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From: torrie@cs.stanford.edu (Evan Torrie)
Subject: Re: De-macification of the Amiga (Re: The Amiga's Future)
Message-ID: <1991Jun16.191005.18546@neon.Stanford.EDU>
Keywords: Future, Amiga, etc.
Sender: torrie@neon.Stanford.EDU (Evan James Torrie)
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University, Ca , USA
References: <1991Jun10.071908.8353@neon.Stanford.EDU> <1991Jun15.180607.10502@sugar.hackercorp.com> <1991Jun16.161917.13703@neon.Stanford.EDU> <1991Jun16.173031.23094@sugar.hackercorp.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1991 19:10:05 GMT
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peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes:

>>   Drag-and-drop seems to work fine on my Mac.  Yep, here I go, just drag
>> my application onto that ResEdit alias, and ResEdit opens up the application.

>You'll have to explain what a "ResEdit Alias" is. 

  Take a peek at System 7.  [It doesn't have to be an alias, but I like having
ResEdit on my desktop, without actually storing the file there]

>Do you have to set it up
>for each application? 

  No.  It's automatically set up from the application's FREF resource, so it works
even for non-System 7-aware applications.
Normally, you can only drag and drop documents on top of the applications
which created them, but ResEdit has a special '****' file type, which allows you
to drag and drop absolutely any file.

>Is it the application's normal Desktop icon? 

  Yup.

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