| From: | Neil Bothwick |
| Date: | 25 Sep 2001 at 23:33:50 |
| Subject: | Re: [amigactive] File recognition |
Kevin Twyman said,
> I wonder if anyone can explain what may appear to be a simple function
> of the OS for me?
> How does the system identify, say, a jpeg picture, and display the
> appropriate icon?
It depends on what you mean by "the system". The most common way is
through datatypes.library.
> When I open the FlashCard from my camera on WB, all the pics appear as
> tools (the monkey-wrench symbol) and I wondered if there was any way I
> could make them appear as picture icons, and set a tool such as visage
> to display them when the icon was double-clicked?
It sounds like you have the wrong default icon for the filetype.
> I have set up various default icons for devices using def_icons, and I
> have a def_pict_jpeg.info in prefs/Env-archive/sys, but this doesn't
> appear to do anything.
It won't, unless the pictures are recognised as pict_jpeg by DefIcons.
Use SnoopDOS to see which default icon is being loaded and then change
that icon. Or do the sensible thing and install DOpus.
Cheers
Neil
"Bother", said Pooh, as he crossed the event horizon.
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