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Re: Found this by accident...

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From: Scott Turner
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 10:32
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In article <1992Oct11.150509.242@afs.com> Michael_Pizolato@afs.com (Michael  
Pizolato) writes:
|> I just dragged a file off my shelf (just to clear the slot), and I  
accidentally  released it over a Terminal window.  I expected it to disappear  
from the shelf, but instead it's full path name appeared on the Terminal  
window's command line!  I'm running 3.0, and on a 2.x machine the file just  
slid back to FileViewer.  Works for any file dragged to a terminal window from  
FileViewer's shelf or icon path.  A small thing, but pretty cool.
The same thing happens if you drag a file into a non-NeXT NeXTMail
compose window.

Scotty
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From: scotty@gagetalker.com (Scott Turner)
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Subject: Re: Found this by accident...
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Date: 14 Oct 92 10:32:04 GMT
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