hollywood programs at the same time, they all show up as "HOLLYWOOD.*", so I'm not sure which program is running on which screen. Custom screen names would fix this. Another benefit would be the ability to use the system prefs to set different GUI settings (assigned to the screen name) for different Hollywood programs running on their own screens.

I had not thought about the problem of opening more than one instance of a program on seperate sceens with the same name. Perhaps numbered extensions could be used after the custom name; or an option could be set to allow only one instance of a program to run at a time (and if the program would be launched a second time, it could simply jump to the screen that is already assigned that name).

[airsoftsoftwair]

Note: This is an archived post that was originally sent to the Hollywood mailing list on Wed, 28 May 2008 00:15:36 +0200

If I have multiple screens open, I use the DepthToFront utility to jump quickly to the desired screen by name. If I am running a few of my Hollywood programs at the same time, they all show up as "HOLLYWOOD.*", so I'm not sure which program is running on which screen. Custom screen names would fix this. Another benefit would be the ability to use the system prefs to set different GUI settings (assigned to the screen name) for different Hollywood programs running on their own screens.

Right, that would be a benefit.

I had not thought about the problem of opening more than one instance of a program on seperate sceens with the same name. Perhaps numbered extensions could be used after the custom name; or an option could be set to allow only one instance of a program to run at a time (and if the program would be launched a second time, it could simply jump to the screen that is already assigned that name).

Ok, I have added this request to my notes. I'll see if I can find an acceptable solution for the next version.