Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!pacbell.com!tandem!zorch!amiga0!mykes From: mykes@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: Dragging WB objects onto WB backdrop Message-ID: Date: 7 Jun 91 22:42:54 GMT References: <1309@cbmger.UUCP> Organization: Amiga makes it possible Lines: 44 In article <1309@cbmger.UUCP> peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) writes: >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 There is a program called Journal that records input events and allows them to be played back at a later time. You could use Journal to record the events necessary to open whatever drawers you want and drag applications onto the workbench. You could playback the journal script from your startup-sequence. I know, it stinks, but it is a way to automate what you have to do by hand... Journal should be on the Fish disks somewhere... -- **************************************************** * I want games that look like Shadow of the Beast * * but play like Leisure Suit Larry. * ****************************************************