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Ever need just one more free entry on your NeXTSTEP dock.
Well, here's one way to do it.  I have only done this under
3.0, so I am not sure if it will work on older versions.

The trick is to move the Recycler icon off the dock.  Here's
how:

1. Open a terminal session and type "dread -n DockPaths" at
the command line.

This will return the current entries on your dock.  Mine
looks like this:

Workspace DockPaths "Workspace Manager;/NextApps/Preferences.app;
/NextApps/Mail.app;/NextApps/Librarian.app;/NextApps/Edit.app; ;
/NextDeveloper/Apps/ProjectBuilder.app;
/NextDeveloper/Apps/InterfaceBuilder.app;
/NextApps/Terminal.app; ; ; ;Recycler"

(NOTE:  the above will appear as one line, I added newlines
so the various news reader don't complain.)

2. Write out a new DockPaths entry without the Recycler
entry.

dwrite Workspace DockPaths "Workspace Manager;/NextApps/Preferences.app;
/NextApps/Mail.app;/NextApps/Librarian.app;/NextApps/Edit.app; ;
/NextDeveloper/Apps/ProjectBuilder.app;
/NextDeveloper/Apps/InterfaceBuilder.app;
/NextApps/Terminal.app; ; ; ; "

(NOTE:  the above will appear as one line, I added newlines
so the various news reader don't complain.)

3. Logout and login again.  You should have a blank entry
at the bottom of you dock and the Recycler icon will show
up at the bottom rightmost corner just like any normal
application icon.

4. I did the same thing with the Workspace Manager entry
and "it just worked".  I got a free entry at the top of my dock.
But I didn't get a File Viewer and couldn't log out since I
couldn't get to the Workspace menu.  Therefore I would NOT
recommend this.

5. Note that this is not supported by me, FannieMae or NeXT.
If you screw things up, it's all your fault...

Bill
-- 
bnixon@fnma.com or ...!uunet!fnma.com!bnixon (NeXT Mail Okay)
Bill Nixon, Senior Programmer Analyst, Advanced Technology, 2H-4S
FannieMae, 3900 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC 22016  (202) 752-5468