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The Pinboard module provides facilities for representing files, applications and directories outside the Filer, by positioning icons either on the icon bar or on the desktop background (the 'pinboard' that gives this module its title).
It also provides a * Command to change the desktop background from the default grey to any sprite of your own choice.
The Pinboard module is not available in RISC OS 2.
*AddTinyDir [object]
object - a valid pathname specifying a file, application or directory
*AddTinyDir adds a file, application or directory to the icon bar. If no pathname is given, it adds a blank directory icon to the icon bar. You can then later install a file, application or directory on the icon bar by dragging it to the blank icon.
*AddTinyDir ADFS::MHardy.$.!System
*Pin, *RemoveTinyDir
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*BackDrop [-Centre|-Scale|-Tile] [filename]
-centre - centre sprite on background
-tile - tile sprite over background
-scale - scale sprite to fill background (the default)
filename - a valid pathname, specifying a sprite file
*BackDrop puts the first sprite in the given sprite file on the desktop background. The sprite is scaled to fill the background unless you specify otherwise.
If no filename is specified, the current backdrop's placing is altered.
*BackDrop ADFS::Disc4.$.Sprites.desert
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Adds a file, application or directory to the desktop pinboard
*Pin object x y
object - a valid pathname specifying a file, application or directory
x - the x-coordinate at which to pin the object's icon, given in OS units
y - the y-coordinate at which to pin the object's icon, given in OS units
*Pin adds a file, application or directory to the desktop pinboard, positioning its icon at the given coordinates. The coordinates specify the top-left corner of the icon's bounding box (ie the box drawn around the icon when it is selected for a drag), not of the icon itself. To use a negative coordinate you need to specify it as 0-x or 0-y, to avoid the - sign being interpreted as the start of a flag. (You may sometimes see this when Pinboard saves its state to a desktop boot file.)
There is no equivalent command to remove the icon; to do so, you must choose Remove icon from the Pinboard menu.
*Pin ADFS::MHardy.$.!System 200 200
*AddTinyDir
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*Pinboard [-Grid]
-Grid - Turn on grid locking (off by default)
*Pinboard initialises the pinboard, removing any existing pinned icons and backdrop. Grid locking is off by default, but you may turn it on by passing the -Grid option to this command, or by choosing Grid lock from the Pinboard menu.
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Removes a file, application or directory icon from the icon bar
*RemoveTinyDir [object]
object - a valid pathname specifying a file, application or directory
*RemoveTinyDir removes a file, application or directory icon that was previously placed on the icon bar by a *AddTinyDir command. If no pathname is given, all such icons are removed from the icon bar.
*RemoveTinyDir ADFS::MHardy.$.!System
*AddTinyDir, *Pin
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