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- From: qureshi@unixhub.slac.stanford.edu ( "For deposit only")
- Subject: Re: Problems implementing services and new problem
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.210810.19814@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News)
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- Organization: DSO, Stanford University
- References: <1992Jul29.205038.25257@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 21:08:10 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul29.205038.25257@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
- phayes@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Patrick W Hayes) writes:
- >
- > A potential problem could be that you changed your program while
- > it was in the Apps directory. I have noticed that the Workspace Manager
- caches
- > the services you provide so it doesn't have to check every time you log in.
- So
- > to provide new or different services I now remove my program from the Apps
- > directory, log out, log in, install it again, log out, and log in again. It
- > took me about six hours to figure that one out.
- > My problem is with dynamic services. I create the file in
- > ~/.NeXT/services with my program name and same format as the one that I
- > compile with, call NXUpdateDynamicServices() and I don't see my new services.
- > I'm already the servicesDelegate, so that isn't it. I even noticed that a
- new
- > service from Digital Librarian won't appear in Edit's Services menu until you
- > quit and restart and open a document, but my own still does not show up. Any
- > help greatly appreciated.
-
- Type make_services in a Terminal Window. It forces the WorkSpaceManager to
- reread the services.
-
- Imran
-