Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!hao!ames!ucbcad!zen!ucbvax!hplabs!hpcea!hpfcdc!hpfclq!cunniff From: cunniff@hpfclq.HP.COM (Ross Cunniff) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Telling Workbench about new icons Message-ID: <4230010@hpfclq.HP.COM> Date: Wed, 25-Nov-87 12:40:58 EST Article-I.D.: hpfclq.4230010 Posted: Wed Nov 25 12:40:58 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 3-Dec-87 06:41:37 EST References: <1076@sugar.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett-Packard Lines: 32 A better way to speed up the display of icons in a newly opened directory would be to do one of the following: 1. Add a file called, oh, .info.dir, that contains a list of the names of all of the .info files in that directory. This would eliminate the search through the directory's hash table, and consequently speed up the workbench. Or: 2. Completely restructure the Workbench and the info library, such that .info files are all kept in one (huge) file; this would eliminate *ALL* directory searching, as well as potentially reducing the amount of disk space required (objects with the same icon image need not have separate copies of the image data; there is far less 'unused portion of a block' overhead). The first option has the advantage that it is more compatible with the current set of tools (ie IconEd); and the documentation and user habits don't have to be changed drastically. The second option is *very* different; it could be made somewhat more compatible by still having the tools, etc. use the .info files, but adding an option to the Workbench menu to "merge icons". Anybody up to hacking HackBench to do one of the above? Ross Cunniff Hewlett-Packard System Software Operation ...{hplabs,ucbvax}!hpda!cunniff cunniff%hpda@hplabs.ARPA