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From: osborn@ut-emx.UUCP (John H. Osborn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Garbage can-like icons
Summary: Finally!
Message-ID: <12807@ut-emx.UUCP>
Date: 5 May 89 14:28:16 GMT
References: <8113@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> <8956@polya.Stanford.EDU>
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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In article <8956@polya.Stanford.EDU>, ali@polya.Stanford.EDU (Ali T. Ozer) writes:
> In article <8113@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> Lawrence R. Rogers writes:
> >Suppose you wanted to build a tool that works like the garbage can
> >whereby you move files to it.  Say you wanted to call it TeX and that
   [TeX-talk deleted]
> It's easy. The Workspace Manager provides the functionality for your app
> to register one or more of its windows such that when the user drags a file
> icon on top of your window and lets go, a method in your app gets called.
> Take a look at the Draw & Icon programs in /NextDeveloper/Demos in 0.9: They
> both allow you to drop TIFF and PS icons from the Workspace in the
> drawing area. (Source for Draw is included in /NextDeveloper/Examples.)
> 
  [more TeX deleted]
> 
> Ali Ozer, NeXT Developer Support
> aozer@NeXT.com

Finally!  I've been waiting for an interface like this.  I'm a big fan
of this technique and have wanted to impliment things with it for a long time.
Now, more complex, how about dropping a folder on your icon?

(With images of Iconic printers, xerox machines, and faxes dancing in head)
-John Osborn
(osborn@emx.utexas.edu)
UTexas Computation Center - User Services - Bovine Division