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Re: Workbench Questions

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Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1986 08:36
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In article <106@ritcv.UUCP> new7582@ritcv.UUCP () writes:
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>Some questions from a novice Amigaphile:
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>1) Is there a way to create a workbench icon which when 'opened' would
>   execute a sequence script rather than running a program?
>   
> [other questions that I don't have answers for...]
>   
>Norm (Ned) Wright


I wrote a little program called Xicon, which Fred Fish has included on his
public domain disk #31, that should do exactly what you want.  You can
give any script file an icon, and run it by clicking on that.  Instructions
and examples are in the package on the disk.  Have fun with it.

Pete Goodeve
Berkeley
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