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From: Craig Metzer
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 1995 04:18
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 1995 04:18
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I would like to know how to edit or view the association of an icon (.info file). I normally work with PCs and am new to AmigaDOS. I'm running KS 1.3 on a 2000. I know that there are 4 types of icon files (disk, directory [drawer], application[tool], and project[a file that's an argument to a tool]). How do I know what application a project icon is associated with? The manuals I have don't go that deep (or is it my head that's burried deep?). This is what I'm having trouble with specifically: I download a file from the fish disks. I see icons for ReadMe type text files. When I click on them nothing happens. This is because I don't have the app (tool) it's looking for. So, if I could figure out what tool it wants, I could get it and put it in the path. Or, if I could change the associated tool, I could use one that I have (Notepad, More, etc.). The way that I've been dealing with this is to copy an icon that is associated with something I have to a file named what I want it to open (did that make sense?). This has been a pain in the neck though, since the fish disks use mostly the same tool for text files. It would be easier if I could get the right tool. Hey, stupidity is a relative concept :) Craig metzer@netcom.com
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