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- From: mdaymon@rainbow.rmii.com (Maxwell Daymon)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: OS features
- Date: 4 Jan 1996 02:03:29 GMT
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- References: <1996Jan3.154235.1@orion.alaska.edu>
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- Brian Myers (asbnm@orion.alaska.edu) wrote:
- : On the Mac, you can select an icon by typing the first (or first few)
- : character(s) of the icon's name, then execute the icon by hitting return. Why
- : can't we have something like that? You can also (I think) cycle through all
- : the icons on the desktop by hitting TAB.
-
- Yes, you can select by typing the first letter (or letters), using the
- arrow keys, or tab (which cycles alphabetically). If you know what files
- are where, it's faster to use the keyboard than the mouse.
-
- : Also, saw on Computer Chronicles the new Mac OS, Copland. VERY nice. It
- : allows you to select different levels of complexity (novice, standard,
- : poweruser, etc.), with options such as menu items altering themselves to suit
-
- Does PowerUser have a command line? If not, it's misnamed. Even though
- there are command lines available, there is no standard or guidance for
- command line programs. (e.g. Run MacShell and good luck finding a CLI
- capable LHA or STUFF program). Until the Mac has a real, Apple supported
- and defined CLI standard, it will be limited. Whether Mac users like to
- admit it or not, the command line can be VERY powerful and does NOT have
- to be cryptic. Take the Amiga for example:
-
- 1> List files since yesterday
-
- Now if you can't figure THAT one out, you need professional help! ;-)
-
- That's not to say it can't get complex, but once you learn it you can do
- single command lines that take all of five seconds to type and accomplish
- things that would require a hundred clicks and drags in a GUI.
-
- : what you've selected. You also have the options of altering the look of the
- : desktop, ala MUI, but changing EVERYTHING, icons, the look of windows,
- : everything.
-
- You can already do that to an extent with Church Windows. It allows
- Win3.x, Win95, Motif, and some other types of windows and it actually
- changes both the appearance AND function (to some extent).
-
- Part of the reason the Mac can do this is that the folder icon is
- actually stored in the System file. Every folder (sans folders with
- custom icons) looks to the system file to place the image - only the
- *position* of the icon is stored. The Amiga stores the icon IMAGE *and*
- position, and although you have 'default' icons you cannot save the
- position (or leave irrelevent files hidden) unless you copy the image to
- the drawer's .info file.
-