| Title: | AMIGA NOTES |
| Notice: | Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2 |
| Moderator: | HYDRA::MOORE |
| Created: | Sat Apr 26 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Feb 05 1992 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 5378 |
| Total number of notes: | 38326 |
A question about miscellaneous files on my workbench disks. I
understand that all the files with a .INFO extension are the icon
and argument information for the data or program file with the same
filename. However, I have found several files with no filename,
only an extension of .INFO. Sometimes they are in the top level
directiory (MFD?) and sometimes in a subdirectory. I don't think
that it is the icon information for a directory since already exists.
for instance I have a disk with both DISK.INFO and <null>.INFO
at the top level directory,as well as a subdirectory named FOO and
it's related icon, FOO.INFO. Then in the FOO subdirectory will
be another <null>.INFO file. Are theses generic icons sitting around
waiting to be picked up?
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 212.1 | DISK .ne. Directory | DRUMS::FEHSKENS | Fri Dec 12 1986 10:53 | 6 | |
I believe these just ".INFO" files represent the icon for the directory
itself. That's how you hide directories from the workbench. Somebody
who knows for sure, please speak up.
len.
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| 212.2 | .INFO = list of xxx.INFO | POMPEO::ZABOT | Marco Zabot-Adv.Tech.mgr-Turin ACT | Fri Dec 12 1986 11:56 | 8 |
The .INFO file contains the list of the xxxxx.INFO that you have
in your directory. Whenever you open a directory, WB lokk into this
file and that fetches all the mentioned file to show the icons.
You may also play a little ( use a spare disk ! ) usinf FILEZAP
and modifying the contents of .INFO file. If you remove a name
the related icon won't be displayed even if the xxx.info file is
present.
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| 212.3 | CYGNUS::DEBRUYN | Tony - my AMIGA DOS it all for me | Fri Jan 16 1987 11:34 | 14 | |
I understand that the file FOO.INFO is the icon and tool information
for the related file name FOO. I also understand that some .INFO
file must be for the disk. What I still can not figure out is the
purpose of some of the other .INFO files. I presume that the
<null>.INFO file at the top directory level is for the disk icon.
In that case, what is the file DISK.INFO that sometimes appears
automagically. I have a vague feeling that this is usually when
I have done a 'snapshot' of the disk icon. If that is so, then
why two files for the disk, <null>.INFO and DISK.INFO? A second
mysterious situation is when I have a subdirectory like EMPTY with
an associated EMPTY.INFO file. Frequently there will be a <nul>.INFO
file in that subdirectory. What are these extra .INFO files for?
Anybody have ideas about what is going on?
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| 212.4 | Make you own disk icons? | HAZEL::MELLITZ | Fri Jan 16 1987 13:15 | 6 | |
Where's the file that contians the disk icon. I tried IconED on
the .INFO but got an error. How can I change the picture of the
disk. Scribble! has got a neet disk ICON that I can use if I copy
it's .info to a new disk but I still can't create my own.
... Rich
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| 212.5 | disk.info and .info | TLE::RMEYERS | Randy Meyers | Fri Jan 16 1987 14:55 | 26 |
The file disk.info contains the icon for the disk. The file .info contains a list of all the icon files that exist in the directory. (Thus, .info isn't really a icon file.) Normally, disks do not have a disk.info file, and a default icon is used. However, if a disk.info exists, the workbench will read it in to get the image of the disk. As was mentioned in a previous reply, the only time (that I have found at least) that the workbench will create a disk.info file is if you select the disk icon, and then do a snapshot of the workbench. The reason why it creates a disk.info file at that time is that the place where the workbench stores coordinates of a icon is in the info file. You can, of course, copy a disk.info file from on disk to another and change the icon for the disk by using IconEd. I have some small C programs that allow you to do things like unset the coordinates of an icon, so you can allow the workbench to select a good place to display a disk icon, and not save to place the disk icons yourself. Someday, I might clean up the programs and release them. It turns out that their are several interesting fields in icons that would be nice to be able to change. For example, do you dislike the orange halo around some icons when they are selected? It turns out that setting one bit in the info file does away with the halo. | |||||