ccastbs@prism.gatech.EDU (Shannon Bell) (11/14/89)
Recently, I bought Copy II+ 8.something, and I noticed that under GS/OS,
the icon for Util.System is placed in the lower left corner of the
desktop, like a Macintosh does. How does the finder decide that it should
do this, and is there an easy way to have it do this with other applications?
Shannon Bell
PO Box 36266 Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
uucp: ...!{decvax,hplabs,ncar,purdue,rutgers}!gatech!prism!ccastbs
Internet: ccastbs@prism.gatech.eduSAB121@PSUVM.BITNET (11/15/89)
<bunch of stuff about the finder> (sorry, I can't do inserts)
There is a real easy way to make the icon appear on the desktop.. I can't
remember where I read about it but I think it was the system disk manual. To
do it, open the disk. Click on the icon you want on the desktop and drag it to
where you want it to stay. Close the window. Make sure the disk is UNwrite
protected and drag it into the trash can... The disk should eject and it's
icon removed from the screen. Re insert the disk. Viola, the icon will appear
where you left it. It's position is saved in one of those "invisible" files
on the disk called Finder.(something or other, can't remeber everything!)
This is the same process that allows you to colorize an icon and have it saved
even when you turn the machine off.
...Sal
ecteddlyons@Apple.COM (David Lyons) (11/15/89)
In article <3412@hydra.gatech.EDU> ccastbs@prism.gatech.EDU (Shannon Bell) writes: >Recently, I bought Copy II+ 8.something, and I noticed that under GS/OS, >the icon for Util.System is placed in the lower left corner of the >desktop, like a Macintosh does. How does the finder decide that it should >do this, and is there an easy way to have it do this with other applications? Yes, you can do it yourself: make sure your disk is not write protected, and that you have chosen "save Finder information to disk" in Preferences in the Finder (it's probably on already unless you turned it off on purpose). Then open the disk, drag the icon where ever you want on the desktop, and close the disk's window. Whenever you insert that disk in the Finder, the icon will appear on the desktop. (FYI, the Finder uses files called Finder.Data, Finder.Def, and Finder.Root to remember how you have arranged things on your disks. These files don't normally show up while you're in the Finder. They're also "invisible", so they *may* not show up in other programs, either.) -- --Dave Lyons, Apple Computer, Inc. | DAL Systems AppleLink--Apple Edition: DAVE.LYONS | P.O. Box 875 America Online: Dave Lyons | Cupertino, CA 95015-0875 GEnie: D.LYONS2 or DAVE.LYONS CompuServe: 72177,3233 Internet/BITNET: dlyons@apple.com UUCP: ...!ames!apple!dlyons My opinions are my own, not Apple's.
UD182050@VM1.NODAK.EDU (Mike Aos) (11/15/89)
I only noticed it once, as I don't use the very often, but.. When you have something on the desktop, and you copy a file from the orignal disk, to another disk, it is removed from the desktop. I dunno, mebbe this is a feature? Also, I havn't tried to duplicate it, I just noticed it when I was over a friends, and as putting stuff on his HD. Mike
gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) (11/16/89)
In article <3412@hydra.gatech.EDU> ccastbs@prism.gatech.EDU (Shannon Bell) writes: >Recently, I bought Copy II+ 8.something, and I noticed that under GS/OS, >the icon for Util.System is placed in the lower left corner of the >desktop, like a Macintosh does. How does the finder decide that it should >do this, and is there an easy way to have it do this with other applications? Just drag your icon onto the desktop and close the volume that the file is contained within; the Finder normally saves this information in a file in the volume root directory. (Actually, whether it does or not is user-configurable.)
gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) (11/16/89)
In article <8911141817.aa16455@ADM.BRL.MIL> UD182050@VM1.NODAK.EDU (Mike Aos) writes: >When you have something on the desktop, and you copy a file from the orignal >disk, to another disk, it is removed from the desktop. I dunno, mebbe this >is a feature? Yes, and I think it's not only a (mis)feature, but more like a bug. There are ways to work around the problem, but why should one have to?
lunatic@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Lunatic) (11/16/89)
In article <36477@apple.Apple.COM> dlyons@Apple.COM (David Lyons) writes: >In article <3412@hydra.gatech.EDU> ccastbs@prism.gatech.EDU (Shannon Bell) writes: >>Recently, I bought Copy II+ 8.something, and I noticed that under GS/OS, >>the icon for Util.System is placed in the lower left corner of the >>desktop, like a Macintosh does. How does the finder decide that it should >>do this, and is there an easy way to have it do this with other applications? > >Yes, you can do it yourself: make sure your disk is not write protected, and >that you have chosen "save Finder information to disk" in Preferences in the >Finder (it's probably on already unless you turned it off on purpose). > >Then open the disk, drag the icon where ever you want on the desktop, and >close the disk's window. Whenever you insert that disk in the Finder, the >icon will appear on the desktop. > \_/ |ou still have to do something to get Finder to actually write that information onto the disk. Unless something has been changed in Finder for 5.0.x, just closing the disk's window won't do it. If "Save Finder information to disk" is on, writing the position of any icons on the desktop to disk consists of highlighting the disk and then selecting "Eject" under the "File" menu or pressing <Open-Apple>-E, dragging the disk into the trash can, double-clicking on an application file's icon, or selecting "Shutdown" under the "Options" (?) menu. If "Save Finder information to disk" is NOT on, you can STILL get it to "force" save the information by holding down the <option> key while performing one of these operations (except for pressing <Open-Apple>-E, I believe). Note that if you have a hard drive Finder will most likely not let you eject it or drag it into the trash can. In this case, you must double- click on an application's icon, or select "Shutdown" and select any of the three options. This also works to save the directory information in a folder when you hold down <option> and click in the folder's "close" box (again, it won't work with the key-equivalent <Open-Apple>-W). >(FYI, the Finder uses files called Finder.Data, Finder.Def, and Finder.Root >to remember how you have arranged things on your disks. These files don't >normally show up while you're in the Finder. They're also "invisible", so >they *may* not show up in other programs, either.) \/\/hat these files contain: Finder.Data - One in every folder whose content info is saved. Contains the positions and colours of the icons within the folder's open window. Finder.Root - One per disk, located in the root directory. Contains the positions and colours of all the icons from that disk which are on the desktop. Finder.Def - One on startup disks only, located in the root directory. Contains the preferences you have set in "Set Preferences" under Finder's "Options" (?) menu. Also contains the 8x8 pattern Finder uses to fill the background in the desktop. I can't remember which, but either Finder.Data or Finder.Root contains the positions of the folder windows on the desktop when they are opened. >-- > > --Dave Lyons, Apple Computer, Inc. | DAL Systems > AppleLink--Apple Edition: DAVE.LYONS | P.O. Box 875 > America Online: Dave Lyons | Cupertino, CA 95015-0875 > GEnie: D.LYONS2 or DAVE.LYONS CompuServe: 72177,3233 > Internet/BITNET: dlyons@apple.com UUCP: ...!ames!apple!dlyons > > My opinions are my own, not Apple's. -- ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________ ARPA: lunatic@uscsb.UCSC.EDU / ________/ Internet: lunatic%ucscb@ucscc.edu / ____// _ ___ _ UUCP: ...!ucscc!ucscb!lunatic / ___///__ {_} |\| /-\ | ][ {_ GEnie: L.BRUCE (Lunatic Bruce) / __________________________________________________________________/ (: