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From: rca@cs.brown.edu (Ronald C.F. Antony)
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Subject: Configuring the NeXT...
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Date: 26 Feb 90 22:43:38 GMT
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Well, now that I start doing 'real' work on the NeXT there are
a few questions I have about customizing the system:

- NeXT assumes that userdirs. are directly at the root level.
  I would prefer to have them in a /user/USERNAME directory.
  Are there any applications out there which rely on the
  /USERNAME location? (Some apps open their files now in
  /tmp directory, is this usually the case or due to the fact
  that I made the change to /user/USERNAME dirs. ?)

- I would like to see the hostname on the login panel. In the
  NeXT user guide it says only that there may be such a title
  on the login window. I could however not find the place where
  I have to make the changes to have my hostname appear there.

- Some Apps show automatically their Icons if they are in the
  /LocalApps dir. Some don't. What do I have to do, to force
  the NeXT to recognize their icons?

- How can I make a different app. the standard app. for a given
  file extension?

(I just got my 1.0 doc. today, so maybe they added some of this
stuff, but ... I'll post anyway :)   )

Ronald
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