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From: pbiron@weber.ucsd.edu (Paul Biron)
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Subject: complete list of defaults for applications?
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Date: 11 Sep 90 02:40:51 GMT
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Hi all,

Is there a list of the defaults which are recognized by the
applications which are bundled with the cube?  How about
for various PD apps (e.g. Stuart)?

In case you're wondering what I'm talking about, the defaults
that I'd like info are the ones stored in your
~/.NeXT/.NeXTDefaults.{D,L} files and read by "conforming"
apps on startup and viewable by entering the command :

% dread -l

at the command-line (in Terminal, Shell, Stuart, etc).

For instance, Terminal (and Shell) recognizes the Shell default,
whose value is the name of the program to run in the terminal
window (usually /bin/csh), but you can fire up Terminal
from the command-line with the -Shell argument to have
it run something else (e.g. % Terminal -Shell 'vi myfile'),
and as soon as that program exists the Terminal window is
closed.

The reason for asking is that Stuart doesn't seem to recognize
this default and I'm trying to figure out how to tell the
Workspace Manager to fire up Stuart and run vi when a
text file is clicked on (instead of running Edit - yuck!! :-(

Maybe this is something for NextAnswers?  Having such a list
might also help others who are writing applications land
on some rough guidelines (NOTE : I'm NOT recommending
Nazi-like standards which everyone must follow, just simple
guidelines) for suitable default names and functions.

p.s. I love my Cube, but am dissapointed by the lack of
GOOD documentation (Digital Librarian DOESN'T compensate
for pis-poor documentation).

Thanx,

Paul Biron      pbiron@ucsd.edu        (619) 534-5758
Central University Library, Mail Code C-075-R
Social Sciences DataBase Project
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, Ca. 92093