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From: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: How to improve Workbench 2.0!
Message-ID: <834@cbmger.UUCP>
Date: 5 Feb 91 09:17:17 GMT
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In article <57742@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> skwood@acsu.buffalo.edu (Scott K Wood) writes:
>
>     Obviously DELETEING a file is the WHOLE purpose of putting something
>in the Trashcan.  Many people before you have also said that with the Amiga
>Trashcan, you have the option of taking something out if you decide that
>you want it again.

That's the difference: From the trashcan, you can recover a file, but...

>     Second comment: Since each Amiga disk can have a Trashcan there is
>an Empty Trash menu item, why in 1.0 - 1.3 (I don't know if 2.0 has this)
>versions of Workbench was there ALSO a DISCARD menu item?

Discard really and instantly deletes it. In 2.0 this function is renamed
to Delete.

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