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From: keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Workbench improvements
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Date: Fri, 19-Dec-86 19:29:21 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 19 19:29:21 1986
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In article <1846@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> hsgj@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Dan Green) writes:
>   My "vote" so far is for having one file of icons for each folder.
>The huge pain with this method, though, is that it is now very difficult
>to create an icon for a new program or file (ie you can't just dup an
>existing .info file).  Of course, the speed benefit is nice.
>   My FINAL EXAM opinion is that I would rather have C/Amiga concentrate
>its resources more on bettering Intuition and on making neater hardware,
>then on worrying about the silly WorkBench...
>-- Dan Green

I STILL think that optimizing the directory/file structure for speed
better would benifit not only the WorkBench but also CLI commands.
Using the original 'DIR' command to me is even more painful than opening
up a window on the workbench.  At least the window shows you something
as it's working on it.  'DIR' is intent on sorting the directory and has
to read it all, sort, and THEN finally display something.  'DIR' is SO
painful, that I absolutely refuse to use it ( the output format is kinda
quirky too).  I've been using a version of 'ld' renamed as 'DIR', that
displays as it reads.  One could always add a OPT SORTED or something
(or from where I'm from, '-s') and have it work the long way in the event I
really care if it is sorted or not.

Keith Doyle
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