NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #26/NN_1992_26.iso/spool/comp/sys/acorn/tech/536

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Subject: Mr. Iconise (again (again (again (...))))
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From: [e-mail] (TMOTA)
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 03:59:21 GMT
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Organization: Computer Science Dept. University of Auckland
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OK. I have now verified that I'm doing exactly the same with my
Iconise code as everybody else is... I have several chunks of other
people's code in C and BASIC, and they are all but identical.
However, other people claim that thei code works, while mine suffers
from odd problems...

Those people who think they have got iconisation working, could you
please test one thing for me? Does it work on a 'blank' (unbooted)
RISC OS 3.10 machine?

I find that if I RMKill Pinboard, and then start it up again when
booting the desktop, my iconisation works perfectly.
If, however, I hold down shift when resetting to stop it booting, so
that Pinboard is not killed & started up, iconisation fails to work.

Is this problem due to some weird vagary of my code, or is it a bug
in Pinboard? The mere fact that I have a *Desktop <file> command
starting the desktop up instead of it being the default "language"
seems to have some kind of odd effect on Pinboard...

Can you get your code to work with Pinboard if you set the default
language to something else, and use *desktop to get going?
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