RE: gmc and 'trash'

[sar <sar 403forbidden net>]

Ya.  In that sense, and/or the sense that macos and that 'other' os do
where when it contains something the icon changes.

sar

On 24 Feb, Sri Ramkrishna wrote:
> 
> You mean how the Amiga does it?  Basically, you put a file on top of a
> animated icon and it starts to rotate.
> 
> Which makes me wonder if we can't support some of the animated icons that
> the Amiga has.  I think it was using a modified IFF or something.  I can't
> recall.  Maybe it was something else.  Probably can be handled by imlib.
> 
> 	sri
> 
>> On that topic, it would be nice to have some form of 'animagicated'
>> icon possibility.  Sorta like the 'empty/full' bit, but usable for
>> mountable devices and other stuff also.
>> 
>> Sound resonable to anyone else?
>> 
>> sar
>> 
>> On 24 Feb, Fox, Kevin M wrote:
>> > I like the shreader idea alot.
>> > 
>> > How about an animated icon that when you drop a file on it it graficly
>> > shreads it :)
>> > 
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From:	mawarkus@t-online.de [SMTP:mawarkus@t-online.de]
>> >> Sent:	Tuesday, February 23, 1999 9:59 AM
>> >> To:	gnome-list@gnome.org
>> >> Subject:	Re: gmc and 'trash'
>> >> 
>> >> +++ Tue, Feb 23, 1999 at 09:52:00AM -0600 +++
>> >> Kevin Miller e-mails me. Film at 11. Reply right now, after the break.
>> >> > Well.. that worked for removing single files, but removing a directory
>> >> > just spits out 'blah is a directory'
>> >> > 
>> >> > I've tried putting rm -rf %q  and it does the same thing.
>> >> > 
>> >> > Guess I'll just wait. :)
>> >> 
>> >> Random idea:
>> >> What about installing *two* waste data disposal icons on the desktop
>> >> by default? A trashcan for safe deletion - a shredder for complete
>> >> deletion. Tigert would do a mindblowingly beautiful shredder icon for
>> >> sure :).
>> >> 
>> >> mawa
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