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- From: lindner@mudhoney.micro.umn.edu (Paul Lindner)
- Newsgroups: comp.infosystems.gopher
- Subject: Re: Disclaimer page on client startup...
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.164051.5141@news2.cis.umn.edu>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 16:40:51 GMT
- References: <1992Dec14.174253.12981@news.acns.nwu.edu> <1992Dec14.224353.7718@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> <7056@m1.cs.man.ac.uk> <1h7e5dINNp7g@phantom.gatech.edu>
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- In <1h7e5dINNp7g@phantom.gatech.edu> ccoprmm@phantom.gatech.edu (Michael Mealling) writes:
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- >In article <7056@m1.cs.man.ac.uk> M.Whidby@mcc.ac.uk writes:
- >>In article <1992Dec14.224353.7718@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>,
- >>kann@picasso.cc.rochester.edu (Kirk Anne) writes:
- >>|> On receiving the directory listing, if a particular file name appears,
- >>|> display it in a dialog box or on the screen first before displaying the
- >>|> file list (minus the particular file).
- >>
- >>The same sort of thing could be used as an urgent newsflash type of
- >>message. Potentially quite a useful thing in a gopher being used as a CWIS...
-
- > Should this be a new type or an agreed upon name for an entry in a
- >directory listing? I know I may get flamed for even suggesting a new
- >type but there is a precedent for a type that functions differently.
- >
- > Also, do we want it to be displayed the same way all files are displayed
- >or do we want a different type of window to be displayed when this type
- >of entry in encountered?
-
- I think gopher+ will address some of these shortcomings. There are
- two ways to do it right, the first might be to make an alternative
- directory view, clients that understood it.. Or, you could specify an
- alternate block like this:
-
- +DISPLAY
- now
-
- or
-
- +DISPLAY
- later
-
-
- This then could be used for other interesting things too,
- automatically playing a sound when you enter a directory is an idea
- that springs to mind..
- --
- | Paul Lindner | lindner@boombox.micro.umn.edu | Slipping into madness
- | | Computer & Information Services | is good for the sake
- | Gophermaster | University of Minnesota | of comparision.
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