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From: pds@quintus.uucp (Peter Schachte)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: WorkBench Dreams
Keywords: I wish..
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Date: 10 Dec 88 00:56:20 GMT
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In article <835@quintus.UUCP> pds@quintus.UUCP (Peter Schachte) writes:
[Lots of good ideas for a better workbench]

I forgot the most important thing for improving WB:  keep the drawer
windows up-to-date!  When a file is created (deleted), the window should
change to include (remove) it.  It's easy to do:  every few seconds,
check the timestamp on the directory.  If it has changed, rescan the
directory.  I'm told this won't cause disk thrashing, though I'm a bit
skeptical (what if you're doing something that uses all your cache
buffers?).

It's an embarrassment every time I have to explain to someone why the
file they just created with a word processor doesn't show up in the
window.  "Oh, you have to close the window and open it back up."  Yuck!
-Peter Schachte
pds@quintus.uucp
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