Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!lll-lcc!well!ewhac From: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Iconification (was Re: Telling Workbench about new icons) Summary: I did it. Message-ID: <4692@well.UUCP> Date: 10 Dec 87 22:48:52 GMT References: <1076@sugar.UUCP> <2826@cbmvax.UUCP> <1103@sugar.UUCP> <2051@crash.cts.com> <4593@well.UUCP> <2095@crash.cts.com> Reply-To: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) Organization: Wonka Reality Factory Lines: 41 In article <2095@crash.cts.com> ford@crash.CTS.COM (Michael Ditto) writes: :In article <4593@well.UUCP> ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) writes: :> Good Grief. I've seen this suggestion so many times, I'm sick of :>seeing it. Iconification is not Workbench's problem, nor should it be. If :>you want to iconify your window, then do so. It's possible using the :>existing system software. In fact, I think I'll put it on my virtual list :>of things to hack up, just to prove it can be done. : :Go for it. I would be impressed. To be consistent with workbench, you :should be able to double click it, or to single click it and select "Open" :from the workbench menu. Workbench "Info" should work as well. : Hmmm. Now that you mention it, it really *should* work with the "Open" menu item. I don't know how you'd handle "Info", though. :By the way, does putting something on your virtual list of things to hack up :prove that it can be done? 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) : Yes. In fact, I just finished it last night (this morning?). I'll be premiering it at the BADGE meeting next week, and posting it immediately thereafter. It works great. :> Consider this: Suppose Workbench isn't loaded. Under your scheme, :>everything falls apart. In my view, depending on Workbench for something is :>not wise, since the probability is high that it won't be there for you. : :This is a good point, but if workbench were generally useful, more people :would use it. I would. : I contend that it's possible to make WorkBench appear more useful without actually going in and hacking it to shreds to support a (potentially) obscure feature. WorkBench acts and behaves just like any other application program, and should be treated as such. _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ Leo L. Schwab -- The Guy in The Cape ihnp4!ptsfa -\ \_ -_ Recumbent Bikes: dual ---> !{well,unicom}!ewhac O----^o The Only Way To Fly. hplabs / (pronounced "AE-wack") "Work FOR? I don't work FOR anybody! I'm just having fun." -- The Doctor