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Re: Illogic

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From: Dave Sill
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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Subject: Re: Illogic
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