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
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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.

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