From: siera@imada.ou.dk (Soeren Berg Hansen)
Subject: Re: Looking for `OpenDrawer' program
Organization: Dept. of Math. & Computer Science, Odense University, Denmark
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 16:22:02 GMT

In article <1992Oct7.150357.11171@daimi.aau.dk> pilgrim@daimi.aau.dk (Jakob  
G}rdsted) writes:
>matija@avalon.physik.unizh.ch (Matija Milostnik) writes:
>
>>>the Workbench. Could also be usable if you want to open that 
>>>`misc/strange/games/adventure/funny' (or whatever) drawer without
>>>having to open the first four drawers. Would do nice as a commoditie
>>>that could open a directory requester and/or using Tooltypes and
>>>possibly from CLI using command line arguments and/or a directory
>>>requester.
>>>Is there anybody out there that got a feeling what I'm looking for?
>
>Yes. I have been looking for such a thing all my life... What the second
>man says about ARexx is oh so true; I wish they'd do something like
>that.
>   What I'm doing now, is 'Leave out'ing the drawers I need,  so I
>only have to click them to open them, instead of opening the first
>four drawers. But I would love the automatic opening of custom drawers too.
>I cannot see anything it'd interfer with in any nasty/undesirable way.
>Wait, I have one last suggestion... leave your computer on, with a
>screenblanker :-).
You could also make a drawer in the root with links to all the directories that  
you want easy acces to. That won't mess up your pretty looking workbench with a  
lot of icons on the screen!

Well that's my 2 cent's worth.....

>
>>What you really are looking for is an ARexx port for Workbench.  :-)
>
>>In other words, it cant be done now. What you can do is to get some 
>>PD programs that let you 'record' mouse movement and then, on start
>>up, play it back, thus opening your prefered drawer. 
>
>>>If so, do you know of a such program, or maybe someone could write one.
>
>>QMouse,MachIII and other can do it.
>
>>>IMHO Commodore should include something like this with Workbench.
>
>>Oh yeah. An ARexx port for Workbench....
>
>>Hope this helps
>> Matija
>
>>-- 
>>Best regards from Matija Milostinik           : matija@avalon.ifi.unizh.ch  
>>                                              : matija@amiga.physik.unizh.ch
>>Therefore, use local labels in the procedures as often as possible. 
>>Save the environment!  Recycle!  ;-)                 (Bjoern Reese)
>--
>      Jakob Gaardsted   .    .  | Black Rainbow(TM)     .         .      .
>  Computer Science Department . |. Invaporated      .        .        .    .
>University of Aarhus, Jylland(!)|   .            .      . Cordless Life  .  .
> .  pilgrim@daimi.aau.dk   .    |          .    .    .     Pointless Mouse .

Soeren

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