BGEM.NG
Download: bgemng-1.02.zipRead documentation: bgemng.hyp
BGEM.NG is a remake of the legendary BubbleGEM application, with a number of improvements an new features. It requires MiNT and XaAES, N.AES or MyAES (untested).
- Compatible with all (almost) BubbleGEM clients.
- Tooltips/help bubbles are in windows, which means that they don't lock the screen while being displayed.
- BGEM.NG is immune to buggy programs that does not care about memory protection.
- BGEM.NG implements a notification system. Notifications are a special type of tooltips - they don't close when the mouse is moved, and they are not displayed at the mouse pointer but are stacked to the left or right border of the desktop. They are automatically closed after a user-defined timeout, and can also be dismissed by clicking on them.
- A notification can be created by writing to /pipe/notify, which means that non-GEM programs can use notifications as well.
- Both tooltips and notifications can include an icon and a number of buttons, similar to a GEM alertbox. If the user clicks on one of the buttons, the calling application will be informed.
- Max string length is doubled to 512 characters.
- Font and colours fully configurable with the included configuration program.
Tooltips
Plain BubbleGEM-style tooltip.
Tooltips can also contain an icon and/or buttons.
Notifications
A typical notification from Crash Assistant.
Notifications can include buttons, which means that the calling application will be notified on how the user responded to the notification. This can be used to e.g. open a hypertext with more information on the topic.
Notifications will automatically be dismissed after a user-defined timeout. If another notification is created while one (or more) is already being displayed, the notifications will be stacked.
Configuration
BGEM.NG is completely configurable with an easy to use GEM application.
History
20251116- Initial release.
- Tooltip now displayed with the bottom left corner at the mouse position instead of the the upper left.
- Added support for cr/lf linebreaks in notifications and tooltips.
- If there's a "BUBBLE " AES program running when BGEM.NG starts it will be asked to exit. This allows BGEM.NG to override e.g. BubbleGEM or the built-in BubbleGEM replacement in XaAES and MyAES.
- Optional header in notification messages. This allows you to specify notification title and sender not only when using the extended BubbleGEM protocol but also when writing the notification to the notification pipe.
- Bug-fix: Redraw errors in monochrome.
Mar. 2026, joska@online.no