#: 16707 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    16-Oct-92  10:59:00
Sb: #16704-Desktop hacks
Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255
To: Mike Haaland 72300,1433 (X)

Mike,

Lemme tag on here and answer a few of your CMAIL questions.

Given the choices you've presented regarding the handling of a shell script,
I'm more comfortable with the following:

        Douple clicking infers execution ... so execute the thing.

        OPEN infers examination .. so fire up the editor and let's take a peek.


But!

I think Mark's original suggestion is the most elegant. If the execute bit is
set, we can presume it to be something that needs to execute ... shell script
or application. If it's a read only thing ... then let's fire up the editor and
examine the contents.

If I, as the operator, need to modify an exisiting shell script, I'd select the
file, use 'gattr' and turn off the execute bit(s), then double click the icon
to bring it up in the editor.

Of course I'm a user (unable user, to use a Delphi term, sheesh!), so what
appears to be a no brainer to me may be unobtainable programatically.

What do you think?




*- Steve -*