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From: peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter DaSilva)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc
Subject: Re: Icons, pipes, etc.
Message-ID: <196@sugar.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 17-Jun-87 08:45:55 EDT
Article-I.D.: sugar.196
Posted: Wed Jun 17 08:45:55 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 25-Jun-87 06:30:31 EDT
References: <8705190042.AA14664@cogsci.berkeley.edu> <9954@decwrl.DEC.COM> <454@ivax.doc.ic.ac.uk>
Organization: Sugar Land UNIX - Houston, TX
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Summary: "Command line editing"

In article <454@ivax.doc.ic.ac.uk>, esh@doc.ic.ac.uk (Edward Hayes) writes:
> In article <7405@boring.cwi.nl> jack@boring.UUCP (Jack Jansen) writes:
> >Pipes are simple now. for 'ls -l a b | pr >/dev/lp', you do:
> >	double-click ls
> >	double-click pr
> >	drag pr output icon to printer icon
> >	drag ls output icon to pr input icon
> >	select a and b and drag them to ls input icon
> >
> The problem with selecting a and b is that how do you tell the
> application that there are no more parameters, and it should start
> working.

A "GO" icon?

Any structure you build should be editable. Thus, you could do this:

	Pick up ls. Drop it into "Build" window. Drop pr in next to it.
Click ls and pr to link them. Pick up files and printer icons. Click a, ls,
b, ls, pr, lp to hook them up. Click "GO".

If you decide not to ls b, you could pick up b and drop it back on the
desktop before you click GO.