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- THE DESKTOP.INF FILE
- (a few known tidbits)
-
- >>>>WARNING<<<<<
- This lot is unofficial. If anything goes wrong with your machine
- because you used it, then it's your problem. Having said that, I
- think that it's mostly right. If you know something that I don't,
- then tell "On-Disc" please.
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- #a and #b - key initial and repeat, keyclick and bell (I think)
-
- #? parameters comments
- -- ----------------------------- ---------------------------------------------
- #c color pallettes in octal with
- no spaces
- #d ? ??
- #D %g %i %lt %f document icon (D for doc?)
- #F %g %i %lt %f folder icon (F for folder?)
- #G %i %g %lt %f application is GEM (G for GEM?)
- #M %ix %iy %i %lt %d %lbl file cabinet icon
- #P %i %g %lt %f [%inst] TOS with command tail,
- also used to 'install'
- #T %ix %iy %i %lt %d %lbl trash can icon
- #W %hs %vs %cx %cy %w %h %hst %p always 4, in order of draw,
- last draw is top
- #E %d %d display as: text,icon;
- sort by: date,type,etc.
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-
- %i = icon: 00-file cabinet, 01-document, 02-trash,
- 03-program, 04-folder
- %vs = vertical slider
- %hs = horizontal slider
- %lt = icon letter - has no effect inside windows(rats!)
- %lbl = icon label
- %hst = history(?)
- %cx = x position in character cell units
- %cy = y position in character cell units
- %h = height in character cell units
- %w = width in character cell units
- %ix = x position in icon cell units
- %iy = y position in icon cell units
- %f = file name of application
- %ins = sufix of installed application
- %p = path
- %g = (FF: AES shell handles this; 04: GEMDOS handles this)?
- _______________________________________________________________________________
-
- #W 00 00 30 01 1E 17 08 A:\PATHNAME\*.*@
- \\ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \_____________/
- \\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \_______%p
- \\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \
- \\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \_______________%hst
- \\ \ \ \ \ \ \
- \\ \ \ \ \ \ \________________%h
- \\ \ \ \ \ \
- \\ \ \ \ \ \_________________%w
- \\ \ \ \ \
- \\ \ \ \ \__________________%cy
- \\ \ \ \
- \\ \ \ \___________________%cx
- \\ \ \
- \\ \ \____________________%vs
- \\ \
- \\ \_____________________%hs
- \\
- \\_____________________"W" for window
- \
- \____________________desktop preprocessor?!
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