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- Here is a quick summary of the icons in this directory:
-
- xicon This is associated with the xicon program itself, but its
- only function when clicked on is to display some quick notes.
- The notes are contained in a separate file 'xicon_text'.
- If you move the icon to another directory, the xicon program
- itself will be moved but the text will not follow it.
-
- README displays this text.
-
- Xicon_Manual displays the complete manual for xicon (using the program
- "less" in the :C directory). The following subsidiary
- files are required:
-
- manual.desc
- manual.script
- :c/less
-
- [The icon could also have invoked "less" directly of course
- but this method illustrates some of the features you can add
- with xicon.]
-
- what's here? displays a complete listing of the files in this directory
- (whether or not they have an icon). The icon can be
- moved to ANY directory on a disk and will show the
- contents of that directory, as long as ':xicon/xicon'
- exists (i.e. xicon is available in the directory
- ':xicon' on that disk.
-
- cli here opens a new CLI in this directory (instead of in DF0: as
- the standard 'cli' icon does). It will operate from
- any directory as long as :xicon/xicon is available.
-
- democommand is a not-do-very-much command that can be used as a starting
- point for your own icons and command scripts.
-
- less is associated with the program file :c/less, but (like the
- xicon icon) it does not run it directly. It invokes
- the program itself (via xicon) to display its manual.
- [Note that this icon (less.info) has NO associated file!
- The icon info could not be set up without that file, but it
- has now been moved to the :C directory. The icon still
- works, but if you want to examine it you will have to place
- some file called "less" in this directory.]
-
- The icons and scripts that use "less" expect to find it in the :C directory
- on this disk. If you use a different environment you will have to adjust
- this.
-
-
- Feel free to explore the workings of these icons (some of which are quite
- complicated). Start off by opening up the INFO display for the icon from
- the WorkBench Menu, and click through the Tool Types. You should also
- look at the associated command scripts (unless there is a MODE=noscript
- Tool Type!) with the TYPE command from the CLI.
-
- The subdirectory Icon_Stuff (not reachable from the WorkBench) contains
- three Public Domain utilities for creating and manipulating icons,
- collected here for your convenience. (The program IconType is NOT the same
- one as distributed on a previous Fish disk, but seems to do EXACTLY the
- same thing...)
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