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- From: exujlg@exu.ericsson.se (Jon L. Gauthier)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Work Place Shell: The Future.
- Message-ID: <exujlg.172.0@exu.ericsson.se>
- Date: 13 Nov 92 18:09:06 GMT
- References: <1992Nov11.204923.6315@gw.wmich.edu> <1992Nov12.234320.22137@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov12.234320.22137@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples) writes:
- >From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- >In article <1992Nov11.204923.6315@gw.wmich.edu> x90wardell@gw.wmich.edu
- writes:>>Dear IBM (if you are listening):
- >> New Method of making programs have a certain Icon:
- >> (This is a suggestion, this doesn't currently work):
- >> Find Icon you want.
- >> Click on right mouse button while on icon (object).
- >> Select copy Object Icon.
- >> Select the program you want to change icon of.
- >> Click right button.
- >> Select Paste Object Icon.
- >> Done.
-
- >Nice idea. However, perhaps we can make this even more WPS-like. How
- >about keeping the first step, but having the pointer change to some
- >sort of paint can or paint brush, then just clicking on the target
- >changes the icon.
-
- >Less flexible, I suppose. Multiple pastes would be useful.
-
- >> Also, if anyone knows of a way to make all .wp5 or some
- >>arbitrary extension come up with a certain icon (without having
- >>to do trhough each one individually), please postit.
-
- >From the command line you can do this using AddIcon Version 1.1,
- >available via anonymous ftp from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu. Of course, I have
- >a bit of an interest in this utility. :-)
-
- >It isn't strictly automatic, but it does understand wildcards. One
- >could also imagine setting up a daemon of sorts with very little extra
- >effort (a background task running all the time which does nothing but
- >assign icons to data files based on their extensions).
-
- >--
- >Timothy F. Sipples | Read the OS/2 FAQ List 2.0g, available from
- >sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu | 128.123.35.151, anonymous ftp, in /pub/os2/all/info
- >Dept. of Econ., Univ. | /faq, or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP")
- >of Chicago, 60637 | [Read the List, THEN post to ONE OS/2 newsgroup.]
-
- I inquired a while back about asking IBM to consider adding X-Window style
- cut and past using the mouse buttons, as an additon to the old keyboard ALT-
- K and ALT-P. Someone said this wasn't CUA, but seems to me that IBM's CUA
- has been a moving target the past couple of years.
-
- Any one else have any suggestions for future enhancements? Come on IBM,
- keep up the good work!!! (Kind of like the Lexus? TV add - "If at first you
- DO succeed, try, try again").
-
- Regards,
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- Jon L. Gauthier Ericsson Network Systems, Inc
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