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From: harryk@bucsf.bu.edu (Harry Karayiannis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: GEMINI
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Date: 6 May 91 17:50:55 GMT
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Jonathan Carroll writes:
>...
>My problems with Gemini are relatively solvable so I won't
>mention them (I'm running TOS 1.0 %-0 ) EXCEPT -->
>
>1. ...
>
>2. ...
> 
>3. How do I add icons to Gemini ?? I've done it using a resource
>   editor but the small and large icons don't quite measure up/match
>   (meaning --> If I make a large icon and a small icon for the same
>   program to use, how do I put them in the resource so that they line
>   up when assigning them to a file ?)

  Well, I don't really understand this question because, in Gemini, there is
no need for a small icon to line up with a large icon. Gemini can display
either large or small icons...but *not* both on the desktop. If you take a
closer look you 'll find out that there are 2 seperate trees in the resource
file GEMINIIC.RSC, one for large icons and one for small ones.

  Perhaps what you 're trying to do is to mix large icons with small icons
_inside_ the same tree. Although you are free to do something like that it
is quite messy and IMHO will make Gemini's desktop look awfuly inconsistent.

  The "right" way to add icons is the following:

1. use any resource editor that accepts icons (the PD MKRSC.PRG doesn't)
2. open the file GEMINIIC.RSC
3. open the 2nd tree (it's the one with the large icons)
4. Now if the resource editor provides a way of sorting objects, you can
   add the new icon anywhere in the tree otherwise I  suggest you add it as
   the last object in the tree.
5. Sort the tree (if this feature is provided by the editor)
6. close the 2nd tree
7. open the 3rd tree (it's the one with the small icons)
8. repeat step #4, being carefull to place the new icon at the same point you
   placed the corresponding large icon in the 2nd tree. (i.e. if you put the
   large icon as the 5th object in the second tree, you _must_ put the corre-
   sponding small icon as the 5th object in the 3rd tree)
9. repeat step #5, being carefull to sort the 3rd tree in the same way you did
   with the 2nd tree.
10.close the 3rd tree
11.save the modified file
12.close the resource file

  The whole process seems tedious, but I think that the fact that Gemini sup-
ports variable-size icons makes it up.

  whaoo...the article turned out to be longer than thought..I am sorry

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