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From: herbw@midas.WR.TEK.COM (Herb Weiner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: HELP! HELP! HELP! My inis turned into documents!! HELP!!
Summary: INIT Writers should include an extra ICON in their INITs
Keywords: INIT CDEV, ICONs for INITs, Generic ICONs
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Date: 24 Feb 90 00:10:15 GMT
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INIT CDEV and related utilities disable INITs (and cdevs and rdevs) by
changing their type.  This causes the INITs to loose their ICONs and
display as generic documents.

I would like to suggest that all INIT (cdev/rdev) authors include an
extra ICON in their INIT.  This extra ICON would be the same as the
normal ICON with an X through it.  Then, when INIT CDEV (or other utility)
disables the INIT, the ICON would change to an ICON with an X through
it, rather than changing to a generic document ICON.  For INIT CDEV,
the correct file types are:

   Enabled type:       Disabled type:
   INIT                xNIT
   cdev                xdev
   RDEV                xDEV

Can anyone confirm whether other utilities use the same file type to
disable INITs?  If not, the BNDL and FREF resources would have to handle
multiple disable types.

If you agree that this is a good idea, please help by:
 1. Supplying type information for relatives of INIT CDEV.
 2. Forwarding this suggestion to INIT authors and other Bulletin Boards.

Herb Weiner (herbw@midas.WR.TEK.COM)
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