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Article #74382Re: Illogic
From: Dave Sill
Date: Wed, 01 May 1991 18:51
Date: Wed, 01 May 1991 18:51
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In article <1991Apr30.202054.14214@visix.com>, amanda@visix.com (Amanda Walker) writes: >In article <1991Apr30.131732.11869@cs.utk.edu> de5@ornl.gov (Dave Sill) writes: > > So how come I have to pick "delete" off a menu? Where's the trash > can? I was told by Visix employees that fear of a lawsuit from Apple > was the reason there wasn't one. > >That might be so... being an "techie," I suspect it may have as much >to do with the fact that it's kind of a pain to put icons on the root >window under X, without getting cooperation from the window manager :). >Same reason we have a "desktop panel" instead of putting icons on the >root. So put the trashcan (or skull & crossbones, or whatever) in the desktop panel. There's no *technical* reason why Looking Glass can't do a drag & drop delete. -- Dave Sill (de5@ornl.gov) It will be a great day when our schools have Martin Marietta Energy Systems all the money they need and the Air Force Workstation Support has to hold a bake sale to buy a new bomber.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,47b7044c222bdb12 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-05-02 11:06:01 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!emory!utkcs2!ornl.gov!de5 From: de5@ornl.gov (Dave Sill) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Illogic Message-ID: <1991May1.185114.25643@cs.utk.edu> Date: 1 May 91 18:51:14 GMT References: <9104292009.AA01975@mole.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <1991Apr30.202054.14214@visix.com> Sender: usenet@cs.utk.edu (USENET News Poster) Reply-To: Dave Sill <de5@ornl.gov> Distribution: gnu Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory Lines: 21