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From: bryce@COGSCI.BERKELEY.EDU (Bryce Nesbitt)
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Subject: Re: Better Windows? (multiple selection in icon interface)
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Date: Fri, 15-May-87 03:04:19 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 15 03:04:19 1987
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>
> One more idea. One of the reasons I often drop down to a command interpreter
>while using my ST is that I can pass multiple files as arguments to many
>programs (ex: cat a.t b.t > c.t).
> Wouldn't it make sense to be able to HIGHLIGHT these multiple files from
>the desktop by single clicking, and then ACTIVATE the program by double
>clicking on it. The result being the filenames (+ volumes/subdirectories?)
>being passed to the programs in argv,argc form.
>

You just described a feature of the Amiga "Workbench".  You select as many
files as you wish to act on and then double-click the tool.

You just described a feature of the Macintosh "Finder".  In certain 
situations you may selct several files then chose "print" or such from a
finder menu.

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