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From: apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: inaccessability of GEM on boot
Message-ID: <2965@atari.UUCP>
Date: 18 Jun 91 20:22:36 GMT
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Organization: Atari Corp., Sunnyvale CA
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Rod.Fulk@therip.FidoNet.Org (Rod Fulk) writes:

>Its because Gem doesnt get initialized until after the machine is booted..
>You need to start GEM programs with startgem type programs or if you have a 
>tos 1.4 or newer such programs can be installed as auto programs..
>                                      ^^^^^^^^^    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

To clarify, to install a program as the auto-exec GEM program in TOS 1.4
and newer, you click on the program, then click "Install Application" and
select "Auto" for the "Boot Status."  Then Save Desktop to save this
selection to disk.  Next time you boot, the program thus installed will run
after GEM is up but before you see the Desktop.  If it's a shell, then
you'll never see the Desktop, which I guess is what some people want.

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