From: exujlg@exu.ericsson.se (Jon L. Gauthier)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Work Place Shell: The Future.
Date: 13 Nov 92 18:09:06 GMT
Organization: Ericsson Network Systems, Inc.
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In article <1992Nov12.234320.22137@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples) writes:
>From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
>In article <1992Nov11.204923.6315@gw.wmich.edu> x90wardell@gw.wmich.edu 
writes:>>Dear IBM (if you are listening):
>>       New Method of making programs have a certain Icon:
>>       (This is a suggestion, this doesn't currently work):
>>       Find Icon you want.
>>       Click on right mouse button while on icon (object).
>>       Select copy Object Icon.
>>       Select the program you want to change icon of.
>>       Click right button.
>>       Select Paste Object Icon.
>>       Done.

>Nice idea.  However, perhaps we can make this even more WPS-like.  How
>about keeping the first step, but having the pointer change to some
>sort of paint can or paint brush, then just clicking on the target
>changes the icon.

>Less flexible, I suppose.  Multiple pastes would be useful.

>>       Also, if anyone knows of a way to make all .wp5 or some
>>arbitrary extension come up with a certain icon (without having
>>to do trhough each one individually), please postit.

>From the command line you can do this using AddIcon Version 1.1,
>available via anonymous ftp from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.  Of course, I have
>a bit of an interest in this utility.  :-)

>It isn't strictly automatic, but it does understand wildcards.  One
>could also imagine setting up a daemon of sorts with very little extra
>effort (a background task running all the time which does nothing but
>assign icons to data files based on their extensions).

>-- 
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I inquired a while back about asking IBM to consider adding X-Window style 
cut and past using the mouse buttons, as an additon to the old keyboard ALT-
K and ALT-P.  Someone said this wasn't CUA, but seems to me that IBM's CUA 
has been a moving target the past couple of years.

Any one else have any suggestions for future enhancements?  Come on IBM, 
keep up the good work!!! (Kind of like the Lexus? TV add - "If at first you 
DO succeed, try, try again").

Regards,
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