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Title: NAIL that RAM: Icon !?!
Post by: xaccrocheur on December 12, 2006, 04:38:24 AM

This is the silliest problem ever posted, but it bothers me ever since the 1st time I used the WB : How can I keep my RAM: Icon at the top-left, w/o it being occasionnaly kicked out (well, down) by a CD or a FD0: Icon !?! Rhaa ! It just drives me ***** mad ! :crazy:

How can I be sure than it won't even move by a pixel ?

Thank you for stopping whatever you're doing to solve this very important software issue.

Title: Re: NAIL that RAM: Icon !?!
Post by: mpiva on December 12, 2006, 05:48:20 AM

Snapshot the icon where you want, then copy it someplace on your harddrive.
for example:

copy Ram:Disk.info S:Ram.info

 and then add a line to your user-startup

copy s:Ram.info Ram:Disk.info

Title: Re: NAIL that RAM: Icon !?!
Post by: xaccrocheur on December 12, 2006, 06:04:16 AM

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mpiva wrote:
Snapshot the icon where you want, then copy it someplace on your harddrive.
for example:

copy Ram:Disk.info S:Ram.info

 and then add a line to your user-startup

copy s:Ram.info Ram:Disk.info

Thanks I'll try that today !

Title: Re: NAIL that RAM: Icon !?!
Post by: LoadWB on December 12, 2006, 07:37:59 AM

I believe this can also be accomplished by replacing the def_RAMDISK icon in ENVARC:sys/.  I'm pretty sure this is how I'm doing it on my systems, but I cannot confirm right now as things are still a mess from the move :-(

Title: Re: NAIL that RAM: Icon !?!
Post by: Thomas on December 12, 2006, 07:53:34 AM

This only works with OS3.5 and above. And it has to be def_RAM.info. With OS3.9 you can also make ram:disk.info a soft link pointing to envarc:sys/def_ram.info, then you can snapshot the icon as any other one.

Bye,
Thomas

Title: Re: NAIL that RAM: Icon !?!
Post by: jmbattle on December 12, 2006, 08:17:59 AM

Scalos also offers similar functionality.

The old 'copy S:RAM.info RAM:disk.info' trick went out with MagicWB! ;)
James
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Title: Re: NAIL that RAM: Icon !?!
Post by: d0pefish on December 12, 2006, 08:25:57 AM

I use the method described on the OS3.9 FAQ (http://www.gregdonner.org/os39faq/iconoperation.html), and it works great - it's the softlink method Thomas mentioned.

I used the MakeLink from the Visage archive.

Title: Re: NAIL that RAM: Icon !?!
Post by: rkauer on December 14, 2006, 10:55:44 PM

Or you could install MagicWorkbench.
 That's a crappy piece of software, but works :-D

Title: Re: NAIL that RAM: Icon !?!
Post by: Vulture on December 15, 2006, 01:57:29 PM

I'm sure I've done it on my 3.1, no magicwb system, I'll check when I get home and tell u how it's done.

Title: Re: NAIL that RAM: Icon !?!
Post by: Thomas on December 15, 2006, 06:32:16 PM

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Or you could install MagicWorkbench.

MagicWB uses "copy s:ram.info ram:disk.info", no magic in there.

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That's a crappy piece of software, but works

MgaicWB does not contain a single piece of software, except MWB-Deamon which can easily be replaced by FullPalette. So what is crappy about it ?

Bye,
Thomas