Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!watmath!watdragon!crocus!rtczegledi From: rtczegledi@crocus.waterloo.edu (Richard Czegledi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Why do you need metaphor? (Re: What should be learned from Unix Summary: Something that would be nice to have on the amiga. Keywords: files neat pond scum 1.4 Message-ID: <15863@watdragon.waterloo.edu> Date: 11 Aug 89 16:09:41 GMT References: <7570@cbmvax.UUCP> <440@xdos.UUCP> <1417@bnr-fos.UUCP> Sender: daemon@watdragon.waterloo.edu Reply-To: rtczegledi@crocus.waterloo.edu (Richard Czegledi) Distribution: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.tech Organization: U. of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 33 Something that I feel would be very useful (not to mention nice) is to give the amiga the ability to put 'files' under 'files'. Waterloo Port does something like that. It could function just like a directory, but could contain a text file. If something like this was implemnted, it could really clean up our directories. No more 'read.me read.me1st dist' etc.. files. Some of them could act like the directory, and have the files they refer to 'underneath' them. Also, .info files wouldn't clutter up the directories anymore. .info files could be placed under their executables, and when you wish to copy the file, you just do a normal copy, and the .info file will go with it. All little files that are support files for the executable could also be contained underneath the executable. This would mean that instaling programs and copying certain things to certain directories would essentialy become pointless, and from a user standpoint, the system would be simpler to understand. If you did a dir, you could have a display like this: +ise JRCOMM +ie Preferences (or something like that) That would mean that the file JRCOMM is an executable, has support files under it, and has an info file for workbench. Preferences is an executable has info files for workbench, but doesn't requrie support files. It would make the amiga much simpler to maintain, give it prettier un- cluttered directories. And if wb1.4 decides to let the user list files by text (instead of just icons), you could have a little icon beside the filename, indicating what, if anything is underneath it. possibilities possibilities possibilities! e