#WorkBench_Improvements
24-Jun-88 02:55:59
Sb: #131521-#WorkBench_Improvements
Fm: Ben Blish 72667,1341
To: Dale Schlott 73367,433
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Well, ick to you is yum to me, you know? What do you mean, a drawer full of
remote icons? What's a remote icon? You mean keep em in a drawer on the basis
of high usage or something? That's no good at all. When you move an icon to
the desktop, it remains 'attached' to it's source drawer… that means when
you invoke the tool from the desktop, you _still_ get the subdirectories as
immediate children of the tool, which is an absolute must. If I make a drawer
that has all my common tools in it, then I'll have all the Word Perfect files
in it, my documents, PCB board and block files, telecomm scripts, data base
files (lots!) And a pile of utilities. The way it is now, I can drag what I
want to use, and nothing else, to the desk. I can use em, just like if they
were on a real desk. When I'm done, I can put em back (with NO disk access
time, btw), or, if I have to reboot (like, if I'm so unwise as to use word
perfect) they all appear back in their drawers, organized as I like it. It's
like haveing a manservant clean up your office – _exactly_ as you want it –
while _you_ sleep. No, all I need to be happy here is a CLI that isn't
forgetful. I'm minded to sink my claws into the NewCLI command and do it
myself. –Ben–