Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!uunet!pdn!boake2!jc3b21!fgd3 From: fgd3@jc3b21.UUCP (Fabbian G. Dufoe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: SuperBench Message-ID: <789@jc3b21.UUCP> Date: 8 Nov 89 17:39:36 GMT References: <963@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> Distribution: na Organization: St. Petersburg Jr. College, FL Lines: 38 From article <963@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>, by ralph@atrp.mit.edu (Ralph L. Vinciguerra): > Hey! I use the Trashcan! > > The real suprise for me was the Mac trashcan. After using the Amiga's one > (which keeps stuff till you empty it), the Mac trashed my stuff every > time I exited the current application. This was un-intuitive. I ended > up making a folder called "trash", which I used just like my Amiga trash. > Let me empty my trash! I even do windows :-). One of the many neat things about the Amiga is you can create your own Trashcan even if it is officially eliminated. Make a copy of your "Empty" directory on your boot disk. Rename it "Trash". Edit the icon to look like a trashcan. There you go! Drag "Trash" to any disk on which you want a trashcan directory. Of course you can't empty the "Trash" directory with the Workbench menu. And the "Discard" option won't do just what you want either. It will delete the "Trash" directory as well as its contents. A nice fix for both problems would be (1) Eliminate the "Trashcan" directory. It shouldn't be anything special. (2) Eliminate the "Empty trash" menu item. (3) Add two subitems to the "Discard" menu: "Object" and "Contents" Selecting "Object" would eliminate the selected object(s) just as the discard option does now. Selecting "Contents" would eliminate anything stored in the directory but would leave the directory intact. Then you'd be able to clear any directory, not just the Trashcan. What do you think? --Fabbian Dufoe 350 Ling-A-Mor Terrace South St. Petersburg, Florida 33705 813-823-2350 UUCP: ...uunet!pdn!jc3b21!fgd3