Thanks, Per.
Will add the native QL programs. I think that I have XChange in my database but will double check. Qpac 1 and 2 are set up as hot keys on my system but I will look at them to see about stand alone.
By the way, just in case anyone misunderstood the purpose of this database, it is used during QDT to install to preset up icons for programs found on the user's system. Of course you will be able to add, delete, and move program/icons around as needed at any time.
I will also have a hot key display/editor which eventually will merge into the QDT install.
Jim
On Wednesday, December 4, 2002, at 01:36 PM, P Witte wrote:
Xchange is worth expending a bit of extra effort on, imho. I never liked the
idea of lumping these four programs together, prefering the single-program
versions. However, the extra capabilities of the Xchange versions of the
programs, plus the fact that the whole package has been updated to run on
modern QL systems leaves little choice. To get round the fiddle of
negotiating around the different programs I normally run each in its own
instance of Xchange. I use a variety of startup scripts, attached to
hotkeys, depending on what I want to do: One will load Xchange with Quill,
loading the default document template, another will load Xchange with
Archive, etc. Using hotkeys I can switch between different intances of Quill
or Archive, etc. It would be nice if QDT would support this. Quill and
Archive, and to a lesser extent, Abacus, are still among my most used
programs. (Are there any more of us dinosaurs out there?)
I dont see Qpac 1 and 2 anywhere in your list - or does QDT supercede them
all?
BTW I notice Easel no longer seems to display properly under GD2.
Advice, anyone?
Per
