Topic       : User Manual for TeraDesk
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      Objects and Icons

5.2  Opening objects and icons                                TeraDesk

An object  in a directory window  or  on the desktop  can be opened by
double  clicking  on it, or by first selecting it and using the 'Open'
item in the 'File' menu.

What happens when you open an object depends on what sort of object it
is;  the results  may  be  modified  in several cases  by pressing the
[Alternate]  key  as you open the object.  Other objects can be opened
in other ways. The results for the different objects are:

1. Disk volume:

A  new  window  which  contains  the  objects in its root directory is
opened.

Disk  volumes  may  also  be  opened  by  holding down [Alternate] and
pressing the key corresponding to the letter of the drive.

If  both  the [Shift] and [Alternate] keys are held down, a new window
will  not  be  opened,  but  the  directory  will  be displayed in the
topmost window on the desktop.

2. Folder:

If  the  folder is represented by an icon on the desktop, a new window
containing its directory will be opened.

If  the folder  is in a directory window,  the contents of that window
will  be replaced by the directory of the folder, as with the standard
desktop.  If  [Alternate]  is held down as the folder is opened, a new
window containing its directory will be opened.

Note that the folder name  '..'  stands for a folder one  level higher
in the directory structure (parent folder). If you open such a folder,
the effect is to  replace  the contents of the window by  this higher-
level directory. If you do this holding down [Alternate], a new window
is created containing the higher-level directory.

If a folder  or a disk volume  is opened  from  a  symbolic link  in a
directory  window,  path of the  opened window will  be a continuation
of the path of  the directory where the link is.  However, if the left
[Shift] key is kept pressed while opening the link,  the  path  of the
opened window will be that of the  actual opened directory.


3. File:

A.  If  the file  is  recognized  as a  program,  the program  will be
invoked.  If  the  program is of GTP or TTP type, a dialog box will be
displayed first.  You should enter  the parameters required in it. See
Set program types...

B.  If the file is not a program  but matches  one of the masks set up
in the  'Set  applications' menu item,  the associated program will be
started, and the name of the file passed as a parameter.

If  you  hold  down  [Alternate]  as you open the file, the associated
program  is not started,  and it is  not recognised  as an application
file.

C.  With all other files, a dialog box is displayed and you can opt to
show the file, edit it, run it as a program, open it with a particular
application, or cancel any action. See Open...

4. Symbolic link:

The object that is  pointed to  by the symbolic link  is opened  in an
appropriate way. See Symbolic Links

5. Network object:

The application assigned to the object's 'document type' is started or
the name of the object is sent  to an already running application that
has been associated with the object type.

See also:  Conventions  Keyboard shortcuts