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From: dbk@fbog.UUCP (Dave B. Kinzer @ Price Rd. GEG)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Too many devices?  Was: Proposal for device hackers: REXX:
Summary: How about multiple files tied to an icon.
Keywords: icon dragging
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Date: 2 Dec 88 02:07:17 GMT
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In article <6457@netnews.upenn.edu> ranjit@eniac.seas.upenn.edu.UUCP (Ranjit Bhatnagar) writes:
>This is a nice idea, but I'm starting to worry about the
>proliferation of handlers, devices, and libraries.  If
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>For instance: J. Schmo, new Amiga owner, wants to use the
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>who doesn't even know there IS a devs: or a l: directory,
>let alone that some (but not all) of the contents of those
>directories must be changed, and some should not (those
>libraries, devices, etc. which are specific to the software
>in question.)
>
>	- Ranjit
>"Trespassers w"   ranjit@eniac.seas.upenn.edu	mailrus!eecae!netnews!eniac!...
>       -- I'm not a drug enforcement agent, but I play one for TV --

Help for J. Schmo, new amiga user:
   While not specifically addressing Ranjit's questions, the idea of tieing
multiple files to an icon hit me.  I usually work in the cli environment, and
I do not know a way to do this (maybe there already is :-)).  This way, with
a single drag, the novice user could move a program *plus* all it's associated
files to another (possibly hard) disk.  Maybe using the multiple tooltypes
there could be additional entrys for other files for workbench to copy.
(i.e. BOUNDFILE = datafile).  Another way might be to tie the icon to a
directory so the entire drawer is copied and adding a tooltype to select an
executable in the drawer if it is double clicked on.  (This could make entrys
into next year's BKDC easier :^))

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