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From: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: How to improve Workbench 2.0!
Message-ID: <7694@sugar.hackercorp.com>
Date: 3 Feb 91 05:06:15 GMT
References: <7663@sugar.hackercorp.com> <813@cbmger.UUCP> <1991Feb1.010656.6638@marlin.jcu.edu.au>
Organization: Sugar Land Unix -- Houston, TX
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In article <1991Feb1.010656.6638@marlin.jcu.edu.au> glmwc@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Matt Crowd) writes:
> It is partly the fault of software developers. After installing Ventura
> Publisher on an IBM, the installation software asks the user if he/she
> wants the autoexec.bat (startup-sequence) changed to include the path/
> assignment for the installed program.

The following setup would make this easier if standardised:

1> type s:user-startup
.bra {
.ket }

echo "User configuration 1 Sep 90"
list >ram:t/rc-temp s:rc/#?.rc nohead lformat="execute %s%s"
execute ram:t/rc-temp
echo "Completed user configuration"
wait 5
1>
       .info                            amigavision.rc
       apps.rc                          aztec.rc
       beep.rc                          elvis.rc
       moon.rc                          noclick.rc
       terminals.rc                     tetrix.rc
       uucp.rc                          work.rc
1> []
-- 
Peter da Silva.   `-_-'
<peter@sugar.hackercorp.com>.