Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!decwrl!apple!portal!atari!mui From: mui@atari.UUCP (Derek Mui) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Re: TT desktop & prices Message-ID: <2302@atari.UUCP> Date: 17 Sep 90 19:33:54 GMT References: Organization: Atari Corp., Sunnyvale CA Lines: 26 in article , steve@thelake.mn.org (Steve Yelvington) says: > Some may not support parameters. Others do. Sozobon (dLibs with GEMFAST > or GEMQ) allows parameters -- there is no separate GEM startup module. > There are existing GEM application that take args; I think First Word > is one of them. > > I would like to see a Desktop that allowed me to drag a data file to a > program icon. That would let me install my own print output formatter > or communications program on the Desktop as if it were a device. I believe > the IXI desktop for Unix works that way -- perhaps others do, too. > > Stuff deleted ... Yes, the TT desktop has that feature! Dragging any data file icon on to a program icon will simply launch the program with that data file's name as the input parameter. ================================================================== Derek Mui, Atari Corp, 1196 Borregas Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 UUCP: {..ames!atari!mui} Disclaimer: Opinions expressed here are my own and they may be hazardous to your mind. ==================================================================