Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!jarthur!nntp-server.caltech.edu!ptimtc!rdmei!icspub!newmars!youki From: youki@newmars.ics.osaka-u.ac.jp (Youki Kadobayashi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Tool Inspector Buttons Message-ID: Date: 18 Apr 91 08:44:35 GMT References: <1991Apr16.200030.12432@wam.umd.edu> Sender: news@icspub.ics.osaka-u.ac.jp Distribution: comp Organization: Dept. of Info. and Comp. Sci., Osaka Univ., Japan Lines: 26 >>>>> On 16 Apr 91 20:00:30 GMT, charlie@wam.umd.edu (Charles William Fletcher) said: > The application that is activated when you "double-click" > on an icon may be set with the buttons in the Tool Inspector. > (For example, a .ps file may be set to go the Previewer or to Edit.) I think the "double-click approach" is not suitable for UNIX. I've written an application which is based on "drag-and-drop" approach; it enables you to process one file with various tools. For example, you can compress a .ps file, Yap it, Preview it, or Edit it, just by dragging an icon from the Workspace to the window representing the application. I think this software is useful in 1.0, but I'm not sure if it's also useful in 2.0, since I don't know what is improved in 2.0, and what facilities Workspace Manager2.0 provide. I think I can help you if Canon begins shipping 2.0 in Japan. I've never heard of such a good news. I'm eagerly awaiting for 2.0. Possible alternative is that some kind soul makes adaptation to NextStep 2.0. You can obtain the source code and documentation from cs.orst.edu, in directory ~ftp/pub/next/sources/SystemWorks.tar.Z. -- Youki Kadobayashi Dept. of Info. and Comp. Sci, Osaka University, Japan