ANN: New plug-in: 2lz2

[Klaus Major]

Hi Revolutionists,

i am proud to present a new and very handy plug-in :-)
(...not to say a REVOLUTIONary one...)

2lz2 (Tools, too) a.k.a. TPIFKAH2
(The PlugIn Formerly Known As Heim2 :-D

(Hint: Check the menu-button "misc..." first for "Help" and "Prefs"!)

This little palette will let you:

- Select the location, where the palette will open on startup
- Create new stacks with predefined or custom size
- Add Drag'n'Drop functionality to your new created stacks
- (Yes, it does, see the preferences ;-)
- This will only for files with a suffix!
- Sorry, not enough time to check the creator codes on a mac...
- Open ANY stack on ANY platform*
- (No more trouble on a mac ;-)

With one click you can:
- Navigate through your cards...*
- Go directly to specific cards in your stacks*
- Open the docs
- Open the Application Browser
- Toggle "the selectgroupedcontrols"
- Create a new card
- Delete the current card (Handle with care, this is not undoable!)
- Open the "Inspector" for the current object, card or stack
- Edit the script(s) of the current object, card or stack

*Pressing the ALT-key will lock messages

You can edit/set the loc and width/height of the currently selected 
object
(only ONE object is supported right now) directly in this palette...
Less mouse miles ;-)


3 batteri... ehm very smart tools included:
"Analyze it..."
- Create a "report" for selected stacks and save that info as text-files
-  and/or a stack...

"Favourites"
- This handy palette provides a collection of your
- favourite stacks for immediate access...

"Einstein" (silly name, i know ;-)
- Will convert the ABSOLUTE paths of your image- and player-
- objects to RELATIVE paths and lets you select "the directory"
- for the relativity...

Will only work for files that reside INSIDE that directory or its 
subfolders!

So you can:
Work with absolute paths (per Drag'n'Drop) in development and let
"Albert" do the conversion before building your standalone :-)


Last, but not least, it provides a menu, that will send some useful
commands to the stack under the cursor (the mousestack)...
Press ESC to cancel the "delivery" :-)

And more...
Give it a try, won't hurt! ;-)


All preferences are being written outside the Rev-/plugins-folder:

You will find a new folder "major-k" with 2 pref-files (plain text) 
here:
Mac OS <=9xx:
/System Folder/Prefrences/

OS X:
/Username/Library/Preferences/

Windows 95, 96, 97, 98, 99:
Bootvolume:/Windows/System/

Windows NT/2000/XP
Bootvolume:/Documents and Settings/All Users/Application Data/
Bootvolume:/Dokumente und Einstellungen/All Users/Anwendungsdaten/


Check it out!
It's just 31 KB and FREE!!!

Get it here:
http://www.major-k.de/staxx/2lz2.mc.zip

ENJOY!!!
.. and check the scripts ;-)


Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
www.major-k.de


P.S.
In case someone is interested:
I actually created this li'l sucker for ME, so i can at last make the
switch from the MC UI, which i have been using exclusively for years
until today, to the RR UI, which, for me, lacked just these little 
things i
implemented here.

Hope you like it as much as i do!!! ;-)