Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!hao!gatech!uflorida!codas!pdn!usfvax2!jc3b21!fgd3 From: fgd3@jc3b21.UUCP (Fabbian G. Dufoe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Ban the Cloud! (plus sugg. for Workbench) Message-ID: <318@jc3b21.UUCP> Date: 29 Feb 88 05:05:15 GMT References: Organization: St. Petersburg Jr. College, FL Lines: 22 Summary: Workbench could show filenames if icons are unavailable. In article , mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu.UUCP writes: > * Some method must be provided for every file to be visible on > the Workbench, no matter what it is. I want to use the Workbench > as a general file manipulation tool, and I can't do that if every > program doesn't have an Icon by default. How about displaying the filename if there is no .info file associated with the file. Although there are some times when one wants to manipulate filename without affecting filename.info (or, more commonly, to work on filename.info without changing filename) they are rare. Most of the time one's use for an icon is to refer to the file it identifies. It would be easy enough to have Workbench display the name of a file as a default icon if it can't find a .info file for it. A menu option might control this by allowing "Show hidden files". That would allow experienced users to manipulate all the files on their disks while showing a simpler picture to the novice users. --Fabbian Dufoe 350 Ling-A-Mor Terrace South St. Petersburg, Florida 33705 813-823-2350 UUCP: ...gatech!codas!usfvax2!jc3b21!fgd3