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From: adam@lamont.Columbia.edu (adam levin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: non-.info icons from WBench
Message-ID: <464@lamont.Columbia.edu>
Date: 29 Mar 88 14:01:06 GMT
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory N.Y.
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Why do I keep reading that 

> is that Workbench only shows the files in a directory
> that end with .info!

Did you miss the section on this in your Amiga manual?  Did your dog eat it?
(Actually, I'm pretty sure that this didn't exist in 1.0 & 1.1 days...)

Here's what it says:

*NOTE*:  If your manual really doesn't discuss this, please try this on a
COPY of a disk, not an original.  Please!  A COPY!!

1) Click *once* on the icon for the disk whose files you'll want to see
   (or on the drawer containing the files if you don't want the whole disk).
2) Select "info" from the Workbench Screen menu.
3) Click on "Add"
4) In the "Tool Types" gadget, type:  OPT=a
5) Click on "Save"

Now, double click on that icon and it's window will open and display all
the normal icons.  Note that the bottom slider gadget may be way to the left
(depending upon how many non-.info files are in the disk/drawer).  Slide the
slider to the right to display all those tiny "default object" icons.  Enjoy!

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