| From: | Neil Bothwick |
| Date: | 4 Oct 99 at 01:13:07 |
| Subject: | Re: AmigaGuide's XREF? |
From: "Neil Bothwick" <neil@wire.net.uk>
Chris Elliott said,
> Hello Neil Bothwick
NB>> For example, there's a full set of window manipulation commands. I've
NB>> seen a script that closes all but the active window. When you1've opened
NB>> half a dozen directory windows to find the one you want, being able to
NB>> dispose of the baggage with a single keypress is quite useful.
> Nice. I hope on a similar fashion, you are working on a deeply nested
> directory in CLI, but decide you need to do some workbench functions,
> you can tell WB to open that directory window w/o having to surf
> through all the dirs between the root and the one you want?
Yes, you can open any window with an arexx command. I used this on the
Amiga Active CDs to open windows of files found by the search program.
> This is
> something that I have wanted in WB for a _long_ time.) What about
> geting an icon's info? Can this now be done with a simple arexx
> script, or would you want to open the dir (with the method that I just
> mentioned) and use the info menu command on the icon?
I'm not sure about that one offhand, I have a feeling you can.
Neil
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