chai@hawk.cs.ukans.edu (Ian Chai) (05/27/91)
It seems like half the time (or maybe all the time and I just wasn't paying enough attention?) when I ftp a new program and unstuffit/uncompress/etc it, it ends up with the generic icon. So far, the only way I know of to restore the icon is to rebuild desktop -- a time consuming process with 175 MB of HD... Is there another way? (Email is preferred because I can't keep up with usenet's volume; I'll post a summary if demand warrants.) Thanks -- Ian Chai Internet: chai@cs.ukans.edu Bitnet: 665instr@ukanvax I don't believe in flaming. If I appear to be flaming, either (a) it's an illusion due to the lack of nonverbal cues or (b) my sprinkler system has suffered a momentary glitch, so just ignore me until it's fixed.
djwiebe@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Darren J. Wiebe) (05/28/91)
In <1991May27.050818.4175@hawk.cs.ukans.edu> chai@hawk.cs.ukans.edu (Ian Chai) writes: >It seems like half the time (or maybe all the time and I just >wasn't paying enough attention?) when I ftp a new program and >unstuffit/uncompress/etc it, it ends up with the generic icon. >So far, the only way I know of to restore the icon is to rebuild >desktop -- a time consuming process with 175 MB of HD... >Is there another way? Hello, If you refrain from unsitting/uncompressing on you Unix site and do this on the mac, you should have no problem's... Usually I only use the Unix mcvert since it's so fast, and since most everything for the mac is in Binhex/Macbinary format, when you download the .bin file, everything's just peachy... (<=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=>) Darren J. Wiebe | Internet: djwiebe@ccu.umanitoba.ca Box 141, Station L | AppleLink: CDA0010T Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3H 0Z4 | Quote: 'scuse me, Disclaimer: Disclaimer! I don't need | while I puke and die! no stinkin' disclaimer! | -The Dead Milkmen (<=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=>)
dbarnhar@oiscola.Columbia.NCR.COM (05/29/91)
In article <1991May27.174501.4581@ccu.umanitoba.ca> djwiebe@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Darren J. Wiebe) writes: >In <1991May27.050818.4175@hawk.cs.ukans.edu> chai@hawk.cs.ukans.edu (Ian Chai) writes: > >>It seems like half the time (or maybe all the time and I just >>wasn't paying enough attention?) when I ftp a new program and >>unstuffit/uncompress/etc it, it ends up with the generic icon. >>So far, the only way I know of to restore the icon is to rebuild >>desktop -- a time consuming process with 175 MB of HD... > >>Is there another way? >Hello, > > If you refrain from unsitting/uncompressing on you Unix site and do >this on the mac, you should have no problem's... Usually I only use the Unix >mcvert since it's so fast, and since most everything for the mac is in >Binhex/Macbinary format, when you download the .bin file, everything's just >peachy... Actually, this suggestion seems to work fine, if all you are interested in are the black & white icons. However, if you want the color icons to show up in the Finder windows, you either need to rebuild the desktop, or find another, much better, way. So far, I've not found anything that will work either, short of rebuilding the desktop. However, since it rebuilds the desktop every time I come back from System 6.0.4 anyway, this is not a major problem :), though I would like to find a better (and faster) solution. Dave Barnhart NCR Cooperative Computing Systems Division 3245 Platt Springs Rd. internet: dbarnhar@oiscola.Columbia.NCR.COM West Columbia, SC 29169 email: uunet!ncrlnk!ncrcae!oiscola!dbarnhar -- Dave Barnhart NCR Cooperative Computing Systems Division 3245 Platt Springs Rd. internet: dbarnhar@oiscola.Columbia.NCR.COM West Columbia, SC 29169 email: uunet!ncrlnk!ncrcae!oiscola!dbarnhar