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- From: mjb@icestation.Eng.Sun.COM (Mike Bundschuh)
- Newsgroups: comp.windows.open-look
- Subject: Re: Anybody out there use "filemgr"?
- Date: 30 Jul 1992 23:08:15 GMT
- Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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- References: <1992Jul29.235044.960@zeus.ieee.org>
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- > I would like to set up the "filemgr" program for some novice users on
- > my system. Specifically, I would like them to be able to start
- > applications by double-clicking on the icon for the file or directory.
- >
- > This is very straightforward if you want to run an application on a
- > certain kind of file (basically, you set up a new entry in "binder"
- > application). However, what if you want to start an application on a
- > directory instead of a file?
-
- Unfortunately, there is no way to change the default operation on a
- folder (directory). This means you cannot change the folder icon, or
- change its open method of cd'ing into the directory.
-
- There is no real technical reason to not allow it -- a decision was
- made to not include that functionality without further user testing.
- Hopefully, future releases of filemgr will allow this.
-
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- Mike Bundschuh
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