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From: keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Suggested 1.3 features
Message-ID: <1496@cadovax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 20-Apr-87 20:36:07 EST
Article-I.D.: cadovax.1496
Posted: Mon Apr 20 20:36:07 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 22-Apr-87 03:39:11 EST
Reply-To: keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle)
Organization: Contel Business Systems, Torrance, CA
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While we're on the subject of new feature suggestions:

Is there any way to modify the system requester that says

"Please insert volume xxxxx"

To also let one know what file it is looking for?  There are many times when
I'll be generating a new disk for the purpose of being a work disk for
a certain program, and don't know exactly all the libraries/devices etc.
it requires.  So, I run it and keep copying stuff to it until the requesters
go away.  I'm sure that much of the time I end up copying stuff that isn't
necessary because I'm not sure if it is or not, and don't want to take the
time to go back and find out if it really is required.  So, I end up with
extra junk on the disk when I'm trying to make maximum room for work files
in the first place.

I suppose there could be a problem if the requester occurs deep down
in some 'open volume' logic below the level where the code knows what
the file name is, the volume name being parsed out at some higher level.
If not, some way of communicating what file the system is looking for
would sure 'friendly-up' the system in that area.

And, I'm sure you can make the comment that it is up to the applications
to report 'can't find xxxxx file'  or xxxx library etc. but as we all know
not all apps do that.  Since a requester pops up anyway, if there's a way
to add a little extra info, it would help.   A lot of applications just
seem to bail out silently if they can't get at their resources.

Keith Doyle
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