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From: stevep@wrq.com (Steve Poole)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: De-macification of the Amiga (Re: The Amiga's Future)
Keywords: Future, Amiga, etc.
Message-ID: <1991Jun19.201632.1386@milton.u.washington.edu>
Date: 19 Jun 91 20:16:32 GMT
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In article <1991Jun18.125532.3766@NCoast.ORG> davewt@NCoast.ORG (David Wright) writes:
>	Sounds just like the Amiga to me. I can drag an icon onto the icon
>editor's window and it will know to load the icon up. And the "icon alias"
>sounds just like the "Leave Out" option of WorkBench too.

No, aliases are pointers to files, folders, or disks.  For example, I can
create aliases to Word and leave them on my desktop, in an applications folder,
and under the Apple menu.  No matter where the real Word application goes,
the aliases will be treated as if they were the application.  One cool use
is to put an alias to a file on floppy onto a mounted volume.  When the alias
is used, the system prompts for the correct volume to be mounted.
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