Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!samsung!usc!venera.isi.edu!cew From: cew@venera.isi.edu (Craig E. Ward) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: desktop.inf Summary: Where to get information on the format of desktop.inf Keywords: desktop Message-ID: <10999@venera.isi.edu> Date: 15 Dec 89 19:41:30 GMT Reply-To: cew@venera.isi.edu (Craig E. Ward) Organization: USC-Information Sciences Institute Lines: 25 I tried to respond to a question posted here about the desktop.inf file. Unfortunately, the mailer could find "inmet." Here is the core of my reply: In article <30200017@inmet> you write: > >Along the same lines, can someone tell me where I can find the info to >decode the desktop.inf file ? What do all of those number mean ? > Haynes, McKendre. "Customizing the GEM Desktop." Compute!'s Atari ST Disk and Magazine, April 1987, pp. 36,42. The numbers are hexadecimal and are bit settings for a variety of stuff ranging from the RS-232 port to what applications are installed. I also have a utility that modifies the icons but I don't remember which magazine it came from. Hope this puts you on the right track if you weren't already. -- Craig E. Ward Slogan: "nemo me impune lacessit" USPS: USC Information Sciences Institute 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 1100 Marina del Rey, CA 90292