Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!samsung!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!utrcu1!mi.eltn.utwente.nl!klamer From: klamer@mi.eltn.utwente.nl (Klamer Schutte) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech Subject: Re: Question about inside of GEM-desktop Keywords: acc, desktop Message-ID: Date: 6 May 91 09:41:26 GMT References: <1991May4.232626.17395@fwi.uva.nl> Sender: news@utrcu1.UUCP Organization: University of Twente, BSC-El Lines: 32 In <1991May4.232626.17395@fwi.uva.nl> vesseur@fwi.uva.nl (Joep JJ Vesseur (I88)) writes: ->hello, ->i'm trying to write a sort of texfile-displayer for my st. i would like Which texfiles? only .dvi files or also the other garbage (which is ascii?) ->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?) I doubt this. The desktop just is a application. He does not export anything. ->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? You can replace the standard default action box by making your program take all files in your desktop.inf file. Let *.* go to your program. Klamer -- Klamer Schutte Faculty of electrical engineering -- University of Twente, The Netherlands klamer@mi.eltn.utwente.nl {backbone}!mcsun!mi.eltn.utwente.nl!klamer