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From: delaneyg@wnre.aecl.CDN ("H. Grant Delaney")
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Re: LAUNCHING BASIC AND OLD 3.3 BINARY PROGRAMS
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Date: 27 Jul 89 14:40:00 GMT
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>>1: Does anyone know where I can find out how to launch BASIC files from GS/OS
>>                   double
>   From the finder, just^click on the file you want to run.  Alternatively,
>you can double click on BASIC.SYSTEM to get back into the good old 
>BASIC.SYSTEM environment.  BASIC.LAUNCHER is used by GS/OS to pass the name of
> the program onto BASIC.SYSTEM and can't really be accessed directly.

>Alan H. Stein              | stein@uconnvm.bitnet

Not Quite true you have to first modify the attributes of the basic ICON or the
application Icon to tell it to first go to Basic.launcher.  For this you need 
an ICON editetor such as DICed or ICONED.  Both are in Apple2-l.

Grant