Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!clyde!cbatt!ukma!sean From: sean@ukma.ms.uky.csnet (Sean Casey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Mac<--->Amiga Icons Message-ID: <5403@ukma.ms.uky.csnet> Date: Wed, 24-Dec-86 17:00:10 EST Article-I.D.: ukma.5403 Posted: Wed Dec 24 17:00:10 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 27-Dec-86 00:38:01 EST References: <7104@decwrl.DEC.COM> Reply-To: sean@ukma.ms.uky.csnet (Sean Casey) Organization: The Leaning Tower of Patterson Office @ The Univ. of KY Lines: 19 Come to think of it, icons are something that should probably be stored with the rest of the directory information for the file. Think of it. There is (should be) exactly one icon for each file. Most icons should be about the same size, implying they should use about the same amount of storage. The icon should always move with the file. Common sense says make it part of the file or part of the directory entry for the file. I'd say make it part of the directory entry. This would speed things up quite a bit. As long as you went through AmigaDos, you could force the icon to move with the file. The obvious disadvantage is that copying the file suddenly gets more complicated. Whether my ideas are stupid rambling or not, I would like to see this discussed a bit more. I hate how slow the Amiga is when dealing with the things. Sean -- =========================================================================== Sean Casey UUCP: cbosgd!ukma!sean CSNET: sean@ms.uky.csnet ARPA: ukma!sean@anl-mcs.arpa BITNET: sean@UKMA.BITNET