Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!cbmvax!cbmehq!cbmger!peterk From: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: Dragging WB objects onto WB backdrop Message-ID: <1309@cbmger.UUCP> Date: 6 Jun 91 08:02:04 GMT References: Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) Distribution: comp Organization: Commodore Bueromaschinen GmbH, West Germany Lines: 28 In article sheffler@colt.CS.CMU.EDU (Thomas Sheffler) writes: > >This may be old news, but after a few years of Amiga use I just >discovered that I may drag WB objects (drawers, tools) onto the WB >screen and leave them there...not in any particular window. I've >found it handy to have "emacs", "more", "shell" and "browser" sitting >at the bottom of the screen ready for use. The files are not actually >moved from their disks: they are simply not displayed in their proper >window and seem perfectly happy to remain on the WB screen. > >Is this an advertised feature? Yes, and it is also officially recommended (e.g. in the AmigaBasic ReadMe) when you are in a low-memory situation to drag your program icon out of its window, close that window to save the memory, and and only then double-click on the icon to start the program. >Is there a way to move WB objects onto the WB screen so that at boot >time my favorite tools are waiting for me? > >(BTW - I've got 1.3) In 2.0 this is a feature included. I don't know of any way to achieve this in 1.3. -- Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel // E-Mail to \\ Only my personal opinions... Commodore Frankfurt, Germany \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk