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From: vesseur@fwi.uva.nl (Joep JJ Vesseur (I88))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
Subject: Question about inside of GEM-desktop
Summary: Where does the st keep it's highlighted filenames
Keywords: acc, desktop
Message-ID: <1991May4.232626.17395@fwi.uva.nl>
Date: 4 May 91 23:26:26 GMT
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hello,

i'm trying to write a sort of texfile-displayer for my st. i would like
to replace the standard displayer (show-print-cancel-alert box from the
desktop) but this seems a little too ambitious to me. i have thought of
one  alternative, and that is to write an accessory  which displays all
the selected files  from the desktop  (i prefer this over a file-select
box).

does anybody know if there is a place in memory where  the st keeps the
names  of the selected files, the abstract data structure they are kept
in and (probably most important): if this place is 'official' (i.e.: is
this place guaranteed for *all* TOS versions?)

if this is not known or not guaranteed,does anybody know how to replace
the standard 'more'? is it just a vector in RAM or is it put in ROM?

thanx in advance,



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