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View Ref-FileEditing the assignments                                            ThingIcn

The assignments for an individual icon are edited in a dialog box.



'Icon' is the label of the icon in the resource file, which serves to 
identify the icon.
'Type' specifies the uses of the icon. Some icons are so-called 'Standard 
icons', meaning that they will also be used if no assignments are present.
One can, however, also assign given files, folders etc. to standard icons.

Below the name and type of the icon, all of its assignments are displayed 
in a list box. The format of this list box is:

  <Type> <Character> <Wildcard>

<Type> shows the type of the assignment:

   F = File, O = Folder, D = Drive

<Character> is the (optional) character that can be prefixed to files in 
the directory window in text mode. The character will not be used if the 
'Suppress mini-icons in text mode' option in the 'Window 1' page of the
'Extra' - 'Setup' menu in Thing is set!

The list box can also be operated from the keyboard:  Control + ⇧  and
 Control + ⇩  move the selection bar up and down respectively. In addition
with  Control + ClrHome  and  Control + Shift + ClrHome  one can reach the
first and last entry of the list respectively.

Finally, the lower region of the dialog permits editing of the assignment
that is selected in the list box. With  Alter  the input data are adopted,
while  Delete  removes the selected assignment.

The colour for the display of an entry in the text or mini-icon mode of
Thing is shown also in the lower region of the dialog, and may be altered 
there; to change it, click on the number in the popup, not the small 
coloured field left of it. 'No colour' is represented by light stippling in 
the selection field.

To insert a new assignment, just select the last 'empty' entry in the list,
enter the desired data and then select  Alter . The entry will be included
in the list and a new 'empty' entry will be created at the end of the list.