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From: louie@trantor.umd.edu (Louis A. Mamakos)
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Subject: Re: Iconification (was Re: Telling Workbench about new icons)
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Date: 18 Dec 87 11:03:05 GMT
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In article <271@dana.UUCP> rap@dana.UUCP (Rob Peck) writes:

>Workbench work-with's may be a theme for the second Amiga-specific issue
>of the Transactor.   THIS IS A RUMOR, not necessarily fact.  However I
>believe that they would be receptive to articles about working with Wbench
>for that next issue.  I myself am planning/trying to come up with one
>that defines tools for reading and modifying an icon (or generating
>icons from within a program as AmigaBasic does, for example).  (Proper
>calls already available in icon.library, but specific details of use
>not provided as example programs anywhere I had been aware of).
>(So publish, folks!  I like to read about my favorite machine!!!)

Check out Volume 2 Number 2 of Amazing Computing magazine for the article
"Working with the Workbench" that I wrote.  I deals with creating and
manuiplating icons/disk object structures and tooltypes.  The examples in
the article are code fragments from a version of MicroEMACS that I had
which saved and set buffer modes in the ToolType array, as well as other
funny stuff.

Its really quite easy to make icons for your "Projects".. all you need is
the Autodocs and some patience, or a simple example or two.



Louis A. Mamakos  WA3YMH    Internet: louie@TRANTOR.UMD.EDU
University of Maryland, Computer Science Center - Systems Programming