Topic       : Documentation for Thing
Author      : Arno Welzel/Thomas Binder/TransAction
Version     : thing.hyp 1.27E (23/8/1998)
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View Ref-FileSingle-TOS
MagiC (Mag!X)
MultiTOS
Setup: Setting up Single-TOS & MiNT                                   Thing

Under Single-TOS, you should register Thing as an 'auto start' application
in the TOS desktop. Running Thing from the AUTO folder is not possible!

 1) Select file THING.APP
 2) Select 'Install Application' (or similar function in your desktop)
 3) A dialog box appears to register THING.APP.
 4) Set 'boot status' to  Auto

The following example shows the dialog box of Falcon TOS:



When re-booting the system, Thing is started automatically. Optionally 
you can set the environmental variables AVSERVER and FONTSELECT to use 
Thing as an AV-server and font selector. To do this, add the following 
entries to the file MINT.CNF:

  setenv AVSERVER THING
  setenv FONTSELECT THING


      When using MiNT-OS, Thing may not save its configuration files in 
      its own start directory, or be able to find them, because the 
      environmental variable HOME is set. To avoid this, you can set 
      THINGDIR to override HOME. You can do this by adding the following 
      entry to MINT.CNF:

        setenv THINGDIR c:\thing

      Replace 'c:\thing' with your own folder path, if different. Thing 
      will then only access the specified directory, disregarding HOME.