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clueless needs info on .info

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From: Craig Metzer
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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