Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!news.funet.fi!ra!rosenber From: rosenber@ra.abo.fi (Robin Rosenberg INF) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: User startup under AmigaOS 2.0 Message-ID: Date: 2 Sep 90 22:05:09 GMT References: <6498@sugar.hackercorp.com> Sender: rosenber@ra.abo.fi Organization: Abo Akademi University, Finland Lines: 25 In-reply-to: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com's message of 2 Sep 90 02:24:45 GMT >The code for handling the monitors directory was nice. So... > >Just a couple of things I've done to make it more convenient to configure >stuff under 2.0. I was already quite pleased with the test for and execution >of "s:user-startup" to keep "s:startup-sequence" clean. I've created a user >startup file that looks like: > [...[ >Now if this could be set up in the default 2.x configuration it'd become a >snap to install programs. People would still have to edit mountlist, but >that isn't order dependent. I'd say the WBStartup drawer is quite nice. Just drag an icon into it and the icon will be executed when the machine boots. This also works for script files if they have an icon with default tool=iconx Second, there is really no need for the user to edit mount lists if the installation scripts and mountlists are supplied by the developer of the software. It's not necessary to have all mount list entries in the same file. Used like: "mount null: from devs:null.mountlist". -------------- Robin Rosenberg