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From: dweisman@umiami.ir.miami.edu (Ordinary Man)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: User definable objects in Finder 7.0
Message-ID: <1991May2.151148.9565@umiami.ir.miami.edu>
Date: 2 May 91 19:11:48 GMT
References: <1991May2.115300.2662@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE> <33872@mimsy.umd.edu>
Organization: Univ of Miami IR
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In article <33872@mimsy.umd.edu>, folta@tove.cs.umd.edu (Wayne Folta) writes:

> If System 7.0 allows you to hide or remove the trashcan from the desktop,
> you could write a trashcan-work-alike that examines the files you drop
> on it and files them in different directories, depending on their color.
> Then an INIT could trash these directories on differing schedules: the green-
> file folder every night, the orange-file folder weekly, and the red-file
> folder never.

I see a couple of possible problems with this though.

1) Hey, what about us guys without color macs? :) (I know it's just an example)
2) If you drag a file onto an application (which this trash substitute would 
have to be), it will launch and be slow EVERY time you put something into it. 
In fact, what if it was already launched? Do you have to quit each time?

Don't expect a program to act like the trash which is just another directory in 
System 7. 

Interesting idea, though. Maybe has some future possibilities when programmers 
learn more about documented System 7 features.

> Wayne

Dan

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