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- From: ewilts@galaxy.gov.bc.ca (Ed Wilts)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
- Subject: Re: Default system fonts etc. on WB2.05
- Message-ID: <1992Aug20.191941.888@galaxy.gov.bc.ca>
- Date: 20 Aug 92 19:19:41 -0700
- References: <1992Aug20.155455.4316@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca>
- Reply-To: EWILTS@GALAXY.GOV.BC.CA
- Organization: BC Systems Corporation
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- In article <1992Aug20.155455.4316@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca>, charro@ee.ualberta.ca (Dan Charrois) writes:
- > I have a question to pose that may be a FAQ - but I haven't seen any
- > references to it for awhile... If it is, I apologize...
- >
- > Anyway, when I change the default fonts, overscan mode, etc. with
- > preferences in WB2.05, I get the standard requester:
- > "To reset Workbench Screen, Please close all windows, except drawers".
- > when I boot up...the message disappears after booting has been
- > completed (which makes sense since the window the bootup messages are
- > displayed in is killed then, satisfying the requester happily...).
- >
- > I understand why the requester isn't satisfied until booting has been
- > completed, but I am wondering if there is some way to disable the
- > requester. I want to be able to change some of the system defaults,
- > but at the same time, the requester makes the boot sequence seem so
- > "unprofessional"...
-
- It sounds like what you've gone and done is modify the startup-sequence to
- invoke a command that does some output prior the completion of IPrefs. Make
- all your edits in user-startup and you should be okay.
-
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