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- From: scm@mfltd.co.uk (Shaun C. Murray)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: AmigaOS 4.x features
- Date: 8 Mar 1996 14:50:23 GMT
- Organization: Micro Focus, Newbury UK
- Message-ID: <4hphff$kkd@hyperion.mfltd.co.uk>
- References: <4h2p87$nu@news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> <Dnqq90.4Bx@cix.compulink.co.uk> <805.6638T1261T2935@netspace.net.au>
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- In article <805.6638T1261T2935@netspace.net.au>, astroboy@netspace.net.au
- says...
- >
- >>And Workbench needs to be multithreaded and have an arexx port.
- >
- >Multithreaded yes, but what's the point of the ARexx port exactly? Couldn't
- >you achieve the same effect just using shells?
-
- Are you serious?
-
- An Arexx port on Workbench would be mucho useful for installing software at
- least. You could create a drawer from installer and then tell workbench to
- update the display.
-
- I'm sure there are plenty of other possibilities. Icon editors that allowed
- 'apply changes' whilst working, prefs tools etc.
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