Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!lth.se!newsuser From: f88ho@efd.lth.se (Hans Olsson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction Subject: Re: Adding Icons to executable files (Was: Re: Basic AmigaDOS questions) Keywords: icons amigados Message-ID: <1991Jun13.165556.28175@lth.se> Date: 13 Jun 91 16:55:56 GMT References: <4004@ux.acs.umn.edu> <13444@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> Sender: newsuser@lth.se (LTH network news server) Reply-To: f88ho@efd.lth.se (Hans Olsson) Organization: Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden Lines: 26 In article <13444@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> jlong@uhunix1.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (John Long) writes: >In article <4004@ux.acs.umn.edu> mmoore@ux.acs.umn.edu (Malcolm Diallo Moore) writes: >>Okay, this mite be a dumb question but... [Definition of dumb question deleted] >>Is it possible to generate a .info file for an executable that didn't >>have one in the first place, using IconEd? > [How to copy .info files deleted] Please note that some programs can't be started from the workbench, and that you might get a guru if you try. If that's the case try iconx from WB 1.3 and create a small script that starts the program. I think it's all in the little book you get with WB 1.3. [Difference between project/drawer/tool deleted] >Do yourself a favor and learn cli. Do yourself 2 favors and get one of the >unix like shell programs and learn unix at the same time. If you know how >to get around unix, you can use csh.xxx and you won't have to learn a thing! > I personally use sksh. No offence intended. --- -- ---------- Hans Olsson Email: f88ho@efd.lth.se "The way is void" -Musashi