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| Title: | Atari ST, TT, & Falcon |
| Notice: | Please read note 1.0 and its replies before posting! |
| Moderator: | FUNYET::ANDERSON |
|
| Created: | Mon Apr 04 1988 |
| Last Modified: | Tue May 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1433 |
| Total number of notes: | 10312 |
<DESKTOP.INF PARAMETERS>
Listed below are all parameters of desktop.inf you are allowed to change
with a texteditor. So you may create your own desktop without a desk-
accessory. The desktop then is loaded by booting the disk which contains
your new desktop.inf.
First an example of a typical desktop.inf, later on the explanation for it:
Line 1: #a000000
Line 2: #b000000
Line 3: #c7770007000600052220770557075055507703111103
Line 4: #d
Line 5: #E 1B 03
Line 6: #W 00 00 00 07 50 12 08 A:\*.*@
Line 7: #W 00 00 0D 08 2A 0B 00 @
Line 8: #W 00 00 0E 09 2A 0B 00 @
Line 9: #W 00 00 0F 0A 2A 0B 00 @
Line 10: #M 00 00 00 FF A Diskstation@ @
Line 11: #M 00 01 00 FF B Diskstation@ @
Line 12: #T 00 06 02 FF Trash@
Line 13: #F FF 04 @*.*@
Line 14: #D FF 01 @*.*@
Line 15: #G 03 FF *.PRG@ @
Line 16: #G 03 FF *.APP@ @
Line 17: #F 03 04 *.TOS@ @
Line 18: #P 03 04 *.TTP@ @
Explanations for the parameters of each line:
=============================================
Line 1: Information about RS232, Datacom
-------
Example: #a000000
Format : #a123456
Byte: Information about: Values:
----------------------------------------------------
1 Duplex 0=Full
1=Half
2 Baud Rate 0=9600
1=4800
2=1200
3= 300
3 Parity 0=none
1=odd
2=even
4 Bit Rate 0=8 Bit
1=7 Bit
2=6 Bit
3=5 Bit
5 Protocol 0=none
1=XON/XOFF
2=RTS/CTS
3=XON/XOFF and RTS/CTS
6 8th Bit 0=yes
1=no
Line 2: Information about printers (same as desk1.acc)
-------
Example: #b 000000
Format : #b 123456
Byte: Information about: Values:
---------------------------------------------------
1 Printer type 0=matrix
1=daisy wheel
2 Color Printer 0=color printer
1=b/w printer
3 Dots 0=1280
1= 960
4 Quality 0=maximum
1=draft
5 send data to 0=printerport
1=modemport
6 Papertype 0=single feed
1=paperfeed
Line 3: Information about Colorpalette and Mouseparameters
-------
Example: #c 700...0703111014
Format : #c 111...1112345566
Byte: Information about: Values:
---------------------------------------------------
111 Colorassignments depends on color
(3 Byte each for RGB-values)
2 speed of double-click 0 through 4
3 Keyboardclick 0=off
1=on
4 time until start of 1 through 46
repeat-function
5 speed of repeat-funct. 1 through 21
(low value eqs high speed)
Line 4: not used (means unknown)
-------
Line 5: Directory Informations
-------
Example: #E 1B 03
Format : #E 11 22
Byte: Bit: Information about:
--------------------------------------------------
11 0,1,2 not used
3 Copymessage 0=no
1=yes
4 Deletemessage 0=no
1=yes
5 and 6 sort for: 00=names
01=date
10=size
11=filetype
7 show as: 0=icons
1=text
22 Resolution: 03=high
02=medium
01=low
Line 6 through Line 9: Windowing Informations
----------------------
Example: #W 00 00 00 03 50 15 07 a:\*.* @
Format : #W 11 22 33 44 55 66 77 8888....
Byte: Information about: Values:
----------------------------------------------------
11 Position hor. Scrollbar
22 Position vert.Scrollbar
33 Window X-Position
44 Window Y-Position
55 Window Width
66 Window Height
(These values may not be changed in pixels but in charactersizes. If the
window is not placed correctly on the desktop, the system will correct the
values)
In Window Width and Window Height are the values of Rollbars and the Info-
(Status-) Line included.
77 if value<>0, window is 08: diskstation A
open 07: diskstation B
09: diskstation D
0A: diskstation E
88 mask for the display for example A:\*.*
of files
Line 10 and Line 11: Diskstations
--------------------
Example: #M 00 00 00 FF A Diskstation@ @
Format : #M 11 22 33 44 5 666...66666777
Byte: Information about: Values:
-------------------------------------------------
11 Row of the Icon 0 through 7
22 Line of the Icon 0 through 7
33 Number of the Icon 0=diskstation symbol
1=folder-symbol
2=trash-symbol
3=program-symbol
4=document-symbol
44 always FF
5 Diskstation identifier A, B, D, E, ....
(Diskstation "C" is not covered by desktop.inf!)
66 Name of the Icon (max. 12 characters)
77 unknown
Line 12: Trash or Waste Basket
--------
Example: #T 07 00 02 FF Trash@ @
Format : #T 11 22 33 44 5 666...666777
> SAME AS LINES 10 AND 11! <
Lines 13 through 18: Applications
--------------------
Examples: #G 03 FF *.PRG (GEM-Application)
#F 03 04 *.TOS (TOS-Application)
#P 03 04 *.TTP (TTp-Application)
Format: #1 22 33 4.444 55...
Byte: Information about: Values:
------------------------------------------------
1 Type of Application G/F/P
22 unknown
33 unknown
44 Name of Application
55 Filetypes to announce
(All announced filetypes can be doubleclicked and started, like .BAS,
system loads right program first, in this case BASIC.PRG and then
automatically starts the .BAS -file)
Informations out of the German magazines ST-Computer, 68000er.
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