Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!hc!lanl!opus!ksitze From: ksitze@nmsu.edu (Kevin Sitze) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Iconic links?? Message-ID: Date: 5 May 89 16:58:17 GMT References: <813@aipna.ed.ac.uk> Sender: news@nmsu.edu Organization: NMSU Computer Science Lines: 35 In Emilio Agustine write: >I was wondering if anybody in the net has any idea on how to >make a kind of link to an application (in the UNIX(TM) style) or >to any file in general. > >The idea is to have a file of minimal size in the desktop (or wherever) >pointing to file. When you double-click on it should behave exactly as >if you double-click on the linked file. > >I would like to have links to the most used applications/files on the >desktop for easy access. However, I can think of several uses >for such a thing (avoiding duplications of text files, for example). I been working on an INIT that will allow links to be created in the manner you specified. I expect to have this done sometime in June and will post it at that time. While I'm thinking about such things, if anyone out there has an idea that would look good in this kind of a program, please send mail. -Kelesi -- ------------------------------------+------------------------------- From the Macintosh of: Kevin Sitze | Disclamer: Who the heck needs | a disclamer? After all, Dan EMail: ksitze%NMSU.edu | Quayle doesn't. SMail: 601 S. Melendres +------------------------------- Las Cruces, NM 88005 | "We have the answers, the ------------------------------------+ trouble lies in finding the "The difference between intelligence| questions..." and stupidity is that intelligence | "The information is there, has a limit." - anonymous | finding it is another story." The dolt confuses you -- more -- | - Any consultant ------------------------------------+-------------------------------