Topic       : Documentation for Thing
Author      : Arno Welzel/Thomas Binder/TransAction
Version     : thing.hyp 1.27E (23/8/1998)
Subject     : Documentation/Shells
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Index Size  : 6336
HCP-Version : 4
Compiled on : Atari
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View Ref-FileIcons
Folders
Drives
Desktop: Objects - '..'                                               Thing

 Icon in ICONS.RSC: "PARENTDIR" (⇨ *If, due to the lack of a suitable icon editor, you want
to edit this icon using 'IconCons' from the Ease desktop,
rename the icon to _PARENT, because the program only 
supports a maximum of eight characters for labels. Thing 
looks for _PARENT if PARENTDIR is not available.
)
 AV object type:    VA_OB_FOLDER (5) ⇨ NoteThe name returned via VA_THAT_IZIT is not
something like 'C:\ONE\TWO\..\', but naturally
the next higher level up the directory tree, 
i.e. 'C:\ONE\'.


      This object is actually not a real object, but only a placeholder 
      for the next higher directory in sub-directories. Double-clicking on 
      '..' moves up the directory tree to display the parent directory.
Using this icon it's easy to Move/Copy objects to the 'parent' directory 
without opening another window -- simply Drag&Drop the desired objects 
onto the parent icon.

Unlike real folders, parent icons cannot be moved -- they're ignored 
during Move/Copy operations -- or selected together with other objects.