#: 16714 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    19-Oct-92  09:57:18
Sb: #16707-#Desktop hacks
Fm: Mike Haaland 72300,1433
To: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 (X)


OK.  I'll see what feels more comfortable here.  I only have a problem
with someone clicking on an .lzh file or something like that.  I'd hate to
see what some of the editors would do to the file. |-Q 

UNIX has several other attr bits that you can look at and there is no real
fast way to tell if the file is 8-bit data or 7-bit text. (Could even be 8-bit
text).

I'd like to avoid slowing down the speed, from the time the user clicks on a
directory, till the time the icons get displayed.

My guess about the attr function is that I should really build it into DeskTop.
I already have the attr byte stored in memory, I just have to add the
point-n-click routine to change 'em on the fly and save it back to the file
descriptor.

Over the weekend I found some fun little 'features' in Desktop.  Try this one,
open the clock, then go back and open the calender.  You get an extra overlay
that won't go away.  I'm using the 'cal' that came with the TOPS package.  It's
fixed now, but was giving me fits before.

Have you noticed the amount of time IconHacker takes to read a directory?  Here
I have about 48 Icons in my icon directory.  It was taking 18 seconds to read
the dir and display it.  I changed the way it looks at the files in the cgfx.l
and now it takes a little over 2 seconds!!  What a difference.  I was truly
amazed at the speed increase.  This reminds me, I have to get some Icons
uploaded with AIFs for you guys.

 - Mike -

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