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In article <4j1f45$32g@taco.cc.ncsu.edu>, rkswamy@unity.ncsu.edu (Ravi K.
Swamy) wrote:

> In article <dke-2303960730300001@adnline15.adnc.com>,
> David K. Every <dke@adnc.com> wrote:
> >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)
> 
> What is easy for some is difficult for others and vice versa.
> I already have everything organzed well. 

If you already had things organized well then you wouldn't have problems
with a GUI, because you'd know where things are (or where to look).

So if you are having probs. with a GUI, then either you are untrained at
it, or you are not as organized as you think you are. 
 
> >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. 
> 
> I know that but what I want to do is this.  I have a gif and use three
> different programs on that gif.  I have all three of those programs.
> With a command line I do xv file.gif or xpaint file.gif or convert file.gif
> etc.  Can I do a special click on the file and have it display the possible
> programs to use to load the gif or am I stuck with the one that created
> it.   Remember, I have all of the programs.

Like I said, you can set an alias of those apps in a "graphics" folder, or
on the desktop, or in a docking program, etc.... and then you just drag
the files onto the app you want them to be opened in. Much faster than
typing their names.

But note - MOST people do NOT need to work that way. Most people chose A
program that they want to use for a file type, and thats it. Or at least
most people will chose a DEFAULT for a type - and use that 95% of the
time. (And only have to drag&drop a few% of the time).

> Yes, I could do that to with the Looking Glass desktop in Caldera, but
> I don't like drag and drop myself and try to keep my screen as free
> of clutter as possible.  I have no icons, just an icon menu but it's
> hidden until I click my right mouse button.

So whats your point?!?! You don't want to do it. That is NOT the computers
fault.

There are many solutions. Some allow you to drag&drop onto a menu (either
the apple or an applications menu). Some utilities allow you to keep as
many palletes up as you want, or have pallettes of apps popup based on a
shortcut key. Other people (me) have one small pallette on the bottom
(small icons) that have a subject below for the whole pallette - like the
little tab keys, I drag a file onto the apps tab, and then the app I
want.... or onto the utilities tab, and then on the choice in there that I
want. There are MANY ways to work - in fact arguably a lot more than a
CLI. 

Remember, on the Mac you CAN use the CLI... just most people do not.
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David K. Every           | MaciDo Warrior - The Macintosh Way
Sr. Software Engineer    | 
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