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In article <4iuhj8$eue@taco.cc.ncsu.edu>, rkswamy@unity.ncsu.edu (Ravi K.
Swamy) wrote:

> I've tried using various GUI file managers and I always find myself
> wasting more time scrolling on the down arrow buttons because the
> number of files is huge. 

Then you need to organize better. (Something that is easier on a GUI and a CLI).

> Some file managers support the page
> down key, but not all do.  Then there is the problem of what program
> the file is linked to.  When you click on the file it launches
> an associated application right?  Can you have multiple app links?
> I heard OS/2 did this, but I don't know if the MacOS does.

Yes & No. If the Mac does NOT have the App that created it, it pops up a
list of Apps that CAN read that doc type (through automatic translators).
You chose.

You can also set it up to AUTOMATICALLY open a particular type to a
particular app, and do the translation automatically. 

You can also do the same for PC files whith the ".txt" suffix thing. So
that PC files will be automatically loaded into the app of your choice.
(Otherwise it will give you a list of translators/apps).

Also you can drop the file on ANY applications icon that can recognize
that data type. For most power Mac users (or is that Mac power users?!)
they have an icon bar on the bottom of the screen with the apps they use
represented, and they can drop the same file type onto any app that can
accept that type.


The Mac way allows for you to set up your favorite applications for
editing a type, and then autoload them by default. You can even remap to
one application despite having the files REAL application on the Hard
Drive/network (though I have not done this, so am not sure how well it
works).

About the worst part of the Mac is sometimes it is too damn smart. Say you
have 4 network volumes, and you double click a word file knowing that YOU
do not have word. Well if word is on one of those networked drives, the
Mac WILL find word out there, and run it for you (if you have those
priveledges). Sometimes this can be just too damn smart.... if course if I
wasn't so lazy I'd remap MicrosoftTurd (oops, Word) type/creator to one of
MY prefered apps, and problem solved.
-- 
David K. Every
Sr. Software Engineer
Jostens Learning Corp.